Life Drawing - Society at LCAD

As part of the Students Union, Ive been trying to push to start a Life Drawing class, this also gives me the oppertunity to head a collaborative project. 

I feel as though Ive been warned against it slightly. The issues they came up with were that it must be open to HE and FE. That means that people who are technically children (aged 16 and up) must be allowed to go as part of the SU equal oppertunities policy.

The issues here are with having a naked adult in the room.

I suggested that the model need not be naked, underwear and curtain draped round them would provide an equally rewarding drawing experience.

Also we would need a "college rep" present. This doesn't necessarily mean a tutor, it could be me. But then I would have to be responsible for the goings on in the class and I would have to make absolutely sure all the risk assessments and precautions for the safety and privacy of the model were taken care of.
 
I am not uploading the documents we have written here, rather than talked about the activities I've undertaken and things I've learnt as I'm aware that 

 

Key Things Learnt:

- Policy dictates what you can and can't do within a union or organisation

- Before starting on a campaign you must understand the limitations, these are imposed by policy, budget and time.

Possible Solutions:

- Use fabric to cover the models and provide a different drawing experience

- Have several key committee members to spread the responsibility and ensure the society contines for years to come

Update: 28/10/11

So after the meeting with HR I told Mike Winnard what they had asked from us in order to feel ok with supporting a life drawing class. We needed a proposal that would make HR feel safe in the knowledge that we would be looking out for the reputation of the college and that we would take all measures to make sure their relationship with their life drawing models was maintained.

We have also started a facebook group to recruit a core group for the life drawing society that are willing to take responsibility for running the classes and keeping the society active after we leave college.