Exec Training and the next year

I'm in exec training at the moment, and I'm certainly getting to know the other officers better
One of the exercises we've had to do is plan out the next year and how we're going to do everything we've committed to. Now, I really want Liberation Week to happen and will work towards that with Violet, Vic and Jack, but this is just the list of things from my manifesto - so here's what I'll be up to all year (alongside my degree):
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Action	Persons responsible	What to do	Deadline
Elections
NO stickers for elections	Elections officer Singh re budgeting	Arrange a meeting between myself and those people, propose the idea, discuss budgeting	When are the next elections? Find out when they are and do that
Election tshirts replaced with sashes	Elections officer Singh	Note: possibly the t-shirts have already been ordered so it might need to be put in place sooner	When are the next elections? Before then
Campaign-free routes	Elections officer Singh	Sit down in a meeting with them with a campus map and highlight routes around campus so students can get everywhere without them	Before the next elections
Safety
Mobility impaired students and Sshh bus currently as well as the future	Venue managers Who organises the Sshh buses? Speak to them Sidonie College re Sshh bus funding	Arrange a meeting, and discuss a plan – can a security staff member accompany or help them home? Are there accessible taxis locally? Ring all the taxi companies to find out.  For the future speak to the college about how they fund the Sshh bus scheme and where they get the buses from Discuss how we could get an adapted minibus	As soon as possible
Bad weather plan for mobility impaired students, so someone can call them and check on them	Educational support office Sidonie Whoever runs the volunteering scheme	Contact the ESO and discuss this with them, especially for a list of mobility impaired students, contact all those students and see whether any of them want it, once we have a list of people that want to have the service, speak to whoever runs the volunteering scheme to see if volunteers can be up for it, organise it in terms of having it set up	Beginning of November – before the cold weather sets in
Mental health first-aider training	Sidonie RAG chair Venue manager Performance society presidents	Research how much it costs, speak to Sidonie and RAG chair about fundraising for it, organise a fundraising event and see if performance societies are willing to perform at it	End of my term
Campaigns
Mental health week panel	Sidonie Jamie	Discuss what night we could do it Organise a room Find a panel of students with different mental health problems willing to discuss them Design posters advertising it	Mental health week – when is it?
Two week wait	Jamie Sidonie Counselling service at college Find out who funds them and that person	Speak to the counselling service to see whether they can currently do this If they can’t discuss how they could, how many more counsellors they’d need Speak to college about getting that many more counsellors and how much it’d cost Lobby college for the extra funding using statistics of students with mental health problems If college refuse look into how we can campaign further to convince them	End of my term
Campus access audit	College – who is at the top in terms of venue management Educational support office Disabled students network	Discuss the cost of getting a professional access audit that we could then advertise online If we can’t afford that then work with the disabled students network to divide campus up and discuss a rating scheme	End of my term
Disabled Students Allowance campaign	Jamie Educational Support Office	Research how to apply for it, what paperwork is needed, how it works Design posters that explain it with a point of contact for applying for it Have an event of some kind in which it’s discussed and disabled students talk about how it’s benefited them – the ESO might recommend students who are willing to Produce a leaflet about it	End of my term
The community
Find out what’s happening to local Mental Health services	Jamie Sidonie Health centre? Internet? Local groups for people with MH problems	Be willing to work with other organisations in the local area on this, and find out what’s already happening Raise awareness of the cuts if they’re happening If there is no response yet, look at the kind of protest that could be arranged	End of my term, any major government bills relating to this
Engaging with the local community relating to cuts in Englefield Green and Egham to health services	Contact Save Our Services in Surrey Other community groups	Speak to these groups If any kind of protest is being organised look into coaches or similar If there are major cuts and there is no protest, look into organising one	End of my term, any government bills
Accessible shower space	The Village ESO	Contact the ESO and find out whether there are students with mobility impairments not currently living in adapted housing, and whether this might ever be wanted Speak to The Village about their shower space, how much it costs to use, whether students could use it for free, timings Organise for the ESO to advertise this possibility for students who might require it	End of my term
Sports
Accessible sports teams	Sports officer Person in college responsible for sports funding Ian	Speak to the college about the need for disabled students to have access to sports Explain the lack of demand and the difficulty of setting up our own teams because of the variety of adapted sports and number of students Look at what local accessible sports teams exist and how we could get students to them in terms of adapted transport Suggest costings to the college and how important this is, and press them for funding	The end of my term
Casual sport	Ian Sports Officer	Discuss the viability of sports teams offering to facilitate occasional casual sessions for students who aren’t so good at sport but want to do some for fun Organise and advertise these	End of my term
BUCS and adapted sports	Hannah Paterson Daryl Jones	Speak to Hannah about relevant contacts she might have and what’s happening with this Contact BUCS and ask what the current situation is Act from there	End of my term
The Union
Quiet room during union nights	Sidonie Venue manager Security manager	Organise the meeting and explain why this would be useful or necessary for disabled students Discuss potential challenges and trial it	End of my term
Safe areas for mobility impaired students during union nights	Sidonie Venue manager Security manager	Explain why this is needed in terms of the crush Look at the SU and which areas are easy to get to, easy to section off and might be useful Discuss potential challenges and trial it	End of my term
Access information for union nights	Venue manager DJs Tech crew Disabled students network	Find out what things the disabled students network think are important to know before venue nights Discuss with the venue manager, tech crew and DJs how these things are planned and how far in advance Design a sheet that can be filled in with ticks or whatever symbolising what will be present, eg strobe lights, fast moving lights, high volume music, more or less full venue, other things added or removed Discuss how to make it policy that that sheet is displayed at the point that tickets go on sale on and offline so disabled students can be prepared for the venue night	End of my term
General meetings with access breaks every 90 minutes	This is in progress and the motion will be ready for the first general meeting Union Chair	Discuss this with Alex Cadier Write a motion on why this is important Write a speech explaining this Have a vote	First general meeting of the year
The University
Lecture notes and recordings	Educational services VPs of the university in charge of education Deans of departments	Explain why this is important, whether it’s recordings, transcripts or notes Explain how this would help students to learn Discuss ways of preventing it stopping students attending lectures Contact other universities that already do this to see whether it’s affected their lecture attendance	End of my term
Founders’ Library access campaign	Sidonie Whoever Sid tells me to speak to	Find out what’s happening so far with the Founders’ Library access campaign Support and continue to look for ways of making it more accessible to mobility impaired students	End of my term
Avoiding students as learning support mentors where people want	ESO Disabled students network	Discuss this with the disabled students network to see where it’s a problem and if it’s a problem for disabled students Explain to the ESO why it is (if it is) – patronising, risk of friends of friends, not wanting other students to know about their issues, wanting the choice to have someone separate from the student community	End of my term
Benefits pack	ESO	Research the benefits disabled students might be entitled to Produce a leaflet about this Ask the ESO to distribute it	End of my term
Spaces
Disabled Students’ Network	Sidonie ESO Whoever does room bookings	Book a room for an evening the week after welcome week Advertise through the ESO Make posters Ensure that as many students of all years as possible know it exists, and ensure that they also know who has the right to attend Try and bring tea and biscuits and discuss when would be a convenient time and week for this to meet fortnightly	As soon as possible
Disabled Students’ Facebook group	ESO to advertise	This is already set up and needs to be advertised	-
Disabled Students’ Officer Facebook page, twitter, etc	ESO to advertise	This is already set up and needs to be advertised	-