AGENDA - SRA 05B STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY Sunday April 10, 2005, 1:00 p.m.

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1 McMaster Students Union AGENDA - SRA 05B STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY Sunday April 10, 2005, 1:00 p.m. PROCEDURE Call to Order, Call of the Roll, Adoption of the Agenda, Adoption of Minutes, Delegations from the Floor, Information Period, Question Period, Business Arising from the Minutes, Committee Business, Business, Unfinished Business, New Business, Time of Next Meeting, Adjournment, Call of the Roll. DELEGATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Board of Directors Expectations & Code of Conduct - Justin Grenier & Brandon Love BUSINESS 1. Destruction of Election ballots 2. Ratification of Health Science Results 3. Election of MSU Speaker (2/3 majority required) 4. Election of Vice-President (Administration) 5. Election of Vice-President (Education) 6. Election of Vice-President (Finance) 7. Election of (5) Executive Board members at large 8. Election of SRA House Leader 9. Election of Standing Committee Chairs Bylaws & Procedures External Affairs Finance Operations Services University Affairs 10. Election of SRA members to Standing Committees Bylaws & Procedures (4) External Affairs (4) Finance (4) Operations (4) Services (4) University Affairs (4) 11. Election of SRA members to other Committees All-Ages Monitoring Committee (1) Bookstore Board (2) Campus Events (2) Clubs Executive Council (2) Child Care Centre Advisory (2) Elections Committee (5) Emergency First Response Team Advisory Board (1)

2 First Year Council (1) MACgreen Advisory (2) Marmor Editorial Advisory (1) Maroons Society (3) MUS C Board of Management (1) Silhouette Board of Publication (1) SCSN Advisory (1) SHEC Advisory (1) SWHAT Advisory (1) Teaching Awards (3) Welcome Week Cup Award (1) Honour M Award Selection (1) MSU Merit Scholarship (1) J. Lynn Watson Award (1) MSU Spirit Award (1) 12. Election o f MSU (non-sra) members to Committees Child Care Centre Advisory (2 - either MSU or SRA) Clubs Executive Council (1) Election Committee (3) Maroons Society (min. 4) MSU Shinerama (3) Teaching Awards (min. 7) Welcome Week Cup Award (1) MOTIONS 1. Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA destroy election ballots of the 2005 SRA General and 2005 Presidential elections 2. Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA ratify Claire Dyason and Osama Khan as the 2005 SRA Health Sciences representatives. 3. Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA close nominations for the MSU Speaker for Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA close nominations for the Vice-President (Administration) Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA close nominations for the Vice-President (Education) Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA close nominations for the Vice-President (Finance) Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA open nominations for (5) Executive Board members at large for Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA close nominations for SRA House Leader Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA open nominations for the following Standing Committee Chairs; Bylaws & Procedures, External Affairs, Finance, Operations, Services, and University Affairs. 10. Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA open nominations for SRA members on the following Standing Committees; Bylaws & Procedures (4), External Affairs (4), Finance (4), Operations (4), Services (4), and University Affairs (4). 11. Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA open nominations for SRA members to other Committees (as listed in Business). 12. Moved b y, seconded b y that the SRA open nominations for MSU (non-sra) members to Committees (as listed in Business).

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4 MtMjiCw sua nb Unton Student Representative Assembly Meeting 05B Sunday April 10, 1:00pm Council Chambers, Gilmour Hall Room 111 Call to 1:132p.m. CALL OF THE ROLL Present Absent Excused Absent Late Others Present Speaker ADOPTION OF AGENDA Basith, Benvenuto, Bermudez, Campbell, Chee-a-tow, Clark, Davies, Dhillon, Dowell, Dyason, Farquhar, Gillezeau, Ioir, Islam, Kamel, Kayani, Khan, Khan, Mitchell, Mohammed, Mohan, Moonsammy, Moran, Patel, Piribauer, Popham, Ramdeen, Robinson, Taylor, Wyne, Zaidi Ahmed, Qureshy Dinath Justin Grenier (MSU member), Brandon Love (MSU member), Katherine Lawler (MSU member), Ashley White (CRO), Adam Montgomery (VP Finance candidate), Paul Jones (MSU member), Dave Moore (MAPS/MSUAA), Maureene Ninham (Recording Secretary) Boney Moved by Dyason, seconded by Gillezeau that the agenda be adopted as amended. Amendments Gillezeau - would like to add Tom Alyward-Nally as a Delegation from the Floor. Speaker - this addition requires a 2/3-majority vote. Vote to Add In favor: 27 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 1 Abstain: Kamel Gillezeau - would like to move the Bylaws & Procedures chair elections to the last election in item of business # 9. ADOPTION OF MINUTES In favor: 31 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously Moved by Robinson, seconded by Khan that the SRA defer the adoption of minutes to the next SRA meeting. In favor: 30 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 1 Abstain: Gillezeau Piribauer - would like to pass along some information to the SRA about procedures. o Thank you to Dyason & Dowell for providing the snacks;

5 SRA 05B- Page 2 April 10, 2005 o o o o Committee Sign-up book is being passed around, if you have not signed up for committees, please sign up; Contact list is also being passed around, please add your information if you haven t; Pizza will be here at 5:30pm for dinner; Please move your nametags to face the front, as we need to familiarize ourselves with the new members. DELEGATIONS FROM THE FLOOR 1. Board of Directors Expectations & Code of Conduct - Brandon Love & Justin Grenier Grenier & Love presented a power point presentation to discuss Board expectations. Discussion topics included: Introduction, Why we re here, Board of Directors - what is it? Directors - Key responsibilities, SRA responsibilities, what s it all mean? Who the hell are these guys? Brandon Love: no direct SRA experience, actively involved with clubs, interested in all aspects of the MSU, passionate about potential, especially in young people and this organization. Justin Grenier: former SRA Science members and Executive Board, concerned with University students keeping an open and critical mind, advocate for teamwork and idea sharing. Why are we here? Help develop vision, help you know what you re voting on, gently remind you to keep an open mind and accept responsibility as student representatives, encourage collaboration to increase efficiency of SRA decision-making, start thinking now about what projects you want to see the MSU and SRA working on. Board of Directors: President and 3 Vice-Presidents, work from May 1 to May 15 the following year, meet on a weekly basis to coordinate and report on their respective portfolios, each is a member of the Executive Board that also meets weekly. Expectations for the Board: punctuality, thoroughness, quality work, follow-through, transparency, participation, consultation, respect. President & C.E.O: works on the projects outlined in his or her campaign platform, sits on a lot of committees within the University structure, including President s advisory committees, represents the MSU at off-campus and university events, and mediates problems that arise within the MSU structure. Vice-President (Finance): balances the books, create the following year s budget, including Capital Budget, signs purchase orders for expending funds, supervises the Clubs Administration staff and others. Vice-President (Administration): part-time staff supervisor, responsible for running part-time staff meetings, coordinates SRA and MSU events such as retreats, Bark Lake, and MSU Olympics, works with SRA services and operations committees on Administration issues, first Vice-President and Deputy Speaker of the SRA, calling emergency meetings if necessary. Vice-President (Education): works on lobbying government on behalf of the MSU (for example, through the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance), works with SRA University Affairs and External Affairs committees on education issues, supervises the Teaching Awards Coordinator. SRA Responsibilities: ask the Board questions, ALWAYS!! It is important to have all the facts all the time so you are informed and the Board of Directors are kept on their toes, if you have a questions, half the people in the room probably have the same one, so ask!, SRA is a learning experience, the more you put in to it, the more rewarding your experience will be. Go visit the MSU office. Everyone is friendly and you should make known the projects you want to see happening. So What? We saw a need for active accountability within student government; remember that you represent more than 500 students each, so your voice counts! This is US encouraging YOU to keep an open and critical mind, so engage yourselves, support each other and most importantly have fun! 2. MSU - Tom Alyward-Nally Aylward-Nally presented a power point presentation going over the history and background of the MSU. Presentation attached to official minute book.

6 SRA 05B- Page 3 April 10, 2005 INFORMATION PERIOD Mohan - there were concerns about the event that SPHR put on last week. Dr. George and I received an asking to remove their club status and stop the event from happening. There were many people that proved the validity of this event but they wanted us there as mediation. We met with SPHR and the Zionist and talked about the concerns about posters that were up for this event. You will be addressed with a new poster policy that Piribauer will be working on next year to figure out how to assess posters, layout criteria, etc. We also asked that the policy be followed for next year. The event went on without any glitches and the most controversial issue that happened was that a Rabbi interrupted the Speaker about a point that the Speaker made and the Rabbi got up and left due to the fight. There was pressure put on the MSU for the necessity of events like this on campus. We will be re-examining the issues of posters and events. Dr. George and I will also be sending out a letter about this event. The Burlington campus curriculum meeting will be next week and the Vice-President (Education) sits on this committee. It looks like this campus will happen. The meeting on the 19th will be to discuss services on this campus and potential to make a government structure on that campus. Khan - budget is done and approved by the Executive Board. Any comments or questions please let me know before the meeting. Robinson - was at OUSA on Friday. We ratified all policies including students with dependents; aboriginal students, OSOTOF and these will be coming to the SRA s next meeting. There is nothing wrong with us saying that we do not agree with policies. News racks will be around the Student Centre and will hold the Undercurrent, which is the OUSA s newsletter. Spence will be leaving the Executive Director position in June. The incoming Director has been selected but cannot release the name because the contract has not been signed yet. Valedictorian selection is in the hands of the academic offices and not the MSU. Murray and I met with Marsales and discussed the interest on student loans. She is not very big on lowering the interest for students. The All Night Study Program is moving along well and a memo of understanding will be drafted. This program will be taken over by the MUSC Administration and the MSU will be providing the staffing of the program and keeping services open for students. Piribauer - please make sure that these dates are written down for summer meetings. SRA Training weekend is scheduled for June 10-12, 2005 and this is a tentative booking subject to residence availability. The Bark Lake retreat is scheduled for July 15-17, Please be here for the Friday morning as this is when the bus will be leaving. Please remember that there will be an SRA meeting on the Sunday of each weekend. Drew - does the training weekend start on Friday morning? Piribauer - no, this is when the bus will be leaving. Davies - will we be required to stay in residence for the McMaster campus weekend? Piribauer - it would be suggested that you stay in residence. This is a good opportunity to get to know each other. We already book a block of rooms, so there is no cost savings if you do not stay in residence. SRA members are also eligible for a summer leave of absence; this is to ensure that your attendance is not affected over the summer period if you will not be around. Please hand in your request by May 31, 2005 to the Speaker in writing. Hiring is still taking place as it has been delayed a bit. Recognition Night was March 30, We will be meeting to debrief about the planning of this event. If you have any suggestions, please forward them to us. The poster policy that Mohan was talking about is an initiative we are collaborating with the University to improve the risk management process. We are looking to have clubs go to the clubs website and submit it online and we want it to have more of an event planning aspect instead of risk management. It is more accommodating to what students are going to need to do. MUSC Board of Management meeting was last week, and we discussed the free phones. We are now getting statistics back and we have had no complaints about these phones. The two phones see about calls a day. McMaster is the third largest usage rate in North America. We have also been able to contract out our own care taking staff. We are the only building that does not use Physical Plant. Any comments about the cleanliness are appreciated. On the second day that the new cleaning staff took over, the Manager had his keys stolen by someone and there was a master key for the

7 SRA 05B- Page 4 April 10, 2005 building on this key ring. We have to re-key every lock in the corridors of the building and this should be done before summer. We are also looking at implementing a card reader system. Mohan - the med school students are looking to rejoin the MSU. They have taken their proposal to the med students. We will bring this discussion to the next meeting to see if we like this idea or not. SAC will be putting forth a review for Welcome Week. We cannot submit the document until we receive all input. QUESTION PERIOD Gillezeau - to Mohan - what do you mean by the statement made that the Burlington campus is probably going to happen, do we not have a say? Mohan - they continuously encourage us to oppose this idea. They encourage us to make a motion to publicly show if the MSU is in favor or not of this campus. We will always have the opportunity to pull out of this. Kayani - what will be done about SPHR? Mohan - we are not going to take action on them with this event because they got their poster approved by Design & Copy. The Clubs Executive Council would like to have SPHR come in and defend the reasons behind these posters. BUSINESS 1. Destruction of Election ballots Moved by Robinson, seconded by Moran that the SRA destroy the election ballots of the 2005 SRA General and 2005 Presidential elections. Discussion Speaker - this motion is coming forward to this Assembly because the appeal periods are over now and these ballots need to be destroyed. In favor: 31 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously 2. Ratification of Health Science election results Moved by Patel, seconded by Zaidi that the SRA ratify Claire Dyason and Osama Khan as the 2005 SRA Health Sciences representatives. Discussion Piribauer - this is being done because typically the elections will fall before the SRA is dissolved. The Elections committee for has now been dissolved. Normally, the election committee that administered the elections would ratify the results but this is a timing issue. It also will show that we are confident in the ability of these people. Iori - what was the voter turnout for the election? White - there is no definition but the voter turnout was significantly down. In favor: 28 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 3 Abstain: Chee-a-tow, Dyason, Khan

8 SRA 05B- Page 5 April 10, Election of MSU Speaker for (2/3 majority required) Moved by Basith, seconded by Benvenuto that the SRA close nominations for the MSU Speaker for Discussion Popham nominated Rabia Khan, accepted. In favor: 31 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously Moved by Mohan, seconded by Davies that the SRA give Rabia Khan be given 2 minutes for introductions, 10 minutes for question and answers, and 1 minute for closing statements. In favor: 31 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously Miss Khan introduced herself followed by a question and answer period. Speaker - explained that since there is one candidate nominated, the secret ballot vote will be a vote of confidence. Yes means the Assembly has confidence in her and No means no confidence. Moved by Davies, seconded by Khan that the SRA move into a secret vote of confidence. In favor: 30 Opposed: 1 Abstain: 0 Opposed: Ramdeen CRO - announced that the 2/3-majority for a confidence vote was not met. The majority was nonconfidence. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Moonsammy that the SRA re-open Speaker nominations. In favor: 26 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 3 Abstain: Kamel, Basith, Bermudez Zaidi re-nominated Rabia Khan, accepted. Speaker - nominations will stay open until next meeting. Moved by Moran, seconded by Robinson that the SRA direct the CRO to destroy the ballots for Speaker. In favor: 31 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously 4. Election of the Vice-President (Administration) for Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Taylor that the SRA close nominations for Vice-President (Administration). Speaker - announced that John Popham and Andy Moonsammy were nominated at the last SRA meeting. In favor: 31 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously

9 SRA 05B- Page 6 April 10, 2005 Moved by Robinson, seconded by Patel that each candidate be given 3 minutes for opening statements, 20 minutes for questions/answers per candidate, with 2 minutes for responses and 2 minutes closing statements for a total of 40 minutes. Benvenuto - we should limit the time per candidate to 10 minutes for questions. Dyason - opposed to that. The Vice-President (Administration) is a very important position. They run the SRA, managers, etc. Robinson - also opposed, at any point we have the right to extend or decrease the time. This position is important. Our decision will reflect the entire year. Mohan - agree with points, I ask the Assembly to use the same logic for all positions we are electing today. Kamel - how many candidates do we have for this position? Speaker - there are two candidates. Amendment Moved by Davies, seconded by Robinson that each candidate be given 10 minutes for opening statements, 20 minutes for questions per candidate with 2 minutes for responses, and 2 minutes for closing statements for a total of 40 minutes. Davies - these candidates have prepared presentations and 3 minutes is not sufficient. Mohan - would like to remind the Assembly that all questions have to be directed to both candidates not just one candidate. Vote on Amendment In favor: 25 Opposed: 2 Abstain: 4 Opposed: Benvenuto, Mitchell Abstain: Kamel, Campbell, Islam, Dhillon Vote on Main Motion In favor: 26 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 5 Abstain: Benvenuto, Mitchell, Dhillon, Kamel, Campbell Each candidate spoke in order of nomination: John Popham, Andy Moonsammy. Moved by Robinson, seconded by Patel that the SRA cap the Speaker s list. Discussion Robinson - this will allow us to go over the time allotted if needed but gives all the people currently on the speaker s list a chance to ask their question. Gillezeau - I would prefer to add more time in the event that someone else might have a great question but would not get to ask it because the speakers list is capped. Davies - in favor of capping the list. Robinson - if there is more questions that is fine, as this is not a final close of questions. If there are more questions that members would like to ask, we can always make a motion to allow them to speak. In favor: 20 Opposed: 5 Abstain: 3 Opposed: Gillezeau, Dyason, Dowell, Mitchell, Ramdeen Moved by Robinson, seconded by Benvenuto that the SRA move into secret ballot vote.

10 SRA 05B- Page 7 April 10, 2005 In favor: 28 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously CRO - there is a discrepancy in results, we might have to go to a re-vote. Dyason - there are some SRA members that had to leave for a few minutes due to religious reasons. I would like to recess to let these members have a chance to re-vote when they get back. They should not be penalized due to their religion. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Khan that the SRA recess for 15 minutes. 5:02pm Call to 5:15pm CALL OF THE ROLL Present Absent Excused Absent Late Others Present Speaker Discussion In favor: 22 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 1 Abstain: Wyne Speaker - the first counting of ballots, it is the majority of the first place ballots that get counted. CRO - we have very obscure bylaws, which should be corrected. She announced that John Popham is the Vice-President (Administration) for Moved by Gillezeau, seconded by Basith that the SRA direct the CRO destroy the ballots thereby ratifying John Popham as the Vice-President (Administration) for In favor: 26 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 4 Abstain: Chee-a-tow, Patel, Davies, Moonsammy 5. Election of Vice-President (Education) for Moved by Robinson, seconded by Davies that the SRA close nominations for the Vice-President (Education) for Discussion Basith, Benvenuto, Bermudez, Campbell, Chee-a-tow, Clark, Davies, Dinath, Farquhar, Gillezeau, Iori, Islam, Kamel, Kayani, Khan, Mitchell, Mohan, Moonsammy, Moran, Patel, Piribauer, Popham, Ramdeen, Robinson, Taylor, Wyne, Zaidi Dhillon, Mohammed Ahmed, Qureshy Dowell, Dyason, U. Khan, Justin Grenier (MSU member), Brandon Love (MSU member), Katherine Lawler (MSU member), Ashley White (CRO), Adam Montgomery (VP Finance candidate), Paul Jones (MSU member), Dave Moore (MAPS/MSUAA), Maureene Ninham (Recording Secretary) Boney Speaker - currently nominated is Stephanie Murray. He asked if there were any other nominations. In favor: 30 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 1

11 SRA 05B- Page 8 April 10, 2005 Abstain: Basith Moved by Robinson, seconded by Davies that the SRA set parameters to include 10 minutes for introduction, 20 minutes for questions with 2 minutes for responses, and 2 minutes for closing statements. In favor: 27 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 3 Abstain: Benvenuto, Campbell, Kamel Moran ceded his seat for Kerstin Erickson to ask a question. Moved by Robinson, seconded by Khan that the SRA cap the Speakers list after Kerstin Erickson, allowing members who have not asked a question go before members who have. (7 members left) In favor: 21 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 7 Moved by Taylor, seconded by Iori that the SRA move into secret vote of confidence vote. CRO announced that a vote of confidence passed. Stephanie Murray is the Vice-President (Education) for Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Kayani that the SRA destroy the ballots thereby ratifying Stephanie Murray as Vice-President (Education) for In favor: 28 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously Moved by Benvenuto, seconded by Mitchell that the SRA recess for 20 minutes. 6:26pm Call to 6:47pm CALL OF THE ROLL Present Absent Excused Absent Late Others Present Speaker In favor: 20 Opposed: 3 Abstain: 1 Opposed: Khan, Zaidi, Islam Abstain: Moonsammy Basith, Bermudez, Chee-a-tow, Dinath, Farquhar, Iori, Islam, Kayani, Khan, Mitchell, Patel, Piribauer, Popham, Ramdeen, Robinson, Dhillon, Mohammed, Moran, Taylor Qureshy Ahmed, Benvenuto, Campbell, Clark, Davies, Dowell, Dyason, Gillezeau, Kamel, U. Khan, Mohan, Moonsammy, Moran Justin Grenier (MSU member), Brandon Love (MSU member), Katherine Lawler (MSU member), Ashley White (CRO), Adam Montgomery (VP Finance candidate), Paul Jones (MSU member), Dave Moore (MAPS/MSUAA), Maureene Ninham (Recording Secretary) Boney

12 SRA 05B- Page 9 April 10, Election of the Vice-President (Finance) for Moved by Davies, seconded by Islam that the SRA close nominations for the Vice-President (Finance) for Discussion Speaker - Adam Montgomery was nominated at the last meeting. Dyason nominated Jeff Moran, accepted Carried by General Consent Moved by Mohan, seconded by Kamel that the SRA set parameters at 10 minutes for introduction, 20 minutes for questions per candidate with 2 minutes for responses, and 2 minutes for closing statements. Carried by General Consent Each candidate spoke in the allotted time followed by a question and answer period. Moved by Moonsammy, seconded by Dowell that the SRA move into secret ballot vote. Carried by General Consent CRO announced that Jeff Moran is the Vice-President (Finance) for Moved by Khan, seconded by Farquhar that the SRA destroy the ballots thereby ratifying Jeff Moran as Vice-President (Finance) for In favor: 23 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously CRO - announced that there was a discrepancy with the election for MSU Speaker. Would recommend that the nomination period be closed and we go to a re-vote at the next SRA meeting. I am recommending next meeting because we have lost SRA members since the beginning of the meeting. In the instance that the vote of non-confidence passes, nominations can be re-opened. Dyason - what do you mean we lost members? CRO - the attendance list that was counted was not corroborated with the members here. We are now dealing with fewer members because some members had to leave the meeting. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Zaidi that the SRA close nominations for MSU Speaker Discussion Mohan - why are we closing nominations? CRO - because we have to go to a re-vote at the next meeting. Speaker - we will have a re-vote at the next meeting. We will re-open nominations if there is a vote of non-confidence passed. In favor: 28 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 2 Abstain: Benvenuto, Iori

13 SRA 05B- Page 10 April 10, Election of (5) Executive Board members at large Moved by Kayani, seconded by Bermudez that the SRA open nominations for (5) SRA members for the Executive Board. Discussion Dinath nominated Gillezeau, accepted Mitchell nominated Moonsammy, accepted Davies nominated Patel, accepted Dyason nominated Dowell, accepted Islam nominated Kayani, accepted Patel nominated Moran, accepted Benvenuto nominated Clark, declined Davies nominated Mitchell, accepted Mohan nominated Benvenuto, declined Moved by Dyason, seconded by Moonsammy that the SRA close nominations for Executive Board. Carried by General Consent Moved by Mohan, seconded by Kamel that each candidate be given 1 minute for opening statements, 45 minutes for questions with 1-minute responses and 1 minute for closing statements. Carried by General Consent Each candidate spoke in the allotted time followed by a question and answer period. Moved by Davies, seconded by Dyason that the SRA move into secret ballot vote. Carried by General Consent CRO announced Gillezeau, Patel, Moonsammy, Mitchell, and Kayani as the Executive Board for Moved by Basith, seconded by Davies that the SRA destroy the ballots thereby ratifying Gillezeau, Patel, Moonsammy, Mitchell, and Kayani as the Executive Board. 8. Election of SRA House Leader In favor: 22 Opposed: 1 Abstain: 3 Opposed: Bermudez Abstain: Kayani, Patel, Gillezeau Moved by Dyason, seconded by Khan that the SRA open nominations for SRA House Leader. Amendment Moved by Moran, seconded by Iori that the SRA defer the election of SRA House Leader to next meeting. Discussion on Amendment Moran - there are some positions on the SRA that will be open. I believe that it is only fair to leave them open to incoming SRA members so they do not miss the opportunity.

14 SRA 05B- Page 11 April 10, 2005 Iori - Moran raises a valid point. Another reason is that we are all in exams. Dyason - the House Leader is a very important position for the SRA. There is a lot more to deal with on the agenda. Next week s meeting, we will have a lot of business coming to the table. Davies - the reason for deferring this election because of incoming SRA members is not a valid point. The people that were elected by the students are the members that are here right now. Piribauer - opposed to deferring. It is not automatic that new members will be at the next SRA meeting because a member was elected to a VP position. Members can hold their seats until the end of April. We will still have elections at the next meeting and we might even have to further advertise for positions but we should not defer this item of business. Moran - the Executive Board has to be elected tonight and this has nothing to do with the time. It has to do with the fairness to other members. Jones is next in line for Humanities and he would like the chance to run for House Leader. As for Davies comment, the SRA is based so much on popularity and that comment does not have validity. Jones - I had every intention to run for the SRA House Leader and I appreciate what Moran is trying to do. I would like to have the chance to run but I thank you for entertaining this. Moved by Davies, seconded by Patel to call to question. In favor: 26 Opposed: 2 Abstain: 0 Opposed: Gillezeau, Dyason Vote on Amendment In favor: 15 Opposed: 11 Abstain: 2 Opposed: Mohan, Khan, Piribauer, Chee-a-tow, Dyason, Dowell, Davies, Benvenuto, Bermudez, Patel, Ramdeen Abstain: Campbell, Clark 9. Election of Standing Committee Chairs Moved by Robinson, seconded by Dyason that the SRA defer all other SRA elections to next meeting (April 17, 2005). Discussion Robinson - by the logic of the last motion that was passed, the Assembly would like to have other incoming members have the opportunity for other committees, chairs, etc. Dyason - the House Leader is a very important position. This position is the representative for the Board of Directors and this person plays a very active role within the SRA. It would be ludicrous to elect committee chairs because if you are House Leader, you cannot run for a committee. In all fairness, we will have to move to defer all of the elections to the next meeting. Khan - we could ve already voted on some elections instead of having this debate. We need to move on and get this Assembly moving. We need to think about what you are voting on instead of discussing to discuss the work. Benvenuto - it makes no sense to postpone more elections. Moran - When we talk about getting things done as quickly as possible is not always the best thing to do. We have to make sure that the people who are running for this are the best candidate. Getting this done fast does not mean that it will be done well. Moved by Patel, seconded by Khan to call to question. In favor: 24 Opposed: 1 Abstain: 1 Opposed: Gillezeau Abstain: Popham

15 SRA 05B- Page 12 April 10, 2005 Vote on Motion to Defer In favor: 7 Opposed: 14 Abstain: 4 Opposed: Mohan, Khan, Chee-a-tow, Gillezeau, Davies, Mitchell, Benvenuto, Kamel, Campbell, Clark, Patel, Ramdeen, Islam, Basith Abstain: Farquhar, Moonsammy, Iori, Popham Motion Fails Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Benvenuto that the SRA reconsider the motion to defer House Leader elections. Discussion Mitchell - we should get this done now. We need to take our time and get this done right. Khan - this is by no means a rush job. The Assembly should not get into the habit of deferring items of business. 8. Election of SRA House Leader In favor: 19 Opposed: 3 Abstain: 4 Opposed: Moran, Robinson, Iori Abstain: Popham, Gillezeau, Khan, Taylor Moved by Dyason, seconded by Kayani that the SRA open nominations for SRA House Leader. Discussion Dyason - I do not think that we should be making exceptions for specific members. Individuals have come prepared to run for this position. Kayani - we should not be setting precedence of deferring items on the agenda. Moran - we are not closing the window of opportunity to the people sitting on the Assembly currently. We are closing the door to our future fellow members. A week is not half a year. Gillezeau - Last year, the Arts & Science SRA member left the MSU and had to resign from his seat. As a result, I ended up on the Bylaws committee because it was my only option. It makes it difficult when you are limited to what you can do and what committees you are able to sit on for your term. Iori - that is what I admire about student government, we can make exceptions. Clark - it is not a giant time issue, it is more of a precedence setting issue. Who are we to say that someone takes precedence over someone else? Piribauer - we have to remain consistent in what we do. We cannot outline different issues such as how many resignations we might get, etc. Last year, we had an election pretty much every month on the SRA agendas. Dyason - if we want to move the House Leader we would have to move the committee chair elections. If you vote in favor of this, people will not have the opportunity to run for committees. It is very unfortunate circumstances. Mohan - frustrated entirely because this is a silly discussion. We are setting precedence no matter who you are. We are undermining the elections that just occurred. You were voted in and are the appropriate members to run for these positions. In favor: 18 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 9 Abstain: Farquhar, Gillezeau, Khan, Moonsammy, Taylor, Popham, Iori, Moran, Kayani

16 SRA 05B- Page 13 April 10, 2005 Mohan nominated Dowell, accepted Moved by Davies, seconded by Mohan that the SRA close nominations for SRA House Leader. Carried Unanimously Moved by Khan, seconded by Mohan to set parameters of 2 minutes for opening statement, 10 minutes for questions with 1 minute for responses and 1 minute for closing statements. Carried by General Consent Moved by Benvenuto, seconded by Mohan that the SRA ratify Andrea Dowell as the SRA House Leader for In favor: 21 Opposed: 2 Abstain: 5 Opposed: Farquhar, Iori Abstain: Mitchell, Dowell, Moonsammy, Moran, Patel 9. Election of Standing Committee Chairs Moved by Clark, seconded by Kayani that the SRA open nominations for the following Standing Committee Chairs: External Affairs, Finance, Operations, Services, University Affairs, and Bylaws & Procedures. Discussion Patel nominated Gillezeau for External Affairs Chair, accepted Moran nominated Patel for External Affairs Chair, declined Moonsammy nominated Mitchell for Finance Chair, accepted Khan nominated Dyason for Services Chair, accepted Campbell nominated Ramdeen for Finance Chair, accepted Islam nominated Kayani for Operations Chair, accepted Patel nominated Moran for University Affairs Chair, accepted Iori nominated Bermudez for Finance Chair, accepted External Affairs Committee Chair Gillezeau nominated for External Affairs Committee Chair. Moved by Iori, seconded by Moran that the SRA close nominations for External Affairs Chair. Carried by General Consent Moved by Khan, seconded by Mohan to set parameters at 2 minutes for opening statements, 10 minutes for questions with 1 minute responses and 1 minute for closing statements. Carried by General Consent Candidate spoke in allotted time followed by a question and answer period. Moved by Mohan, seconded by Khan that the SRA ratify Rob Gillezeau as the External Affairs Committee Chair. In favor: 25 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 1

17 SRA 05B- Page 14 April 10, 2005 Abstain: Gillezeau Moved by Mohan, seconded by Mitchell that the SRA recess for a 10-minute break. 11:06pm Call to 11:19pm Carried by General Consent CALL OF THE ROLL Present Absent Excused Absent Late Others Present Speaker Basith, Benvenuto, Bermudez, Campbell, Chee-a-tow, Clark, Davies, Dowell, Dyason, Farquhar, Gillezeau, Ioir, Islam, Kamel, Kayani, Khan, Khan, Mitchell, Mohan, Moran, Patel, Piribauer, Popham, Ramdeen, Robinson, Taylor Dhillon, Mohammed, Moonsammy, Wyne, Zaidi Qureshy Dave Moore (MAPS/MSUAA), Maureene Ninham (Recording Secretary) Kherani Finance Committee Chair Mitchell, Ramdeen, and Bermudez nominated for Finance Committee Chair. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Farquhar that the SRA close nominations for Finance Committee Chair. Carried Unanimously Moved by Benvenuto, seconded by Iori to set parameters at 2 minutes for opening statements, 20 minutes for questions for the group with 1 minute for responses, and 1 minute for closing statements. Carried by General Consent Each candidate spoke in the allotted time followed by a question and answer period. Moved by Dyason, seconded by Davies that the SRA move into secret ballot vote. Carried by General Consent Ninham announced that Drew Mitchell is the Finance Committee Chair. Moved by Kayani, seconded by Patel that the SRA destroy the ballots thereby ratifying Drew Mitchell as the Finance Committee Chair. Operations Committee Chair In favor: 26 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 2 Abstain: Mitchell, Ramdeen Kayani nominated for Operations Committee Chair. Moved by Dyason, seconded by Chee-a-tow that the SRA close nominations for Operations Committee Chair.

18 SRA 05B- Page 15 April 10, 2005 Carried by General Consent Moved by Patel, seconded by Dyason to set parameters at 2 minutes for opening statements, 10 minutes for questions with 1 minute for responses and 1 minute for closing statements. Carried by General Consent Candidate spoke in allotted time followed by a question and answer period. Moved by Dinath, seconded by Campbell that the SRA ratify Waqas Kayani as the Operations Committee Chair. Services Committee Chair In favor: 27 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 2 Abstain: Patel, Kayani Dyason nominated for Services Committee Chair. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Popham that the SRA close nominations for Services Committee Chair. Carried by General Consent Moved by Mohan, seconded by Dowell to set parameters at 2 minute for opening statements with 5 minutes for questions and responses. Carried by General Consent Dyason spoke in allotted time followed by questions and answers. Moved by Davies, seconded by Patel that the SRA ratify Claire Dyason as Services Committee Chair for University Affairs Committee Chair In favor: 25 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 1 Abstain: Dyason Moran nominated for University Affairs Committee Chair. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Davies that the SRA close nominations for the University Affairs Committee Chair. Carried by General Consent Moved by Khan, seconded by Patel to set parameters at 2 minutes for opening statements, 10 minutes for questions with 1 minute for responses, and 1 minute for closing statements. Carried by General Consent Moran spoke in allotted time followed by a question and answer period.

19 Moved by Kayani, seconded by Davies that the SRA ratify Ryan Moran as the University Affairs committee chair. Bylaws & Procedures Committee Chair Bermudez nominated Iori, accepted Gillezeau nominated Dinath, declined In favor: 27 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 1 Moved by Khan, seconded by Benvenuto that the SRA close nominations for the Bylaws & Procedures Committee Chair. Carried by General Consent Moved by Clark, seconded by Khan to set parameters at 2 minutes for opening statements with 10 minutes for questions and answers. Carried by General Consent Iori spoke in allotted time followed by a question and answer period. Moved by Davies, seconded by Mitchell that the SRA ratify Sarah Iori as the Bylaws & Procedures Committee Chair. Discussion In favor: 26 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 3 Abstain: Mohan, Khan, Iori Mohan - Mr. Takawy has been sitting here patiently because he is going for a non-sra MSU position on two committees. Moved by Mohan, seconded by Kayani that the SRA immediately discuss item of business # 12 for Clubs Executive Council and Elections committee for non-sra MSU members. In favor: 26 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 2 Abstain: Popham, Bermudez 10. Election of MSU (non-sra) members to Committees Clubs Executive Council Moved by Mohan, seconded by Moonsammy that the SRA open nominations for non-sra MSU members on the Clubs Executive Council. Mohan nominated Ramez Takawy, accepted. Carried by General Consent SRA 05B- Page 16 April 10, 2005 Moved by Davies, seconded by Popham that the SRA close nominations for non-sra MSU members on the Clubs Executive Council.

20 SRA 05B- Page 17 April 10, 2005 Carried by General Consent Moved by Davies, seconded by Mitchell that the SRA ratify Ramez Takawy as the non-sra MSU member on the Clubs Executive Council. Elections Committee In favor: 25 Opposed: 1 Abstain: 4 Opposed: Iori Abstain: Kayani, Kamel, Islam, Basith Moved by Gillezeau, seconded by Khan that the SRA open nominations for non-sra MSU members on the Elections committee. Speaker - I have a written acceptance of nomination for Ashley White Davies nominated Ramez Takawy, accepted Ramdeen nominated Niranjan Vijayakanthan, accepted Gillezeau nominated Simone Swail, accepted Moved by Davies, seconded by Mitchell that the SRA elect these members at the next SRA meeting on April 17th. Discussion Davies - in all fairness we do need to give them a fair shake for the positions. In favor: 25 Opposed: 2 Abstain: 1 Opposed: Farquhar, Bermudez Abstain: Moran 11. Election of SRA members to Standing Committees Moved by Moran, seconded by Dyason that the SRA defer all standing committee elections to the April 17, 2005 meeting. Discussion Dyason - we can ratify the members that are signed up for committees and meet the required number of individuals to a committee and the other committees can be elected at the next meeting. Robinson - against going with this. External Affairs has to meet before the next SRA meeting because we have to ratify OUSA Campus Coordinators. I would like to have these members ratified. It would be helpful to have these committees elected now. Iori - I would also like to have the bylaws & procedures committee meet before the end of the year. Benvenuto - we should at least finish up item of business # 10 in case any committees would like to meet in the mean time. Moran - at the risk of everyone jumping at me, we just talked about fairness about the other committees. Ninham - some committee members that are on these lists, the committees that will require elections, are not in attendance, as they had to leave early. Mitchell - all SRA members knew we were doing elections at this meeting. Moran - we have set precedence and we should follow it.

21 SRA 05B- Page 18 April 10, 2005 Davies - there is a different circumstance, we are required to be here. It is not the job of anyone else but SRA members to stay at these long meetings. Robinson - Point of Clarification - there will be one resignation and Popham might not give his resignation until the end of the month. He does not have to make that decision by the end of the month. We need to get these committees elected. Khan - we haven t deferred anything yet. The people that have accepted but are not here well it is the will of this Assembly to move through the agenda. Moran - I hope that we would extend this as a courtesy to other members. In favor: 0 Opposed: 25 Abstain: 4 Opposed: Basith, Benvenuto, Campbell, Chee-a-tow, Clark, Davies, Dinath, Dowell, Dyason, Farquhar, Gillezeau, Iori, Islam, Kamel, Kayani, Khan, Khan, Mitchell, Mohammed, Mohan, Patel, Piribauer, Ramdeen, Robinson, Taylor Abstain: Moran, Bermudez, Popham, Moonsammy Motion Fails Moved by Moran, seconded by Patel that the SRA defer the election of the University Affairs Committee to next meeting (April 17, 2005). Discussion Moran - if we are going to do these elections, I would like to recommend deferring the election of the University Affairs committee, as I am the Chair of this committee but having to leave this meeting. I understand my duties as an SRA member but I am a student first. I need to study and my education is more important but I would like to be here for the elections. I am dedicated to the SRA and the MSU but school comes first. Patel - we should defer this election since he is the Chair of this committee. Davies - could we amend to have the University Affairs elections right now? Amendment Moved by Davies, seconded by Benvenuto that the SRA elect the University Affairs committee members as first item for Committee elections. Moran - I do not like that amendment. A week does not matter to me. Vote on Amendment In favor: 11 Opposed: 9 Abstain: 6 Opposed: Kayani, Moran, Ramdeen, Bermudez, Popham, Mitchell, Khan, Gillezeau, Iori Abstain: Farquhar, Dyason, Dowell, Taylor, Moonsammy Vote on Main Motion - immediately proceed with Elections In favor: 14 Opposed: 10 Abstain: 3 Opposed: Mitchell, Popham, Moran, Gillezeau, Khan, Farquhar, Dowell, Kayani, Bermudez, Taylor Moved by Iori, seconded by Davies that the SRA open nominations for SRA members on the following Standing Committees; Bylaws & Procedures (4), External Affairs (4), Finance (4), Operations (4), Services (4), and University Affairs (4). Carried by General Consent

22 SRA 05B- Page 19 April 10, 2005 University Affairs Committee Moved by Robinson, seconded by Iori that the SRA close nominations for SRA members on the University Affairs committee. Discussion Ninham - members signed up on this committee are as follows: Rob Gillezeau, Ian Davies, Osama Khan, Mohammed Islam, and Andy Moonsammy. Gillezeau - would like to pull my name from the list. Chee-a-tow nominated Farquhar, accepted. Moran - please make sure that you know what you are running for. I want this committee to run effectively throughout the year. Carried by General Consent Moved by Patel, seconded by Benvenuto that each candidate be given 2 minutes for opening statements with 5 questions maximum with 1 minute for responses. In favor: 19 Opposed: 4 Abstain: 2 Opposed: Mitchell, Clark, Campbell, Benvenuto Abstain: Mohan, Kamel Each candidate spoke in the allotted time followed by a question and answer period. Moved by Iori, seconded by Popham that the SRA move into secret ballot vote. Carried by General Consent Ninham announced the members on the University Affairs committee are as follows: Ian Davies, Osama Khan, Andy Moonsammy, and Caleigh Farquhar. Moved by Iori, seconded by Khan that the SRA destroy the ballots and ratify Ian Davies, Osama Khan, Andy Moonsammy, and Caleigh Farquhar for the University Affairs committee. In favor: 22 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 2 Abstain: Farquhar, Davies Moved by Khan, seconded by Clark that the meeting be adjourned. In favor: 5 Opposed: 13 Abstain: 3 Opposed: Robinson, Iori, Piribauer, Chee-a-tow, Gillezeau, Dyason, Dowell, Taylor, Mitchell, Kayani, Kamel, Islam, Basith Abstain: Farquhar, Popham, Khan Motion Fails Bylaws & Procedures, Services, and Operations Committees Moved by Robinson, seconded by Patel that the SRA ratify the following members to the listed committees and elect the vacant seats (if applicable) at the next meeting on April 17th, 2005; Services - Sarah Iori, Ian Davies, Chrissy Taylor, and Sylvia Bermudez

23 SRA 05B- Page 20 April 10, 2005 Operations - Justin Ramdeen, Sarah Iori, Mohammed Islam Bylaws & Procedures - Rob Gillezeau and Faheem Dinath Finance Committee In favor: 22 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously Moved by Benvenuto, seconded by Clark that the SRA close nominations for the Finance committee. Discussion Ninham - members signed up for this committee are as follows: Sylvia Bermudez, AbdulGhani Basith, Faheem Dinath, David Campbell, Mary Kamel, Harpreet Dhillon, and Justin Ramdeen. Carried by General Consent Moved by Benvenuto, seconded by Iori that each candidate be given 1 minute for opening statements, combined time of 15 minutes for candidates for questions with 1 minute for responses and 1 minute for closing statements. Amendment Moved by Clark, seconded by Mitchell that we amend the parameters to 4 questions total for the whole panel. Discussion Mitchell - there are 7 people running for this committee. We said we were going to finish these elections and we should just set a limit of questions to be asked to these members instead of a timeframe. In favor: 19 Opposed: 1 Abstain: 5 Opposed: Benvenuto Abstain: Iori, Chee-a-tow, Kamel, Campbell, Bermudez Amendment Passes Each candidate spoke in allotted time followed by questions and answers. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Khan that the SRA move into secret ballot vote. Carried by General Consent Ninham announced the members on the Finance Committee are as follows: Sylvia Bermudez, Mary Kamel, Faheem Dinath, and Justin Ramdeen. Moved by Khan, seconded by Robinson that the SRA destroy the ballots thereby ratifying Sylvia Bermudez, Mary Kamel, Faheem Dinath, and Justin Ramdeen to the Finance Committee. External Affairs Committee In favor: 19 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 2 Abstain: Dinath, Ramdeen Moved by Clark, seconded by Benvenuto that the SRA close nominations for the External Affairs committee.

24 SRA 05B- Page 21 April 10, 2005 Ninham - members signed up for the External Affairs committee are as follows: Claire Dyason, Harpreet Dhillon, Ryan Moran, Andy Moonsammy, and Barkha Patel. Moved by Benvenuto, seconded by Khan that this item of business be deferred to next meeting. Khan - opposed to this motion. We can have the three members that are present run for positions and then open elections for the last position at the next meeting. In favor: 0 Opposed: 22 Abstain: 3 Opposed: Bermudez, Campbell, Chee-a-tow, Clark, Davies, Dinath, Dowell, Dyason, Gillezeau, Iori, Islam, Kamel, Kayani, Khan, Khan, Mitchell, Mohan, Moonsammy, Patel, Piribauer, Popham, Ramdeen Abstain: Benvenuto, Robinson, Basith Motion Fails Moved by Clark, seconded by Robinson that each candidate be given 2 minutes for opening statements, with 3 questions per candidate with 1-minute responses and 1 minute for closing statements. In favor: 13 Opposed: 6 Abstain: 2 Opposed: Benvenuto, Kamel, Ramdeen, Kayani, Islam, Basith Abstain: Patel, Moonsammy Ramdeen - if we have one spot open, would this be the same as what we did with the Operations committee? Mohan - we can vote on all five members today or defer this to next meeting. Gillezeau - we can listen to the three members that are here but if you would like to defer, I am amendable to that. Davies - We have set precedent now. If the people are not here, they lose the opportunity to vote. Moved by Gillezeau, seconded by Chee-a-tow that the SRA ratify Andy Moonsammy, Claire Dyason, and Barkha Patel to the External Affairs committee for TIME OF NEXT MEETING In favor: 22 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 3 Abstain: Patel, Moonsammy, Dyason The time of the next SRA meeting is scheduled for: Sunday April 17, 1:00pm Council Chambers, Gilmour Hall Room 111 ADJOURNMENT Moved by Davies, seconded by Robinson that the meeting be adjourned. In favor: 25 Opposed: 0 Abstain: 0 Carried Unanimously CALL OF THE ROLL Present Basith, Benvenuto, Bermudez, Campbell, Chee-a-tow, Clark, Davies, Dinath, Dowell, Dyason, Gillezeau, Iori, Islam, Kamel, Kayani, Khan, Khan, Mitchell, Mohan,

25 SRA 05B- Page 22 April 10, 2005 Absent Excused Absent Late Others Present Speaker Moonsammy, Patel, Piribauer, Popham, Ramdeen, Robinson Ahmed, Dhillon, Farquhar, Mohammed, Moran, Wyne, Zaidi Qureshy, Taylor Dave Moore (MAPS/MSUAA), Maureene Ninham (Recording Secretary) Kherani 3:05 a.m.

26 ROBERT S RULES OF ORDER P a rlia m e n ta ry P ro c e d u re, o r R o b e rt's R u le s o f O rd e r, a re a n e v o lu tio n o f th e B ritis h tra d itio n o f c o n d u c tin g b u s in e s s in le g is la tiv e b o d ie s. T h e S tu d e n t C o u n c il, a L e g is la tiv e b o d y its e lf, h a s tra d itio n a lly c o n d u c te d its b u s in e s s a c c o rd in g to w h a t is m o s t c o m m o n ly kn o w n a s R o b e rt s R u le s o f O rd e r. A lth o u g h n e w c o m e rs m a y in te rp re t th e ru le s a s re s tric tiv e, q u ite th e c o n tra ry is tru e. T h e n o rm a lly re c o g n iz e d ru le s o f o rd e r a re a n e x tre m e ly s o p h is tic a te d m e c h a n is m fo r e n s u rin g fa irn e s s a n d e ffic ie n c y in th e le g is la tiv e p ro c e s s. It is tru e th a t s o m e o n e v e ry c o n v e rs a n t w ith R u le s o f O rd e r c a n u se th e m to h is /h e r a d v a n ta g e ; but th e re is n o w a y th a t th e ru le s, w h e n fa irly a n d c o n s is te n tly a p p lie d, c a n b e u s e d s o le ly to th e a d v a n ta g e o f any one individual or faction. HIERARCHY T h e re is a d e fin ite h ie ra rc h y o f m o tio n s in th e ru le s o f o rd e r. T h is is, s o m e m o tio n s ta k e P R E C E D E N C E o v e r o th e rs. T h e lis t o f c o m m o n m o tio n s a n d th e ir o rd e r o f p re c e d e n c e is a s fo llo w s : t. A d jo u rn o r R e c e s s 2. Q u e s tio n o f P riv ile g e 3. Appeal (a Decision of the Chair) 4. P o in t o f O rd e r o r P o in t o f In fo rm a tio n 5. Suspend the rules of Call for the Orders of the Day 6. L a y o n th e T a b le 7. C a ll th e Q u e s tio n (C lo s e d e b a te ; lim it d e b a te ) 8. P o s tp o n e to a d e fin ite tim e 9. R e fe r to a C o m m itte e 10. A m e n d m e n ts 11. P o s tp o n e In d e fin ite ly 12. M a in M o tio n 13. R e c o n s id e ra tio n (o f a m o tio n p re v io u s ly d e c id e d ) 14. R e p e a l o r R e s c in d T h is is n o t a c o m p le te lis t o f a ll ty p e s o f m o tio n s w h ic h c a n b e p u t b e fo re an A s s e m b ly, b u t it is a ll yo u will ever need in the context of your Council. WHAT PRECEDENCE MEANS W h e n w e s a y th a t a m o tio n ta k e s p re c e d e n c e o v e r a n o th e r m o tio n, w e m e a n th a t it m u s t be d e c id e d u p o n b e fo re th e A s s e m b ly c a n p a s s on to th e m o tio n w h ic h h a s lo w e r p rio rity. T h e lis t a b o v e in d ic a te s p rio rity in d e s c e n d in g o rd e r. T h a t is, m o tio n n u m b e r 4 h a s p re c e d e n c e o v e r all m o tio n s fro m 5 to 14. Motion 1 has the highest priority of any motion.

27 R o b e rt's R u le s o f O rd e r 2 T h is m e a n s s e v e ra l th in g s F rst, it m e a n s th a t a m o tio n to a d jo u rn m u s t b e d e a lt w ith im m e d ia te ly a fte r it is p u t fo rw a rd. S e c o n d, it m e a n ; th a t n o o th e r m o tio n is a llo w e d to be p u t fo rw a rd u n til th e m o tio n to adjourn has been dealt with. T h is w o u ld e q u a lly be tru e i! tl e A s s e m b ly w e re d e a lin g w ith an A M E N D M E N T, a n d s o m e o n e p u t fo rw a rd a m o tio n to P O S T P O N E T O A D E F IN IT E T IM E. T h e A s s e m b ly w o u ld be o b lig e d to s e ttle the m o tio n to p o s tp o n e b e fo re it c o u ld ta k e up d is c u s s io n o f th e a m e n d m e n t a gain. F o r e x a m p le, a s s u m e th e A ss :m b ly is d is c u s s in g a m o tio n to b u y a n e w ty p e w rite r and s o m e o n e ts re c o g n iz e d b y th e C h a ir s a y s : M r M s C h a irp e rso n, I w o u ld lik e to a m e n d th e m o tio n to in c lu d e th e w o rd s co s tin g n o m o re th a n $ '." If s o m e o n e S E C O N D S th e a n e n d m e n t, th e A s s e m b ly is o b lig e d to d ro p all d is c u s s io n re g a rd in g th e p u rc h a s e o f th e ty p e w rite r a n d take up d is c u s s io n o n w h e th e r o r n o t it w a n ts to p la c e a re s tra in t on the a m o u n t o f m o n e y to be s p e n t on th e ty e w rife r. B u t w h ile th is is o c c u rrin g, s o m e o n e w h o h a s th e flo o r s a y s : M r/m s C h a irp e rs o n, I m o v e - e p o s tp o n e th is d is c u s s io n u n til th e n e x t m e e tin g. A g a in, if s o m e o n e s e c o n d s th it m o tio n, th e A s s e m b ly m u s t v o te o n w h e th e r o r n o t Is w a n ts to drop all d is c u s s io n a b o u t m o n e y fo r ty p e w rit :rs u n til th e n e x t m e e tin g. If th e m o tio n to p o s tp o n e F A IL S, the A s s e m b ly re tu rn s to th e A M E N D M E N T If th e a m e n d m e n t C A R R IE S, th e n th e A s s e m b ly re tu rn s to the d is c u s s io n o f th e M A IN M O T IO N A S A: 1 E N D E D. If th e a m e n d m e n t F A IL S, th e n th e A s s e m b ly ta k e s u p th e o rig in a l M A IN M O T IO N. G e n e ra lly, th e A s s e m b ly 's b u : t o s s is s tra ig h tfo rw a rd a n d u n c o m p lic a te d. B u t it is w e ll to re m e m b e r p re c e d e n c e fo r th o s e ra re o - c a s io n s w h e n th in g s c a n g e t c o n fu s in g, GENERAL PROCEDURE A lth o u g h th e re a re e x c e p tio n s So all o f th e p o in ts b e lo w, th e re a re c e rta in ru le s o f th u m b w h ich a p p ly to m o s t a ctio n s. 1. T h e m o v e r o f a m o tio n nn st firs t b e re c o g n iz e d b y th e C h a ir. T h is m e a n s th a t the C h a ir m u st clearly indicate that the p. rson has the floor"; the right to address the Assem bly. 2. T h e C h a ir in te rp re ts th e F, jle s o f O rd e r in c a s e o f d is p u te. 3. M o s t m o tio n s re q u ire a S I C O N D E R a s w e ll a s a M O V E R b e fo re th e y c a n b e d is c u s s e d, 4. M o st m o tio n s re q u ire a si: lp le m a jo rity to b e c a rrie d. 5. M e m b e rs s h o u ld a lw a y s ; J d re s s o n e a n o th e r th ro u g h th e C h a ir. The exceptions to these general ru es will be dealt with as they arise in discussion of specific motions. ADJOURN OR RECESS N o rm a lly, th e C h a ir a d jo u rn s ti e m e e tin g a fte r a ll th e b u s in e s s h a s b e e n c o m p le te d. A t a n y tim e, h o w e v e r, a n y m e m b e r m a y c a ll fo r a c ljc jrn m e n t, a fte r b e in g R E C O G N IZ E D b y th e C h a ir. T h is m o tio n re q u ire s a S E C O N D E R, a n d it is N O T [ E B A T A B L E, It re q u ire s o n ly a S IM P L E M A J O R IT Y to p a ss. A ll o f th e a b o v e a p p lie s to a m jfio n to R E C E S S. A m o tio n to re c e s s h a s th e s a m e p rio rity a s a m o tio n to a d jo u rn. It is n e c e s s a ry, h o w ;ver, to n a m e a s p e c ific tim e p e rio d fo r th e re c e s s. T h is m o tio n re q u ire s a S IM P L E M A J O R IT Y to p a s s

28 Robert s Rules of O rder 3 QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE T h e re a re tw o m a in ty p e s o l p riv ile g e d m o tio n s. T he first is w h e re th e h o n o u r, th e d ig n ity, o r th e p ro p e r fu n c tio n in g o f th e A s s e m b ly is in q u e s tio n. F or e x a m p 3. if s o m e o n e is d is ru p tin g th e m e e tin g, o r th e re is d is tra c tin g n o is e in or n e a r th e m e e tin g, if it is to o hot >! too co ld, e tc., th e n a m e m b e r m a y R A IS E O N A Q U E S T IO N O F P R IV IL E G E. A m e m b e r ra is in g th e q u t stion o f p riv ile g e h a s th e rig h t to in te rru p t s o m e o n e w h o h a s th e flo o r, b u t o n ly if n e c e s s a ry. T h e s e c o n d ty p e o f p riv ile g e d q u e s tio n s a re P E R S O IA L. A n e x a m p le o f th is is w h e n c h a rg e s a re fa ls e ly c irc u la te d a g a in s t a m e m b e r's c h a ra c te r. APPEAL A DECISION OF THE CHAIR A C h a irp e rs o n is o fte n c a lle d u p o n to e x e rc is e h is /h e ju d g m e n t, a n d th a t ju d g m e n t is o c c a s io n a lly w ro n g. A m e m b e r m a y a p p e a l a n y d e c is io n o f th e C h a ir w ithe ut b e in g re c o g n iz e d a n d w ith o u t a s e c o n d e r. T h e a p p e a l m u s t b e M A D E IM M E D IA T E L Y F O L L O W IN G th e ie c is io n. It is N O T D E B A T A B L E, b u t th e m e m b e r m a k in g th e a p p e a l m a y s ta te h is re a s o n s fo r a p p e a lii 3, a n d th e C h a ir m a y s ta te h is re a s o n s fo r th e d e c is io n. T h e A p p e a l is th e n p u t to a v o te o f th e A s s e m b ly a n c re q u ire s a S IM P L E M A J O R IT Y to o v e rru le a d e c is io n o f th e C h a ir. O b v io u s ly a C h a irp e rs o n w h o is c o n tin i ally h a v in g d e c is io n s o v e rru le d s h o u ld in v e s tig a te h is /h e r p a rlia m e n ta ry style. POINT OF ORDER W h e n a m e m b e r th in k s th a t th e ru le s o f th e A s s e m b l' a re b e in g v io la te d, s /h e c a n m a k e a P O IN T O F O R D E R, th e re b y c a llin g u p o n th e C h a ir fo r a ru lin g a n d an e n fo rc e m e n t o f th e re g u la r ru le s. A p o in t o f order does not require a seconder and is not debatable. U n d e r th is le v e l o f p rio rity, a m e m b e r m a y a s k fo r c la ific a tio n o f a m o tio n u n d e r c o n s id e ra tio n. If y o u a re u n c e rta in a b o u t th e w o rd in g o f a m o tio n o r th e p o s s ib l; in te rp re ta tio n o f it, y o u m a y in te rru p t e ve n a fte r th e C h a ir h a s c a lle d fo r a v o te, a lth o u g h n o t a fte r th e v o ti h a s ta k e n p la c e. T h is is c a lle d a P O IN T O F IN F O R M A T IO N. LAY ON THE TABLE T h is m o tio n is o fte n c o n fu s e d w ith th e m o tio n to p o s t o n e to a d e fin ite tim e. T h e m o tio n to LA Y O N T H E T A B L E e n a b le th e A s s e m b ly to la y th e p e n d in g q u e s on a s id e te m p o ra rily w h e n s o m e th in g e ls e o f im m e d ia te u rg e n c y h a s a ris e n. T h e re fo re th e re is no s e t tim e or ta k in g th e m a tte r up a g a in, b u t its re c o n s id e ra tio n c a n b e re s u m e d a t th e w ill o f a m a jo rity a n d in p re fe re n c e to a n y n e w q u e s tio n. A m o tio n to ta k e fro m th e ta b le o r la y on th e ta b le re q u ire s a S E C O N D E R, and is N O T D E B A T A B L E. AMENDMENTS It is in o rd e r to o ffe r a m e n d m e n ts to M a in M o tio n s, m< tio n s to lim it d e b a te, re fe r, a n d p o s tp o n e to a d e fin ite tim e. N o rm a lly a m e n d m e n ts a re o ffe re d to M a in M o tio is. It is a ls o p o s s ib le to a m e n d an a m e n d m e n t. It is n o t p o s s ib le to o ffe r an a m e n d m e n t to th e a i le n d m e n t to th e a m e n d m e n t.

29 Robert s Rules of O rder 4 A m e n d m e n ts re q u ire a s e c o n d e r a n d m u s t be d e c id e d u p o n b e fo re th e A s s e m b ly c a n c o n tin u e d is c u s s io n o n th e M a in M o tio n. If an a m e n d m e n t is c a rrie d, th e A s s e m b ly re tu rn s to th e d is c u s s io n o f th e m a in m o tio n a s a m e n d e d. If th e a m e n d m e n t fa ils, w e re tu rn to d is c u s s io n o f th e o rig in a l m o tio n. If s o m e tim e s h a p p e n s th a t s o m e o n e w ilt o ffe r an a m e n d m e n t th a t w o u ld d e fe a t th e s p irit o f th e m a in m o tio n. T h e C h a ir m a y th e n ru le th e a m e n d m e n t o u t o f o rd e r. T o o ffe r a n a m e n d m e n t, y o u m u s t firs t b e re c o g n iz e d b y th e C h a ir. A m e n d m e n ts a re d e b a ta b le a n d re q u ire a s im p le m a jo rity. POSTPONE INDEFINITELY P o s tp o n e in d e fin ite ly is a m o tio n th a t th e A s s e m b ly d e c lin e s to ta k e a p o s itio n o n th e m a in q u e s tio n. Its a d o p tio n k ills th e m a in m o tio n fo r th e d u ra tio n o f th e s e s s io n a n d a v o id s a d ire c t v o te o n th e q u e s tio n. It is u s e fu l in d is p o s in g o f a b a d ly c h o s e n m a in m o tio n th a t c a n n o t be e ith e r a d o p te d o r e x p re s s ly re je c te d w ith o u t p o s s ib ly u n d e s ira b le c o n s e q u e n c e s. It c a n o n ly b e a p p lie s to th e m a in q u e s tio n a n d th e re fo re b e m a d e o n ly w h ile a m a in q u e s tio n is im m e d ia te ly p e n d in g. T h is m o tio n re q u ire s a s e c o n d e r a n d is d e b a ta b le a n d re q u ire s a s im p le m a jo rity. MAIN MOTION T h e b u lk o f m e e tin g s a re o c c u p ie d w ith d is c u s s io n o f m a in m o tio n s. A ll m a in m o tio n s re q u ire a s e c o n d e r, a re fu lly d e b a ta b le, a n d re q u ire a s im p le m a jo rity to c a rry. A m a in m o tio n th a t is d e fe a te d c a n n o t b e re c o n s id e re d a t th e s a m e m e e tin g e x c e p t b y th e s u c c e s s fu l m o tio n o f re c o n s id e ra tio n. RECONSIDERATION T h is is s o m e tim e s u s e d w h e n n e w in fo rm a tio n c o m e s to th e a tte n tio n o f th e A s s e m b ly o r a n y o f its m e m b e rs d u rin g th e c o u rs e o f th e m e e tin g w h e n a d e c is io n h a s a lre a d y b e e n re a c h e d o n th e ite m to be re c o n s id e re d. T h e m o tio n fo r R e c o n s id e ra tio n M U S T b e m a d e b y s o m e o n e w h o v o te d w ith th e p re v a ilin g s id e w h e n it w a s firs t d e c id e d (u n le s s th e v o te w a s b y s e c re t b a llo t). If y o u v o te d w ith th e m a jo rity on a p a rtic u la r m o tio n b u t la te r fe e l y o u w e re w ro n g, y o u m a y in te rru p t a s p e a k e r w h o h a s th e flo o r to m o v e fo r re c o n s id e ra tio n. H o w e v e r, th e C h a ir is n o t o b lig e d to deal w ith th e m o tio n fo r re c o n s id e ra tio n a t th a t e x a c t in s ta n t, a n d m a y c h o o s e to fin is h th e m a tte r a t h a n d b e fo re proceeding with the m otion to reconsider. It cannot be applied to m otions to adjourn or table. T h is m o tio n re q u ire s a s e c o n d e r, is fu lly d e b a ta b le (o b v io u s ly y o u w a n t to g iv e y o u r re a s o n s fo r re c o n s id e ra tio n ) a n d re q u ire s a s im p le m a jo rity to c a rry. It is N O T d e b a ta b le w h e re th e o rig in a l m o tio n w a s n o t. T h e m a k in g o f th is m o tio n is s u b je c t to tim e lim its. In a s e s s io n o f o n e d a y, th e m o tio n to re c o n s id e r c a n o n ly b e m a d e o n th e s a m e d a y th e v o te to b e re c o n s id e re d w a s ta k e n. In a c o n v e n tio n or s e s s io n o f m o re th a n o n e d a y, a re c o n s id e ra tio n c a n b e m o v e d o n ly o n th e s a m e o r th e n e x t s u c c e e d in g d a y a fte r th e o rig in a l v o te w a s ta k e n. N o q u e s tio n c a n b e re c o n s id e re d m o re th a n o n c e. If th e m o tio n to re c o n s id e r is c a rrie d, th e A s s e m b ly re tu rn s to th e o rig in a l m o tio n, w h ic h e n jo y s its n o rm a l p re c e d e n c e a t th a t p o in t.

30 R o b e rt s R u le s o f O rd e r 5 CALL THE QUESTION (CLOSE DEBATE OR LIMIT DEBATE) T h is is an o ft-u s e d p ro c e d u ra l m o tio n th a t s a v e s a lo t o f tim e. It m e a n s th a t yo u fe e l th e A s s e m b ly is m o re th a n re a d y to m a k e a d e c is io n o n th e m o tio n u n d e r c o n s id e ra tio n a n d th a t y o u w a n t to end s u p e rflu o u s d is c u s s io n. B o th a m o v e r a n d a s e c o n d e r a re re q u ire d. If tw o -th ird s o r m o re o f th o s e p re s e n t v o te in fa v o u r o f th e m o tio n, th e A s s e m b ly p ro c e e d s im m e d ia te ly to a v o te o n th e m o tio n u n d e r c o n s id e ra tio n, if le s s th a n tv» o -thirds v o te in fa v o u r o f c a llin g th e q u e s tio n, th e d is c u s s io n c o n tin u e s. T h is m o tio n c a n a ls o be u s e d to L IM IT D E B A T E to e ith e r a s p e c ific tim e fra m e o r to a p a rtic u la r n u m b e r o f s p e a k e rs. In e ith e r c a s e, it re q u ire s a tw o -th ird s m a jo rity. POSTPONE TO A DEFINITE TIME T h is m o tio n is o fte n u s e d w h e n it is fe lt th a t a la p s e o f tim e w ill m a k e a d iffe re n c e in d e lib e ra tio n on a p a rtic u la r is s u e. E ith e r m o re tim e is n e e d e d to c o n s id e r it, o r m o re in fo rm a tio n is re q u ire d w h ic h c a n n o t b e im m e d ia te ly o b ta in e d. T h is m o tio n a p p lie s o n ly to th e M A IN M O T IO N a n d re q u ire s a s im p le m a jo rity to carry. It is only debatable as to the advisability of postponem ent. W h e n a m o tio n is p o s tp o n e d to a d e fin ite tim e, it is th e d u ty o f th e S e c re ta ry to s e e th a t it re a c h e s th e A g e n d a fo r th e d a te s p e c ifie d in th e m o tio n. T h e q u e s tio n th a t h a s b e e n p o s tp o n e d to a d e fin ite tim e c a n n o t b e ta k e n up b e fo re th a t tim e u n le s s a tw o -th ird s v o te o f th e A s s e m b ly c h a n g e s it. REFER TO A COMMITTEE A lth o u g h y o u m a y n o t h a v e a w h o le ra ft o f c o m m itte e s to g iv e w o rk to, a d h o c c o m m itte e s a re s o m e tim e s fo rm e d to d e a l w ith p a rtic u la rly tric k y q u e s tio n s. A m o tio n to re fe r m a y o n ly b e a p p lie d to M ain M o tio n s o r q u e s tio n s o f p riv ile g e. It is d e b a ta b le o n ly o n th e a d v is a b ility o f re fe re n t a n d th e in s tru c tio n s to b e g iv e n to th e c o m m itte e. T h is m o tio n re q u ire s a s e c o n d e r a n d a s im p le m a jo rity. NEW BUSINESS T h e re is n o t h a rd a n d fa s t p a rlia m e n ta ry ru le on b rin g in g u p n e w b u s in e s s n o t on th e a g e n d a a t an A s s e m b ly m e e tin g. T h e A s s e m b ly s p ra c tic e in th e p a s t h a s b e e n to re q u ire a tw o -th ird s v o te to h a v e a new ite m o f b u s in e s s p u t o n th e a g e n d a fo r th a t m e e tin g. O fte n th e C h a ir w ill a llo w n e w b u s in e s s to g o a h e a d w ith o u t a v o te u n le s s s o m e m e m b e r o b je c ts a n d c a lls fo r a v o te o n c o n s id e ra tio n. In th e c o u rs e o f y o u r te n u re, th e ru le s w ill w o rk a g a in s t y o u r a d v a n ta g e o c c a s io n a lly, b u t th e y w ill a ls o v e ry o fte n w o rk in y o u r fa v o u r. T h e im p o rta n t th in g to re m e m b e r is th a t P O L IT E N E S S is th e s in e q u a n o n " o f A s s e m b ly b u s in e s s. If y o u a re u p s e t th a t a n o th e r p e rs o n v io le n tly o p p o s e s y o u r p o in t o f v ie w o n a c e rta in ite m re m e m b e r th a t th e y m ig h t v o te w ith y o u o n a n o th e r q u e s tio n. T h e re 's n o p o in t in m a k in g e n e m ie s b y c o n s id e rin g y o u r o w n o p in io n s a c re d s c rip tu re. In o rd e r to b e c re a tiv e w e n e e d th e s tim u lu s o f c o n tra s t. O b v io u s ly if e v e ry o n e fe lt th e s a m e w a y a b o u t e v e ry th in g, w e w o u ld h a v e n o n e e d fo r le g is la tiv e b o d ie s s u c h a s th e S tu d e n t C o u n c il. Hopefully the m ix of view s and opinions will produce the best possible results for your students.

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32 i I f J f A QUICK GUIDE TO THE RULES OF ORDER o MAY INTERRUPT RECOGNIZE MOVER 1ST SECONDER REQUIRED DEBATABLE VOTE RENEWABLE ADJOURN/RECESS NO YES YES NO MAJORITY i AFTER PR O GRESS AMENDMENT NO YES YES lv AJORITY (2/3 IF MAIN YES M O TIO N S R EQ UIRES IT) I NO APPEAL (CHALLENGE) YES NO YES I NO 2/3 ' CLOSED SESSION NO YES YES YES MAJORITY 1 AFTER PR O GRESS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE NO YES YES h YES MAJORITY NO IN CAMERA NO YES YES YES MAJORITY ^ NO LIMIT DEBATE NO YES YES NO 2/3 : AFTER PR O G R ESS " " r MAIN MOTION NO YES YES k AJORITY UNLESS 2/3 i NOT AT THE SAME YES REQ UIRED M EETING OBJECTION TO CONSIDERATION YES NO NO NO 2/3! NO ORDERS OF THE DAY YES NO NO NO 2/3 TO POSTPONE AFTER PENDING MOTION POINT OF INFORMATION,YES, MAY INTERRUPT TO POSE FOR CLARIFICATION! POINT OF ORDER YES NO NO NO CHAIR RULES j NO POINT OF PRIVILEGE YES NO NO NO CHAIR RULES I AFTER PROGRESS Updated July 2003

33 A QUICK GUIDE TO THE RULES OF ORDER NOTED (VOTE) MAY INTERRUPT RECOGNIZE MOVER 1ST SECONDER REQUIRED DEBATABLE VOTE i RENEWABLE MEMBERS WISHING TO HAVE THEIR VOTE ON A MOTION OR AMENDMENT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THIS RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. CALL TO QUESTION NO YES YES NO j 2/3 AFTER PR O G R ESS NO SECOND OF A VOTE REQUIRED IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION RAISED RECONSIDER YES NO YES YES ; MAJORITY NO NON-DEBATABLE IF ORIGINAL MOTION WAS NON-DEBATABLE ONLY IN ORDER AT SAME OR NEXT MEETING \ REFER NO YES YES YES MAJORITY AFTER PR O GRESS RESCIND NO YES YES YES MAJORITY AFTER PR O G R ESS 2 3 F PR EVIO U S NOTICE NOT GIVEN N O! IN ORDER IF RECONSIDERATION POSSIBLE 1 : RISE & REPORT NO YES YES YES MAJORITY i AFTER PR O G R ESS ROLL CALL VOTE ROUNDING UP A NON-DEBATABLE RIGHT OF ANY MEMBER, GRANTED ON REQUEST 1 ' [! MOTIONS NORMALLY REQUIRE A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT. BYLAWS REQUIRE HALF O F 1 HE FULL ASSEMBLY (LESS VANCANCIES). WHEN 2/3 IS REQUIRED AND THIS DOES NOT RESULT IN A WHOLE NUMBER, THE SPEAKER WILL ROUND UP TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF VOTES REQUIRED. SECRET BALLOT NO YES YES j NO MAJORITY j AFTER PROGRESS STRAW VOTE SUBSTITUTE MOTION NON-BINDING VOTE TO TEST " ASSEMBLY OPINION ON ANY MOTION.! " LIKE AN AMENDMENT, EXCEPT THE ENTIRE MOTION IS RE-WORDED;INTENT OFTEN CHANGED ALSO. i i 1 ; TABLE/UNTABLE NO YES YES NO MAJORITY! AFTER PR O G R ESS I : SUSPEND RULES NO YES YES NO 2/3 W ITH UNANIM OUS C O N SEN T WITHDRAW MOTION NO YES NO NO 1 MAJORITY AFTER PR O G R ESS!AUTOM ATIC IF NO O PPO SITIO N Updated July 2003

34 Delegation from the Floor Sunday, April 10, 2005 SRA Vice-President Election Meeting

35 What w e ll talk about Introduction Why we re here Board of Directors - what is it? Directors - Key Responsibilities SRA Responsibilities What s it all mean?

36 Who the hell are these guys? Brandon Love - No direct SRA experience - Actively involved with clubs, interested in all aspects of the MSU - Passionate about potential, especially in young people and this organization Justin Grenier - Former SRA Science member & Executive Board - Concerned with university students keeping an open and critical mind - Advocate for teamwork and idea sharing

37 Why are we here? Help develop vision Help you know what you re voting on Gently remind you to keep an open mind and accept responsibility as student representatives Encourage collaboration to increase efficiency of SRA decision-making Start thinking NOW, about what projects you want to see the MSU and SRA working on

38 Board of Directors.President and 3 Vice-Presidents.Work from May 1 to May 15 the following year.meet on a weekly basis to coordinate and report on their respective portfolios.each is a member of the Executive Board that also meets weekly

39 Expectations for Board Members Punctuality Thoroughness Quality work Follow-through Transparency Participation Consultation Respect

40 President & C.E.0 Works on the projects outlined in his or her campaign platform Sits on a lot of committees within the university structure, including president's advisory committees Represents the MSU at off-campus and university events Mediates problems that arise within the MSU structure

41 Vice-President (Finance) Balance the books Create the following year's budget, including Capital Budget Sign Purchase Orders for expending funds Supervise: Clubs Administration staff and others

42 Vice-President (A dministration) Part-time staff supervisor, responsible for running part-time staff meetings Coordinates SRA and MSU events such as retreats, Bark Lake and MSU Olympics Works with SRA Services and Operations Committees on Administration issues First Vice-President and Deputy Speaker of the SRA, calling emergency meetings if necessary

43 Vice-President (Education) Works on lobbying government on behalf of the MSU (for example through the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance) Works with SRA University Affairs and External Affairs Committees on Education issues Supervise: Teaching Awards Coordinator

44 SRA Responsibilities Ask the Board Questions, ALWAYS! It is important to have all the facts all the time so you re informed and the Board of Directors are kept on their toes. If you have a question, half the people in the room probably have the same one, SO ASK.

45 Responsibilities (cont d) SRA is a learning experience, the more you put in to it, the more rewarding your experience will be. Go visit the MSU office! Everyone s friendly, and you should make known the projects you want to see happening.

46 So What? We saw a need for active accountability within student government. Remember that you represent more than 500 students each - so your voice counts! This is US encouraging YOU to keep an open and critical mind. So engage yourselves, support each other, and most importantly have fun!

47 McMaster Students MSU SRA Award Winners Best dressed member Biggest nymphomaniac Funniest member Has the most angry/serious face in meetings Loudest member Member who lost most committee elections Member with the Best nickname Most absent (mentally) Most absent (physically) Most likely to be "noted" on a motion Most likely to be a seat wanner Most likely to be hit by a parked car Most likely to be strongly opposed Most likely to be the next Ron Jeremy Most likely to become the next Bill Gates Most likely to call a straw poll on any issue Most likely to consult constituents Most likely to drink before a meeting Most likely to drink during a meeting Most likely to end up in jail Most likely to make love to a tree Most likely to say something inappropriate Most likely to take over the world Most likely to win presidentials by one vote Most metrosexual member Most organized member Most outspoken member Most resembles a rodent Most resembles a video game character Most scared/confused by a laser dot Most tech savvy Quietest SRA member Sleeps the most at meetings Barklia Patel Stephanie Murray Sachin Raina Amanda Bateman Amanda Bateman Ramez Takawy Claire Dyason aka. "Dirty Dyason" Ryan Moran Nav Baldeo Amanda Bateman Nav Baldeo Erin Robinson Amanda Bateman Rob Gillezeau Shehryar Qureshy Erin Robinson Rob Gillezeau Paul Jones Paul Jones Sachm Raina Justin Grenier Sachin Raina Shano Mohan Shano Mohan Umair Khan Tommy Piribauer Amanda Bateman Umair Khan Bhavik Patel Shano Mohan Shehryar Qureshy Lishan Du Ryan Moran Most likely to be passing/receiving notes about nothing Most likely to have a white brother named Tyrone Most likely to not know what they re voting on Most likely to skip dinner because we serve free food Kevin Gamble and Ramez Takawy Erin Robinson Sachin Raina Sachin Raina SRA Member o f the Year Amanda Bateman and Justin Grenier

48 For MSU Vice President Administration

49 Contents Experience Areas Improvement Implementation Plan Vision ii