[GSA Council] Fwd: Referendum on Tuition fees to remove the CFS dues

[meeting facilitator]

Will do Mohd, thank you.

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 7:46 PM, Mohd Azam Khan <khan.azam.mohd at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Carlos,
>
> I agree with Angelica. Please open the doodle with more dates and
> availabilities once you get a reply from executives.
>
> Regards,
> Azam
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 7:27 PM, meeting facilitator <
> meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Agreed Angelica, I just want to make sure that their are no issues in
>> doing so. I have emailed the president, VP internal and Service manager to
>> make sure I do not mess anything up. My understanding is that they already
>> have rooms booked for the next two meetings so I want to make sure that I
>> do not create any problems by rescheduling. I am sure I will hear back by
>> tomorrow and I will act accordingly. If their are issues with re-booking
>> rooms from Concordia we could just use the GSA house as a back up (its
>> free!).
>>
>> Will let you all know as soon as I can.
>> C
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 7:22 PM, Angelica Restrepo <
>> angelica.restrepo1992 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Carlos,
>>>
>>> Thank you for forwarding this. Would it be possible to send out a doodle
>>> to select a new date for the next council meeting? I would also suggest to
>>> offer some dates that are not a month from now since it looks like we’ll
>>> have many things to address during the meeting and that appear to be
>>> time-sensitive.
>>>
>>> Kindly,
>>>
>>> Angelica Restrepo
>>>
>>> On Feb 27, 2018, at 6:40 PM, meeting facilitator <
>>> meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all, I am obliged to share this email with all directors as per
>>> this GSA members request.
>>> Thank you,
>>> Carlos
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Alex Ocheoha <alex_ocheoha at hotmail.com>
>>> Date: Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 4:44 PM
>>> Subject: Referendum on Tuition fees to remove the CFS dues
>>> To: "meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com" <meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> Cc: "president at gsaconcordia.ca" <president at gsaconcordia.ca>, "
>>> internal at gsaconcordia.ca" <internal at gsaconcordia.ca>, "
>>> external at gsaconcordia.ca" <external at gsaconcordia.ca>, Thufile <
>>> academic at gsaconcordia.ca>, Irmak Bahar <mobilization at gsaconcordia.ca>
>>>
>>>
>>> PLEASE FORWARD EMAIL TO GSA DIRECTORS
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear directors and executives,
>>>
>>> This is to remind inform you that the GSA was supposed to have a
>>> referendum last year to remove the CFS dues of $14.04 from the GSA fees.
>>> This referendum has to be called this year.
>>>
>>> When payments to the CFS was stopped, the additional $14.04 added to the
>>> GSA fee was supposed to be paid into a trust fund to pay the legal fees
>>> related to the CFS case. Payments into this trust fund was stopped in 2013.
>>> Last year 420 students signed a petition for a referendum to be held to
>>> reduce the GSA fee by this amount. The former president breached the GSA
>>> bylaws by not calling for the referendum.
>>>
>>> The CFS case has been concluded. Students never voted to add this amount
>>> to the GSA fee, and it was never supposed to be added to the GSA fee, and
>>> graduate students have a right to demand a refund of the excess fees that
>>> have been paid over the years.
>>>
>>> The GSA has not been abiding by its own by-laws and policies. Last
>>> semester 2 General assemblies, were supposed to be held, but there was only
>>> an attempt to hold one, which did not meet quorum. This semester there has
>>> not been any notice of a General assembly.
>>>
>>> GSA is supposed to have a compulsory annual audit. GSA had a notice to
>>> the reader for 2014-2015 because there was a suspected fraud on the GSA
>>> accounts during the 2014-2015 year. The finance manager email was erased
>>> and several documents were destroyed. The bylaw changes in January 2016
>>> that requested a compulsory added were not added to the bylaws which were
>>> supposed to be retyped. The last team voted not to have an audit and a
>>> notice to reader, which gives room for suspicion of fraud.
>>>
>>> GSA Council minutes which are supposed to be made available after 7 days
>>> are not being posted. The last meeting minutes which were posted was
>>> October 2017. Executive monthly reports have not been posted since October
>>> 2017. The financial statements have not been made available to students.
>>> This lack of transparency is unprecedented.
>>>
>>> Students decided years ago to make closed session decisions available to
>>> students. The practice of not disclosing closed session minutes started
>>> with the last team and has continued. Last year a closed session was held
>>> without the council chair, which was never supposed to happen. There has
>>> been no minute taker appointed by council. A minute take is supposed to be
>>> appointed among the membership if one of the GSA staff is not taking
>>> minutes, to ensure that there is no bias. A voting director who is supposed
>>> to be taking part in decision making should not be taking minutes.
>>>
>>> GSA representatives are supposed to be representing the interest of
>>> students. Students pay the GSA fee for a service and have a right to hold
>>> representatives accountable. As representatives you can always be held
>>> responsible for your actions or inaction even after you leave council.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Alex Ocheoha
>>>
>>>
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> Best Regards,
> M. Azam Khan
> JMSB Director
> (Graduate Student Association)
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