Revelation Rock-Gospel Choirs
Cambridge
Revelation Rock-Gospel Choir committee meeting minutes
Meeting Tues 23/04/2002, 15:00 on John's Backs. Members present: President, both Environment Secretaries, National Representative, Social Secretary, Treasurer.
Stuff is discussed, but no minutes taken until c. 15:20. Acting on misinformation given by CR, GB is kept from the nefarious proceedings until summoned by CT using AR's mobile phone. Enter GB stage left and accepts a flapjack from CT who grins hungrily, displaying fangs. The damage has already been done. [Technical Secretary now present]. Sky darkens. Lightning arcs from cloud to cloud and earths through a Canada goose, which explodes. Wind blows; organ music in a minor key can be heard in the distance.
CT maintains a "subtle change" has been made to the Tech Sec job description, involving hitherto-unmentioned secretarial duties. Helpless in the face of such conspiracy, GB is duly made Secretary by the rest of the committee. CT retrieves his knife from GB's back and wipes his noble alcohol-free A+ blood on the grass. [Secretary now present]. Minutes are now being taken. GB vows revenge.
CT proposes constitutional changes. The list of committee officers doesn't include an Environment Secretary and has two Social Secretaries. This should not be. Also, the President should uphold the Christian-based aims and values of the society, and be paid tithes from Revelation members. More than one person per position should be allowed, even when one person is doing two people's jobs. Ahem. Changes are duly made, except for the tithes, which may have been a joke.
CT declares the "boring bit done" and moves on to review the year, which he writes up himself in an abortive attempt to placate the Secretary.
AR suggests a termly, not yearly review. DH, in a misguided attempt at humour, suggests weekly, not termly committee meetings. There is general laughter.
JB reviews accounts. 69 GBP sat in the bank, and 20 in petty cash. 09:30 meeting Friday morning for GB, CT and JB to sign bank Stuff is proposed, and reluctantly agreed on.
Donations to charity are discussed, but dismissed because we're too poor. Charging subs this term is discussed, and dismissed as being mean and unfair. AR requests funds to complete his perpetual motion machine that will provide cheap, clean power, restore world peace, slow entropy and restore humanity to an enlightened race of semi-divine beings; the request is denied as not in line with the society's aims and values. Czech sponsorship is discussed and considered successful. Hooray. Fundraising to return Czechs home is discussed.
CT turns to his Plans for the term, year, and Sinister World Domination. Reviews job descriptions, in some cases just a smidgen late for my liking.
CT alleges procurement of juice is an environmental issue. AR suggests Secretarial. Or maybe Presidential? It is decided that the President should continue to organise juice. CT suggests this might be a Vice Presidential responsibility, but is thwarted at the last moment by the fact that there is no VP. Considers creating one, but it didn't work for Frankenstein and GB is unwilling and not as good-natured.
The Environment Secretaries are in charge of Pause for Thought and the general diffusion of tension, although all of the committee should be doing that. More silly warm-ups should be practiced. CT pauses to wave at a girl in a punt alleged to be called "Lorna".
Technical (and Publicity and Secretary) Secretary discussion, during which the Master of John's walks by. Duties include Advertising with TCS and Varsity, doing Stuff at the Fresher's Fair [CR suggests concert/ busking, possibly in the nude], maintaining email lists and website, making the coffee, doing the photocopying, tying the President's shoelaces and disregarding PhD entirely. Agreed that it is unfair to expect Professor Goddard to do all this on top of his Masterly duties, and that Tech Sec should therefore make the coffee.
Treasurer's work glossed over hurriedly; questions about JB's Swiss bank account fielded but dismissed defensively.
Social Secretary. CR waves to an attractive brunette. CT asks what CR's plans are. Formal Halls, punting and more section-based teaching, he thinks. Think the section-based teaching may have been to do with Rev.
President. CT realises that Pause for Thought is the Presidential responsibility, and delegates to Env Secs.
National Rep. He does National Stuff, including taking two black bin liners and a cardboard box of lost property from WiM to his national meeting. DH looks nonplussed. Also has to find out about Resits, the EdRev thing.
Music Co-ordinator. LF absent. JB's phone rings; it's "Mel", her contact in the Cayman Islands.
CT returns to What We're Going To Do This Year, especially in the summer. May Balls would be nice, but unlikely. Punt singing, in choir sections? Garden Party. Something with the A capella Society.
We're going for a curry on Fri 3rd May, Curry Mahal, that bargainous £10 for curry, rice, naan and pint deal. Marvellous. Guardian Angels discussed; perhaps we'll start Monday week.
It is decided that the committee should have access to both email lists, soc-rev and soc-rev-committee, apart from CR who is a naughty boy.
Singing at CR's old school in September is discussed. CR declines on the grounds that they might still remember him. CT resolves to ask the choir.
Fresher's week Stuff discussed. Busking? Stuff at the end of the Michaelmas term, like a concert or cabaret, is agreed on. Maybe some SCM thing too.
CD's from our March Cabaret are almost ready. Committee breaks off to laugh at a punter who has lost his pole. A CamRev CD is considered.
T-Shirts discussed; HM asks that she get one that fits her. CR suggests robes and is given a good dressing gown.
Meeting closes; committee disperse to pursue their lives of leisure. GB returns to faculty.
"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." Colossians 3:12–14