Agenda for Guild Council 01/12/15

1. Guild Council
Agenda: 01 December 15
Forum Exploration Lab 2
2:30pm to 4:30pm

2. Agenda
• Governance (5 minutes)
– Introductions / Apologies
– Standing Orders
• Student Ideas Report (10
minutes)
– Term One (to 23-11-2015)
• Student Ideas (40 minutes)
– 19 Ideas
• Other Business (1 mins)
– Automatic Passes
– Automatic Fails
• 60 Seconds (4 minutes)
– Sabbatical Officer Reports
• Other Governance (??)
– The definitions of trolling
– Staff-based front-line
responses
– Marcel’s suggestion
– Decisions

3. Standing Orders
1. This Council instructs the Sabbatical Officers to not
campaign for either side of any EU Referendum
campaign run by the Guild or the students of Exeter.

4. Student Ideas Report
2014-15 Term One 2015-16 Term One
Ideas Incoming 63 259
Total Votes cast 4,340 15,532
Total Proposers 59 161
Total Voters 1,104 (+327) 1,431 1,237
327 Ideas voters came
from Student Votes…
BDS - 2014 NUS - 2014
Idea 161 210
Vote 1,040 1,522
Total, unique Voters 2,294 (327 added to Ideas through Votes)

5. Student Ideas Report
Term One 2014
16%
Term Two 2014
13%
Term One 2015
65%
Term Two 2015
6%
ALL 391 STUDENT IDEAS

6. Student Ideas Report
-1 F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
2014
Week-by-week comparison of Student Ideas voter numbers
-1 F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

7. Student Ideas Report
Proposer
34+ votes
100+ votes
1% plus
Av. Votes / voter
0
50
100
150
200
250
2014
2015
Miscellaneous Numbers…
Proposer 34+ votes 100+ votes 1% plus Av. Votes / voter

8. Neutral Ideas
Ideas which do not fail or pass on
all criteria, or which have direct
spending implications

9. Student Ideas
74
7
3
1
16
1
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to VP Education to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Lobby the University to play the music from hit TV show
'Countdown' for the final 30 seconds of all exams
Notes:
Reasonably strong agreement –
may be difficult in cases where
different exams are in the same
room and finish at different
times.
85
RATING
MEAN
4.23
MAJORITY
64.4%
VOTERS
101

10. Student Ideas
61
20
3
4
15
2
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Guild to oppose any society events supporting or
promoting Operation Christmas Child or any
Samaritan’s Purse operations
Notes:
No Comments.
82
RATING
MEAN
4.09
MAJORITY
59.6%
VOTERS
104

11. Student Ideas
42
10
8
4
12
1
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Organize discounts at local pubs such as The King Billy
Notes:
Discounts would be at the
discretion of each independent
outlet and are not subject to
leverage.
Locals may enjoy pubs which
do not have a high student
presence.
77
RATING
MEAN
3.87
MAJORITY
46.8%
VOTERS
77

12. Student Ideas
34
16
8
3
12
1
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:The Guild should organise a demonstration on campus
against rising student numbers and the extension of the
teaching day
Notes:
“The Guild” is student-led – as
such, student leaders are free
to organise any lawful activity
and approach staff support for
assistance.
Past student-led protest
includes protests at careers
fairs against ATOS, as one
example.
75
RATING
MEAN
3.68
MAJORITY
36%
VOTERS
74

13. Student Ideas
42
5
1
4
16
1
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Champagne in the Ram
Notes:
Lots of Winston Churchill
quotes.
74
RATING
MEAN
3.68
MAJORITY
36%
VOTERS
75

14. Student Ideas
32
47
9
11
13
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Guild to release a statement condemning ISIS and its
sympathisers
Notes:
There is already standing Policy
to condemn ISIS.
A further declaration can be
made from the existing Policy,
if Council feels this is
necessary.
72
RATING
MEAN
3.59
MAJORITY
21.0%
VOTERS
76

15. Student Ideas
38
9
7
1
22
10
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to VP Activities to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:The Guild to issue a statement clarifying whether or not
it would kill baby Hitler
Notes:
Meta-physical and temporal
conundrums abound
70
RATING
MEAN
3.52
MAJORITY
27.6%
VOTERS
87

16. Student Ideas
36
4
1
1
15
1
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Port in the Ram
Notes:
Support for Portugal
mentioned in comments.
67
RATING
MEAN
3.67
MAJORITY
46.8%
VOTERS
68

17. Student Ideas
33
12
1
12
18
3
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Ban the promotion of homoeopathic treatments at the
university
Notes:
No given definition of
‘promotion’
No instructed follow-up to
action, and numbers of voters
too low to form Policy.
Second year this issue has
arisen to low participation.
67
RATING
MEAN
3.37
MAJORITY
17.9%
VOTERS
84

18. Student Ideas
35
15
3 110
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral
AMBER: Pass to VP Activities to consult/act, along with
Societies Officers and SocExec
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Guild system should enable 2 or more societies to
organise collaborative events with greater ease
Notes:
SocExec needs to be engaged
in consultation on what this
Idea means, to determine a
course of potential action.
66
RATING
MEAN
4.49
MAJORITY
87.3%
VOTERS
55

19. Student Ideas
60
13
0
8
43
1
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Stop the military holding recruitment drives a week
either side of Remembrance Day
Notes:
Contentious issue.
Not an effective ban, since it is
a limited restriction – however
it is still contentious on the
nature of the responses.
66
RATING
MEAN
3.29
MAJORITY
16.3%
VOTERS
135

20. Student Ideas
34
1
5
4
9
1
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Vote:
To pass for action by the Guild President for 2016-17
Green: Yes | Amber: Abstain | Red: No
Information:The guild to mark international men's day and
distribute information on what it's about
Notes:
“The Guild” do not mark any
day without direct policy
making it a standing order.
This has been added to the
Agenda since an Idea came in
to resurrect it, and holding the
vote was easier than clagging
up the system until January.
MEAN
3.90
MAJORITY
45.76%
VOTERS
59
61
RATING

21. Student Ideas
27
5
6
1
6
4
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral
AMBER: Pass to VP Activities to consult/act, with all
parties including the Student Media and PolSoc
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Make SabbQT independent
Notes:
Whilst PolSoc may meet the
student perception of
Independent, “The Guild” may
not burden a Society with an
obligatory event.
The formation of Shadow
Council makes it clear that this
process can be a part of their
work, if Council desires.
53
RATING
MEAN
4.02
MAJORITY
51%
VOTERS
49

22. Student Ideas
25
9
1
3
15
2
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Release a Guild Statement opposing the Higher
Education Green Paper
Notes:
No Comments50
RATING
MEAN
3.5
MAJORITY
35.6%
VOTERS
54

23. Student Ideas
28
8
3 010
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to VP Education to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:Increase the number of Research Uncovered lectures
Notes:
No Comments.
Timing might become
problematic.
49
RATING
MEAN
4.55
MAJORITY
87.5%
VOTERS
40

24. Student Ideas
29
3
5
4 10
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to VP Activities to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:
Careers fairs and other events to take place exclusively
in non-study spaces
Notes:
Strong majority in favour of
keeping study spaces for study.
48
RATING
MEAN
4.31
MAJORITY
64.3%
VOTERS
42

25. Student Ideas
27
5
2
3
2 1
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to VP Education to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:
It would be better if Career Zone events appear on our
timetables and reminders are sent ONE day before the
scheduled date
Notes:
No Comments.
Additional information includes
timetabling of these events –
probable addition to ongoing
time-tabling project (software
sourcing.)
Usually VP Activities remit, but
ongoing project with VP
Education.
46
RATING
MEAN
4.45
MAJORITY
69.2%
VOTERS
39

26. Student Ideas
20
46
1
10
7
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:A declaration that we stand with not just with Paris, but
against all those who seek to disunite us, and with all
Europeans in the face of terrorism.
Notes:
Comments relating to euro-
centric nature.
Comments relating to the
nearness of Paris in social and
economic terms as well as
proximity.
46
RATING
MEAN
3.56
MAJORITY
27%
VOTERS
48

27. Student Ideas
15
611
8
2
3
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:All Students Guild Debates, Elections Hustings, Sabb
Question Time to be hosted in The Forum Street
Notes:
Large neutral segment.
No Comments.
The Forum Street is not always
bookable as events and
displays take place there which
are University-run.
43
RATING
MEAN
3.57
MAJORITY
24.4%
VOTERS
45

28. Student Ideas
18
10
3
4
1 2
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Confused
Votes:
RED: Fail Idea – Neutral or Cost Implications
AMBER: Pass to Guild President to consult/act
GREEN: Council-decided action or Change Agent present
Information:More Guild Points for using the Guild Cup
Notes:
No Comments.
Extra information states
concept as a reward for being
environmentally friendly.
42
RATING
MEAN
4.11
MAJORITY
60.5%
VOTERS
38

29. Automatic Passes
• Automatic Passes
– 385: Ram BBQ Sauce
– 371: Library Reminders

30. Automatic Fails
• Automatic Fails
– 374: A system of
Feedback…
– 373: Prevent drag cross-
dressing…
– 376: Crickhowell Taxes
– 378: Cardiac Hill alternate
path
– 379: Mandatory Training
– 380: Ents Committee
– 386: Ovens in Catered
Residences
– 387: Student Ideas which
cost…
– 390: Repeal Safe Space
Policy
– 391: Premium Menu in Ram
– 393: Pre-printed BART
Sheets
– 394: Boots on the Ground
– 400: Check their privilege
– 405: International Men’s Day
– 404: International Men’s Day
– 403: At least 50% women

31. Sabb Reports
• 60 second Sabb Reports
– VP Activities
– Guild President
– VP Welfare & Diversity
– VP Education

32. Any Other Business
• Correcting failure
– DH1 Plugs
– Pre-Order App (Food)
• Anything else from the floor?