DM Meeting @ 2011-03-16 00:00:00
DM Meeting 6.15pm, Wednesday 16th March 2011.
The Bar, Rootes Social Building.
Present: Harry Austin, James McLachlan, Fergus Cooper, Rob Gardner,
George Marshall, Natalie Tyldesley.
In attendance: Matt Wilkinson (IT officer).
Late: Veronika Lipinska with apologies.
Apologies from: Edward McCutcheon, Mike Joy, Owen Rye, Liam McNamara.
Absent: Rachel Crofts.
1. Welcome.
Harry welcomed all those who attended to his first DM meeting and the
last DM meeting of term.
2. Matters arising from the previous meeting's minutes (9nd March 2011).
Nothing what-so-ever.
3. Summer Schedule rotas.
The empty slots were perused by those who attended.
4. DM training scheme.
• It was agreed that TDMs are strongly encouraged to attend DM
meetings after 5 and expected to come after 10 shows.
• Meddling with shows will be more structured. Essentially what
should be meddled with shall be discussed in advance of the show to
ensure that TDMs cover a range basic issues but are not given so much
experience that during a qualification they can simply recite from
memory but still have to think.
• A new ‘unusual situations’ will be created containing both
usual and unusual issues for DMs and put on the wiki. This is for all
DMs and will be given out as a pack to all new TDMs. TDMs near
qualification will have a 15 minute sit down and go through this new
check list during a show to ensure retention of information.
• Must still talk to trainee DMs and not simply allow them to
run the shows if they are far enough progressed otherwise it neglects
training. It was decided that TDMs need to know how to deal with more
unusual issues and why we deal with them in the way that we do.
• Regular feedback from Chief DM every three shows after 10 show
limit for TDMs is under consideration as no definitive conclusion was
reached.
• Show DMs should sign or initial the ‘ticky box list’ when they
tick a ‘ticky box’ on the TDM checklist for accountability.
• The IT Officer has agreed to look into including a digital
version of the TDM book system on the new website so as to allow for a
more flexible use of it by DMs.
5. Time & Date of Next Meetings.
Brief meeting, Thursday 28/04/11, and Wednesday 04/05/11
6. AOB.
- Matt has said website will be done by end of summer holidays.
- Network switch on master till seems iffy so keep a vague eye on it. If
there are still issues next term the IT officer will be contacted.
- The ‘Sick as F**k’ Allnighter lineup released. Please ask the Vice
President for details.
Meeting adjourned at 19:00
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