TT25 W7 Motions
Financial Motion: LitSoc Funding
Financial Motion for LitSoc Funding
Proposer: Nicole Gibbons
Seconder: Flavius Covaci
This JCR notes that:
• We have recently set up Mansfield Literature Society, which aims to offer social and literary opportunities that do not centre around Oxford’s English curriculum.
• LitSoc has started a JCR student magazine open to all, called Left-Field which platforms Mansfield’s light-hearted creativity.
• Left-Field has attracted interest and submissions from students beyond those studying English across all year groups.
• The editors have already tried securing money to print the magazine from College, and they redirected us to the JCR.
• Printing 40 A5 copies of the magazine in colour (between 30-40 pages) + delivery will cost around £100.
• LitSoc is also organising a Poetry Pub Golf in Week 7 and wanted a lowkey quad mag launch in Week 8.
This JCR believes that:
• All of this sounds very exciting for and worthy of your divine support
• We should dedicate a small pot of money to printing a magazine that many Mansfield students have contributed to over the past term and already worked hard on.
• Mansfield should, like many other colleges, have its own student magazine (not the VQ!) where people can have fun and publish some art in a supportive and low stakes environment.
• This is a good opportunity to set up now for future editorial teams to take on and ensure the longevity of the magazine so we don’t flop like The Nonconformist did in 2012.
• We should super kindly provide LitSoc with £150 to cover the costs of printing and launching Left-Field this term, as well as supporting with some of the pub golf costs(hats) please
This JCR resolves to:
• Super kindly provide Mansfield Literature Society with £150 to cover the costs of printingand launching Left-Field this term, as well as supporting with some of the pub golf costs, please xx!