Equal Opps

Members present J Wright, J Drakeford, C Olme, S Holland
In attendance: B Rhodes

004 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 26th JANUARY 2005
The minutes were agreed as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

005 MATTERS ARISING
There were no matters arising.

006 CLUBS AND SOCIETIES E.O. PROCEDURE
Received written proposals from J Wright. Following discussion it was agreed that J Wright and J Drakeford would produce a revised version which would include a summary of the procedure in 'flow chart' form. The final version would be publicised widely, including Concrete and Rabbit.

007 REVIEW OF E.O. POLICY CODE OF PRACTICE: SECTION 1: SUPPORT SERVICES
Section 1.4: “Support Service staff should ensure that those members who may have difficulty accessing the support information provided by the Advice Centre and on the Union website are able to do so.”
The members of the committee were unsure as to what steps had been taken to ensure that the Advice Centre complied with this section. J Wright would discuss with the Student Support Services Manager.

008 REVIEW OF E.O. POLICY CODE OF PRACTICE: SECTION 2: REPRESENTATION
There were no issues to raise under this section.

009 REVIEW OF E.O. POLICY CODE OF PRACTICE: SECTION 3: UNION COMMUNICATIONS
The Committee felt that posters/flyers for student events in the LCR should be more representative of the diversity of the membership. B Rhodes would discuss this with the Entertainments Department.
It was suggested that the Publicity Officer should have responsibility for monitoring/vetting such publicity. This would involve a change to the job description (Appendix A of the Union's Constitution), and would therefore need full discussion at Executive and Council.

010 DATE TIME AND PLACE OF NEXT MEETING
Room 1.33 Union House.

Reminder, the next meeting will review sections 4 and 5 of the Code of Practice

Present: C Olme, S Hammerton, S Holland, S Williams.
In attendance: B Rhodes

PROPOSAL FROM S WILLIAMS
The Committee received a written proposal from S Williams: “Proactive Equal Opportunities”.
The Equal Opportunities Policy requires the Union to provide Equal Opportunities training to Executive members, clubs and societies presidents, and staff.
The most effective way to do this is to train a small number of people in the Union to be able to deliver the equal opportunities training.
The Committee agreed that external help was required in drawing up a training specification, and in identifying likely providers of the training.
It was resolved to approach the NUS Regional Officer, Richard “Tex” Walker in the first instance.