CUC Council Meeting Thursday 19 January 2006, 6:30pm

Present - Will Carroll (MethSoc), Gordon Lawrence (convenor), Richard Smith
(treasurer), Richard Hewitt (Taize), Chris Hack (Fisher Society), Jenny
Auton, Emma Riseborough (secretary), Steven Cooper (CCMS)

Apologies - Sam Denis (SPEAK)

   1) Opened with the Lord's prayer

   2) Holocaust Memorial Day (Friday 27 Jan, lunchtime) - it was agreed that
      Emma and Gordon would do a reading, representing CUC.

   3) CUFF (Cambridge University Faiths Forum) - should CUC affiliate to
      them?  Problem that if we affiliate, member societies implicitly
      affiliate, so we need to ask member societies whether they want to
      affiliate, and then they can choose to affiliate individually, or if
      all member societies wanted to affiliate and were happy for CUC to act
      on their behalf, this could be possible.  So, society reps need to ask
      their members ASAP whether they would like to affiliate with CUFF.

   4) Fusion - it was pointed out that if a Fusion rep does not come to
      meetings, they will be disaffiliated.

   5) Jenny spoke about SPEAK's plan to bring the world's biggest dress to
      Cambridge, asking for the Council's help to get church partners to
      give money and volunteers to the project.  Contact email addresses for
      churches are in the CUC booklet, which may help.

   6) Discussion groups - It was felt that, last term, people came to the
      groups with different expectations, so we need to be clearer in our
      aims.  It was agreed that tighter chairing is needed - to tell people
      when to speak if they continue making the same point.  The possibility
      of it being more of a talk with questions was raised.  It was agreed
      that people should introduce themselves at the beginning of the
      evening.  It was requested that when the groups are advertised, more
      information should be given about them - the speaker could give their
      talk a title.
      Steven will chair the talks by Ben Quash and Janet Tollington, Jenny
      will chair Ian Hamilton's talk, Christ will chair Abbott Stephen's and
      Richard Smith will chair Reg Quirk's talk.

   7) CUC unity service - sorted.  Those involved should meet at 4pm for a
      rehearsal.  The drum kit will be delivered in the afternoon.

   8) SPEAK invites us to a prayer walk 3:30pm 4 Feb at Emmanuel URC.  The
      plan is to make burdens and then walk round the city centre with them,
      praying for justice and care for the poor in Cambridge.

   9) Charity Quiz, Friday 10 Feb, Fisher House library.  Bring a bottle
      (Fisher House don't have a licence).  £2 to enter quiz, same charities
      as for unity service.  Fisher House people organising questions.

  10) 5 March, Church crawl.  Gordon will email schedule.

  11) Abigail is organising formal at Pembroke.  Details to come.

  12) Next meeting, when elections will take place, Saturday 4 March, 11am.
      Richard or Emma will book the Latimer Room.

  13) Closed with the grace.