Upon entry, Critic received weird stares from the exec, perhaps in part because we arrived a whopping five minutes early. Not wanting the exec to think we were too keen, Critic stared at an empty chair for a while. Unfortunately, this didn’t put the exec off: they were all happy to see someone new and started conversing. Next thing I know, the exec will start thinking I’m a regular and we’ll be on first name basis.
Surprisingly there was wide consensus in the exec to begin with, as everyone agreed the room was cold. Cold is an understatement. Critic was shivering in a jacket and a hat with a scarf wrapped around the face, leaving only a small gap to check out what was happening. Handily, this get-up allowed Critic to quietly dose off without being noticed.
The exec sure are a bunch of funny people. To lighten the mood, they joked that the meeting might be over by 7pm- two hours away! Critic politely joined in on the laughter, only to find we were the only one laughing. After this incident, and rudely missing out on the chocolate, Critic stayed quiet and pretended to be aware of the meeting.
The major wind damage that the Mojo building suffered last semester had long been on the agenda. There were long numbers and longer words on the three photocopied sheets of paper, which no one seemed to understand. To repair the building to the standard it was at will cost OUSA around $70,000, however to demolish it only $16,000. While the former cafe is a much needed asset, the threat of VSM is forcing the exec to look at its destruction. Just quietly, Critic thinks we may as well leave the wind to finish its job. Logan agreed, hoping the snow had done so already.
The exec then went into looking at future possibilities for the site: Logan is keen for an OUSA flat, “like the ‘V’ flat”, where there will be BBQs, low rent and real scarfies; meanwhile, Francisco wants a caravan park. Critic thinks any scarfie caravan in Dunedin would probably be stripped for firewood by May at least and a scarfie flat wouldn’t fare much better. After Logan almost forgot the NZUSA president would be visiting later on in the week, Critic learnt OUSA had been stupidly planning to hold elections during the break. With the low voter turn-out already, Critic thinks it would take a lot of bribery to get anyone to show up.
Apathetic Critic was more interested to find out that Logan asked Ari to the Te Roopu Ball. Their outfits are to be decided behind closed walls, and so Critic was kicked out of the affair. No worries, we will hack some phones to keep you posted.
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