[GSA Council] Voting System URGENT Motion to Vote on

[meeting facilitator]

Received Keroles thank you.

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Keroles Riad <k_riad at encs.concordia.ca>
wrote:

> Hi all, apparently my earlier e_mail did not go through;
>
> I vote FOR online voting.
>
> It is more inclusive (allows everyone to vote), cheeper, and more accurate.
>
> To the point made by Mudassar:
> 1) GSA used this exact online system for its accreditation, successfully
> and smoothly; we have tried to get accredited twice before without online
> voting and failed both time.
>
> 2) the graduate student association in Mcgill only uses online voting- so
> we are not reinvinting the wheel.
>
> I encourage all of you to vote yes
>
> Carlos, can you e_mail me back to confirm this went through- eveidently my
> e_mail is not behaving.
> Thanks
> Kero
>
> Thanks
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> *From:* Mudasser Akbar <academic.advocacy.gsa at gmail.com>
> *To:* meeting facilitator <meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* GSA all contacts <gsaconcordia at lists.resist.ca>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 24, 2017 2:47 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [GSA Council] Voting System URGENT Motion to Vote on
>
> I believe the online voting system should be addressed to a larger
> graduate audience and then taken into consideration.  We should go ahead as
> previously discussed with the ballot voting on the 11th and 12th ONLY for
> which we are prepared. We should also take into consideration and do a fair
> bit of studies of the system that is going to be in place of which we know
> nothing about. I have not seen how the system works neither do we know how
> it is handled, managed and who administers it on the other end of the
> system. CSU as an example is a much bigger body than GSA and they do not
> use the system and there would be good reasons behind for which we can talk
> to their executive time to understand why but now is not the time for it.
>
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 2:35 PM, meeting facilitator <
> meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello  all,
>
> We have just been informed by the DOS that we are not allowed to have both
> online voting systems and polling stations in place. Thus, we have to
> select one of them and proceed accordingly.
>
> So, we would appreciate the Councillors feedback on the following motion:
>
> BIRT The voting for 2017-2018 elections will be carried out through
> "Online Voting" only with no polling stations.
>
> We require your votes on this issue by tomorrow the latest in order to
> proceed with the necessary setup and coordinate with the DOS. Please email
> me if you are FOR, AGAINST, or ABSTAIN. Since this vote is being conducted
> by email our bylaws require everyone to participate for it to be valid.
>
> I know that a few last minute items have been sent for your attention and
> thank you all for your time.
>
> Carlos
>
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