Women’s Officer Report: 06/04/09 – 09/04/09

Women’s Officer Report: 06/04/09 – 09/04/09

Monday 6th April
- Another few layers of the world for women’s week!
- Case work took up quite a lot of the day
- Caught up properly on all emails
- Worked out the LGBT campaigns budget and Okayed it with the secretaries
- Lots of work on the UMSU common room, opening on the 20th April… more details to follow.

Tuesday 7th April
- Wrote motions for UMSU General meeting, including the Equal Opportunities policy and how that could be more representative, and one on gender-neutral toilets.
- A few more layers of the world!
- Arranged the specifics of several days for women’s week.

Wednesday 8th April
- Meeting with staff at the University counselling service regarding feedback and how we can best work together in the future.
- Attended proposal meeting regarding Solem Bar re-design over Summer. Found out about one design, and a previous design from several weeks before. I’m quite annoyed about the lack of student input and consultation into the process, and that I only by-chance found out about the meeting
- Finished making the world for women’s week
- Made the Open Media poster for women’s week.

Thursday 9th April
- Updated the website for Women’s Week and launched most of the information, including a facebook group, posters, flyers etc.
- Wrote motions for Exec on paying non-sabbatical executive officers and a mental-health policy for the executive.

Women’s Officer Report 30/03/09 – 03/04/09

Women’s Officer Report 30/03/09 – 03/04/09

Monday 30th March
- Visited Leeds Met women’s officer to continue plans for Anti-Violence Campaign.
- Found out about Leeds Met’s ‘Controversy Week’ and the feedback and finalised plans for a ‘trans week’ in Manchester.

Tuesday 31st March
- Emailed societies that will be involved in Women’s Week with information of what’s needed, including photo socs and all religious societies
- Booked all the Rooms for women’s week
- Ordered an over-sized balloon and liaised with staff on how I could make it
- Sorted out Reclaim the Night photos

Wednesday 1st April
- Made 8 banners for women’s week to be displayed around campus.
- Got a design for the ‘This is what a feminist looks like’ board.
- Worked with the LGBT society regarding their society make up and possible plans to increase participation.
- Re-ordered mooncups
- Re-wrote the Condoms, Abortion, Childcare – Pro-Choice and Proud motion for the General Meeting.

Thursday 2nd April
- Typed Riveters minutes
- Attended conference on ‘The Female As Subject In And Of Feminism’ and met loads of cool feminist postgrad students.
- Organised what films to show for Open Media in Women’s Week.
- Made the Wall of Shame for Women’s Week

Friday 3rd April
- Made the papier mache globe for women’s week
- Met with the women involved in the Riveter’s Lis project and negotiated the rules and roles for our date in Prison.
- Made stickers for free sanitary protection and the night bus.