The torch has now been passed over on the website! With a new committee, and our wonderful publicity officer Vicki leaving, it is time for me to take over all things publicity! (Gulp!) So maybe I should introduce myself …

I’m KJ, first year materials engineer AND your new SCOGUI publicity officer! I am going to keep up with the regular blog posts, updating the website, Facebook updates, tweets and I’ll sort SCOGUI stash later in the year. I might change the website entirely, I haven’t made up my mind on that yet, and if I do I hopefully will not crash it!

In the more immediate I shall be looking to get all of the new committee members on to the page, so beware of me taking mug shots! (I already have a lovely one of Cainington Cain, our new chair!)

Time to run to a lecture!

Yours in SCOGUI

KJ x

(and if you hadn’t noticed, …. I very much like exclamation points!!!!)

Chair – Cain Missenden
Secretary – Thomas Ecclestone
Treasurer – Thomas Chapman
Vice Chair – Mark Harrop
Liaisons – Postion not taken
Publicity – KJ Duncumb
Quarter Master – Robert Luff
Freshers Rep – Krupa Nandha (as elected at the SGM in October)

Congratulations to you all! I’m sure you’ll do a wonderful job.

Of course, a massive thank you to the committee for 2011-12 for all their hard work.

Whilst I’m here, I’d also like to apologise for the lack of blog posts this academic year. (Who knew being a finalist would take up so much of your time…) Anyway, to make up for it, a newsletter will be published shortly with everything we’ve been up, and our plans for the upcoming months.

Vicki
SCOGUI Publicity Officer 2010-2012

Welcome to the SCOGUI website. If you’re here, chances are you’re interested in finding out about who SCOGUI are and what we do. Please look around and see what we’re all about! Reading the rest of our latest news and checking out the calendar are good places to start. Also, be sure to check out the Freshers FAQ

We keep a blog of all the things we get up to, so here are some quick links to some of our best bits.

Summer Camp 2011 Our annual week long action packed camping extravaganza!
Camping Barn 2011 Our wonderful, relaxing weekend in May
Society Awards 2011 SCOGUI was so proud to win the community award for the third year in a row.
Freshers Camp 2010 This is our big ‘welcome to scogui’ camp, which is always a brilliant weekend. This year it will be on the 21st – 23rd October, put it in your diaries!

If you like what you see, the union bazaar on Sunday the 9th of October is a fantastic chance to find out more. We’d love to see you at our stall where we’ll be handing out flyers and free cake, as well as answering any questions you might have for us. It is also your chance to sign up to our mailing list so you’ll get details of all our tuesday events and freshers camp.

However, if you may not be able to make it the union bazaar, or are just a bit keen to get involved, simply fill in this little form and we’ll add your email address to the mailing list.

Any questions at all, please email me (publicity at scogui.org.uk) or leave a comment on this post.

Vicki
SCOGUI Publicity Officer 2010-12

SCOGUI is Loughborough Students Scout & Guide Club. SCOGUI comes from SCOutGUIde. We are affiliated to SSAGO, which stands for Student Scout And Guide Organisation. There are SSAGO groups at most universities around the country.

What do SCOGUI do?

It’s hard to describe exactly what SCOGUI does, because we have a go at almost everything, but basically, we love to have fun, go on adventures and challenge ourselves to try new things. We meet every Tuesday evening, to do a huge variety of activities. Please check out the calendar to see the full programme. It is worth noting though, that some of our best activities happen in the summer term when the weather is a bit nicer!
We’re a really social society and there are always pub trips/parties/trips to the cinema being arranged through facebook. There are also four camps a year, the first being freshers camp in October as well as three national rallies.

What is a rally?

Rallies are SSAGO events held three times a year (February, July and November) and happen all over the country. In recent years we’ve been to Southampton, Cardiff, London, Leeds and Edinburgh. A rally is a camp over the weekend that SSAGO groups attend and take part in various activities, specific to the place we are visiting, for instance, last November, we went to London where there were trips to the Tower of London, London Dungeons, London Eye etc. It’s a great opportunity to explore somewhere new and meet other SSAGO members from around the country.

How much does it cost?

SCOGUI costs £15 to join, plus £5 societies insurance if we are the first society you join. This gives you access to all our meetings, though some events, along with camps and rallies do cost extra.

Do I have to be a Scout or Guide?

Nope!

Can you help me find a local scout or guide group to help out at?

Volunteering as a leader is entirely optional. However, if you do want to become involved in local Scouting and Guiding, SCOGUI can put you in touch with the right people. A lot of members are already volunteers and it’s a great way to get involved with the local community. Simply email the Liaisons Officer at liasions @ scogui.org.uk or come and talk to us at the Union Bazaar.

Do I have to wear a uniform?

Nope! Though we do have our own stash – hoodies, baselayers and t-shirts will all be available to buy in the autumn term.

If there is anything else you need to know, please email publicity@scogui.org.uk. Otherwise, we’ll see you at the Union Bazaar!

In attendance, were current SCOGUI members, recent old gits, SSAGO members, the district commissioner and our most special guests, SCOGUI members from the 60s and 70s! It was such an amazing turn out, and we are so grateful for those who managed to come along.

The evening started with cocktail hour, then we moved onto the meal itself. The menu was as follows:

Following the dinner was plenty of time to catch up, share stories and have a bit of a dance, and several group photos were taken!

The above is a group photo of everyone who managed to make it.

The wonderful ScoGits!

For a while, I’ve been meaning to write a blog post on the wall here. I think this is a wicked way to keep a history of our events, news and stories, and so would like to try and use it more, hence a post!

One of my main ideas was to try and use this to keep you up to date with the Committee, what we are thinking/doing about things that actually affect you!

We had our first official committee meeting last friday, followed by the public house visit as is tradition.

Stuff we talked about:

• Fundraising
• Beaver/Brownie Birthday party
• Logo
• Summer Rally
• Freshers activities

The minutes should be out by the weekend, so have a look and find out whats going on. Any problems/issues, you know where I am.

Cheers

Will

The first award of the evening was for the community award, and it was not much of a surprise that we won it again! Everyone in SCOGUI who has ever helped in a unit or at a community event, this award is for you. We really do make a difference and you should be so proud of yourselves!!

Also, our lovely ex-chair, Jamie Shirra was one of the six people selected out of the many, many nominations for the extra mile award. Jamie truly deserves this recognition, congratulations!

Throughout the evening, we were able to enjoy performances from several different societies, including the Gospel Choir, Bellydancing and Fever.

We had a great night at the awards, it is a fantastic evening of achievements, and the free food and wine isn’t too terrible either!

Once, again, thank you to everyone who puts in their hours to make our community better, here is to another fantastic year!!

So, congratulations go out to the following:

Chair: William Brown
Vice Chair: Thomas Chapman
Secretary: Peter Pollock
Treasurer: Ruth Miles
Liaisons: James Waterworth
Publicity: Vicki Minchener
Quarter Master: Thomas ‘Scrappy’ Askew
Fresher’s Rep – still Cain Missenden as this is elected at the SGM

Of course, a huge thank you to the committee 2010-2011 for the fabulous job they did.

Chair – Jamie Shirra
Secretary – Kayleigh Butcher
Treasurer – Thomas Chamberlain
Vice Chair – James Waterworth
Liaisons – Megan Jones
Publicity – Vicki Minchener
Quarter Master – Dave Prudom
Freshers Rep – David Hendy

In case you are wondering, I have included this picture as I felt this post looked lonely without one!

There were a lot of other things discussed at the AGM, particularly all our upcoming events for the next few months! If you are interested, take a read of the AGM minutes. It’s going to be an excellent second semester!

There are two new logos to choose from, as well as the option to keep our current logo.

(Please bear in mind that the new logos are just drawings, and will of course look more polished if chosen as the new logo!)

This poll will be open until the 12th of February, so get voting!

New Logo One:

New Logo Two:

Congratulations Cain, and please continue putting this much effort into all future fancy dress!

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