[GSA Council] ASEQ Orientation and Reporting Lunch Meeting

[Alex Ocheoha]

Hello Rahul,


The issue with Keroles will be resolved. I did not initiate the problem.
The GSA has been closed down several times in the past because of
conflicts. It has never been my intention to create any conflict. I was
told initially that the other 16 should be able to call the oversight
committee to order and avoid a conflict. I have been praying for that to
happen.


I came to the university primarily to study and get a degree. Litigation is
sometimes inevitable in some complex cases. I am not afraid of litigation,
because I did not do anything wrong. If you have any strong reason to
launch a legal case against me you can go ahead and do so. The good thing
about court cases is that people who lie under oath are charged with
perjury.


Some lies have been said against me and some false accusations made. You
are not speaking on behalf of council. If people on council have issues
with me, it would have been because of what a few people like you have
said, and the negative environment that was created. Sometimes there are
two sides to a story, and it can be misleading when only one side is being
heard. I have always been open to anyone approaching me for questions or
clarifications.


In this University I have had very good working relationships with several
people, both students and people in the University administration for over
3 years. I have only had problems with a few people like you in the GSA who
insult me at every opportunity and tell other people that I am difficult to
work with. I do not think that anybody can function effectively in such an
environment. In politics, people put their differences aside and work
together for the good of people.


Sometimes a simple solution to a problem might be treating me as human
being, and listening to me. A good example is GSA’s cricket kit, which you
should tell others the truth about. You borrowed the kit on behalf of an
association that is not registered. You did not respect the contract you
signed, which I expected you as a director to do so. I gave you a simple
solution to bring back the kit, we inspect it and you enter another loan
agreement, but you refused to do so. You now have a problem with me because
I want to recover equipment that has been recovered twice in the past by
other executives. I know the history from when the cricket kit was bought.
No association rents their equipment indefinitely. You are the person
trying to create a conflict out of this.


I decided to run for the position of president because I wanted to help
improve the association. If I do succeed we all get the credit, so I see no
reason why you should be trying so hard to break me down. You bring up
motions against me, which do not help students, but interferes in my work.
I am sacrificing my time not because I want to but because I want the GSA
to function effectively. I would have achieved a lot more by now if I did
not have to deal with issues coming from people like you that insult me.


You say that the greater issue GSA is facing right now is advocacy center,
language classes, and academic events. On the academic events, I started
planning for that despite it not being on my action plan for this semester.
The language classes will start in January and will be a lot better. The
French classes will help people who want to apply for immigration. We also
hope to start the advocacy center in January. The office has been set up
and is waiting for the hiring of the advocates. The delay was beyond our
control. There have been no complaints about student advocacy, which an
important service that the GSA provides. The students who are benefiting
from this service appreciate my time.


https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091213163416AAWVf8p

http://ethics.ubc.ca/papers/invited/colero-html/

I will ignore the material you copied and pasted on democracy and ethics
from the link above, and only comment on human rights. I don’t understand
why you will suggest zero bursary for an executive if you are enlightened
on human rights. I don’t know how you will feel or react if you work for
40hr/week you are not paid. I don’t know if you will be full with joy if I
am not paid. I don’t know if you will list that as an achievement on your
CV or in a job interview. I don’t know why you started attacking me in the
first instance.


GSA is temporary position at a point in your life. I would not know what to
say if you look back to this time 10 years from now and say you did the
right thing. Associations put politics aside after elections. In actual
politics some opponents hug each other after elections. People with
differences of opinion usually agree through compromise not Coercion.
Forcing somebody to do what you want without listening to their opinion is
either wickedness or slavery, if you are not paying for every extra hour.
If every director does the same thing as you, I will have people pulling me
in many different directions.


I considered resigning because of the abuses I have been going through. I
did not resign because of the students that voted for me, plus the other 16
directors and what I am hoping that we achieve.  I was gaining a lot more
before I started this position. I am not in this position for my personal
interest but for the interest of the association.


Regards,

*Alex Ocheoha*
President

Graduate Students Association
Concordia University
2030 Mackay · Montreal · QC · H3N 1J1
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On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Rahul Kumar <rk8443 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Alex,
>
> One more thing, what ever you have for Keroles is between you and him.
>
> It will be good if you do not involve other council members in that. It's
> meaningless to take a student association internal conflict outside the the
> association.
>
> We all are students like you and we are not here to fight and launch legal
> complain against each other.
>
> There where few places where even I could have launched cases against you,
> and you are not the only one who has lawyers with you. But that's not what
> I intend to do here.
>
> If you have noticed, the entire council has issues with you and only you.
> So either the entire 19 members of the council are wrong and you are the
> only one right or its just that you are so ignorant to see it by yourself
> that even you are wrong at your own terms.
>
> If an initiative of resolving the issue is the main agenda for the topic,
> only then the issue is resolved. If not then you keep dragging it till it
> breaks and that leads to a never ending process of conflict between both.
>
> You may have lost your mind to the oblivion but please do become
> infectious to the association with your current state of mind.
>
> There are even more greater issue GSA is facing right now, like we lack in
> advocacy center, we lack in the language classes, we lack in academic
> events and many more. And nothing has happened for these issues apart from
> statements being written on paper referring to the work in progress tag.
> And your lack of diligence for the respective issues is aren't compatible
> to get the outcome.
>
> You won the election because of democracy and not because of presidential
> rules. And so did all of use who are on the council and on the executives
> committee.
>
> Let me enlighten you with the principles of Democracy: Rule of law,
> freedom of press, respect of human rights, active political processes &
> enlightened citizens.
>
> Each of these 'basic' to democracy, meaning that democracy can't exist
> without all of them.
>
> 1. The Rule of Law - we are a association governed by laws, not by men.
> Directors, Presidents and legislatures can't just do whatever they can get
> away with, they are limited by law. Laws represent the will of the people.
>
> 2. Freedom of the Press - in a democracy it's people, the voters, who are
> ultimately in control. The people need information in order to vote wisely,
> and that's why we need a free press and freedom of political speech.
>
> 3. Respect of human rights - we must realize that people are the most
> important thing, the purpose of government is to serve the needs of the
> people, not vice versa. This is the main reason for the Bill of Rights.
>
> 4. Active Political Processes - democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a
> participation sport. It won't work if most people don't take part. A lot of
> the trouble we've been having in the US can be blamed on the lack of
> participation of so many people, small voter turnouts, etc. The more people
> who care enough to vote, and who then stick around to see how their votes
> turned out, the better off we'll be.
>
> 5. Enlightened Citizens - This is another problem we have here. Citizens
> must be educated and must understand the purpose of democracy, how and why
> we have it. This takes a high literacy rate (along with a free press).
>
> So we have our own set of bylaws and we are not ignorant enough to read it
> and not understand. So please stop imposing the act in which come up with
> you laptop telling us that it's against the law.
>
> You talk about ethics, well by the you represent ethics it appears that
> you have no understanding of the difference between person, professional
> and global ethics.
>
> As you say right now "let me explain"
>
> *Principles of Personal Ethics*
>
> Personal ethics might also be called morality, since they reflect general
> expectations of any person in any society, acting in any capacity. These
> are the principles we try to instill in our children, and expect of one
> another without needing to articulate the expectation or formalize it in
> any way.
>
> Principles of Personal Ethics include:
>
> Concern for the well-being of others Respect for the autonomy of others
> Trustworthiness & honesty Willing compliance with the law (with the
> exception of civil disobedience) Basic justice; being fair Refusing to take
> unfair advantage Benevolence: doing goodPreventing harm
>
>
>
> *Principles of Professional Ethics*
>
> Individuals acting in a professional capacity take on an additional burden
> of ethical responsibility. For example, professional associations have
> codes of ethics that prescribe required behavior within the context of a
> professional practice such as medicine, law, accounting, or engineering.
> These written codes provide rules of conduct and standards of behavior
> based on the principles of Professional Ethics, which include:
>
> Impartiality; objectivity Openness; full disclosure. Confidentiality Due
> diligence / duty of care.Fidelity to professional responsibilities.
> Avoiding potential or apparent conflict of interest
>
> Even when not written into a code, principles of professional ethics are
> usually expected of people in business, employees, volunteers, elected
> representatives and so on.
>
>
>
> *Principles of Global Ethics*
>
> Global ethics are the most controversial of the three categories, and the
> least understood. Open to wide interpretation as to how or whether they
> should be applied, these principles can sometimes generate emotional
> response and heated debate.
>
> Principles of Global Ethics include:
>
> Global justice (as reflected in international laws) Society before self /
> social responsibility Environmental stewardship Interdependence &
> responsibility for the ‘whole’Reverence for place
>
> Each of us influences the world by simply existing; and it is always wise
> to ‘think globally’. An added measure of accountability is placed on
> globally influential enterprises such as governments and transnational
> corporations. (Responsibility comes with power whether we accept it or
> not.) One of the burdens of leadership is to influence society and world
> affairs in a positive way. Can a person, nation or company truly be
> ‘successful’ while causing human suffering or irreparable environmental
> damage? A more modern and complete model of success also considers impact
> on humanity and the earth’s ecology.
>
> I hope you can stop sending us all that long essay at 3 AM in the night
> and start focusing on the issue GSA has rather than your personal interest.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rahul Kumar.
>
> Hello Alex,
>
> Thank for the ASEQ thing.
>
> But can you please avoid for the lawyer presentation? I know you're
> concerned about the way the council of directors are working right now but
> this is not the right time.
>
> We have quite a lot of agenda on the table today and the presentation and
> stuffs like that takes time so please ask him to present it in the January
> council meeting. The guess that will be appropriate time for this.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rahul Kumar
> On Nov 28, 2015 11:22 AM, "Alex Ocheoha" <president at gsaconcordia.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Everybody,
>>
>> The meeting with ASEQ today went really well yesterday. They presented
>> us with the data which we requested. The claims report was for 2 years but
>> we suggested that they make a claims report for 5 years.
>>
>> The claims report will be presented to council in January. Another date
>> will be arranged to make the presentation the Annual Claims Report,
>> Change of Coverage Update, and Plan Overview to directors. This can also
>> be done during the council retreat.
>>
>> I apologize for the short notice in sending the invitation earlier. The
>> meeting was supposed to be with execs but the invitation was extended to
>> directors and staff last minute.
>>
>> I invited a lawyer to make a presentation to directors on the rights and
>> responsibilities of directors. This is not my lawyer but a lawyer who has
>> a specialty in not-for-profit organizations and community groups. An
>> arbitrator will try to resolve the dispute between me and  Keroles.
>>
>> Have a good weekend.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> *Alex Ocheoha*
>> President
>>
>> Graduate Students Association
>> Concordia University
>> 2030 Mackay · Montreal · QC · H3N 1J1
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>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 11:53 PM, Alex Ocheoha <president at gsaconcordia.ca
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> ASEQ wishes to have a meeting with some members of the GSA Executive,
>>> Council and Staff at their offices from 11.30am-1pm this Friday,
>>> November 27th.
>>>
>>> At this meeting, they will present us with the Annual Claims Report,
>>> Change of Coverage Update, and Plan Overview.
>>>
>>> A presentation of the Annual Claims Report, Change of Coverage Update,
>>> and Plan Overview will also be made in January for those who cannot make
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Please confirm your attendance so that I will let them know how many
>>> people are attending.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> *Alex Ocheoha*
>>> President
>>>
>>> Graduate Students Association
>>> Concordia University
>>> 2030 Mackay · Montreal · QC · H3N 1J1
>>> tel  514.848.2424.x7900  ·   fax  514.848.7904
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