Last month's Board meeting saw a number of important decisions and some great
reports from the USU departments. Here's what's happening:
Environment Portfolio
The
Environment Portfolio was created and approved. Brought to Board by Tom
Raue, the Portfolio will seek to oversee the environmental practices of
the USU within all its functions. The Portfolio will be held for the
next year by Tom, who will be looking into the best ways to incorporate
and investigate environmental best practice. If you want to get involved
in the work of the Environment Portfolio contact Tom at t.rau@usu.usyd.edu.au
AA Review
The
AA Review was accepted by the Board as the 2012 annual review and the
first step in a consultation process with staff and students around AA
within the USU. The Review considered a number of different areas of AA
including clubs and societies, Board membership, student leadership
positions and women's mentoring. If you want to find out more about the
review and give your thoughts on AA within the USU you can read more
here http://share.pdfonline.com/
SCASS USU Art Gallery Working Party
The
formation of a Working Party between the USU and the Sydney College of
the Arts Student Society was approved to continue collaboration
discussions. The working party aims to look at the opportunities for
students in curatorship, installation and extra curricular study. The
working party will be made up of a mixture of USU students and staff,
SCASS representatives and SCA representatives.
What's going on in the departments….
- There's a promotion of $2 coffees during Exams at our USU Coffee Carts from 8-10am! (Comm/Ops)
- We're letting students know about our new coffee blend; starting in 2013 we will be using Rainforest Alliance blend. (Communications)
- The tender process is continuing for our new website.
- Verge was a huge hit! The dome went off and student programs is exhausted.
- C&S celebrated another great year at the C&S awards
- Hermes 2012 has been launched
- The USU is undertaking D&M Market research to find out more about what students want. Join the USU Hub to get involved!
- The Holme Redevelopment Project is well underway, students should expect to see changes from as early as semester 1, 2013
- Our student leadership positions for 2012 have been filled
- Plans for O Week 2012 (stalls, set up, events, sponsors) are well underway. Directed by students Kristy Samal and Robby Magyer the theme is "Down the Rabbit Hole"!
Board meetings are open for all USU members to attend. The next Board meeting will be held Friday 30th November.
That's a wrap up of your USU in October. If you want any more information or to get involved get in touch president@usu.usyd.edu.au.
Brigid Dixon
Vice President
This is fantastic, a great way to keep people informed. Perhaps a subscription system could be handy as well- so new blogs can be emailed to inboxes for people who like to follow what is happening at the union.
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