[GSA Council] ****Important Motion: Appoint Chair for GA

[Nura Jabagi]

Hi Geoff,

According to
​the Bylaws (see below), the President can appoint another GSA member to
take on the role of Chair, however this requires "consent" or "direction".
To me this means that the President must either have the Council's consent
to appoint the Chair (as in the President must ask Council for the OK), or
be directed by the Council to appoint a Chair (as in Council tells the
President to appoint a Chair). I'm not sure if this entails a specific
motion or not (but, by my interpretation, consent or direction of council
would require a vote, and therefore a motion would be necessary). The
bylaws are really, overall, unclear, however it is clear that the President
cannot unilaterally appoint a Chair without the Council.

​I don't think that looking to "precedent" is the way to go in the case of
the GSA, since it seems that each year people interpret the bylaws
differently (or pick and choose which to uphold). I'm sure you can think of
many examples off the top of your head :-p

Thanks,
Nura


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GSA Bylaws:
Article XIX – General Meetings

2. General Assemblies shall be chaired by the President. The secretary
shall be chosen from Staff Positions.
2.1. With consent or by direction of Council the President can appoint
another G.S.A. member to  take on the role of Chairperson.



On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 5:08 PM, Geoff Weissbach <geoff.weissbach at gmail.com>
wrote:

> For.
>
> Also, this is an odd precident, the bylaws don't require a motion, the
> president has the right to appoint a representative.
>
> Any idea why we went this way?
>
> Thanks,
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 5:04 PM meeting facilitator, <
> meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Motion:
>>
>> BIRT Nura is appointed to chair the GA on April 6th 2018.
>>
>> Moved: Rouzbeh
>> Seconder: Krupa
>> For:
>> Against:
>> Abstain:
>>
>> *Instructions: To save time I have just picked two names at random to be
>> the mover and seconder. Please reply with for, against or abstain only.
>> Anyone who does not reply by Monday morning (I know this is during a
>> holiday) will be assumed to abstain. *
>>
>> Best,
>> Carlos
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John Molson School of Business
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