StAUCC Committee Minutes

Agenda

28th March 2017

5:15pm- The Rule

Former Triumphs

• Sinners

• Fantastic

• AWWSR

• Really good

• Get Bruce again- learnt a lot

• Level One

• Lyle- good for the club, could take down rivers

• Improve technique for beginners

• Easter Trip

• Best trip in the world- Betty

• I left my heart in Tomitoul- Chloe P

• First easter trip in 5-6 years without disaster

• Try and make it a yearly thing

• Stay in a hostel again

• Get more mountaineering people involved next time

• Good shout to kayak on the way up

Upcoming Dates

• WWSR

• Got people signed up

• Fins out logistics- where staying

• Email people with what is happening (Ben)

• Cars are booked

• Canoe/Surf Ceilidh

• It’s happened

• Tilt link is up- Socials share link on page

• Pres- at 6.30ish?

• Find a house/ maybe Melville- socials

• Canoe Trip (8th/9th April)

• All good to go

• Email out with food plans etc.

• Chloe J no longer going but will organise before and Dre going

• Nesk River Race (16th April)

• Potentially as a club trip (not private trip)

• Betty on it- chat to Sam about organisation

• P in the Loch (29th April)

• Polo in Loch Stirling campus

• BBQ during the day?

• Polo not allowed there at the minute? Check with person organising?

• Potential for an alumni team

• Gauge keeness on weekly email/ facebook

• Max. 8 per team

• Get everyone to learn rules before we go- look at getting people to go on polo ref course

• Aqua Ball

• Ceilidh band issues- lost ceilidh band

• Asking around- potentially Kerr Barrack?

• Last resort CD with someone calling

• EVERYBODY ASK EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!

• Promise auction- Carys and Alycia sit down this week

• 80 dinner tickets and 70 dance tickets

• 40 dinner left

• 60 dance left

• £900 in debt

• Carys and Alycia to get more tickets sold

• Summer Trip

• Email going out this evening to get canoes

• 3 in a boat

• Trying facebook groups and other unis

• 2 canoes per car

• Aim for 6 canoes

• Nobody wants to drive with a trailer

Finance Update

In bank: £3929.09

Go down by approx. £1500 next week?

Club debt of approx. £1000?

Standing Items

• Blog posts

• Freshers trip- betty

• Easter trip- Chloe P post on easter trip group

• BUCS WWR- Carys

• Assign people before trips?

• Boatshed redevelopment

• Nothing changed since last meeting

• Move out wooden desk- Gear speak to estates about it (keep wood for end of year bonfire)

• Speak to other clubs- Andrew and Chloe P

• Ball – ceilidh band, promise action, need to sell more tickets

• Claims

• Alps

• 4 deposits in (last Sunday)

• 11 people- haven’t heard back from

• 9 people confirmed when could definitely do it

• Dates- after grad ball (26th June- 8th July)

• Club Photo

• Sarah to put up poll of how many people want one (funny and normal)- over order slowly

• £2 a photo and put profits to charity

• Sarah to edit and print

Agenda

• Sea Session rota

• Chloe P to put up poll tonight

• Go at least once a fortnight

• Sarah to keep doing leaders polls

• P in the Loch/ training for P in the Loch

• Cupar for paddling practice- polo boats and playboat (Andrew to find a day and advertise it- when Madras is shut)

• Nick- make polo goal for practice during sea session (message Joe and Dre)

• Friday night

• Work on basics- throwing balls from sitting down (rather than polo games)- bank based

• Teach people the rules

• Betty advertise a sea session as polo specific session (two weeks before P in the Loch?)

• Polo rules at pub one evening

• Post videos on Facebook page of rules

• River trips for the next few weeks (8/9th or 15/16th?)

• K-burn paddle (1st/2nd) if there is enough water! Or polo practice in harbour

• Jamie and Jake to organise

• Nesk trip 15th- practice for Nesk River Race (Sarah and Rory- Jamie can help)

• Stanley post Aqua ball trip- 23rd April (Andrew and Alasdair)

• More beginner trips

• Meeting with Fraser to discuss sponsorship for next year

• DONE

• Carys and Jake come in and introduce yourself to Fraser

• Speaking to higher up

• Try and get £300 for whole year and keep free food Monday and Thursday

• Looking at getting canoe stuff on wall- Fraser worried might get stolen

• Guys night in

• Dre up for possibly hosting- depends on amount of drinking

• Friday end of april

• Jake to organise

• May Dip

• Socials to organise house crawl

• Somewhere for breakfast?

• End of year Bonfire (invite Strathclyde and Dundee?)

• Socials to sort out cars to transport pallets and somewhere to store

• 20th May

• Socials to speak to other uni socials

• Committee Handover fun

• 7th April

• Ice skating Dundee in afternoon

• Meal in evening- potluck

• Booze kitty

• Find a house

• Club Safety Gear

• Get some for the club- Andrew

• LOOK AFTER THEM! KEEP THEM CLEAN!

• General Ideas for Charity (beach clean, birdboxes etc)

• Bake sale- cocktail themed outside the Vic (later at night)- Alycia

• Text a bake during revision (Procrastibake)- Betty and Carys

• Beach clean with transition- Alycia

• Sponsored event for birds, RSPB / bird boxes- Alycia, Paddy request

AOB

• Betty

• Drivers- get people to do the test

• Get people signed up to AU tests

• Chloe P email Elaine

• Sarah

• Quotes- get people to send them in

• Google form instead of emailing them in

• Jamie

• Plan has been set for film night for every other week (different genre every week)

• Other Tuesday will be board games and cards

• At Jamie and Ben’s house

• Half a club day in with games etc. at beginning of year just after fresher’s week

• Carys

• Get phone numbers when going on trips so can get in contact with people if need to

Next meeting:11th April 5:15pm The Rule