[GSA Council] Change in structure of Council for 2015

[Jon Summers]

David has kindly pointed out that it's the Winter 2015 numbers that would
be used for the 2015-16 election (and not the Winter 2014 numbers that I
used here).

Therefore, we don't know right now exactly how many Directors each scenario
would produce, although my figures can be used to give a general idea.

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Jon Summers <jsummers6 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi again, everyone,
>
> At our last meeting, I put forward a motion that emerged from our
> discussions at the Council retreat. We voted to table it until our next
> meeting.
>
> On Wednesday, please vote for one of the following 2 options.
>
> I have put a lot of time and effort into coming up with the best way to
> improve the structure of Council for 2015 and beyond. The 2 options below,
> as I have said, present three big advantages: (1) making Council more
> efficient by reducing the number of seats, but not too much; (2) ensuring
> that larger faculties still have more seats on Council; (3) preventing
> smaller faculties from being dominated by the larger ones.
>
> Here, once again, are my 2 options:
>
> *OPTION 1: 15 DIRECTORS (5 ENCS, 4 A&S, 3 JMSB, 2 FA, 1 IND)*
>
>
> *1-500 students, 1 Director;*
>
> *501-1100 students, 2 Directors;*
>
> *1101-1800 students, 3 Directors;*
>
> *1801-2600 students, 4 Directors;*
>
> *2601-3500 students, 5 Directors;*
>
> *3501-4500 students, 6 Directors;*
>
> *(increasing increments of 500, 600, 700...)*
>
>
> *OPTION 2: 12 DIRECTORS (4 ENCS, 3 A&S, 2 JMSB, 2 FA, 1 IND)*
>
>
> *1-500 students, 1 Director;*
>
> *501-1200 students, 2 Directors;*
>
> *1201-2100 students, 3 Directors; *
>
> *2101-4200 students, 4 Directors*
>
> *(increasing increments of 500, 700, 900...)*
>
> Some have argued the Council should be made even SMALLER, for the sake of
> efficiency. But I disagree. Making Council smaller than 12 would impede its
> ability to, among other things, oversee the work of the 5 executives and
> the staff. There would also not be enough people to fill various
> committees--a problem the GSA already faces.
>
> Others have argued the Council should be made LARGER, so that there will
> be more participation. But this thinking is flawed as well. Larger bodies
> have even more difficulty attaining quorum. Just think about a General
> Assembly! When you have a group of 15 people, 60% may show up, but when you
> have a group of 6000, it's a challenge just to reach 10%.
>
> Thank you for voting for one of these 2 options on Wednesday!
>
> Jon
>
>
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