Meeting Details

• Date: 20/09/23

• Opened: 5:17 PM

• Closed: [Time not specified]

• Attendance: Listed at the end of the document, apologies from Talei and Amber

Acknowledgement of Country

The ANU BIPOC Department acknowledges the traditional owners of the land, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, and pays respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. Emphasis on sovereignty never being ceded.

Officer Report

1. Safe Space

   • Acknowledgement of Country to be placed in the space.

   • Thanks to those who helped set up the space over the weekend.

   • Remaining tasks: acquiring rugs, decor, lighting, and beanbags.

   • Reuse prints from Maria and purchase additional prints from Etsy.

   • TV setup to connect to phones.

   • Writing a Code of Conduct (CoC) that outlines safety principles.

     • BIPOC-only space, no one outside the community allowed.

   • CoC will include understanding what it means to be safe, with required acknowledgment from users.

2. M Petition

   • Reshaping it to inform BIPOC students about available resources.

3. Documentary

   • Interviews are finished, editing to begin.

   • Volunteers are welcome to help.

4. SRC

   • Scheduled for tonight, report submitted.

5. ANUSA Elections

   • Meetings not yet scheduled.

   • Interested members can learn about the consultation process.

6. BIPOC Talks

   • Upcoming collaboration with BIPOC x Queer.

   • Week 9: Food Potluck.

   • Week 11: Safe spaces and healing, concluding this semester’s introspective themes, with a potential shift to more external themes next year.

7. Elections

   • Officer elections in Week 10, rest of executive elections in Week 11.

   • Interested members should reach out to current members.

   • Candidates will prepare a speech; nomination forms to be released soon.

Secretary Report

• [Details not provided]

Treasurer Report

• [Details not provided]

Social Officer Report

1. Potential EoY Picnic

   • Discussion on having it in the safe space.

   • Premier screening for the documentary planned in Kambri.

2. Chai + Chats

   • Potential financial collaboration with the South Asian society.

   • Suggestion for a chill Chai and Chats to end the semester.

Advocacy Officer Report

1. Zine

   • Most submissions are in, waiting on three more.

   • Working on the layout with Emalisa.

   • Meeting with Woroni to discuss the budget and grant for printing.

   • Plan to charge a gold coin donation for the zine, with a percentage going back to Woroni.

   • Zine Working Bee planned for brainstorming and filling gaps.

2. BIPOC Talks

   • Signup form to track attendance and dietary needs.

Other Business

1. Tea and Slay

   • [Details not provided]

2. Safe Space Opening

   • Planned but delayed; considering a potluck BIPOC Talks event to launch the safe space.

3. Chai and Chats

   • Collaboration with BASC.

   • Week 8 or Week 9 for First Year event.