[committee] The Stairwell and SOC situation

[Daniel Axtens]

Ben,

You raise a question that is probably of interest and relevant to everyone on the committee list. I hope you don't mind me cc:ing them in.

> I'm curious what exactly SOC council would/will/can do about it?
> 
> Regards,
> Ben Rampling

The short answer is "Me too."

The SOC president hasn't specified what she wishes to happen. I'm also not able to answer with confidence because, due to the way this dispute has been handled on the part of SOC/Tenancy Committee, we're in a somewhat anomalous situation:

 - the body considering the situation tomorrow is the Tenancy Committee, not SOC. One would normally have expected to be contacted by the chair of the Tenancy Committee (not the SOC president) about tenancy issues. As it is, we've received no communication from the chair. The SOC president does, however, sit on the tenancy committee. Make of all that what you will: I don't know what to think of it.

 - the tenancy committee is not, as far as I can tell, following the grievance procedure laid out in the 2001 Tenancy Agreement for dealing with alleged breaches. Under the agreement, the penalties aren't available until a club is given an opportunity to rectify the breach. I'm not quite sure how we would do that. So I'm not sure if they'll be seeking to rely on the penalties available to them under that agreement. 

In theory, if the issue is escalated to SOC (the tenancy committee is a SOC sub-committee), their powers are laid out in the SOC rules.[1]

I guess I'll know after the meeting tomorrow!

Best regards,
Daniel Axtens

[1] http://www.guild.uwa.edu.au/home/subcouncils2/soc/rules?pageid=6469