Last Exec meeting saw a change of scene for the meeting’s location. With the Capping Show practicing in the boardroom, Critic and the Exec relocated to the OUSA office, behind the desk where you all hand in lost property and the like. This had the added bonus of having couches as seating, so if anyone else would like the boardroom for any reason on Tuesdays at 5.15pm, go for your life. Depressingly, the shift to the new location was by far the most exciting thing to have happened in an Exec meeting for a considerable period of time.
Ex-Executive member Imogen Roth was at the meeting to for her Returning Officers' Report. Critic was initially alarmed by her presence - the last time ex-Execcies turned up it was for a lengthy ranty complaining session - but luckily she was there on business. Imogen's report on the April by-election detailed recommendations for future elections, including informing candidates of the opportunity to submit a photo and blurb to run in Critic (apparently there was some issue with this this time, as one of the Postgraduate candidates who wasn't aware of this requirement failed to submit this on time). She also recommended that in future efforts should be made to take the voting system to the voter, noting the success of the Abbey College and Postgrad Coffee Hour voting booths.
Shit got good, however, when the Exec was asked to consider a motion diverting $100 of student funds towards a wreath for ANZAC Day to be laid at the Dawn Parade by a couple of Execcies. Seems simple enough, but things got awkward when Thomas, the new Postgrad Rep, objected to this on the grounds that he didn’t think OUSA should be associated with war. The rest of the Exec quickly jumped to the defence of the idea, informing their German colleague that the idea wasn’t to celebrate war, but instead to remember and honour those who had died. Critic meanwhile sat in the corner revelling in the delicious irony of the debate whilst watching that episode of Fawlty Towers on our iPod. Good times.
The vote got taken and the motion was passed with Thomas still abstaining from the foliage-based war mongering. Other Executive members also signed up to do street collections for the RSA outside the Rob Roy, with the purpose clearly being to help themselves to one of the corner shop’s famous ice-creams with the proceeds (just joking, rofl, lmao etc).
Execrable - 9
