Selwyn College JCRS - JCR Committee Portfolios

JCR Committee Portfolios

JCR Committee members portfolios can be divided into several categories:

• Representation and Administrative (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Communications)
• Student Services (Accommodation and Amenities, Computing, Education, Entertainments, First Year, Kiwi, Services)
• Campaigns (Access, Green, International, LBGT, Female Welfare, Male Welfare, Women's Officer)

The President and Treasurer represent the JCRS to College Council, the main decision making body internal to Selwyn College. The Vice President represents Selwyn JCRS at CUSU council.

The existence of Female and Male Welfare posts results from a campaign by some male students in 2001 to "equalise" the status of men's health issues in CUSU campaigns. CUSU Women's Campaign strongly opposed the creation of so-called "Men's Officers" as degrading the goals of the Women's Campaign. The role of Welfare Officer was split into Female and Male, and approximately one third of college JCRcs now have these posts. The continuing existence of a Women's Officer has been questioned at times since the creation of the Female Welfare Officer, often combated by attempts to highlight the political role the Women's Officer plays, as opposed to the Welfare portfolio. However, the JCRS recently ratified new standing orders for the Women's Officer. The post of Women's Officer was empty from November 2006 until December 2008.