Date: 9th of March, 2018
Time: Before the Interactive, as quickly as possible
1) Treasurer's Report
- Given by Jon- ask him for a copy
- Accounts can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VjwZ0YIWww0oVBVq7IjTIaUtrVd1xWro59o6qfKfS-s/edit?usp=sharing
- £1000 in insurance money- important point is that in some places the armoury is insured based on personal insurance policies
- The UCH has raised their price by £8 per session. An extra £160/year may mean we need to look elsewhere after all, sadly.
- View from many in the room that they would help contribute to this additional cost in order to ensure this accessible location remains there’s
2) President's Report
3) New System Vote
List of proposed systems:
3a) A short pitch from each system writer
3b) Q&A
3c) Then Vote
- Vote results-
- 15 for Citadel
- 8 for Obscura
- Citadel to be run next year
4) Appointment of Committee:
- President (Oversees the running of the society, chairs meetings, resolves disputes)
- Lizzie nominated herself
- Carried by general assent
- Lizzie is President
- Treasurer (Looks after the society's money day to day, keeps accounts)
- Rae nominated herself
- Bryn nominated himself
- Secretary (Communicates with the members, books rooms, takes minutes at meetings)
- Motion made for Rae and Bryn to switch roles- Bryn as Treasurer, and Rae as Secretary
- Carried on a general assent
- Bryn is Treasurer
- Rae is Secretary
- Senior President
- Mark
- Carried on a general assent
- Mark is Senior President
- Social Secretary (Organises socials and weapons practices)
- Decided to hold off appointment until next term
5) Appointment of next year's Referee Team:
- Robb appointed on general assent- to find a ref team
- Robb is Head Ref
6) Other Motions:
0) EXAMPLE MOTION
- Proposed by: N/A
- Seconded by: N/A
We propose that all motions written on this page should follow the format of this example motion.
Reasoning: This will keep the motions relatively neat.
- Comment: This motion PASSED/FAILED at the AGM
1) Interactive Day
A discussion of whether Fridays are still the best day for interactives, possibly followed by a motion to change it if we decide it's a good idea.
Reasoning: The player base has changed makeup quite a bit since interactives were placed on Fridays. Is Friday still the best day to hold interactives? In particular, is taking up their Friday nights a reason for our less than stellar retention of students?
Pre-discussion
- A thing to look at before the AGM here might be our chances of being able to hire rooms on other days. –Pufferfish
Discussion
- General view was people with jobs liked Friday, and there was no evidence that the date was preventing student retention
- Possibility raised of holding in the week, but ending a half hour earlier
- Many liked the Friday and Saturday nature
- No reason to move decided upon, so no one proposed or seconded
- Comment: This motion WAS NOT VOTED UPON at the AGM
2) Minor generalisations of the E&D Policy
- Proposed by: Jon
- Seconded by: Dan
The current policy contains some wording specific to the current system (for example it names "Breaking Worlds" as the society system). Generalise these terms to apply to any system we run.
- Comment: This motion PASSED BY GENERAL ASSENT at the AGM
3) Extend E&D Policy to exclude roleplaying effects similar to mental illness
- Proposed by: Jon
- No Seconder
Add "We will not include mental roleplaying effects that parody real-world mental illness."
Discussion
- Wording was called into question
- Some issues of rule vs intent
- Clarifying of what was regarded as a mental illness, and whether players could play characters with a mental illness
- Did not move to voting as there was no seconder
- Comment: This motion WAS NOT VOTED UPON at the AGM
4) Add OC requirement to drop a subject to the E&D policy
- Proposed by: Jon
- Seconded by: Kim
Add "If someone indicates OC to you that a topic is making them uncomfortable then you should stop mentioning it. It is always acceptable to drop OC to remove yourself from a scene that's making you uncomfortable."
- Wording changed in AGM- Add to the above "All CLS games shall include both a verbal and a non-verbal mechanism for doing this"
Reasoning: I believe we've been doing this already. It's arguably implied by "should not experience pressure to ... engage when they do not wish to", but I think it can use spelling out.
''Pre-discussion
- I would also like to discuss how we apply this in practice. What is the best way to facilitate its usage? Ideally, I would like to have a defined handsign (possibly a very clear thumbs down) indicating that you are OC noping out of something, but failing that, can we at least explicitly allow people to stick their finger in the air and walk off without having to give a verbal explanation? I (and surely some others) generally do not do talking at the times when I am feeling most uncomfortable. - Kim
- For the second part I would expect that you put your finger in the air and walk off, saying why optional. For the first part, other systems have "calls" and hand signals for this if we like. – Jon
Discussion
- Clarification to make clear not just disappearing
- View there should perhaps be action and words
- Wording was changed- see above
- Comment: This motion PASSED BY GENERAL ASSENT at the AGM
5) We should have an accessibility statement.
- Proposed by: Rosemary
- Seconded by: Dan
We should have an accessibility statement
Reasoning: This makes it clearer what our games involve, especially because club larp has a reputation for being miserable if you can't fight. I wrote a draft statement for nitpicking here: Pufferfish/DraftAccessibilityStatement
Discussion
- Clarification that this is not immediate assent of the one provided above
- Rosemary would like it to be sifted through
- View can be voted on at an EGM next term
- Comment: This motion PASSED BY GENERAL ASSENT at the AGM
7) Any Other Business
Motion to make Rosemary an Honorary Member of the Society
- Proposed by: Dave
- Seconded by: Bryn
- Comment: This motion PASSED BY GENERAL ASSENT at the AGM
8) Rejoice!
Discussion