Committees

Here you will find a list of the many and varied committees that meet in college.
Under each link you will learn the purpose of the committee, which officers attend the meeting, and find a link to the minutes. Non-voting members of the committee are given in square brackets.

JCR Meeting

Chaired by: [JCR Chair].
Attended by: All members of John's Common Room.

Tier 1 JCR Exec

Chaired by: JCR President.
Attended by: JCR President, Vice-President (Cranmer), Vice-President (John's Hall), Vice-President (Postgraduate), JCR Treasurer.

Full JCR Exec

Chaired by: [JCR Chair] or a JCR Vice-President.
Attended by: JCR President, Vice-President (Cranmer), Vice-President (John's Hall), Vice-President (Postgraduate), Treasurer, Sports & Societies, Welfare, Services, Comms, Social Secretary, Senior DSU Rep, [Senior Bar Officer].
The JCR Exec hold a weekly management meeting to facilitate the day-to-day running of the JCR, and to be accountable to the President and one another.

Bar Committee

Chaired by: College Bursar.
Attended by: Senior Bar Officer, Bar Treasurer, College Head of Maintenance, [JCR President], [JCR Treasurer].

Bar Events Committee

Chaired by: Senior Bar Officer.
Attended by: Bar Treasurer, Cellarman, 2 Junior Bar Officers, CCR Bar Rep, 2 BEC Decorations & Publicity Officers, [JCR Social Events Chair].
The role of the Bar Events Committee is of planning, organising and financing social events in the bar for the JCR.

Bursarial

Chaired by:
Attended by:

Chair’s Committee

Chaired by: [JCR Chair].
Attended by: [JCR Vice-Chair], [JCR President], [JCR Treasurer], [JCR Comms Officer].
Chair's Committee meets before each JCR meeting, and is responsible for approving motions, making sure motions are well written and planning to ensure the smooth running and efficiency of the meeting. It also serves to strengthen communication between Chair/Vice-Chair and the Executive.

College Council

Attended by: JCR President.
The highest College body, attended by College Officers and Trustees. The JCR President attends to present a student perspective.

Colours Committee

Chaired by: [JCR Chair].
Attended by: Tier 1 Executive member, JCR Sports & Societies Officer, 4 Colours Committee Reps, [JCR Comms Officer].
Meets once per year to consider nominations for Colours, as submitted by the JCR, and to rule on the awarding of these.

Constitutional Reform Committee

Chaired by: JCR President.
Attended by: 3 non-executive JCR representatives, 1 other JCR representative, [JCR Chair], [JCR Vice-Chair], [JCR Comms Officer].
CRC is normally inactive, but is automatically put in session at least once every four years, and exists to keep the documents up to date, correct inaccuracies, restructure and generally keep the constitution relevant and useful. When a motion is passed to bring it in to session for a specified period of time, it begins to meet and propose amendments to the constitution. During this time, the committee are the interpreters of the constitution, except at JCR meetings, where it remains the sole responsibility of the JCR Chair.

Environment Committee

Chaired by: College Bursar.
Attended by: Senior Environment Rep, Assistant Environment Rep.

Finance Committee

Chaired by: JCR Treasurer
Attended by: tbc
Finance Committee meets a couple of days before each JCR meeting.

Power

Chaired by: College Senior Tutor.
Attended by: a JCR Vice-President, JCR Welfare Officer.

Services Committee

Chaired by: JCR Services Manager.
Attended by:

Social Events Committee

Chaired by: Social Secretary.
Attended by: SEC Secretary, SEC Treasurer, 2x SEC Food & Formal Officers, 2x SEC Entertainments Officers, 2x SEC Decorations Officers, SEC Publicity Officer, SEC Technician, [JHMCR Social Secretary], [CCR Social Secretary], [Daylight Robbery Organiser], [Senior Bar Officer].
The role of the SEC is to plan, organise and finance social events for the JCR.

Societies Council

Chaired by: JCR Sports & Societies Officer.
Attended by: Representatives, one from each society
The role of the Societies Council is to:

  1.  Bring together the societies of the JCR, and to improve communication between societies and with the JCR.
  2.  Discuss and propose how Part I money assigned to societies should be distributed (subject to consultation with the JCR Treasurer).
  3.  Liaise with societies at University level.
  4.  Encourage, along with the Societies Officer, the establishment of new societies within the JCR, as necessary.

Sports Council

Chaired by: JCR Sports & Societies Officer.
Attended by: Representatives, one from each sports team
The role of the Sports Council is to:

  1.  Encourage sport at all levels within the JCR.
  2.  Bring together Sports Captains and Teams.
  3.  Maintain close links with DUAU.
  4.  Discuss and propose how Part I money assigned to Sports should be distributed.

Welfare Committee

Chaired by: JCR Welfare Officer.
Attended by: JCR President, JCR Vice-President (John's Hall), MCR VP: Welfare, CCR Welfare Rep, JCR Assistant Welfare: Male, JCR Assistant Welfare: Female, JCR Livers'-Out Officer, JCR LGBTa Rep, JCR Students' with Disabilities Officer, Careers Rep, College Chaplain, student2student supporters, [JCR Comms Officer].
The Role of the Welfare Committee is:

  1.  To co-ordinate welfare campaigning and representation within the JCR.
  2.  To consider requests for travel bursaries.
  3.  To provide internal support to welfare officers.
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