Audience Question Time Extravaganza!

~pseudomadonna Post #4!!~

Questions from the audience:

Ted HO: what is the view of the role of board members outside of the board? Outside of committees?

Amy- important that candidates are very active on the campus, being involved, encourage other students to get involved

Robert- any boa member should involve themselves as a part of campus life, emphasizes communication to make the BOA more visible and accessible to students at large- make the email list more prominent

Martin- a no-brainer question, needs to figure out what bugs students on a day-to-day basis, there is not that channel of communication between students of the board

Scott- repeats the accessibility/accountability statement, thinks it would be fantastic if someone recognized him at an event from being on the board-

Mel- thinks it’s important to go to arts-areas (like café alt) and talk to students, needs to go grass-roots to make it a better board

Danika- ummmmmmmmmmmm…..what was the question again? Talks about student consultations again, agrees with everyone elses statements, talks about clubs (stop being student affairs, you’re in arts now!)

Cheevers- obviously agrees, talks about his platform, his concerns for students need to be echoed in how he acts outside the board, doesn’t want to be insincere- needs to keep consistency

How do you see your relationship with the member associations and the federated bodies? (SAFA, Communications, Arts bitches!)

Robert- absolutely! Recognizes the importance of the federated bodies, didn’t realize that this already happened, thinks it should happen with all the faculties

Martin- thinks it’s necessary to have a working relationship with the federated bodies, sent an email out to member associations asking to meet with them to find out their concerns

Scott- thinks its positive to have a working relationship with student body organizations, thinks its fantastic that 1 board member goes to SAFA board meetings, thinks all BOA reps should go

Mel- extremely important to ensure BOA members are attending BOD meetings, informs student leaders of other goings on of other student leaders- web of communication, a good way to get students excited and involved, wants to continue to sit at both BOA and BOD

Danika- talks about the structure of the federation, loves the structure, wants to keep it this way, wants to participate in arts board meetings

Cheevers- agrees, god is this arts or something? Everyone is agreeing all the time- says its good to ensure the communication, yet has NEVER come to an ARTS BOD meeting (As both arts senator and BOA rep!)

Amy- agrees. Are we surprised? Doesn’t think this should be a replacement for talking with other students at large

Which committees do you see yourself getting involved in?

Martin- interested in campaigns, wants to work on better communication with the federated bodies (the exec is supposed to hold Round Tables to solve this problem….)

Scott- a self-processed policy nerd wants to be on the Policy and Bylaw committee- and also interested in the elections committee

Mel- was on promotions committee this year, but hopes were squashed. The chair always left it to the last minute so it didn’t really happen, wants to rectify this in the coming year

Danika- thinks we should all attend the campaigns committee as it’s open- doesn’t know what other committees, she wants to start some more committees (food services, diversity of the board)

The pizza still isn’t here yet….

Cheevers- talks about his fun role on the Policy and Bylaw committee, cant remember the name of another committee that he’s on but hasn’t covened- wants to look at constituency groups for the board

Amy- also doesn’t have a list of committees to draw from- does this mean that you just don’t know what committees are out there? Says she wants to be on Danika’s diversity committee (it’s not even formed yet)

Robert- interested in human rights, accessibility, doesn’t seem to realize that the campaigns committee is open