CFS! the mother of all controversy!

Apparently, the referendum has been deemed valid and properly run. hmm. we are now a full member of CFS. fantastic.

BAH.

This should be fun.

Dean is not going to go over the report at length - it does not require the approval of the Board. He does represent the ROC here. He is aggressively defensive. 'don t even think about ASKING questions!'

Michele: Is it possible to add pertinent information to the report? Like INCIDENTS that were not included?

Dean: We will send it to the Yes and No side for input. Send me your feedback by email. I really just don t care so much.

-- by the way, if you have a bus transfer, the BOA will reimburse you! even the audience! sweet! 3 bucks! --

Miscellaneous (aka warning shots!): 

PJ-Saurus: (Gender parity controversy alert!) Directors should identify their gender at the beginning of the meeting, so that the Chair is not making assumptions re: gender.

Kyle: missed it. sorry : \ please add it in the comments!

Dean: Policy! By-Law!

Amy: Motion on first year committee under the BOA - will bring it up at the next meeting.

Myriam: Point of Info - Faculty of Education - will bring forth a motion to change the mandate dates for the Faculty of Education

Antonio: Requests documents from Dean more than 5 days in advance of the next meeting

Danika: looking over By-Law for clubs, will come up

Question Period: 

Virginie - not a question. just yelled at everyone and called them children without any specific examples. how entirely unproductive and self-serving!

Peter - question re: exec meeting. Rox and Julie motion regarding a controversial subsidy decision. Peter thinks they have acted against the Constitution rewarding one for SCAW. 

Rox: Came out of a special SFUO Partnership Fund? Will remedy the mistake of reporting, but otherwise, there is no problem... The Constitution has changed slightly regarding amounts.

Dean: it was a subsidy, not a donation - the policy is apparently for donations.

Peter - can you update that bitch online (paraphrase...)?

Federico: welll, it s a lot of workkkkk, but i GUESS.

well, good luck and good night! this thing is finally OVER!

happy commenting, kids!

VOTE: Alumni Association Partnership

Dean invites the BOA to Volunteer Gala! what a warm and fuzzy moment! Volunteers work really hard... SEGUE!

Alumni deal - will match a pledge of $60 000 to the endowment fund.

Yay scholarships!

(annoying blogger note: my laptop has been unplugged! Who does that without asking?!? I need POWER! bitches.)

oh crap! i stopped listening because of laptop-gate! what the hell is going on?!??!

eff it. CFS is next.

VOTE: Transit Partnership

... got distracted managing el blog. we ll just jump right in. It's transit stuff. Figure it out if it s worth it to you.

PJ-Saurus: 1) is the $20 000 worthwhile? 2) is it a fair division between ourselves and the university?

Deam: 1) yes. 2) yes, i think it is reasonable and that we can afford it.

Rox: the shuttle service cost approx $70 000. yipes. just for the Fed - uni might use that info to decide that this is worth their while.

vote: passes!

BOA BINGO!

UPDATE: Mel Book has won BOA Bingo!! 

Apparently PJ-Saurus is super pissed since he ALMOST WON! too bad this is neither horseshoes, nor hand grenades...

VOTE: Selection Committee

There have been two resignations from the Board. Going about filling the vacancies via a Selection Committee. 

Seamus: is there any way to avoid this since there is only one more meeting. 

Federico: not according to the Constitution. sorry, kiddo.

Anyhowzers,

Federico: we are going to populate the Selection Committee. We need at least one exec member.

Dick: Who can be on this commitee? restriction by faculty?

Federico: just comprised of 5 members of the Board. Can be anyone.

In case you were wondering: filling Science and Social Science positions.

Interested: Dean, Joel, Cheevers, Myriam, Rawb, Dick, Melanie

Antonio: should we allow anyone on this committee who is involved with the imminent appeal?

Federico: cannot discriminate in that way according to the Constitution.

PJ-Saurus: ever announced in the Fulcrum or La Rotonde? not yet. Then when? this month.

Federico: must be published in at least two issues of each paper. gets all bitchy about reading OUR constitution. RELAX, mr chair. 

EPIC ANIME BATTLE ENSUES between the dinosaur and the boyband president!! you HAD TO BE THERE!

the interested directors are selling themselves. hard. Faris's alleged reaction: 'ya ya, we all have big penises.' thx, anonymous BOA informants!

It is getting pretty silly up in here. the stress-laughter is deafening.

It's secret ballot time! 3 minute break to tally!

results please!

Dean, Joel, Danika, Myriam, Cheevester (psst: slate?!? *cough.)

First Reading: 3.16/8.8.1.4 SAC Appeal

More fun with the Constitution!

Dean's amendment: Wishes to eliminate 3.16, since it is identical to 8.8.1.4, except for the amount of directors required to hear the appeal. He supports having 2/3 vs 4/5. Doesn t think there should be a higher requirement on hearing the appeal than passing it.

Dick: proposes that the two parts of this amendment are voted on separately. Seconded by Amy.

Divided!

First up: eliminating 3.16.

vote: passes! 

Second: 2/3 or 4/5 of the BOA to hear SAC appeals.

no debate?!?

vote: passes. 2/3 it is!

Fractions are FUN!

First Reading: 4.10.2 The Vote

Let's play Fixing the Contradictions in the Constitution

Dean: Wants to fix the discrepancy in the consitution.

so does everyone else. 

done. passes. thank god there was ONE easy one.

First Reading: Call the Question

Doesn t this little bit of bureaucratic process sound like a fun thing to debate? Lets DO THIS!

Dean proposes amendment: wants to have the opportunity for 3 people to speak for and against before the question can be called.

Federico mysteriously explaining DEAN's amendment, but whatever, at least we all understand now.

vote on amendment: passes.

Back to the main motion. 

Jonathan: thinks you can see the interest in the debate from counting the damn placards in the air. 

(blogger's note: have just been invited to an exculsive BOA after-party. how titillating! I have penetrated the inner sanctum! which, clearly, is what she said.)

holy crap! Fancie can speak French!!! and for once, he makes a good point: 10 people, Antonio, RLY?!?

(ps DEAN, wouldn t this be a sort of MICROMANAGEMENT?!?)

(pps apparently Kyle Ryc is practicing knot-tying - he even brought a handbook!!)

.... blogger is too bored. the outcome is all that matters. let s just wait it out ....

Cheevers calls the question, and Antonio's amendment is defeated.

so, the motion? passes! DONE!

First Reading: Veterans

PJ-Saurus: wants to add a moment of silence (no more than 30 seconds) at the beginning of each meeting. Motivating since veterans made our lives possible, as they are today. His g-father is a WWII vet.

Question-time!

Amy: only in November? would that be ok, instead? in the spirit? s'ok, mr saurus?

PJ: nope! not enough, my dear.

Faris: include causalties of war as well?

PJ: quite!

Cheeve: two sets of ppl?

PJ: vets and causalties

Becky: I also have family members who are veterans. Are you just proving a point? Why are you deciding to honour veterans in this way? 

PJ: I have a place at the BOA, so it is a platform available to me.

Amending the motion to only November? 

Dick: we experience our freedom everyday. So, once a year isn t good enough.

Becky: very carefully trying to be against the motion without being offensive. something about volunteering in a nursing home or something.

Fancie: need to support veterans. let's move on.

Amendment vote: passes.

Seamus: amendment - add: 'in all wars' - wants to ensure that all involved in war are represented

Motion passes. but only in November. and 'respect[ing] the lives lost and the affected civilians of all wars.'

(Seamus is the remember-est! blogger's note: it is not about who has the biggest claim on the war, mr wolfe. this kind of condescension is really not appropriate in this debate.)

Second Reading: CFS Delegation Composition - PART 2

wow. this is taking FOREVER!

Antonio wants to re-amend the motion! GREAT! He wants the BOA to approve the choice of the staff member being sent.

Dean: disagrees with the amendment. He thinks that it is micro-management.

Miriam: speaking in French to even out the language karma in the room. awww, thanks! so thoughtful. Against the motion because it will take up time. 

The CHEEVE! : sides with the exec - should be hands off when it comes to HR, because the employee will need to be paid. 

Amy: thinks the opposite - the board should approve the entire delegation. wants to make an amendment to the amendment. amazing. adding bullet that the delegation be ratified by the BOA. Federico is making her wait and add it later. TABLED!

Seamus: calls micro-managing shenanigans. thinks it s impractical.

Ted: it s ratification - not decision

PJ-Saurus/Rawb: if it s a good decision, then, what s the problem. Keeps the power with the BOA. 

Danika: 'micro-management'

Faris: extend this mess of a debate. fails.

voting time!

Amendment: fails.

Motion: passes. finally.

Second Reading: CFS Delegation Composition

Rox: blah blah I love CFS! Trying to get everyone interested... failing mostly. 

Anyone interested? Questions?

Ted: delegate vs attache? Can we send people who can t vote?

Seamus: we can t bring someone who isn t a registered delegate to an AGM ... would be WAY too STRANGE! might not be able to figure out where they would sit! these are insurmountable ISSUES! WHAT TO DO!? bring your OWN CHAIR, perhaps? ........ pretty much, it s just too confusing.

Danika: when the actual decisions are made, there is only one vote per local. The attache might accidentally get to vote (i think that was the gist - forgive me if I am mistaken : D ) 

Kyle: how are the delegates chosen?

Rox: r-h-e-t-o-r-i-c ... the point: exec will decide. suck it if you don t like it.

Antonio: how is the staff position chosen?

Rox: more wandering explanation - hard to follow, but real message is the same: exec will decide. (just say that! so much wasted oxygen!)

Antonio: doesn t really seem to make sense to me with the corporate history approach

Seamus: we clearly need to be more specific! The exec would just probably send the executive coordinator. 

(colour me effing surprised. the hell with '42,' the answer is always: Francois!)

Kyle: how does the governance coordinator position interact with the VP Comm position

Seamus: PARAPHRASE ALERT: like everything, we create jobs depending on who we want around - like in the case of Francois! I mean, come on, 'nobody works as an island' - that s just silly! where would we find enough coconuts?!?

Amy: does not think the position should just be given to a staff member - give it to an effing student!

PJ-Saurus: completely agrees with Amy and wishes to propose an amendment: strike 4.3 (using a staff member chosen by the SFUO exec), and increase the number of members elected by the BOA to 2

*Seconded Jonathan

PJ-Saurus to motivate: Amy made a good point - staff turnover is really high. Exec mandates and focuses change every year. Does not wish to exclude staff members, but wants to open it up to students-at-large. 

Danika: the job is just soooo big - not sure a REGULAR student could catch up/understand ... employees there for more than a year should do it (FRANCOIS should do it! gawd! no one else could POSSIBLY manage!)

Dean: come on, guys, it s for institutional memory. should be an employee - those never change. moves to amend the amendment - keep the employee section...  thereby, keeping the addition of a student, but keeping the staff member as well. Seconded by Danika.

(*PJ-Saurus just wandered over to whisper sweet nothings in Seamus's ear...)

Amendment to the amendment! whee! wouldn t want to get encumbered in bureaucratic process!

Becky: man, employees are useful! I ve had them before! I loved it! let s do it!

Cheeve: down with keeping staff. 

Danika: elected students are very active in meetings. might have a fresh perspective, so she loooooves the idea of adding a student.

RPG gets some speaking rights: PJ-Saurus SAID we could bring a staff member! It can be decided by the board at the time, depending on if it is appropriate. Employees are not students-at-large and might not be best representatives. He is annoyed that they are arguing as though the motion excludes staff members, but it is not.

Julie: down with Danika.

Seamus: blah blah, I <3>

*point of information for Seamus: process and procedure are the SAME THING*

Amy: moves to extend debate - seconded by Julie. passes.

Amy: bahaha - tells Seamus he s craaaaazy. 

Federico explains that there is no such thing as a 'point of clarification' 

Amy: you are contradicting yourself - need flexibility, but need someone who knows the process inside and out - doesn t make any sense. not in the spirit of the motion.

Faris: thinks it s important to have an employee from the SFUO at the meeting.

*man, this is getting dragggggged out.

Sarah: agreeing with Faris. considering why we are there - the people there must be able to take what they get at the AGM to student life

PJ-Saurus: calls the question. passes. YES!

voting! (reminder: keep employee, but also add another student as elected by the BOA)

passes! Dean's amendment carries! 

SO, the only change is the addition of a student. vote: passes!

main motion in PART 2!

Ombudsperson Policy

Dean has actually prepared a speech! seems a wee bit choked up! cute!

Feels the Ombudsperson represents the long-awaited voluntary, mutually beneficial and successful collaboration between the SFUO and the university administration.

Anyhow, BOA likes it and Dean is pretty excited. Everything seems boring after the Israeli Apartheid debate.

sidetrack by Federico: hey media! you recording us over there? cuz you have to waaaarn us! lolz!

mmm, roll call. 

Fancie: 'so present!' he s here the MOST!

Faris: Michele is playing footsies with me!! and I think you should all be WARNED! 

amazing.

Excitement over

After an hour and a half of crazy debate, they are discussing committees and ombudspersons

Whee...

Second Reading: Committees

Not too interesting. Can t amend it. Just need to put it through again. 

Ted: Can we make it so that it does not come into effect immediately?

Seamus: the board can just 'say' it will be effective May 1st. Then it s cool. Don t worry guys - i got this.

Federico: something about having to change the constitution. 

Vote.... passes. duh.

controversy goodness...

Freedom of Speech motion:

Read by Kishek, seconded by Fancie-pants.

Israeli-Apartheid poster... eep. 

University refused to stamp the posters and has been taking them down.

Kishek: 

- wants to talk about uni's limiting of 'freedom of speech, debate, etc...' 

- doesn t want to talk about content of the poster or choosing a side.

- wants the SFUO to take a position on this issue (of free speech, not Israel-Palestine craziness).

Laura:

- wants minute to read the letter that was sent by the President

Federico:

- granted by the supreme power of Federico, ultimate Chair of the BOArd!

(the audience is pooling orders for pizza! SCORE! that should be deliciously disruptive!! huzzah for online ordering!)

(another audience update: BOA bingo cards are being distributed! I wonder what the prize is...)

Miriam: giving up speaker's rights. Joel Titleman - BA and Master's in Philosophy and in Law School now - does not represent a student group, but has been involved in the debate between the sides. Does not mind the poster, but thinks that what is being overlooked is WHY there has been offense taken... thinks it is not the violence that is offensive, but deep-seated issues in our culture. etc, etc ... seems generally down with the motion, and thinks that Jewish peeps showed up thinking that the motion would be more controversial, but is no longer concerned.

Rox: gives up speaker's rights to some girl who did not identify herself... probs just forgot, but who the crap are you? seems down with the motion as well. reiteration is booooooring.

Antonio: does not want to fight the university on their decision, although he is down with the freedom of speech part. Image of violence - it is clearly a part of the posting rules that we agree to. It is the university's space too.

* Fancie is making scary faces at co-good Cheevers - he never seems to have any control over his face. Just saying.

Mel Book: gives up speaker's rights - not sure who this is either, but apparently she sent Dean a letter this morning. She is against moving against the university - describes poster - violence! SFUO is accountable to ALL SFUO students - should not isolate and attack some students in defense of freedom of speech. 

* contentious issue, much - the audience is full of Palestinian students.

PJ-Saurus: does not feel qualified to speak to this issue in a political sense, but feels that according to the posting rules, it is a violent image/'incites violence (as corrected by Faris)'. Does not think it should have been allowed to be posted.

Shut down by a Federico/pissed off girl! BOA Bingo! I ve got a square!!

Danika: cites random precedence that no one else is aware of... supports the motion

Dean: Point of information - shut down by Federico! SLAM! no talking for you!

Kyle: speaking against the motion - thinks the SFUO has already decided. Agrees with Rawb. whoa! wants to use a test to decide - some legal standard I ve never heard of - might be a good idea? Should we be taking a side in this debate at all?

Faris EXPLOSION! - do not make everyone who votes for the motion feel anti-Semetic! spazzzzz.

Back to Kyle: retracts previous statement, but is still against the motion.

Khadijah: for the motion. 

Faris: was supposed to go first - is going now. way to GO, Federico! Glad that PJ-Saurus acknowledges our inability to really understand the issue. Pissed that we are worried about 'how people view us' - motion is about freedom of expression... not just about the poster and this freedom... keeps happening. too much censorship. 'those involved believe that they are advocating for their lives and aren t just trying to piss people off.' Does think the poster is crass. Because it is so important to the groups, it should be allowed... acknowledges slippery slope. 

**Federico FINALLY cuts off the very emotional rant on Faris's part. But not for being chatty, only because they ran out of time. how selective of him.

Debate extended.

Faris keeps talking. so much table-hitting. on and on in the same vein. not professional in the LEAST. Somehow never told to stick to the issue, despite his obvious emotional investment and lack of control.

literally begs the board to support the motion.

Michele: gives her speaking rights to an audience member. Not really relevant - just says that his pro-Israeli group has been called racist. He says that the posters incite hatred and depict an untruth. Hurtful on the part of the University towards those who are pro-Israel AND pro-Israeli Apartheid's causes. AGAINST the motion.

Amy: thinks we are inflating the issue and that the poster does not really incite violence. chooses the pro-expression side. still for the motion. speaks to the audience and reminds them that the BOA is not (and will not be) taking a stance on the conflict. 

(blogger's note: this is fucking intense. so much tension all up in here.)

Seamus: point of order - why two women in a row? Federico: had two males in a row... so there.

Becky: what did the SFUO look into re: candian human rights code

Seamus: in favour of the motion, but it s soooo hard for him. as usual, airing his vicious, EPIC internal battles!!! blah blah, freedom of speech. blah blah, conflict is not being debated. consulted the code so that they would be informed. Holy crap! he somehow manages to flog the 'accessible education' issue!! Impressive maneuvering!

Audience member: thanks Seamus! allow debate, please! does not see the logic in banning the poster. wants a real answer. 'causes confrontation' is not a good enough explanation.

Audience member: feels attacked by the poster - clearly not innocuous! Feels there should be a mechanism in place to internally ensure the use of common sense. Thinks that that is what the SFUO is for!

Dean: There are two issues: 1) makes one feel attacked vs 2) incites hatred/violence. These are not the same thing.  Also, point of info: the SFUO did NOT take down the posters in the Uni Centre. Bottom line: For the motion so that one right is not preferred over the other.

Debate OVER!

Straight to a vote: those in favour - lots, those against - not as many, abstentions - Dee, Faris, Richard, possibly someone else?

Seamus: I can haz point of recess? 5 minutes please?

Federico is pissed that ppl don t follow the rules - actually dresses Seamus down in front of EVERYONE!! FTW!

10 minute recess. thank goodness - my fingers hurt!

What do you think, gentle readers? comment up!

VP Comm and Prezzz-alicous Dean!

VP Comm

- Zoom moved a few doors down from where it was... Uni paid for the renovations, Thanks Prez Rock!

- They have set up a phone line for the Task Force on Campus Racism - x 3830 ... you can leave anonymous messages for the group to discuss. so, get DIALING, people!

- Marketing - they are negotiating online services for campus print - new prices.

- Remix Manifesto screening, documentary re: copyright issues.

Prez

- Student Space - 'Rome was not built in a semester' FUCKING HILARIOUS! ... *cough.

- 27.2% voter turnout! 200% increase in voters from last year!

- candidates will be presented to the board for ratification after Dean has Sylvia's report 'after all appeal periods are exhausted' - but, no direct mention of current SAC appeal... hmm.

Question Period!

- PJ-Saurus for Rox - you have a lot of exciting crap going on, BUT I was wondering why you aren t doing your job... ie communicating with the Fed Bodies... 

Answer from Rox: Audits take a LONG TIME! come onnnn, guys! waaaaaah..... I know you are waiting for your levies, but in general, I m pretty sure 'things are going well with most Fed Bodies'

... no? huh? wha? There have been 'issues,' but it s the 'process,' not me!

- PJ-Saurus for whole Exec - Ombudsman? why a second referendum if it s 

Answer from Sea-Wolfe: errrrrr ... uhhhh ... I can answer that ... eventualllllllly ... the uni is in the waaaaaay. A referendum failed in 2003. found a contradiction in the constitution (no way - the FED constitution? a CONTRADICTION? egad!)... run another referendum on the 'idea,' NOT the 'concrete office' - so, NOW need to find out if students want to spend $$ on it.

- Antonio for Finance/Prez - BOA directors invited? 

Answer from Dean: YES! I brought you tickets!

- Faris for Finance - wants the goddamn directory of finance resources!!! EFF.

Rox: oh yeah, right ... 'I will ACTUALLY look into it' (Oh, thanks so much!)

WereWolfe Time! ... and ze money lady.

VP Uni Affairs:

- Task Force Against Racism... he s pretty excited - doesn t appreciate being discriminated against for being all fuzzy and lunar...

- Mentions a phenomenon that I definitely don t understand: 'subliminal racism' ?!? wtf?

- Props to Ted Ho as his replacement

VP Finance

- new idea! wants to renovate the Pivik kitchen to serve Cafe Alt, 1848 and Pivik itself... preliminary - wants feedback

- other stuff that I missed while I was getting the Agenda! SORRY! but, do you really care?

VP Student Affairs Update!

Not very interesting - mumbly goodness... talks too FAST!

BUT, her hair is pretty - yellow headband makes for some nice contrast!

Actually - general hair update while we are bored/can t understand her:

Dean - very boyband this morning! offset well by the pooka shell necklace...

Seamus - the usual werewolf chic - i think he keeps his prey in there : \

Joel - too short to comment, really. nice sideburns, though

Rox - getting a LITTLE mullet-y... time for a trim? with interesting/great/aggressive earrings...

Julie - the usual boho ponytail. *yawn

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VP Social update!

Joel - Ski trips! so many!

- Videotube is coming up - blogger's note: really cool, creative event Joel!

- Women studying on campus for 90 years!! will have a big concert and speaker's event! definitely going to go to that!

- Volunteer Gala - will be an 'evening in paradise' - Mar 14

- Transition RTs on Apr 8 before End of Year Bash - whoo Camp Fortune!

And, we re back! Doing what we do best: BOA - March 1st

Going back to our BOA blogging roots, we are liveblogging the latest (and greatest?) BOA!

We already have the following ridiculous updates:

1) anonymous Arts BOA director: "holy crap! Federico shaved his FACE!"

2) pyjamasaurus is in the house!  aka Rawb with dinosaur hair, sens flannel pants and a full suit from the waist up! I love the BOA!

3) ACTUAL controversy: The engineering director, hereforward described as pj-saurus, tried to identify as a woman to the Chair of the Board. Federico's refused, answering: "You don t identify as a woman outside this boardroom ... In fact, I know you do quite the opposite."

yikes!

has Federico experienced pj-saurus' extreme man-itude ?!? how does he KNOW? 

blogger s note: ... ew.