Central Site 1st floor

Unfortunately the room database is becoming too out of date to be useful, so as a replacement we’ve collected all of the floor plans we’ve got to help you with balloting next week.

Not all areas have proper floor plans, and some are scanned copies of plans from a long time ago, so we make no promises as to the accuracy of these plans (particularly, Central Site staircases which have recently been refurbished will probably be out of date).

In any case, we hope they’re useful. They’re available here, or under the “Useful Links” menu heading. You’ll need a Raven login.

Judgement day has come — who will triumph in the ultimate battle of wills, wits and little slips of paper in pigeon holes?

Only you can decide: voting is open until 6pm today. The voting link is here.

Also remember that nominations for co-opted positions are open until 6pm tomorrow. Voting for the CUSU elections are open online until tomorrow at 7pm, with paper balloting in college on Wednesday in case you missed it.

Vote for all the things.

Update: The results are in!

Here are your new JCR Committee 2014 members:

• Vice-President: Solene Fercocq
• Treasurer: Emily Bosley
• Secretary: James Troup
• Access Officer: Joe Pape
• Green & Ethical Affairs Officer: Anna Edgar
• Welfare Officers: Eowyn Elliott & Joel Daramola

Congratulations to you all!

If you ran but didn’t get a position, commiserations — there were 21 fantastic candidates in this round of elections. We hope this won’t put you off getting involved in the future with more JCR events or running again for something next year.

The library staff have just launched a new survey, which is a brilliant opportunity for students to let them know how they can make the Jerwood (even) better!

Even better, you’ve got a chance of winning a £30 Amazon voucher or 2 tickets for the Arts Picture House.

So far they’ve had over 50 responses from the grads and none from us — so get cracking!

The survey is open until March 7th.

Here are some dates for your diary, including the re-opening of hall, room balloting, and elections for the remaining 2014 JCR committee roles (except co-opted positions*). Exciting stuff!

• Fri 21st February - Halfway Hall. This will be the first student event in the new hall. The hall will be available to students at cafeteria from breakfast Sat 22.
• Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd February – Open House Weekend. Second and third years – please ask your mates to get involved. More details to follow early next week.
• Mon 24th to Thu 27th February - Nominations for JCR committee roles open
• Sun 2nd March – Hustings
• Mon 3rd March – Voting & elections
• Thu 13th & Fri 14th March – Room balloting. [Thu - current second years; Fri - current first years]

* Co-opted roles are elected by interview, and include roles such as LGBT+ Officer, Women’s Officer and Webmaster. These positions will open shortly after elections.

This Monday 10th February in the Bridgetower Room, Dr Edmund Kunji is giving us a talk titled “How do we get energy out of food?”

Fellow at Trinity Hall, Dr Kunji is a biochemist studying mitochondrial carrier proteins at the MRC mitochondrial biology unit. This is a fantastic opportunity to hear about the exciting topics he researches — don’t miss it! 

Free wine and nibbles will be provided.

The newly renovated intranet site is now live! Featuring such highlights as cafeteria menus on the home page, usable navigation and weather, there’s something for everyone to love.

The link is in the sidebar to the right.

The new site has broken some of the links from this site, so if you find any that don’t work please email me (ojgl2) and I’ll fix them.

Congratulations to our new JCR President Ellen Judson, and our new Ents Presidents Hux Norman and Lizzie Gaunt! May your respective reigns be long and peaceful and prosperous for your people*.

The new committee members’ contact details will be up on the committee page soon.

I’d also like to take the opportunity to say “THANKS” and “NICE ONE” to the retiring Davina, Daisy and Dan. As I’m sure everyone will agree, you’ve done a great job over the last year and we really appreciate it.

Finally, the 8th issue of The Titbit is out today, check it out here.

* My use of “long” here should probably be taken to mean “of the appropriate length of time for your elected position”.

Nominations for both positions close 5pm Thursday 23rd, so get busy if you haven’t got yours in yet! Remember, candidates for all roles can be any JCR members regardless of year, or whether you’ve held any committee position before.

The candidates and their manifestos will be announced on Friday before the open meeting and hustings at 6:45pm on Sunday 26th Jan in the Terrace Room. Please come along and have your say!

Voting will be open 9am-6pm on Monday 27th, through the online voting system.

If you want to run for a position, here are the details (via Kerry):

TALK: please chat to Davina/Dan/Daisy/me about running to check you want to do the job.

NOMINATIONS: please leave a piece of paper with the information as on the attached document in my pigeon hole. None of the people mentioned above can nominate or second you.

MANIFESTOS: 200 words max. Deadline Friday 5pm.

CANVASSSING: no canvassing before nominations close. Candidates are allowed A5 or smaller mail shots of each ugrad pigeon hole. An A4 or smaller poster may be put on the JCR noticeboard but no posters may be on the plodge noticeboard. No limit on posters in staircases. Candidates may not advertise their candidacy via social media or email.

HUSTINGS: speeches of 3 mins max followed by open questions.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the Open Mic Night last night — a good turnout and some great acts made for a fantastic evening. Here’s some photos for your perusal:

This term’s college IT Committee meeting took place last week — here’s a quick summary of the news/discussion this time around (thanks Kerry!):

WiFi

The big project! Across the academic year there will be a great increase in WiFi access points in all Tit Hall sites (excl.  Clems & Bateman Street) such that all Tit Hall undergrad accommodation next year should have coverage! This is so exciting!!! There is no word yet on the order in which sites will get these access points but look out for a nice big WiFi boost in your room at some point in Lent or Easter term!

Print charging

There is a movement across the university to get print charging uni-wide, it is currently refined to a college-system. The proposed fix is to introduce a system, in time for next term, where students get a small amount of print credit on matriculation and top-up their print credit online throughout the rest of their time here. Because of this there would be no printing charge on your bill at the end of each term. The advantages are credit ready for any printers across the university, not just TH, and that it is easier to keep a track of your print spends.

Key cards

A system is being developed such that hopefully at the beginning of next term the white cards that BoHo and Beebs residents currently have will be being replaced with programming on their uni card for greater wallet-space efficiency and to give you fewer things to lose. Those who use the BoHo/Beebs laundry rooms will also be able to have their cards programmed as needed. When this system is ready an email will go round to explain how to get your card programmed.

Other stuff

1. Those who have been incorrectly charged for network use due to a mix up on IP addresses should have had their problem sorted.
2. Please refill the computer room printers with a full load of paper when it runs out – not just what you need for your one essay print!