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Sunday, 27th
January (HT Wk 3)
4pm in the JCR
SU Meeting: Minutes
A: Officers Reports
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B: Motions
1. OXFORD RADICAL FORUM
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Motion passes
2. FORMAL HALL
Formal evening dinner on Fridays with gowns
QUESTIONS
Quick fact: College has to up price for nice food, no
exceptions
Doesn't have to be nice food
Will there be grace etc
No
Gowns? Yes
Essentially no difference? Just get people to wear gowns
Main difference is 3-course dinner
Point that formal hall varies massively by college
Often subsidised
Not always more popular
Factual info from 2 years ago
Can't put such strain on kitchens
Chef doesn't like putting out average food for guest nights
Other college subsidies come from rent
Have they spoken to food officers?
No
Guest dinners turned into formal hall?They're halfway point
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Seems to suggest that all motion wants is for gowns to happen in
hall
Tutors and wardens against it
DISCUSSION
Access: Gown gives a bad image
Emphasis on 'no formal hall' as part of Wadham's image
3 courses good
Formal hall unimportant; makes no difference
Gives good image and less stuffy
Guest night: is there a calendar for when guest nights are
Formal halls are an oxfordy thing; formal hall infrequently
won't ruin image
Parents lunch at end of term
More guest nights
Demonstration of no formal hall at wadham
Can go to other colleges
Don't have to wear a gownIf they want to do it, give them the
opportunity
Strong point about message of gown
Wearing gowns is a class issue
Compromise: guest dinners
Always good reception for guest dinners
Flexibility from kitchens
Could emphasise themed dinners rather than formal hall
Gowns and black tie symbol of inequality and elitism
It's just a bit of fun
Would anyone object to a non-named, no-gown dinner
Amendment: Guest dinner
Removal of clause BEvery Friday 3-course meal
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Bring your own bottle?
Wine cellarer
Buy your own bottle from the cellar?
Potential logistics
Don't get hopes up too high
Potential resistance from staff/authorities
Proposal is now to ask college if we can introduce guest dinners
as something to look
forward to in college on a Friday evening
Overcame political part of motion
Value of regular meal of good quality
More affordable and less sporadic than current guest dinners
Cost of dinner; implications
Wine: Doesn't matter if college
College should provide community support
Food rep says probably won't be approved in the end anyway
Motion passes
3. YARD-GLASS
Cost:
70
Bar serves ale
SU Pres says it's good
Ale should be vegetarian
Yard-glass leader board
AMENDMENT:
Add leader board into motion
Opposition: Male domination in college and this is part of that
culture
Motion passes
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4. OUSU
1. Emergency motions
Funding reduction
2. Election timing
Sorting out
Sarah Pine to go as 3rd vote
5. CHARITY HIKE TO WEMBLEY
Take it to the money meeting (6th week)
