[committee] Clubrooms in Cameron Hall

[David Adam]

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Amber Boyatzis wrote:
> So before exams, I had a brief chat with our Guild Presidient, Dom Rose.
> He's a really nice guy it seems, but the crux of things is that:
> a. clubrooms aren't going to be in Cameron Hall in a few years
> a. i. there's no real choice in this: they're going to gut the building and
> start again. (Which is probably a good thing)
> b. We're going to go to second floor of the guild building
> b. i. (This) guild don't intend to screw us over by not letting us have a
> clubroom
> 
> The end of the conversation I had with Dom was that basically we shouldn't
> try to improve our club rooms in the near future, but that he's happy to
> come and have a little meeting with interested parties regarding this.  And
> have a look at our club rooms (he hasn't seen them).
> 
> UniSFA really would prefer that we could tame our clubroom a little before
> he comes to look at it: we are currently mid-stocktake so it is chaotic in
> here.  Basically, not next week but the week after is good for us.  How
> about you guys? What kind of time should I suggest to Dom (Around lunch
> maybe??).  Any days preferable? I guess it would be best to have the
> presidents and VPs of the clubs there at least.
> 
> My other concern is that if too many people come to this meeting it will be
> a total waste of time.  So, maybe if each committee can put thought into
> questions they want to ask Dom, what the needs of the club are etc etc
> before getting to the meeting, that would be great.  So... rather than
> everyone just ROCKING UP, maybe interested parties should email  (their)
> committee with the concerns they want aired and the committee can be the
> democratic voice of the people.  Aww, idealism!

Hi Amber,

This sounds really good. We're having a big cleanup on Saturday, and some 
kind people liberated many of our items, making the tidying process even 
easier, so any time after that should work. Both Conrad and I would like 
to come along for the UCC.

I want to pull out that cheese-filled management maxim - "there are no 
problems, only opportunities". In the cheerful land of unicorns and 
rainbows in my head, we use this move to acquire a clubroom more 
appropriate to our needs (e.g. with a roof) and manage to engage the 
Guild in some genuine dialogue about our desires.

Off the top of my head, topics for discussion might include:
 - the timeframe we're looking at for the move (or as much is known at 
   this point)
 - which rooms in the building are slated for clubs (did you actually mean 
   the first floor of the Guild building?)
 - the current services and resources of the clubs
 - the various desires of the clubs for equipment, space, and facilities
 - possible changes to clubroom access policies

UCC committee and interested folks; what would you like to see from a 
clubroom move? What concerns do you have? Let the committee list know!

David Adam
UCC Committee 2009
zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au