[GSA Council] URGENT: revised agenda & waiving notice for council to meet this Tuesday at 6pm

[Jarin Manuvel Mathew]

Hi,

I will not be able to join the meeting which is on Tuesday. 

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> On Feb 27, 2015, at 8:19 PM, gretchen k <gbayou at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Councillors--
> 
> It has been requested that we consider the bylaw option for Councillors to waive notice so we can meet earlier in the week.
> 
> The previous doodle suggested we can have a quorum of Councillors on Tuesday, March 3, at 6pm.
> 
> In order to convene a meeting on Tuesday, every Councillor will have to sign a statement agreeing to waive notice for this meeting.
> 
> If this statement is not signed by all 17 voting members of Council, the Tuesday meeting cannot be considered duly convened and we will have to meet on Friday, March 6, at the time properly called (3pm).
> 
> Please confirm with me the following:
> 1. Do you agree to waive notice so that Council can meet on Tuesday at 6pm?
> 2. Can you attend the meeting on Tuesday at 6pm?
> 
> As this matter is urgent, please respond as soon as possible. All voting members of Council must respond.
> 
> Finally, please take note of the revised agenda below.
> 
> Thanks,
> gretchen
> 
> 
> Meeting of GSA Council, Tuesday, March 3 at 6pm OR Friday March 6 at 3pm
> 
> 1. Call to Order
> 2. Update and discussion regarding Graduate Student Association of Concordia University et al. vs. Canadian Federation of Students et al. [Closed session]
> 3. Motion regarding CFS membership (see enclosed resolution)
> 4. Motion regarding potential settlement offer [Closed session]
> 5. Adjournment
> 
> The wording of the motion is as follows and may be distributed to Council immediately.
> WHEREAS a referendum question on continued membership in the CFS was put to the GSA members concurrently with the GSA 2010 Elections held from April 6th to 8th, 2010;
> 
> WHEREAS the results of said referendum to the question: “Are you in favor of continued membership in the Canadian Federation of Students?” were 148 for the Yes side and 456 for the No side;
> 
> WHEREAS the GSA has communicated to the CFS said results and its intention to withdraw from the CFS on May 23rd, 2010; 
> 
> WHEREAS the GSA Council has mandated legal counsel to institute legal proceedings to seek, inter alia, a declaration from the Court that the results of the referendum are valid and binding on the CFS and that the GSA is no longer a member of the CFS as of May 23rd, 2010;
> 
> WHEREAS no councillor ever elected since 2010 has even put forward a motion rescinding the decision of the GSA to withdraw from the CFS;
> 
> WHEREAS it is still the will of the actual Council to maintain the termination of the GSA’s membership in the CFS that took place on May 23rd, 2010 and that is still in effect as of this date;
> 
> BIRT GSA reiterates and reconducts its decision to terminate its membership to the CFS as of May 23rd, 2010;
> 
> BIFRT the Council, de bene esse, declares again, with the present motion, that the GSA terminates its membership to the CFS as of this date;
> 
> BIFRT a copy of this resolution be sent to CFS and to all concerned parties.
> 
> 
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