[GSA Council] Payment to directors and execs

Tue Dec 8 18:22:25 PST 2015

Hello Vinay, hello everyone,

I just want to discuss the disbursement of the current bursary. After
having looked at the bursary policy, I *personally* do not see anything in
particular that states that executives should get paid for two months.There
are two items in the policy that I have highlighted concerning the
disbursement

*"Allow for executive who choose to request monthly bursaries be awarded if
councils accept their monthly reports. *

*In case, of not being able to have a council meeting because of not
achieving quorum, the applicant would get paid without any assessment,
because of the above mentioned reasons."*
Since the council meeting date was changed, and therefore there was no loss
of quorum, there should not be any bursary awarded to the executives for
December, until the December meeting which will be held in January.

And:* "The attribution of a bursary is contingent to the evaluation of the
Semester Report of an executive member and any executive evaluations, if
they were provided."*

Since there was no approval of any December reports, it does not seem like
it would be the proper procedure to disburse the bursaries for December
before the meeting in January.

There is one more section that indicates the amount of money to be
disbursed in each semester which is as follows, but it does not seem as
binding as anything else:
*The bursaries are to be allocated by semester. The amounts for each
semester represent an amount of 1100$ per month which goes as follows:*
*Summer Semester (June to August): 3300$ *
*Fall Semester (September to December): 4400$ *
*Winter Semester (January to May): 5500$ *

Ideally, the scenario that would be more prudent would be  to make sure a
meeting is called before the vacations or wait in January (the following
month) as they would normally do for any other month, but then again it is
up to the discretion of council.

The reason why I am sending this is because I do not want to take the
responsibility of any action against the current rule and regulations.
There seems to be a great devotion towards detail at the GSA, and I do not
want to break this rule. This is why I would leave it up to the councilors
and the finance manager to decide on what is to happen.

Finally, if I seem to have made a big deal out of an insignificant matter,
excuse the inconvenience.

Regards,
ᐧ

*Ribal Abi Raad*

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 2:07 PM, finance at gsaconcordia.ca <
finance at gsaconcordia.ca> wrote:

> Hey Ribal,
>
> Bursary policy please. Also Korosh did not sign the attendance sheet so do
> i pay him or not for Nov 28 Council meeting.
>
> Vinay
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> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Ribal Abi Raad <abiraad.ribal at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> It is in the bursary policy. I'll send it over wine I'm home.
>>
>>
>> On Monday, 7 December 2015, GSA Manager Finance <finance at gsaconcordia.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I did not see the signature of Korosh on the last month's attendance
>>> sheet. So I guess he will get paid for Dec only.
>>>
>>>
>>> Further, the council minutes does not say anything on the Dec pay, so
>>> could you guide me to the exact point in the by-law or any other authentic
>>> and authorized documents that says execs gat paid for Dec? I need something
>>> to prove this.
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Ribal Abi Raad
>>> *Received:* 12/7/2015 5:44:56 PM -05:00
>>> *To:* GSA Finance Manager
>>> Hey vinay, you will have to pay lorosh for the meeting he just attended,
>>> unless he actually has signed in for the one before that.
>>> The executives should be paid for November and December. Since rupinder
>>> officially resigned, she should not be paid for December.
>>>
>>> I hope that answers your questions.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> On Monday, 7 December 2015, GSA Finance Manager <finance at gsaconcordia.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have written the cheques. Please sign them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I do not know about Korosh, so Ribal how much do we pay him.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As for the bursary for November to execs, it has been done with
>>>> Rupinder being paid for last month as well. For december I do not know,
>>>> Ribal you have yet to answer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Finance Manager,
>>>> GSA, Concordia
>>>> T: +1-438-993-1767
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