11 October 2004

PSANA EXCO Meeting
11 October 2004

Disclaimer: Please note: the matters discussed herein are the personal views and opinions of the members present at the meeting. They are therefore not the views or policies of PSANA or the University of Pretoria and PSANA and the University of Pretoria therefore do not accept liability for any damages or implications arising from the correctness of the facts stated in these minutes, unless specifically stated.

Present

• Ronald Heath
• Craig Tambling
• Marelize van Wyk
• Paula Medronho
• René Sutherland
• James Mehl
• James Roxburgh
• Melissa Naidoo

1. Acceptance of previous minutes
The previous minutes was accepted by all the committee members

2. Faculty Dinee
Everything is going according to plan with the faculty dinee. 70 Invitations were send out to administrative staff of which 40 tickets are complimentary (dean, vice-rector). 40% has already replied to the invitations. Craig and James Roxburgh have tickets for the dinee. Craig and James Roxburgh are looking for empty wine bottles (especially blue and green). Marelize will look at the budget and see if PSANA can sponsor the committee members for the dinee. However, it doesn’t include the partners.

3. Crime prevention donation
PSANA will donate R500 for crime week.

4. Report back of Education Indaba
The Dean of education has invited PSANA to give a seminar at Education Indaba. The post-graduate students in the faculty only put a newspaper together but don’t sit in at any meetings. There is also no structure in place for the post-graduate students. Marelize gave a short seminar (10 min) about all the portfolios in PSANA. The dean was impressed with the presentation.

5. Constitution
Craig did send the constitution to Marelize. The constitution is 15 pages long. Marelize/Ronald will send the constitution by e-mail to the committee. All members should read carefully through the constitution and make the necessary changes. The constitution will be discussed in the next meeting.

6. Freddy resign
Freddy resign after he was selected as a committee member in the NAT House. Melissa is now in charge of the marketing.

7. Portfolio for NAT House
PSANA can create another portfolio for information about the NAT house. The portfolio will be discussed at the next NAT house meeting.

8. Collaboration between career week and final year symposium
Melissa will arrange a meeting with Prof. Cloete to possible collaborate with SAB with career week and the final year symposium in the future.