JCR Meeting Minutes – Easter 1

Rachel Dela Ysla

18/08/2025

JCR Meeting Minutes for the First JCR Meeting of Easter Term 2025

Monday 16th June, 7:30pm, Dining Hall

*For accessibility requirements for the agenda, please contact the JCR Chair ([email protected]) to arrange documents and whatever may be necessary.

1. The minutes of the last meeting

These are available on the JCR Website.

2. Matters Arising

[none]

3. JCR Announcements

[none]

4. Questions of Officers

Questions should be submitted before the meeting.

5. Elections, Hustings and Interviews

I. Low Income and Working Class Representative

Dylan Chetcuti

Can’t be present, Hannah Tunnicliffe reads his hust aloud
Experience at Mary’s being low income and working class rep this past year
Aware of reputation about elitist uni
- Working class background made him worried that he wouldn’t fit in
- Time at Mary’s has been very inclusive and he has felt supported
In the past year:
- Had meetings with college staff to make Marys’ more accessible
- Including discussions on expansion of current discounts and bursaries through fx vouchers for Durham Grant students for sports and socs
If re-elected:
- wants to ensure the implementation of schemes like these
Has set up the wardrobe scheme this year and wants to continue work with this
If re-elected wants to take a more active role
Make events more accessible

II. Social Chairs

Dulcie and Emelie

First years doing geology + marketing and management
Loved been involved in planning events this year through various ball committee roles
Making social life inclusive and reflective of what students want
Providing more inclusive food options
Working with societies such as Mixed Voices and Chapel Choir
Collaborate with charities for formals and invite guest speakers
Make use of the social committee
Creative collaboration, open communication
Great time managements skills
Ensure smooth running of events
Questions
- How do you want to balance adding a charity donation on to a ticket as well as keeping the price accessible?
  - Do an optional donation
  - Pick a charity that people would like to support  ask beforehand
- An event you are particularly interested in?
  - Burns’ Night formal
  - Blossom formal when the cherry blossoms are out

III. Head Teikyo Representative

Queenie Ikeda

IV. LGBTQIA+ Representative

Ace and Alex

First year, philosophy and theology student (Ace) and second year current VP of LGBT+ Soc (Alex)
Welfare role  Alex already has welfare training
Ideas for Freshers’ Week
- Queer families continuation and publicise it more
Love formal not fully reflective of all people in the LGBTQIA+ community
- Branding it as more widely accessible
- Potentially making it queer prom instead
Signposting welfare, queer families, funds and more
Working with the college to make expression fund more consistent
Social ideas
- Activities to have strong and inclusive community
- Drinking and non-drinking to make them accessible for everyone
Questions
- None

V. Sports and Societies Officer

Emma Clarke

Second year, biology
Experience on different sports execs
Communication within team and different groups of people
Supporting all club presidents
Give bar and toastie bar fresh look with sports and socs photos
Open for sports and socs formal and also for talking to presidents about how to go about it
Weekly calendar with weekly things going on
One linktree with all accounts
Keep volunteering going
- Form of recognition next year for people/societies with most volunteering hours
Questions
- Call Them Out (CTO) campaign has mainly been carried out via club presidents. Is this something you want to carry on and how?
- Wants to continue CTO  having the branding with social that is posted on Facebook
- Work with the CTO exec (that James might be setting up)

6. Motions

[none]

7. AOB

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