[committee] Restrictions on group applications for freshers

[Daniel Axtens]

> I would ask the committee to present the reasons for this decision and to consider a policy where *every* person is reviewed for groups based on trust and never due to arguably meaningless labels.

This is arguably already the case. I think "no freshers until sem 2" is better understood as received wisdom rather than a hard and fast rule.

AIUI, the reasoning is this:
 - 3 months is not a long time to get to know someone; and 
 - UCC group membership entitles people to considerable powers (dooring, dealing with money), and scary amounts of responsibility (dooring, dealing with money, security); and,
 - <massive generalisation>UCCans are a a paranoid lot who don't make friends easily, and whose trust is difficult to gain and trivial to lose</massive generalisation>

IMO freshers who wish to apply for groups should; but they should expect extra scrutiny. I would suggest just being around ucc is not enough, but this is my opinion only.

[dja]