Creative Industries Zone (24th May 2017)

Minutes circulated and approved.

1. NaSTA Awards

2. Surge went to Abbey Road Studios

3. CI Zone Briefing/Induction

4: Sustainable Acoustic Night planning with JF and Sustainability zone

5. Funding finished for the year

6. All AGM's completed

7. A meeting regarding Stagesoc's capital which was very positive 

8. A first ever meeting between Arts @ UoS and Performing Arts Reps

9. Upcoming: Turner Sims venue hire meeting

10. Attended PA committee meeting last week to chat about CI Careers Sessions for the future.

1. 48 Hour Marathon: very successful with over £800 raised for Comic Relief - double times target

2. Surge went to Abbey Road in exchange for giving back the BTR3

3. SRA Conference in Leicester 

4. Media Ball: many awards won

5. Surge awards coming up very soon

6. General election planning currently ongoing: Southampton interviews being planned

Update from TL on AH's absence:

1. General election coverage and magazine upcoming: magazine coming out soon plus live blog

2. Mental health magazine collaboration with The Edge: still not arrived

3. Collaborating with the Union on Pre-sessional booklet/magazine

4. Live election event planned for The Bridge as a more suitable space than The Stag's

Update provided in advance by AH via email:

"We held our AGM two weeks ago and are currently in the process of planning handovers. By 8th June, all incoming committee members will have been briefed on their roles and will start to take over, with guidance from their predecessors. Our final print issue for the year will be with CM to review by tonight and we are also working hard to secure Festival accreditation for several nationwide events. The only trouble we are currently facing is that (to my knowledge) the Mental Health issue has still not arrived, more than two weeks beyond the scheduled release date."

Apologies: no report submitted

1. Projector has broken recently so it's been quiet. Although projector is now fixed and showings are back underway. Some films were rescheduled but not all were able to be due to availability of space.

2. AGM held

3. Currently year planning and freshers planning

4. Projector process has raised an alarm that a proper process for refunds is needed

Apologies: no report submitted.

CM introduces to zone what an action plan is and looks like – where they go and the process included.

Each student leader to come up with 1 action plan to include more international and BME students.

Suggestions open regarding what to add – suggestions, surveys and feedback from international students

Zone agrees that nothing needs adding to the International Student participation action plan, other than what CM has already included

ER: We already have a minimum of 4 per week, and a maximum of 6 per week.

Free screenings could increase but attendance is usually limited. Biggest issue would be volunteer numbers. 

It's not too practical asking for more slots in UF block bookings. However, next year plan includes more third week showings, this works better financially too. More film marathons are also planned for next year.

Zone agrees that this suggestion is already in motion, and it's using the time UF have already but more efficiently. 

Discussion opens whether this should be student art or not. Zone agrees this shouldn’t be expensive considering the amount of art students at Winchester School of Art.

CM: Already have MPS, dance studio, clubs and socs room, café and many other spaces. Agreed this may be short but there isn’t space in the Union currently. No quick resolution.

*Discussion postponed until PA representative is at the next zone meeting.

Zone suggests adding the following:

1. Committee issues

2. Budgeting and money management for Union groups

3. Staff at the Union

4. Separate Union Films budgeting session (cam, evie, paul, max)

5. Professionalism and customer service for UF

6. How to fill in a claim back form.

Zone agrees photoshop is very useful during study and future workplaces, and that the software accessibility on University computers makes this is a worthwhile topic to cover on the CI conference

Discussion begins suggesting ideas for how to give tickets away in an interesting way.