Due to the new Covid restrictions the LUNA office will not be open today, nor will it reopen the 10th of January as previously stated but remain closed until the restrictions are lifted.

If you need to contact LUNA e-mail is recommended.

The LUNA office will be open today and the 22nd of December and will then be closed until the 10th of January when we will return to our usual office hours schedule. If you need any help you can still reach us on our emails, but it might take a bit longer than usual for us to respond as we will be on holiday.

On the 17th of December, the union board convened for its final meeting in 2021. The board discussed the student representative position in the newly established coordination group for the Science Village Office, and how to best make use of and elect this position. It was decided that Parliament should formally establish the position in the beginning of 2022.

Next, the board had the unfortunate obligation to once again discuss the covid pandemic, as it’s increasingly affecting the university and the student life. The board is keeping informed on the developing situation, and is prepared to make decisions about adapting the union’s operation when it becomes necessary. The union should keep having physical meetings and office hours as long as it’s safe and in accordance with the Public Health Authority’s recommendations.

The board then had discussion about Lundakarnevalen, followed by one about the opportunity for free consulting services by psychology students at the university. The board decided that there wasn’t enough good ideas nor time to use this service right now, but that it could be interesting in the future.

Lastly, the board briefly discussed its next meeting and the immediate future, as well as the upcoming SFS jubilee ball. The fulltimers handed over boxes of chocolate as Christmas gifts to our two hard working board members. Now the board is going on holiday!

Yesterday, on the 16th of December, the Parliament convened for it’s final meeting of the year. After the formalities were handled, the first matter was elections to the Parliament presidium and the SFS-FUM delegation. Sanela Lulic and Sebastian Pfaff were re-elected as Parliament chairperson and Parliament secretary respectively. The Nomination Committee had nominated Viktor Hrannar Jónsson to be a member of the SFS-FUM delegation. He was elected to the position along with Tom Brilioth and Titus Farkas who both candidated at the meeting. In the following by-elections, Vendela Gustafsson was elected as a member of the Corporate Relations Commitee.

The next matter regarded the employer liable, a role held by one of the board members. The Parliament discussed and concluded that the position should be more regulated, and that the board should investigate the matter further. The next matter was the new Policy for Work Environment that was up for approval. However, the Parliament decided that it needed some further polishing and sent it back to the board.

The next regulatory document up for debate was the Guideline for Information Channels. The Parliament decided to establish a new Instagram page for the KERUB Party Committee (6m) as well as a Facebook page for the MYS Party Committee. SNG proposed the addition of a new section to the guideline, regulating the new platform Canvas where they are working on a page for the student council. The Parliament was positive to the idea of a Canvas page, but decided that the section for the guideline needed to be worked through by the board.

Finally, the Parliament set its meeting dates for the upcoming spring semester. The meeting dates will be on the 26th of January, the 23rd of February, The 23 of March, the 19th and 20th of April (elective Parliament meetings) and on the 31st of May. These dates can change up until the meetings are summoned.

The presidium thanks the Parliament for their good work this year, and give a special thanks to the members that were at their final meeting ever. Happy Holidays!

In the board meeting on the 2nd of December, the board had a constructive discussion about the work load and work division of the fulltimers and the board. Due to some discussions taking a long time, some matters regarding the Science Village Office were tabled for the next meeting. The board then made some decisions, approving of an Instagram account for KERUB and determining the Christmas vacation days for the fulltimers. This was followed by the president anchoring some matters for OK, and finally the board discussed the yearly Christmas card (and perhaps a custom wax seal…).

Yesterday on the 25th of November, the Parliament (RK) convened for its tenth meeting of the year. For the first time in a long while, the meeting was held in the conference room “Universum” at the Astronomy building. After a lot of reports and notifications, the first matter was by-elections, prepared by the once again existing Nomination Committee. RK decided to elect the nominees Gloria Kowal Johnson and Marwan Mohamed to the Mentor Committee (FU). Love Olsson candidated to FU at the meeting and was also elected. Robin Åström was elected to the Nomination Committee after candidating at the meeting.

The next matter was an ordinary election of a representative in the University Electoral College (Universitetskollegiet) that, irregularily, will have some meetings soon. Tom Brilioth candidated and was elected to this position. RK also approved of a presidium decision, previously approved by the board, to elect Tom Brilioth as a student representative/observer in the external review group of the new 1-year master program in environmental health and protection.

After this, the board working group for regulatory documents presented a first draft of the new Policy for Work Environment. The working group answered questions and RK discussed the draft, giving feedback to the working group. Then, RK decided to approve of the boards suggestion to replenish the LUNA funds, the Special Initiative Fund and the Office Inventory Fund. The decision was to replenish the funds in full, meaning to the ambition level set by RK in the Policy for Economy and Agreements.

Finally, as a miscellaneous matter a representative from SNG brought up the student council’s work with creating a Canvas page to communicate to their members. RK asked some questions and was positive to the idea, which will be brought up again.

The next and final meeting of the current parliament will be held on the 16th of December.

The 6th board meeting took place on the 16th of November. The board approved of the documents for RK 10 and decided on suggested meeting dates for RK in the spring semester. The board then discussed and made a suggestion to RK on the replenishment of the LUNA funds, the Special Initiative Fund and the Office Inventory Fund. After a discussion about some student issues, the board talked about the final board meeting of the semester combined with a Christmas dinner, and the upcoming LUS weekend at Lillsjödal.

A working group within the board is focusing on various aspects of the study environment this year. They have created an anonymous survey about students experience of distance education and the transition back to campus. There are questions about both the quality of education and about the effect on the students’ wellbeing. LUNA would be grateful if you would answer this survey, as the result will help us focus on the right things when working with the faculty and departments to improve the education and study environment. The results will also determine LUNA’s input to a university-wide investigation conducted by LUS.

Here is the link to the survey: https://forms.gle/LZJAxdiv4o8zhprs9

The fifth board meeting of the year took place on the 1st of November. In this meeting, the union made a new friend in Pelle, one of the student chaplains who came to the meeting to talk about the support they can offer the union’s members. Pelle will act as a contact person to LUNA and our members can talk to him when they for example are struggling with something. The board then approved of a presidium decision to elect Tom Brilioth as a student representative/observer in the external review group for the new 1 year master program in environmental and health protection. The board then had a first discussion initiated by a working group about the Policy for Work Environment that the working group will write. The board also discussed how to elect a representative to the University Electoral College as well as LUNA’s nominations for the LUS pedagogical prize.

The ninth Parliament meeting was held immediately after the previous elective parliament on October 28th. It was a short meeting where the Parliament elected two ballmasters to arrange the 2022 edition of Utopia, Honia Rasul and Sanela Lulic! The Parliament then approved of a board decision and some updates to regulatory documents, including establishing a LUNA Youtube channel in the Guideline for Information Channels.