[Wamvan] Fwd: URGENT!! Upcoming SFPIRG Lease Events

[Tami Starlight]

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From: SFPIRG <sfpirg at sfu.ca>
Date: Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:22 PM
Subject: URGENT!! Upcoming SFPIRG Lease Events
To: sfpirg info list <sf-pirg-info at sfu.ca>


*Save SFPIRG's Space! Upcoming Events on the SFPIRG Lease *

Hello everyone,

As you know, on July 8th, the SFSS Space Oversight Committee recommended
that the SFSS Board terminate its lease with SFPIRG. This coming week, the
Board and Space Oversight Committee will be meeting to decide the fate of
SFPIRG's lease.

We need your support! There are three important upcoming events where you
come and can voice your support:

- Wednesday, July 27th at 10:30am: *SFSS Board Meeting *
- Thursday, July 29th at 12:00pm, MBC 2212: Graduate Student Society
Townhall Meeting on SFPIRG
- Friday, July 29th at 1:30pm: SFSS Space Oversight Committee meeting

You can also show your support to SFPIRG in the following ways:

1. State your concerns through an email to the SFSS Board and Space
Oversight Committee to let them know how you feel. Check out a sample letter
below. Please CC us on your letter of support.
2. Send your email to the Peak and post it on our Facebook group.
3. Call the SFSS to voice your concern.
4. Drop by our office, Monday to Friday from 10:30am – 4:30 pm.
5. Tweet your support or comment on our Facebook group.
6. Ask your professor if SFPIRG can do a presentation in your class.
7. Tell all your friends and classmates and pass this list onto them
*We encourage people to be firm, but there is no need to be rude :)

Sample Letter to the SFSS Board and Space Oversight Committee

To: pres at sfss.ca, treas at sfss.ca, ero at sfss.ca, iro at sfss.ca, mso at sfss.ca,
uro at sfss.ca, atlarge1 at sfss.ca, atlarge2 at sfss.ca, appscirep at sfss.ca,
artsrep at sfss.ca, busrep at sfss.ca, fcatrep at sfss.ca, edurep at sfss.ca,
envrep at sfss.ca, healthscirep at sfss.ca, sciencerep at sfss.ca, sfpirg at sfu.ca

Dear SFSS Board of Directors and Space Oversight Committee,

I would like to take a minute to voice my concerns about the recent motion
to terminate SFPIRG’s lease. As a member of the student body and supporter
of SFPIRG, I would like to inform the Board that I firmly believe in the
importance of SFPIRG to the student community and that I fully support
SFPIRG staying in their current space. I feel that terminating the lease
would be detrimental to the student body as it would disrupt the operations
of many student clubs and student-organized activities. I have heard that
this is motivated by a need for more “student space”. I would like the Board
to know that SFPIRG is student space and that I, as a student, highly value
the resources that SFPIRG offers to the student population.

I was disappointed to hear that the Space Oversight Committee did not
consult with students, student groups or even SFPIRG in this crucial
decision. I hope that the SFSS will recognize how invaluable SFPIRG is to
the student body and will reconsider their motion to terminate SFPIRG’s
lease.


Sincerely,


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Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG)
~For a just, sustainable, and meaningful world~
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http://www.sfpirg.ca (778) 782-4360




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