Strictly Come Holloway, Societies Ball and the GM

Monday 4th to Sunday 10th February 2013

Usual duties - Exec and the GM

The Executive Committee met on Monday to talk about the upcoming GM - and so I'll move on swiftly to the General Meeting (GM)!

The motion for liberation officers to be self identifying passed with an overwhelming majority, which is excellent. This means that just as your First Year Officer is in fact a first year, and your Postgraduate Officer a postgraduate, the Liberation Officers will be self-identifying also. This will however be based on trust, so that if you are a disabled student you do not have to come out about the specifics of your disability in the elections. You only reveal as much as you want to, and nobody can force you otherwise. We are young adults who should trust each other. 

However the motion for the voters of Liberation Officers to also self-identify fell. Hopefully the motion can be worked on so that it becomes true at a later date, or it will have to be left. In student politics you win some, and you lose some. I know that with a lot of Liberation issues, what you think depends on where you're standing. It can be tough to recognise that, and to see where the people around us are standing also. Perspective changes everything! So I'm saying that if you think differently to me, that's alright, but I'd like to know your perspective. 

Another motion was passed to support Roma, Gypsy and Travellers rights to a safe and secure place to live. This, like the first motion I've mentioned, passed with an overwhelming majority! There are students here who are Gypsy, Roma or Traveller, and that's why these motions are important. 

Strictly Come Holloway

Strictly Come Holloway

This was on Thursday night! A massive shout out to the Ballroom and Latin Dance Society for organising and holding this fantastic event. It alone raised just over £1,700! Tommaso and I danced the Quickstep - and it was great fun! I forgot how when performing, you practice over and over again, but that the performance is always over before you know it! I slipped a little on the floor and it threw me - but Tommaso just kept dancing, as the catch phrase goes. At the Ball on Saturday, this event won the "RAG Event of the Year" award, and very deservedly so as well!

Societies, Media & RAG Ball 2013

What an incredible evening! The food was delicious and the event very well organised. Well done to everyone who was nominated for an award, who won an award, and of course to all the unsung heroes as well. It was fantastic to see what each society had been working towards over the course of the year, and to join in on the enthusiastic clapping! Well done to everyone, and I hope you all had an excellent time!

Your Executive Committee