SYL Executive Meeting Minutes- 20/3/18

Posted by Calum Paterson | Updated 2018-03-21

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

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