Oxford Brookes Students Union

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Oxford Brookes Students Union Annual General
Meeting 11th Oct 2007 Chaired by Olivia
Nicklin
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• Apologies
• Welcome and Officer Introductions

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The SU Executive Team Sabbs Antoinette
Kyuchukova - President Bryony France - VP
Academic Affairs Jason Manning VP Commercial
Development and Communication Mared Evans VP
Activities and Development Louise Golden VP
Welfare and Equal Opportunities Non-Sabbs Andrew
Whiting LGBT Officer Anna Corbet Women's
Officer Orla Rodgers International
Officer Weiss Tahmas Ethnic Minorities Officer
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3. Explanation of the Purpose of the Union
Democratic Processes
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12. Elections Union Council Reps (1 of each)
Foundation, Undergraduate Stage 1, Undergraduate
Stage 2, Postgraduate Taught and Postgraduate
Research Academic Board 6 Student Reps Learning
Teaching Committee 3 Student Reps Quality
Standards Committee 2 Student Reps Research
Knowledge Transfer Committee 1 Postgraduate
Research Rep Research Degrees Committee 1
postgraduate Research Rep Postgraduate Programmes
Committee - 2 Postgraduate Taught Reps
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4-5. Minutes and Matters Arising from the AGM
and EGM
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6. Guest Speaker 1 Naomi Green Diversity? _at_
Brookes
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What is Oxford Brookes University's motto?

• Excellence in Diversity

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Diversity in Action Researchers compared decsion
making groups composed of all anglo vs.
multicultural groups The diverse groups
produced more EFFECTIVE and FEASIBLE ideas of
much HIGHER QUALITY.
Source Robbins, S. (1996) Organisational
Behaviour, Prentice Hall.
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Working in a diverse team will increase the
quality of the group work you produce- FACT.
Source De Vita. G (1999) Cross-cultural work
groups, The New Academic, Seda, Autumn .
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Gaining your education within a diverse
university such as Oxford Brookes, sets you up to
become good citizens in an ever increasingly
complex, pluralistic society. Naomi Green
(2007)
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7. Financial Reports and Annual Budgets
07-08 Working together to provide representation,
support and inspiration for all our students
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7. Financial Reports and Annual Budgets 07-08
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7. Financial Reports and Annual Budgets 07-08
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7. Financial Reports and Annual Budgets
07-08 Other Performance Indicators
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13. External Affiliations
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Recycling the Student Pound
Exec Team Objectives
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Guest Speaker 2 Caroline OConnor
Islamofobia on Campus E-mail dawah.obuisoc_at_gmail
.com http//www.youtube.com/watch?vJQXh20OuhIc
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• 9. The Unions Objectives and Strategic Plan

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• The Union Objectives 2007/08
• Develop a diversity policy with targets set in
  key areas to measure how inclusive we are as an
  organisation in relation to the student
  demographic at Oxford Brookes University.
• Promote the Unions services and extend
  visibility across campuses so that at each campus
  there are information points and at least one Go
  Out And Listen (GOAL) day per month and an
  increase in the number of candidates and voters
  in the elections for the Executive Committee in
  2008.
• Conduct a review of financial procedures and
  practice to include management accounts, budgets
  and reserves policy.
• Work with NUS to make OBSU campaigns more
  effective so that by the end of the year 30 of
  members will be able to identify an OBSU campaign
  and will recognise the role of NUS.
• Organise a Summer Ball
• Show an improvement in Union performance leading
  to an 80 overall satisfaction rating from
  students in the 2009 survey and work towards at
  least one externally accredited award in each
  area of Membership Services (e.g. IiV),
  Commercial Services (e.g. Sound impact) and
  Support Services (e.g. IiP) and achieve at least
  one Union-wide award by the end of 2008.

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The Union Strategic Plan

• Be an independently registered charity which
  conforms to Good Governance Standard
• Show an improvement in performance leading to a
  80 overall satisfaction rating from students
• Align the development of the Unions managers
  with the changing culture of the organisation.
• Develop and cluster together all student facing
  Membership Services (Advice Centre, Stax and
  other volunteering, job shop)
• Be better value for money with clarification of
  role and location of the Unions trading services
  in relation to the universitys services
• Have a mechanism for measuring the impact of what
  we do on students. How do we measure the impact
  of what we do on students? Has it made a
  difference? How do we know?
• Achieve IIP new standard Level 2
• Be in the top 20 of Unions involved in the Kent
  Commissioned SUMS bench marking exercise and/or
  Students Union Evaluation Initiative or other
  similar bench marking exercises

By 2010 OBSU will
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OBSU Mission Oxford Brookes Students Union
exists to provide representation, support and
inspiration for all its members throughout their
student experience.
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• OBSU Vision
• We will support students personal and academic
  development with increased opportunities for
  involvement.
• We will ensure that students have ownership of
  the direction and success of their Union and
  University.
• We will extend and protect the rights of our
  students.
• We will reflect the diversity of the student body
  through effective democratic representation.
• We will enhance the social and cultural
  engagement of students within the community.
• We will always put students first.
• We will rock you

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OBSU Values In all of its dealings the union will
be professional. It will be accountable to its
members. It will be democratic and forward
thinking and will seek to add value in all of its
transactions. These values will be at the heart
of the organisation.
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10. Executive Reports and Plans Working
together to provide representation, support and
inspiration for all our students
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Nominations for Elections are now Closed!
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12. Motion to Adopt a New Constitution
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11. Review of Policy decisions of Union Council
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12. Elections
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Thank you for your time We look forward to
working with you!