Tenancy Committee

BY CHLOE KAM

The Tenancy Committee is largely responsible for all clubrooms, storage lockers, and mailboxes in areas owned by the Guild. This year called for an extensive, and I daresay much needed, repair and rebuilding of not only the Tenancy buildings and facilities, but also the relationships with our clubroom and storage tenants that had been poorly maintained. The phenomenal Tenancy Committee have worked hard over the summer holidays and throughout the academic year to accomplish several of our goals, including improving the transparency, accountability, and operation of the allocation and maintenance processes.

We undertook a complete reallocation of both the clubroom and storage tenancies, conducting a comprehensive review of our current resources and received over 90 applications of interest. During Semester 1 and 2, we finalised and approved these tenancies, and dedicated ourselves to prioritising open and frequent communication to meet student needs. Whether it was misplaced keys, broken lockers, or chairs and tables going rogue, the Tenancy Committee were always available to help. Every month we hosted Busy Bee inspections of clubroom spaces to maintain work health and safety standards, and a Tenancy Consultation meeting to discuss updates and improvements, in addition to providing a platform for direct feedback to the Guild.

I am so proud of how far Tenancy has come, and this could not have been achieved without the amazing Ordinary Committee Members Gar-Hou (Max) Tran and Brook Lewis, alongside the incredible Eleanor White (SOC President), Jameson Thompson (Guild VP), April Htun (Ed President), Felix Thompson (SOC VP). Of course, Tenancy is as harmonious as it is now in 2021 because of the phenomenal Guild Staff, especially Kelvin Lee and Lauren Mocke, who have been instrumental and a constant source of support throughout the entire process. Being able to provide safe spaces for student collaboration, growth, discussion, and innovation has been an absolute privilege and I look forward to the continued successes of the 2022 Tenancy Committee.