Two members of Brase nose JCR offered apologies for their personal roles in mismanaging JCR finances.
Brasenose ex-JCR President, Paul Gladwell apologised for his role in the JCR purchasing a £500 bust of him.
In a message to the JCR, he describes it as ‘‘a poor use of JCR money and not the best of ideas’’.
This message follows a JCR motion suggesting a repeal of the mandate for future JCR President busts which acknowledged that ‘‘the whole affair has been very damaging to the reputation of Brasenose’’ and claimed that it ‘‘has been unsuccessful in its original aim of improving student morale’’.
It was passed during Sunday’s JCR meeting, with the JCR President, Dan Wainwright admitting, ‘‘it was the general feeling that one was enough’’.
The current plan is to put the bust in the JCR, bar or library.
Arvind Singhal, who proposed the motion, admitted that the original motion, which had (unsuccessful) amendments to have a sculpture of the President’s manhood instead ‘‘was funny, until I found out that we actually spent £500.’
‘I love Paul Gladwell as much as the next guy, but money’s always quite tight in the JCR and I just wanted to make sure that we didn’t intend to continue buying a bust every year’’.
However, these feelings are not universal; Gregory Coates thought ‘‘the bust idea stood head and shoulders above the rest [of the JCR’s ideas to improve morale]’’ and that the motion to repeal the mandate ‘‘didn’t seem to have a leg to stand on’’.
Following Gladwell’s apology to the JCR Crispin Royle-Davies apologised for the £13,597 loss made by the Brasenose Ball this year.
The Ball President described the process as ‘‘a humbling experience for me’’, and one of which he is ‘‘certainly not proud’’.
The JCR has passed a motion agreeing to foot a £4,000 bill in contribution, and Royle-Davies stressed the need to ‘‘formalise the future liability of the JCR with the College…[and] amend the JCR Constitution to ensure appropriate JCR oversight of future Brasenose Balls’’.
