[GSA Council] Budget committee

[gretchen k]

Hello Keroles and the GSA list--

Thank you for your comments Keroles.

I will remind you and all Councillors that any member of council can move
an agenda item by emailing the chair at least 5-days prior to the council
meeting.

Also, when we adopt the agenda any Councillor can amend the agenda.

Typically, a GA committee meets to approve the GA agenda. This was done in
Nov for the Dec 1 GA, which did not make quorum so the GA agenda is
automatically tabled until the next GA.

No one, not even you, motioned to amend the GA agenda after passing this
bylaw change. The motion also did not state, for example, BIFRT this bylaw
change shall be amended to the tabled GA agenda from Dec 1. If that was
your intention, you should have proposed this resolution.

As an active Chair I try to be helpful, but I cannot read minds.

Please do not point fingers away from you as preparing the General Assembly
and upholding GSA bylaws is a collective responsibility.

I appreciate your concern, but am not sure this is worthy of further debate
over the list.

Good luck with today's GA.

--gretchen



On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Keroles Riad <k_riad at encs.concordia.ca>
wrote:

> Yeah I honestly don't understand why approving a GA agenda was never on
> council's agenda...
> (I wasn't the one who did the agenda)
>
> Similarly bylaws changes approved by council should be circulated and
> acted upon...
> This really seems like quite simply ignoring council motions ( a recurring
> theme this year) or transforming council into meaningless waste of time...
> The reason this was brought to council as opposed to bylaws committee is to
> do this quickly enough for the GA. It was done quickly enough.. but later
> ignored.. I am just expressing my frustration
>
> Thanks
> Keroles Riad
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> B.Eng Mechanical Engineering
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> Concordia University
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>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* gretchen k <gbayou at gmail.com>
> *To:* Keroles Riad <k_riad at encs.concordia.ca>
> *Cc:* "Gsaconcordia at lists.resist.ca" <Gsaconcordia at lists.resist.ca>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 6, 2015 7:24 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Budget committee
>
> Hello keroles--
>
> We are using the tabled agenda from Dec 1.
>
> No new GA agenda  was approved by council or the GA committee.
>
> Bylaw changes must be circulated with the GA agenda. This change was not
> and therefore does not meet req for notice of amendment.
>
> In the case, this bylaw change is being incorporated by the
> bylaws committee and will be considered by the members when they vote on
> the re-drafted bylaws at the last GA of this semester.
>
> Thx and have a good meeting today.
>
> --gretchen
>
> On Thursday, February 5, 2015, Keroles Riad <k_riad at encs.concordia.ca>
> wrote:
>
>
> Guys, I don't see anywhere in the GA agenda the election for the budget
> committee member that according to the motion passed by last council.
>
> We should add that.
>
> Please e_mail me back
>
> Thanks
> Keroles Riad
> Research assistant and INDI masters student
> B.Eng Mechanical Engineering
> Laboratory for the Physics of Advanced Materials
> Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
> Concordia University
> 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
> Montreal, Quebec
> Canada H3G 1M8
> Ph: 1-514-476-3686
>
> Follow me
> @Kerologist
> Call
> Send SMS
> Add to Skype
> You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype
>
>
>
>
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