03.10.10

ATTENDANCE.

Pentti Kouri – Andy, Rina

Morgannwg – Paul, Maria

Powys – Rhys, Shreya

Gwynedd – Laura, Juan

Whitaker – Marlene, Albert

Tice – Solveig, Tom

Sunley – Diego, Eliza

AGENDA.

* Biofence removal

* August period

* Otter pads

* Project week.

* Alternative to lost emails.

* Electrical outlets in House bathrooms.

* Reps to meet.

* Culture of swearing.                                                       

* Religious survey.

* Staff-Student Agenda

DISCUSSION.

* Biofence removal. Waiting for updates and there will be a Staff meeting later this week about it.

* August period. Feedback sessions are being organised to aid improvements on next year.

* Otter Pads. Rune is investigating the infamous Otter Pads issue.

* Project Week. Discussed that it is unfair to have only two days to decide on projects for Project Week. The sign down sheets are available until Friday and it seems unlikely that this deadline can be changed.

* Alternative to lost emails. Discussed that a poster on the Canteen noticeboard could be an efficient alternative to lost emails.

* Electrical outlets in House bathrooms. Erica from Whitaker brought up the lack of electrical outlets in the bathrooms in Houses. We will look up the policy on this before further action... who uses shaver sockets anyway?!

* Reps meeting. The IT, food, entertainment and language reps will be asked to meet this Thursday at 9pm so they can organise their roles.

* Culture of swearing. It was brought up that swearing is a problem at AC. It was discussed that while this may be difficult to solve, language use is an important part of being culturally sensitive and we should try for a politer use of vocabulary. It is important also to have teachers be a part of this and maybe it could be introduced into PSHE sessions. A main problem discussed was that while it may be acceptable at AC, it is often not in the wider world and that non-natives who don’t understand the severity of the language they pick up from native speakers will pick up bad habits without realising.

* Religious survey. There will be a religious survey to make sure that there is enough support for students at AC. It was suggested that St. Donats Church could be used for interfaith dialogue, religious groups and inter-religious meetings.

* Thematic Discussions. The WiFi discussion has been organised for the 11^th October, Contemporary UWC relevance for the 12^th, ‘Think Global, Act Local’ philosophy for the 18^th and a Service/ Induction review for the 19^th.