Setting
In the conference room immediately before the JCR meeting. EM is trying to sleep on the floor, but gets up to open and slam the door. LH arrives late.
Present: EM (President), JS (Working Class Students’ Rep), JC (Vice-President), CG (Communications Officer), LH (JSU Rep)
Apologies: SM (Postgraduate and Mature Students’ JSU Rep), RM (LGBT+ Rep)
Absent: MT (JSU Rep), EJ (JSU Rep), MR (Ethnic Minorities Rep), ES (Students with Disabilities Rep)
Motion to Ban Beef at Durham University
JS: With the catering concerns, if it’s tangible to remove but make sure people are healthy then all good,
CG: I want to amend it to make it not banning beef but calling for more sustainable food. There are worse foods than beef.
JS: Beef is a big pollutant. If it was local farmers, that could be different.
CG: Banning beef is like chopping a weed at the surface and not the root. They need to restructure catering to make it more sustainable.
JS: I prefer sustainable food, but for what we take to the university, banning beef might ne a clearer action point. That way there’s something definite for them to do.
EM: Either way you need a clear angle. There have been lots of restructures anyway.
*Vote that SU comm will support this motion, as it’s a good tangible goal for the University to have.*
Motion to Condemn BPR2
CG: Tik ducking tok LH, he said he’s be a few minutes late.
*Everyone likes this motion*
#saveOurStaff
*LH arrives*
EM: Give me your thoughts on BPR2.
LH: I don’t know what it is. Probably a chit show because it’s Durham.
*BPR2 is explained*
LH: Oh that is bad. A lot of staff are going to lose their jobs.
*Vote that we will support this motion.*