The board convened for its 16th meeting on the 28th of April. First, the board discussed an issue with student representation at the faculty together with the auditors, and how to proceed with the situation. Next, the board discussed last weekend’s Utopia ball, and concluded it went well.

The first decision of the night was to elect a student speaker for the graduation ceremony. Finally, the board evaluated the progress with the current operational plan: what has been completed, what is in progress and what might not be possible to complete this year.

The next board meeting will be held on the 11th of May at 16:30.

In the second elective parliament meeting on the 20th of April, a bunch of positions were filled. The positions that were not filled will be available for by-elections in the next parliament meeting on the 31st of May. The following elections where made by Parliament:

On the 19th of April, the first of two elective parliament meetings was held. This meeting dealt with the elections of the Presidium, the Head of Corporate Relations (HCR) and the Board. The following elections were made by parliament:

Presidium – Gloria Kowal Johnson (president) and Honia Rasul (vice president)

Board members – Alva Tangfelt, Caisa Kjellström, Samuel Hjelm, Stina Magndal and Vendela Gustafsson

Unfortunately, there were no candidates for the HCR and the position was left vacant.

The second elective parliament will be held on the 20th of April at 17:15 where the remaining positions will be up for election.

In yesterday’s board meeting, the board started by approving two applications to the union funds. First, it was decided to buy three more traditional student hats using the Office Inventory Fund that can be used by marshals during Utopia, the graduation ceremonies and more. Secondly, the board approved SNG:s application to the Special Initative Fund to buy some frisbees for disc golf. SNG plans to use them for an event, but they will then belong to the union and be available to borrow for other student councils and committees.

Next, the board decided to approve of the answer to the Science Village Consultation Document that a working group within the board has written, with input from RK. The answer will be sent in to the Science Village Office today.

The board also made the important decisions on who shall recieve the Pedagogical and Honorary Prizes. The winners will be publicly announced at the Faculty Graduation Ceremony on the 5th of June.

Finally, the board discussed what to bring up to the Swedish Minister for Education, who is visiting Lund and meeting with the student unions. It was decided that internationalisation of student influence is an important matter to bring up at the national level. The board also discussed and approved of the documents for the upcoming elective parliament meetings.

The next board meeting will be held on the 28th of April at 17:15.

The Nomination Committee has now published their nominations for the upcoming elections. Now the period to send in counter candidatures is open, which is done by sending an email with information about what position you are candidating for and a motivation, to valb-ordf@luna.lu.se. Send in counter candidatures on the 11th of April at the latest.

More information about the nominations and the elections can be found on the Elections 2022 page here on the website. Here are the nominees:

Presidium: Gloria Kowal Johnson

Operational Auditor: Ida Lunga

Education Committee Chairperson: Margot Knapen

Environmental Committee Chairperson: Jaques Atkinson

Party Committee Chairperson: Federica Calafiore

Sports Committee Chairperson: David Linfeldt

Environmental Committee Member: Sofia Bjarheim

Party Committee Member: Benjamin van Dijk

Sports Committee Member: Saleh Moradi

Yesterday, the board convened for its 14th meeting. The first matter regarded the work with the future masters programs in computational science and applied computational science. The board reviewed a report from the student representative in the internal working group at the Faculty, and discussed how we think the work is going. Then, the board decided to extend the role of the external student reviewer, Rebecca Svensson, to also include reviewing the program in applied computational science, which has been added after she was elected to the position.

The next matter was a discussion about the union’s insurance and pension agreements. The vice president had written a report about the contents of these agreements, and the board discussed whether these agreements were in line with the union’s needs. It was concluded that some aspects should be looked into further to see if the agreements could be better adapted to our organisation.

After a break, the board discussed the proposed changes to the Faculty rules of procedure, that determine how the dean, pro dean and vice deans are elected every three years. The board discussed the pros and cons of the suggested changes, and concluded that the changes could mean a stronger student influence in the process if done right. This means that the union will take a positive stance towards these changes.

The final matter was an evaluation of the LUNA fair that was arranged in the past few weeks. The board thought that the concept was good, but also discussed how it could be improved for the future to get a better outreach.

As a miscellaneous matter, the lack of candidates to the full-time positions for next year was mentioned (please apply <3). The next board meeting will be held on the 11th of April at 17:15.

The 3rd Parliament (RK) meeting took place on the 23rd of March. The matters on the agenda were few but important. First, the members of RK were presented a draft of the budget for the next operational year, 2022/23. RK asked some questions and had some feedback, but were generally satisfied with the draft.

Next, RK discussed the operational plan for 2022/23. This was a long discussion with plenty of input, regarding among other things digital education and accessability. While RK was mostly positive to the board’s draft, a new focus matter was added to work with student-teacher relations, in particular teacher availability and office hours.

Lastly, the parliament discussed the union’s answer to the Science Village Consultation Document. For example, the representatives discussed the situation for the students who get left behind on Sölvegatan, and the integration between research and education there. The board will continue to work with the document, and approve of the final version before the deadline.

The next parliament meetings will be the elective meetings on the 19th and 20th of April.

On the 14th of March, or π day, the board of 2021/22 held its 13th meeting. After some lengthy reports, the first matter on the agenda was the budget for the next operational year. The economy working group had prepared some suggested changes which the board discussed, leading to a draft that will be presented to parliament.

Next, the board discussed the potential of SNaK, a network for student unions representing science students all over Sweden. The vice president will be going to a meeting with the network this week, and wanted to anchor with the board what LUNA wants to achieve with its participation in the network.

After a matter had been postponed to allow for more preparation, the final discussion regarded the upcoming election of the next LUS presidium and hearing of the candidates. The board discussed what LUNA seeks in a good candidate and what questions to ask at the hearing.

The next board meeting will be on the 29th of March.

Here comes a late report from the 12th board meeting that took place on the 2nd of March. After reports from the full-timers and working groups, the board discussed the Science Village consultation document that LUNA will write an answer to. It was decided that a temporary working group will be created to write a draft of the answer, anchor it with the relevant student councils and present it to RK for approval.

Next, the board was informed about the ongoing process to apply for renewal of LUNA’s status as a student union at the university. Then, the board discussed paying for a new train ticket for the vice president to go to a meeting in Stockholm with the SNaK network, a meeting with other student unions in Sweden who represent science students. It was decided that the train ticket was worth the cost so that LUNA can participate in the network meeting and investigate what benefit it can bring the union in the future.

The next board meeting will be held on the 14th of March.

Yesterday on the 23rd of February, the union parliament (RK) had its second meeting of the year. The meeting back in its physical form at the Astronomy building with lots of fika. Firstly, the union presidium reported to RK about their work. The next matter was the by-elections, where Gertrud Wrange was elected as the new Gender and Equality Committee spokesperson for the remainder of the semester!

Next, the RK representatives discussed the offered sponsorship of a social media post from Vattenfall. The question was whether it is acceptable or not to accept a sponsorship from this company when taking sustainability issues in to account. RK concluded that while the matter is complicated, such a sponsorship would be acceptable and could benefit the union if the offer was reasonable.

The next matter was a decision about the updates to the Guideline for Information Channels. RK thought that the changes made to the document since last time were satisfactory, and decided to approve of the updates. The guideline now inludes a section on the union’s canvas pages! Before the break, RK also approved of a board decision to elect the union president to a working group within the Faculty Education Board.

Finally, the RK started discussing what matters to include in the next operational plan for the operational year 2022/23.
The next RK meeting will be held on the 23rd of March.