[GSA Council] GSA agenda and GA dates

[Alex Ocheoha]

Hello Kero,


The next GA was on the Agenda at the last council meeting but we did not get to that agenda item. It will be on the agenda for the next council meeting.


This email is coming a surprise to me. There is a way the GSA should work and there was a particular direction it was going last year that did not work. I believe that to call a GA,  the executives, GSA members and the University should be taken into consideration. Having fixed dates for the year is not a solution to last years big failure. The dates of the GA's were well publicized last year, and over two thousands people were called during each phone campaign. There are specific reasons why fixed dates and venues for a year cannot work. I have been involved with the GSA for years.


One thing you have to understand is that the GSA agenda is different from other people's agenda. If you wish to impose fixed dates on us with a motion, please be willing to take responsibility. What you have in mind for mobilization is not want we planned.


Regards,


Alex



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From: Keroles Riad <k_riad at encs.concordia.ca>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 5:35 PM
To: Gsaconcordia at lists.resist.ca; Alex Ocheoha; Surekha Reddy Kolli; Mohammad Jawad Khan; Rupinder Kaur; Bhavreet Gill
Subject: GSA agenda and GA dates

Hello everyone,
Hope you are all doing well and are enjoying this beautiful summer!

For the next council, I intend to put a motion where by the GA dates and places (among other things) for the year are in the GSA agenda that is currently being worked on.

because of the time pressure this implies, this council should also approve GA dates and place. So I would like to kindly ask the executives to have proposed GA dates and places for council to approve this council. This shouldn't be a surprise, I had this conversation with Jawad already a week ago.

I think one of the lessons we should learn from last year big failure is that we have a big mobilization challenge. The main goal of all mobilization tools (like flyers, e_mails and phone campaigns) is to get GA dates, for example, on people's agendas and I think if we are distributing agendas, those dates should already by there.

Thanks
kero

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