[committee] The Stairwell and SOC situation

[Christopher Bobridge]

It's been a while and this probably highlights how much Tenancy Committee
met when I was Soc VP, but am I correct in remembering that's a Soc VP role?

Chris

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Daniel Axtens <danielax at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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