Women’s Officer Report -26/01/09 – 31/01/09

Monday 26/01/09
- Flyering for Pangaea
- Made pirate flags for Pangaea
- Organised travel and started promotion for Gender, Race and Class – an anti-capitalist feminist event in London.
- Made more Reclaim the Night Flyers.
- Updated the Riveters mailing list and started promotion for meetings.

Tuesday 27/01/09
- Holocaust Memorial Day vigil, and helped organise the evening event with a film and speakers.
- Flyering for Pangaea
- Wrote a proposal for a ‘common room’ – non-commerical space in the Union to take to exec in order for students to use the union in the best way for them.
- Ordered more DVDs and books for the Riveters Library and upcoming film nights.

Wednesday 28/01/09
- Confirmed self-defence classes for this term.
- Flyering for Pangaea
- Represented students at the General Assemby – a meeting where key stakeholders and figures in the University, as well as the token 6 students go along to hear about the Universities finances. Of note to students is the University have pledged not to cut back on their commitment to Widening Participation in the financial crisis, and are not key lobbyists for lifting the cap on fees. Also of note, not one woman was sat at the top table – we still have that glass ceiling to crack.

Thursday 29/01/09
- NUS regional conference North in Man Met, asking questions to the NEC, finding out how to input into policy for NUS conference and meeting other sabbatical officers.
- Riveters Meeting ☺

Friday 30/01/09
- Pangaea promotion! Including, making a pirate ship, making sails, setting up and generally being creative and piratey.
- Meeting with Amy about Lis, the Riveters play, and planning for the recruitment meetings, how to inform people of the severity of working in prisons etc.
- Reclaim the Parks: Bike Style. Critical Mass followed by party in the park – reclaiming our spaces from gender based violence in the way we want to? Sounds good to me!

Saturday 31/01/09
- PANGAEA! Organising a room for the biggest NUS-only club-event EVER! Pirates of Pangaea was the pirate rock room, celebrating both pirates and rock music. Working in the Union to promote the Union in a way students enjoy. And, getting to make a pirate ship.