StAUCC Committee Minutes

StAUCC Committee Minutes

Date: 20.09.16

Time: 1715

Location: The Rule

Present: KHad, JM, GG, AP, AT, CD, CJ, GK, CP, BP, SL

Apologies: EW

Late: SC, JAxe (1730)

Early departure: CP (1745)

Former glories

• Welcome Georgia and Chloe

• Woo!

• Freshers Week

• Huge success!

• Freshers Fayre

• KHad's favourite!

• Leaders Trip

• V successful

• Level of kayaking = good

• Back to 2-day in future?

• Fun, but a lot of commitment the weekend before FT.

• Blog post please!

Upcoming dates

• Freshers Trip (24-25th)

• Going badly at the moment

• No vans!!

• (2 small vans, don't fit many boats)

• Large crisis

• Solutions?

• 2 day trips?

• 2 groups, super-early shuttle?

• Alumni hiring vans?

• 25y minimum

• Trailer

• Or hire one from AU

• Check it at sea tomorrow

• Can we just work it out with roof-racks?

• Will know by 1000 tomorrow if emergency solution needed.

• Food on Sat night?

• GG to handle? w/ BP

• Dietary reqs. accounted for.

• Burgers & veggie burgers needed.

• FREE JIMMY CHUNGS

• BP has reduced price from £10.99 to £10.00

• Email your freshers!

• Exec Trip (1st Oct)

• Stanley! :)

• Beginners & execs

• Let us know if you can go/drive/lead

• Ball (12 Nov)

Standing Items

• FINANCIAL UPDATE

• 1800 in the bank?

• Budgets are in!

• Transport £3,230

• Development £2500

• Membership £2500

• Basically, loadsa money! :D

Agenda

• Social

• Wednesday 60fun

• Not this week - in future perhaps?

• AT In touch w/ Dundee social sec.

• Aqua Ball?

• Arenaline Ball

• No word from Jacob

• Otherwise all running fine

• Sponsorship & Food

• Contract drawn up - KHad to meet

• Food sitch. - not great recently, but to be improved?

• No real other options.

• aqua ball

• Sea Sessions

• Attendance and commitment

• Real issue with committee/leader non-attendance at sea sessions

• Rota?

• 2 groups, on-off?

• Sam was thinking about biscuits

• New set up

• Alps 2k17

• We want it!

• Who to organise?

• CP interested

• AP can to on-trip stuff

• CD interested

• JAxe interested

• Conclusion: AP, CP, CD, JAxe to discuss.

• Beaters and Sunglasses

• Sunglasses going well - members picking them up

• CP has - going to bring them to sessions & sell for £10

• SC: tie-dye?

• At the castle?

• Raise money for charity

• Pricing?

• £5?

• BASE and Naked Calendar

• BASE

• SC: waiting for confirmation from Jackie

• 8 volunteers(?)

• N/C

• Send photos in!

• Also, doing a non-naked calendar - scenic/paddling photos

• Photoshoppery also to be applied!

• Gear

• Buy things

• Bungs and BAs

• Test BAs!

• Wetsuits, decks, cags, paddles

• Are wetsuits/197 paddles disappearing?

• Shiny cags :)

• Always more decks!

• 5mm wetsuits??

• How to keep freshers

• JAxe: warm kit!

• PUB PUB PUB

• #prethepub

• Next Tuesday - non-alcoholic social.

• Potluck?

• Social to handle

• Freshers' group chat

• GG to arrange, AT to get involved

• BUCS WWR vs SSS Slalom (19th-20th Nov.)

• BUCS funding wins out

AOB

• AP

• Damage to Arnold Clark vehicles.

• Take care when manouvering!

• 2nd Oct - stand around directing people & get paid in beer!

• WWSR booked on 8th/9th, AP & Harwell also running advanced trip - contact them!

• SCA focus officer - 100% success rate applying for AWARDS FOR ALL

• Any ideas??? Tell AP!

• CANOES?????

• AT

• Next sinners is pyjama themed

• Joint social w/ Dundee

• Us going there?

• When?

• Sinners?

• CD

• Charity ceilidh

• Unfortunately coinsides w/ WWR

• If we can sort a date, then definitely

• GK

• 2-step plan:

• 1) Get Freshers to make friends

• Plan w/ GG

• 2) Get money!

• SC

• Charities?

• Teenage cancer trust?

• Families first?

• SAMH?

• Raffle at balls?

• SL

• Batman social!

• JM

• Weekly email!!!

• KHad

• Stratts' party - Monday night??

• Will talk to AU about more boats in the pool!

• Social membership?

• SC: yes, but socials need to be improved

• AT: yes, because there are several people who say they would pay if it weere an option

• AP: no, because people should be able to kayak at any time

• This will prevent people from ever paying for full membership

Meeting ended: 1830

Next meeting: 04.10.16, 1715 @ The Rule