Cambridge No to ID campaign (www.no2id.net) will be showing the film 'taking liberties' in the Cafe from 8pm. The cafe will be open from 7.30, to give people a chance to buy their film snacks and tea...
"TAKING LIBERTIES is a shocking but hilarious polemic documentary that charts the destruction of all your Basic Liberties under 10 Years of New Labour. Released to coincide with Tony Blair's departure, the film and the book follow the stories of normal people who's lives have been turned upside down by injustice - from being arrested for holding a placard outside parliament to being tortured in Guantanamo Bay." - http://www.noliberties.com/
As the people showing the film will be there, we only need one volunteer to serve drinks. And watch the film! So sign up...
Fresher's Brunch hosted by CUSU Welfare with a special focus on eating disorders awareness. Come along for food, discussion and a cosy, comfortable atmosphere.
Submitted by natalieszarek on Thu, 03/07/2008 - 12:27.
The Cambridge University Freshers' Fair is the best opportunity of the year for the Cafe Project to advertise its existance to the student population, and to recruit a whole load of volunteers! We need a couple of volunteers at a time to stand behind our stall at the freshers fair in kelsey kerridge sports centre for the two days of the fair, giving out Cafe Project flyers and termcards, and collecting email addresses of freshers who sign down to our mailing list. It would be good if plenty of us signed up to do this - so no-one has to spend hours and hours at the stall. The slots have been put down as 'waiter' jobs, but really it's publicising at the fair.
The Cambridge University Freshers' Fair is the best opportunity of the year for the Cafe Project to advertise its existance to the student population, and to recruit a whole load of volunteers! We need a couple of volunteers at a time to stand behind our stall at the freshers fair in kelsey kerridge sports centre for the two days of the fair, giving out Cafe Project flyers and termcards, and collecting email addresses of freshers who sign down to our mailing list. It would be good if plenty of us signed up to do this - so no-one has to spend hours and hours at the stall. The slots have been put down as 'waiter' jobs, but really it's publicising at the fair.
---The Fair goes on for 2 days - Tuesday the 7th and Wednesday the 8th of October - there are volunteer slots for both.---
The V-fair is a one day event on Christ's Piece, for Cambridge-based voluntary organisations to promote their volunteering opportunities for young people. The Cafe Project has been invited to participate to promote our activities, and provide tea and cake. This is an excellent opportunity for us to recruit and publicise the cafe!
The Cafe Project is run by consensus, with general meetings open to all. This first general meeting of the new university year will be an introduction to the project for people who haven't been involved before, and hopefully will get you all excited about how to get involved.
If you intend to come, please register here in one of the volunteer timeslots (though you can also come without having registered). If there are fewer than 4 people on the list, the event will be cancelled.
Its time for yet another amazing general meeting of the cafe project. As always, open to all.
Join us as we rush through an action packed agenda, juggling cakes and ideas in a spectacular show of enthusiasm and talent.
Make a date with us to discuss tantilizing topics such as finding funding, evaluating events, sourcing supplies (and ill-placed illiteration).
Does it get any better than this???
can you bear to miss out????
Tamara x
small print - signing up is not essential but if there are less than 3 people signed up at lunch time next thursday the meeting will be postponed, which would obviously be devastating.
Submitted by tamroonii on Thu, 10/07/2008 - 11:37.
The Cafe Project is hosting a stall at strawberry fair on Saturday June 7th, we need people to be on stall on the day to sell cakes and tell people about our lovely project. The end time is flexible- We hope to go on as long as the cake and enthusiasm lasts!
Submitted by tamroonii on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 18:24.
Hi all, please all come to the General Meeting next week Thursday at 7pm! Sign up below!
We will do the incorporation stuff that night, so it's really important that you come along if you are willing to serve as Director/Secretary of Cafe Project Ltd.
Why are we becoming a Company Limited By Guarantee?
The Cafe Project will be able to act as a separate legal entity. This limits our financial liability to £1 per member in the case of bankruptcy. At the moment, Emilia is solely responsible since she is leasing the space. Please note that this does not preclude all forms of personal liability, e.g. if a breach of health and safety can be traced back to a particular person. See also below regarding duties of Directors.
What are the disadvantages?
We will need to submit an annual return and abbreviated accounts with Company House once a year. Luckily, as a small company, the abbreviated account is relatively simple if we do proper accounting throughout the year; also, we are not required to be audited, so everything can be done without the help of a professional accountant.
What needs to be done?
We already have completed all necessary documents for incorporation (to be found under "Governing Structure" in the Internal Area). During the General Meeting, we need to collect witnessed signatures from initial Directors and the Secretary. We are also required to set up a Register of Members that must contain names/addresses, be kept up to date, and kept in the cafe.
What are Directors and what are their duties?
According to our Articles of Association, Directors do not have any extra power apart from the statutory ones - e.g. being able to perform financial transaction in the name of the Company. Directors. Directors have certain duties, most importantly filing the annual return/accounts and notifying Company House of any changes in the list of Directors. Directors can be held personally liable for their actions, see http://www.lloydstsbbusiness.com/support/businessguides/becoming_a_compa....
Shall I become a Director?
Yes, if you are willing to stay involved with the Cafe Project for at least one more year and you are willing to take on the responsibilities and risks involved, that would be great! Ideally, we will have a small number people willing to take on the role (around 5?).
Location: Keynes Hall, King's College (follow the signs from the Porter's Lodge)
If you'd like to take part (see below) and haven't signed up yet, please send an email to mjm87XXXcam.ac.uk (where XXX stands for @) with your name written exactly as you would like it to appear on the certificate of attendance.
This includes a lunchbreak from 12:15 to 1pm in which you're welcome to use the King's Cafeteria and eat in King's Great Hall. Here the time plan:
9:15 welcoming
9:30 training
10:30 Tea and cake break (15 min) [volunteers needed]
10:45 - 12pm training
12:15 - 12:45pm lunch in Hall
1-3pm training (could finish earlier)
tea and cake [volunteers needed]
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Two volunteers needed for handing out tea in the 10min tea break,
and for selling tea and cake after the event.
More info:
Now the cafe is running officially, EVERYONE who sells stuff / prepares cakes etc. has to be heath and safety trained. We are allowed to train volunteers ourselves (and are required to keep records of that), but at any time there should ideally always be at least one person in the café who has been officially trained. And that means everyone who wants to do something later should attend the training - please bear in mind, that we'll get loads of new volunteers, who will not be officially trained, and we don't know when the next chance for training would be to train them. - They'll need to work with someone who has been officially trained. People who bake cake for the cafe need to be health and safety trained, so that we can prove that all our cake comes from suppliers who make sure there is no risk from bad food hygiene. This usually costs 60pounds per person, but Ms Roberts from the University has agreed to train us for free!
The Grand Opening is coming up, and we still need to do a lot of planning work! Everyone interested in getting involved with Café Project planning should come. The more the merrier!
