SYL Executive Committee Meeting 20/03/2018

Welcome and apologies

• Apologies from Jenny Marr(VPComms)
• Members Present: Calum Paterson & Christopher Wilson(Co-President), Mariam Mahmood(Membership Secretary), Jess Insall(Ordinary Member), Jack Caldwell(Ordinary Member) 

Membership report

• Mariam is awaiting a reply from Salesforce about receiving an up-to-date membership list.
  • Currently, all members with no DOB have been marked as SYL.

Finance report

• £533.54 in the account as of the last statement

Co-Presidents report

• Looking for thought on cooperating with Alliance NI
  • Prioritise raising each other’s profile.
  • We will consider the common issues between Scotland and Northern Ireland and collaborate on those.

Conference

• Fringe event
  • AGM.
  • Will cost £100.
  • Will nominate Jim Wallace as Honorary President and Alison McInnes as Honorary Vice President.
• Pub quiz
  • Will fundraise at the quiz.
  • Chris to look for venues.
• Motions
  • Putting two motions forward for conference.
  • Exec encouraged to put speaker cards in.
  • Possible emergency motion on the UCU strikes.

YEM march details (Jack)

• March for Europe, 24/03/18 in Edinburgh,  Jack to speak, going for standard LD policy in speech, exit from Brexit, open tolerant united etc.

• YEM seeking cooperation between pro-EU parties
• Having a conference 12^th-13^th May.
  • The dates clash with exams so we will ask if the date is flexible.
  • We will seek to find out how we would be involved.

Freshers- discussion with Federal campaigns officer

Money for SYL campaigns- Federal funding at £325, existing bank balance also.

Potential for SYL manifesto in the future?

Campaigns & Spokespeople

• To be discussed with Charlie Murphy in London on Saturday 24th March
• Any other questions to be forwarded to Calum by email

AOCB

• Jack Caldwell announces he will not be standing for re-election after the AGM
• Suggests potential candidates for election to SYL exec
• Jess Insall highlights lack of diversity on exec, suggest Willie Rennie could assist with SYL  diversity strategies