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Dear members,

Welcome back! We hope that everyone has had a great winter break and is geared up for the term ahead.

CUMSA has lined up a list of exciting events this term, such as the Asian Food Festival, Back-to-Term Lunch, and Annual Dinner. AFF ticketing will be opening soon, so mark your calendars for AFF on 4 February 2017, 7pm. More updates will be released in the upcoming chronicles. We will also be sending out an email regarding the upcoming Annual General Meeting, with details concerning CUMSA Committee 17/18 elections and constitutional amendments.

Best,
Bridget Zhang
Secretary 16/17
1. CUMSA Sports Equipment Loan
2. Hosts for R&T Mooters
3. Southeast Asian Graduate Formal
4. BNP Paribas 2017 Graduate Internships

[Events] 1. CUMSA Sports Updates

CUMSA has rolled out a new loan system for the sports equipment that we have! The current status of the equipment can be viewed at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/132msAboNw4vqf0cJd_BSQ4FnqyogFkJWd5t8pADtNGM/edit#gid=0.

The loan period will be for an entire term, unless someone else requests for the item. Please get in touch Christiane if you would like to (1) borrow an item, (2) return an item, (3) pass the item to someone else, (4) replace a lost/damaged item, (5) request for new items to be added to the CUMSA sports inventory (subject to approval). Please note that whoever’s name is on the sheet will be held responsible for the item.

Additionally, the Cambridge Chinese Society is considering organising an Asian indoor football tournament in Lent and has invited CUMSA to send in a team. Dates have not been finalised but do get in touch with Christiane if you are interested.

[Events] 2. Hosts for R&T Mooters

CUMSA will be organising the Rajah&Tann-UK Moot in Cambridge on 4-5 February 2017. We will have mooters travelling down from various universities across the UK for the weekend. These mooters will require shelter and a special kind of warmth you can only receive from the kindness of a stranger.

This is an appeal to anyone in CUMSA who might be willing to open their doors to host a mooter on the night of the 4th! A very low level of commitment is required; we will take care of their food, and we only need your floor space. Do sign up at the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScInr5zu3VQk8Y3mmWeFJXNm-T60cAvMvlEc95htUFWb3HieQ/viewform?c=0&w=1

[Events] 3. Southeast Asian Graduate Formal

The Southeast Asian Graduate Formal will be held to provide graduate students with the chance to meet and make merry with fellow graduates from Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The details for the formal are as follows.

Date: 31 January 2017

Venue: Queens’ College

Wine will be provided.

There will be 12 tickets up for grabs for CUMSA members, and tickets will be on a first come, first serve basis. Priority is given to graduates, thereafter extras if any will be open to undergraduates. Tickets cost £8 for CUMSA members. If you’re a Queens member from CUMSA, you may also choose to book your own ticket outside of our allocated seats, and you will be reimbursed the same discount of £3.60.

Ticketing will open for everyone on Friday 20 Jan at 8pm, so mark your calendars! You can make your dietary preferences when you register. Ticket links will be made available at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/events/624932717708071/.

[Opportunities] 4. BNP Paribas 2017 Graduate Internships

The BNP Paribas 2017 Graduate and Summer Internship Opportunities are currently open for applications. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Their internship programme is open for application for students who have recently graduated, as well as those who are are graduating in 2017 or 2018. The deadline for the submission of applications is 31 January 2017. Please refer to the attached document for more information.

If you have any queries, please contact me at secretary@cumsa.org.

Best wishes,
Bridget Zhang
Secretary 16/17

Dear members,

Here’s wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance!

Duke-NUS Medical School will be coming down to Cambridge for a sharing session, so do come down if you are interested in finding out more about their programmes. Sign-ups for the annual Rajah & Tann Moot have also opened. Do take a look at the notices below for more information.

Best,
Bridget Zhang
Secretary 16/17
1. Duke-NUS Medical School Dinner Sharing Session
2. Rajah & Tann Moot Invitations

[Opportunities] 1. Duke-NUS Medical School Dinner Sharing Session
Duke-NUS Medical School is a graduate-entry medical school back in Singapore that offers MD and PhD programmes to those who want to pursue a career in medicine or medical research. They will be hosting a dinner event in Cambridge to share more about their school and the opportunities available to students who are considering graduate medical programmes. Their MD programme is open to those with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline and there are various scholarships available. The details for the event are as follows.

Date: 12 January 2017
Time: 6pm
Venue: CUSU Lounge, University of Cambridge

More information is available in the attached document. Please click on the following link to register for the event: https://nus.edu/2h8a6gB.

[Opportunities] 2. Rajah & Tann Moot Invitations
Our team from Cambridge is hosting the annual Rajah & Tann Moot, and we would like to invite all interested law students from all years to sign-up! You can do so by emailing Andrea (awlc3@cam.ac.uk) before 9th January 2017.

The R&T Moot will involve students from other universities across UK, so it will be a great opportunity to network and expand your contacts beyond Cambridge (conveniently, without having to set foot on a train).

While students are welcome to take the initiative to form the team representing Cambridge, should there be more than 4 students interested in participating in this year’s moot, an internal selection of mooters will be necessary. Please contact Andrea if you have any further queries.

More information is available in the attached notice. We look forward to seeing you at the competition!

If you have any queries, please contact me at secretary@cumsa.org.

Best wishes,
Bridget Zhang
Secretary 16/17

Dear members,

We hope that you have been having a great Winter Break so far! Please refer to the notices below for more information on internship opportunities from Internships@Gov and Rajah & Tann Singapore.

Best,
Bridget Zhang
Secretary 16/17
1. Internships@Gov Public Service Internships
2. Rajah & Tann Singapore Internships 2017

[Opportunities] 1. Internships@Gov Public Service Internships
The Internships@Gov Programme is providing public service internship opportunities to undergraduates from 8 May to 30 June 2017. Applications close on 31 December 2016. For more information, please refer to the attached EDM.

[Opportunities] 2. Rajah & Tann Singapore Internships 2017
Rajah & Tann Singapore will be accepting applications for internship seats for 2017. The window period for submitting your application is from 1 January 2017 to 31 January 2017. More information is available in the file attached below.

If you have any queries, please contact me at secretary@cumsa.org.

Best wishes,
Bridget Zhang
Secretary 16/17

Dear members,

As Michaelmas draws to an end, we have organised one final event for the term! Join us for an amazing evening at our End-of-Term Karaoke Night, held on 1 December 2016 (Thursday). It will be a great way to celebrate the end of a busy term, and catch up with other CUMSA members! More details can be found below.

We are also recruiting organisers for the Rajah & Tann Moot 2017. Please refer to the announcement below for more information on what this entails and how to sign up,

Best,
Bridget Zhang
Secretary 16/17

1. Results of Extraordinary General Meeting 2016
2. Rajah & Tann Moot Organisers Recruitment
3. CUMSA End-of-Term Karaoke Night
4. CUMSA T-Shirt
5. Asian Food Festival 2017

[About Us] 1. Results of Extraordinary General Meeting 2016

We are pleased to announce that Jasmine Alexis Doo has been elected as CUMSA’s new Graduate representative at our EGM yesterday. We warmly welcome her aboard, and look forward to bringing you more graduate events in the year ahead!

Additionally, the constitutional amendments proposed by Lim Chia Wei were accepted and the constitution on our webpage has been updated.

[Opportunities] 2. Rajah & Tann Moot Organisers Recruitment

CUMSA is looking for law students to organise this year’s Rajah & Tann Moot, which will be held in February. This will be the third consecutive time the R&T Moot will be held, generously sponsored by Rajah & Tann, whose partners will be flying over to judge the Moot. It was a great success in the past 2 years, with students from all over the UK coming to Cambridge to participate.

If you’re an law student from any batch, and keen to organise this, please contact Michelle at president@cumsa.org. You may sign up in twos or threes. We have collated details from the past committees, and will brief you accordingly.

From experience, this will not be too heavy a commitment compared to the wonderful learning opportunities you will gain. All you need is good organisational and liasing skills. It will be a valuable platform to network with lawyers from other universities.

[Events] 3. CUMSA End-of-Term Karaoke Night

It’s almost the end of Michaelmas! Join us in celebrating the end of term (and the calendar year) by belting out your favourite tunes with new and old friends.

Date: 1st December 2016 (Thursday)

Time: 8.00pm – 11.00pm

Venue: Restaurant Orchid Cambridge (70 Newmarket Road, CB5 8DZ Cambridge)

All CUMSA members will be able to attend the event at a subsidised rate of £4. Ticket sales will take place on 25th November, Friday, 8.00pm at http://cumsa.org/tickets/buy-tickets/?event_id=10. Hope to see you there!

[Events] 4. CUMSA T-Shirt

The orders for this year’s CUMSA T-shirt have been re-opened! You can place your order here: https://goo.gl/forms/OWG8Uq8x7k4i7OIy2. The deadline for orders is 11.59 pm, 25 November 2016 (Friday).

We are also selling older versions of the CUMSA T-shirts at reduced prices. Please refer to the CUMSA Facebook group for more details.

[Events] 5. Asian Food Festival 2017

The long-awaited Asian Food Festival will be back on 4 Feb 2017, and the menu is as follows:

– Coconut Rice

– Bak Kut Teh

– Curry Chicken

– Sweet Sour Chicken

– Sambal Kang Kong

– Braised Tofu

– Tomato and Egg

– Dessert

– Bandung/Soybean Drink

We are looking for volunteers for the following roles:

– Main chef, who will oversee the cooking of the dish

– Helpers, who will prepare the ingredients and assist the main chef

– Waiters, who will serve the dishes

If you are a cooking enthusiast and would like to cook some good food for your fellow CUMSA members, do sign up as a main chef or helper. Even if you do not have much experience with cooking, you are still welcome to help to prepare ingredients or serve the dishes during the event! This is will also be a great opportunity for you to find out what the CUMSA committee does if you are interested in joining the committee.

Dinner will be provided for volunteers. If you are interested, please sign up via the link below.

https://goo.gl/forms/RLSVmifcZ4SOxv0x2

If you are keen to volunteer, but would prefer to have something else on the menu, feel free to suggest alternative dishes at the same sign-up link. Please include the ingredients and equipment that you will need for your dish. We will take all your suggestions into consideration.

If you have any queries, please contact me at secretary@cumsa.org.

Best wishes,
Bridget Zhang
Secretary 16/17

Dear members,

Online voting for the CUMSA Graduate Representative and constitutional amendment will open today (16 November) at 12.00pm. Please refer to the notice below for more details regarding the submissions received. Do exercise your right to vote and cast your vote via the methods described below.

Sign-ups for volunteers for CUMSA’s Asian Food Festival 2017 have also begun! Please see below for more information.

All members attending our Michaelmas Formal at Hughes Hall tonight are kindly reminded that pre-dinner drinks will commence at 7pm at Peter Richards Room above the Dining Hall. Gowns are not compulsory, but all guests should be appropriately attired (T-shirts, jeans and trainers are not acceptable). We look forward to seeing you at the formal tonight!

Best,
Bridget Zhang
Secretary 16/17
1. Extraordinary General Meeting 2016
2. Asian Food Festival 2017

[Events] 1. Extraordinary General Meeting 2016

The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held this Saturday to elect the Graduate Representative and to vote on the proposed constitutional amendments. All members are welcome to attend.

Date: 19 November 2016 (Saturday)
Time: 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Venue: Christ’s College, Yusuf Hamied Theatre

We have received one submission for the position of Graduate Representative. As such, all members are entitled to vote for either the sole candidate, or to re-open nominations (RON):
Graduate Representative
Jasmine Alexis Doo
RON

One constitutional amendment was proposed by Lim Chia Wei. Please see the attached documents for Jasmine’s manifesto and Chia Wei’s proposition.

There are 3 ways by which you may vote:
(1) Online voting: you may cast your votes online. The link for voting for the Graduate representative is https://www.vote.cusu.cam.ac.uk/cumsa/16-17/gradrep/. The link for voting on the constitutional amendment is https://www.vote.cusu.cam.ac.uk/cumsa/16-17/amendment/. Online voting opens at 1200h today (16th November) and will close at 1200h on 19th November.

(2) Voting by proxy: you may send your votes to Michelle Lim in writing or via e-mail at president@cumsa.org. This has to be done by 2359h on 18th November. Alternatively, you may nominate someone to cast a pen-and-paper vote for you at the EGM. To do this, please inform Bridget Zhang at secretary@cumsa.org by 2359h on 18th November, failing which your vote will not be valid.

(3) Pen-and-paper voting at the EGM. You may only vote in this manner if you did not vote via proxy or online voting.

The voting system for the Graduate Representative is a Single Vote Transferable System. This means that:
– Re-Open Nominations (RON) is treated as a candidate.
– In your vote, you will have to rank your options (including RON) in order of preference.
– The candidate is elected if she ranks above RON. Otherwise, all positions below RON are still vacant and a by-election will be called.

In the event of an unfilled seat, a by-election may be held on the same day as the EGM. If the by-election cannot be concluded on the same day as the EGM for whatever reason, a further backup date will be announced soon after the EGM.

We look forward to seeing you at the EGM!

[Events] 2. Asian Food Festival 2017

The long-awaited Asian Food Festival will be back on 4 Feb 2017, and the menu is as follows:

– Coconut Rice

– Bak Kut Teh

– Curry Chicken

– Sweet Sour Chicken

– Sambal Kang Kong

– Braised Tofu

– Tomato and Egg

– Dessert

– Bandung/Soybean Drink

We are looking for volunteers for the following roles:

– Main chef, who will oversee the cooking of the dish

– Helpers, who will prepare the ingredients and assist the main chef

– Waiters, who will serve the dishes

Dinner will be provided for volunteers. If you are interested, please sign up via the link below.

https://goo.gl/forms/RLSVmifcZ4SOxv0x2

If you are keen to volunteer, but would prefer to have something else on the menu, feel free to suggest alternative dishes at the same sign-up link. Please include the ingredients and equipment that you will need for your dish. We will take all your suggestions into consideration.

If you have any queries, please contact me at secretary@cumsa.org.

Best wishes,
Bridget Zhang
Secretary 16/17