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Concordia Student Union – Council of Representatives

CSU Regular Council Meeting – Agenda Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 H-767, 18h30, S.G.W Campus

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Approval of the Agenda

4. Consent Agenda

a) Approval of the Minutes – September 16th Regular Council Meeting

b) Reports from Commi@ees

c) CUSACorp Report

d) Executive Reports

e) Chairperson’s Report

f) Positions Book

5. Presentations and Guest Speakers

a) Sustainability Policy Consultation

b) Petition – Solidarity Economy Incubator

6. Appointments

a) Student Life Commi@ee

b) Sustainability Commi@ee

c) Loyola Commi@ee

d) Clubs & Space Commi@ee

e) Concordia Council on Student Life

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f) Fund Commi@ee

7. Returning Business

8. New Business – Informational

9. New Business – Substantive

a) Co-Curricular Record

b) Policy Commi@ee Report – October 5th

c) Bylaw Ratification – March 2015

d) CSU Daycare Project Manager – Phase 2

e) Accessible Education – By-Elections

10. Question Period & Business Arising

11. Announcements

12. Adjournment

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CSU Special Council Meeting – Minutes Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 H-767, 18h30, S.G.W Campus

1. CALL TO ORDER

Mee%ngiscalledtoorderat18h46.

We would like to acknowledge that Concordia university is on the tradi6onal territory of theKanien'keha:ka(Ga-niyen-gé-haa-ga),aplacewhichhaslongservedasasiteofmee6ngandexchangeamongst na6ons. Concordia recognizes, and respects the Kanien'keha:ka (Ga-niyen-gé-haa-ga) as thetradi6onalcustodiansofthelandsandwatersonwhichwemeettoday.

2. ROLL CALL

CouncilChairperson:MatForgetCouncilSecretary:CaitlinRobinson

Execu%vespresentforthedura%onofthemee%ngconsistedofAnasBouslikhane(VPFinance),GabrielleCaron (VPSustainability),LoriDimaria (VPClubs&Internal),MarionMiller (VPAcademic&Advocacy),JohnTalbot(VPStudentLife),GabrielVelasco(VPExternal&Mobiliza%on),TerryWilkings(President)andChloëWilliams(VPLoyola).

Councillorspresentforthedura%onofthemee%ngconsistedofOmarAlKhin(JMSB),JennaCocullo(Arts&Science),RachelGauthier (JMSB),JanaGhalayini (ENCS),MichaelGiesbrecht (Arts&Science),SanazHassanPour(FineArts),AdrianLonginoV(Arts&Science),LucindaMarshall-Kiparissis(Arts&Science),AloyseMuller(Arts&Science),GenevièveNadeau-Bonin(Arts&Science),TerryNgala(Arts&Science),MarcusPeters(Arts&Science),JasonPoirier-Lavoie(Arts&Science),BenjaminPrunty(Arts&Science),FadiSaijari(JMSB),LeylaSutherland(FineArts),MichaelWrobel(Arts&Science)andRamiYahia(ENCS).

Councillorsabsentforthedura%onofthemee%ngconsistedofSimonDansereau(JMSB),FaddyKamel(ENCS),HassanMogharbel(ENCS)andMelanieRomer(Arts&Science).

3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

MarionMillerpullsthePolicyCommiQeereportfromOctober5thfrom4.ConsentAgenda,tobe9.b)PolicyCommi]eeReport.SecondedbyChloëWilliams.

ChloëWilliamsadds6.a)StudentLifeCommi]ee,6.b)SustainabilityCommi]ee,6.c)LoyolaCommi]ee,6.d)Clubs&SpaceCommi]eeand6.e)ConcordiaCouncilonStudentLife.SecondedbyMichaelGiesbrecht.

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MichaelGiesbrechtmovestoapprovetheagendaandallitemsunder4.ConsentAgenda.SecondedbySanazHassanPour.Chair:Wewillnowvoteontheapprovaloftheagendaandallitemsunder4.ConsentAgenda.

VOTEInfavour:15Opposed:0Absten%ons:0

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4. CONSENT AGENDA

a) Approval of the Minutes – September 16th Regular Council Meeting

Ra6fiedbyconsent.

b) Reports from Commiêes

Ra6fiedbyconsent.

c) CUSACorp Report

Ra6fiedbyconsent.

d) Executive Reports

Ra6fiedbyconsent.

e) Chairperson’s Report

Ra6fiedbyconsent.

f) Positions Book

Ra6fiedbyconsent.

5. PRESENTATIONS & GUEST SPEAKERS

a) Sustainability Policy Consultation



Mark Underwood: Gabrielle has sent out some informa%on about the sustainability policy for theuniversity. Sustainable Concordia has been working on the geXng the university to adopt one since2011. That is when our ini%al research began, and it has been a long process dealing with thebureaucracyandgeXngthemtocreateapolicythatincludesacomprehensivecons%tu%on.

GabrielleCaron:JusttointroduceMark,heworksatSustainableConcordia.Heistheofficecoordinator.Heispresen%ngsomethingthatSustainableConcordiaconhasbeenworkingonforafewyears.

MarkUnderwood: Forabitofhistory, in2011wegotabunchofpeople togetherandpresented thePresidentoftheuniversitywithamanifesttosaythatConcordianeedsasustainabilitypolicynow.Thatis when the university created the sustainable governance framework of three (3) sustainabilitysubcommiQees, but for a really long%mewehave been spinning out heels in those commiQees andideasgotheretodie.ThisyearwehavebeenworkingongeXngconcretethingsputthroughthere.Theconsulta%onprocessispartoftheprocessofbuildingthispolicy.First,theuniversitywasresistanttothiscommunityconsulta%onasthisisnotsomethingthattheydoforapolicy,butwehavebeensuccessfulingeXngthemtodothis.Unfortunately,the%melineisinsanely%ght–thedecisionhappenedthree(3)orfour (4)weeksagoand theconsulta%on ishappening thoughnextweekand theweekaèr,with thehopefuldeadlineforthepolicytobedoneandra%fiedbywhoeverneedstobyJanuary.

GabrielleCaron:Basicallywearehavingtwo(2)publicconsulta%onsrunbytheuniversity.Thesearetheofficialpublicconsulta%ons.OnewillbenextTuesday,October20thfrom14h00to16h00atGreyNuns,andthesecondonOctober29thatLoyola,whichwillbetakingplacefrom14h00to16h00.Thesedatesmaynotnecessarilybeasaccommoda%ngforeveryone,sowearehos%ngtwo(2)othereventsattheHive – one will be downtown and another at Loyola, and those events are taking place later in theevening from 17h00 to 20h00. One will be on October 22nd and then the one at Loyola will be onOctober28th.Wearenotaskinganythingspecificotherthanshowingyourenthusiasm,anditwouldbegreat foryoutocometoat leastoneof theseandseehowthingsaregoing.Theonesrunning in theeveningaredrop-insessionswherewewillbeabletogiveyoumoreinforma%onaswellasjustgeXngreadyforthelastone,accumula%ngeveryone’sthoughts,andhavingadialoguebetweenotherpeopleandwhatwewanttoseeinthepublicconsulta%ons.

MarkUnderwood:Partofthemission,visionandvaluesofSustainableConcordiaistodemocra%zetheuniversity, students, staff and faculty in the way that decisions aremade. For us, this is an insanelyposi%vestepforwardinthatregard.Asstudentleadersandpoli%ciansitisourresponsibilitytoshowupandgiveourtwocentsandshowwhatwearemadeup. Ifpeopledonotshowup,theadministra%onwillhaveammuni%ontosaythattheseconsulta%onsarenotsuccessfulandthatnooneevercomes.Idonotexpectyoutocometoallfour(4),butIwouldreallyloveyoutalkingthisuptopeopleyouspeaktoandsharingitonFacebook.Becausethedeadlineisso%ght,wearerelyingonwordofmouthtohavepeoplemeaningfullycontributetotheforma%onofthispolicy.Itwillaffectallaspectsofcampuslife.Ifyoutalktoourgroup,theyarereallyexcitedthatitwillnowcarryweight.Itwillbetheresponsibilityofthevicepresidentsanddirectorsandpeoplewhohold importantposi%ons intheuniversitytoupholdthesevalues.

GabrielleCaron:Also,sothatyoucanpreparefortheseevents,thereisthepolicydraÌhavesenttoyouall.TheHiveeventisOctober22ndfrom17h00to20h00,andtheoneatLoyolaisonOctober28th



from17h00to20h00.Theloca%onsareonthewebsite.IfyoucannotaQendanyoftheseevents,youareabletowriteacommentonthewebpageatwww.concordia.ca/sustanability.

BenjaminPrunty:Ireadtheendnote–doyouhaveanycri%queofthepolicysentout?

MarkUnderwood:Oneofthestrengthsisthatitiden%fiesaccountability,butthataccountabilityliesnotinstudenthands.Somethingwewouldliketoseeishowstudentscangetinvolvedinac%onplansthatcomeoutwiththegovernanceframework.ThereisnootherwaybesidesseatsonthesubcommiQees.Thereisnootherwayforstudentstospeakupiftheintegrityoftheseac%onplansarenotbeingupheld.Some of the language in the principles can be easily interpreted. Given the hype around things likedivestment and other issues that we want the university to move forward on, take a look at thatlanguageandseeifitworksforyouandmakesugges%onsifitdoesnot.

BenjaminPrunty:IwasinvolvedinthesubcommiQee,anddoyoufeelasthoughtherecouldbeaplaceforastatementaboutanupper-levelgovernancemul%-stakeholdermodel?Ibroughtthisupandpeoplewerenotsure.

MarkUnderwood:Iagree,thatcouldbestrengthened,butIhavenoideahowtoworkitintothispolicy.Theframeworkisnowinpolicyform,andbeforeitwasjustonthewebsite.NowitiswriQendownandcannotjustbedisbandedbysomeonewhodoesnotlikeitanymore.Intermsofupper-levelthough,Iamnotreallysure.

AloyseMuller:Howmuchmustbedivested–aroundfive (5)percent?Howmuch implica%ondoyouexpectfrompolicy?

MarkUnderwood:ThatisfromthefolksinEnvironment,HealthandSafetywhodraèdthis.Itisnotanac%onplan,butapolicy,astatementofintentandacalltoac%onabouthowweattheuniversityviewsustainability and how we want to uphold those values. This is outlined through the thirteen (13)principlesadaptedfromthesustainabledevelopmentpack.Intermsofprescribingac%onsfromapolicy,thisismoreaboutsomeonefromtheuniversitysayingthatagivenac%onorinac%ondoesnotalignwithour sustainability policy, which gives up license to push forward. Having student voices on thesubcommiQeeisthewaytodothat.TheCSUandGraduateStudentsAssocia%on(GSA)haveseatsonthesubcommiQee,sothereisstudentvoice.

TerryWilkings:DoyouknowhowmanypointstheuniisgeXngforthistypeofpolicy?

MarkUnderwood: Therewill bemany points,which is probablywhywe are seeing such a deadline.Therearedefinitelypoli%calendstowhythisishappening.

TerryWilkings:Atthetopitsays“BoardofGovernors”,soaèrtheconsulta%onsarecomplete,willyoureturn to Councilwith your experience on that? Perhaps Council can bring forward amo%on for theBoardofGovernorsonbehalfofstudentsingeneral.Iinviteyoutoreturn.

MarkUnderwood:Informa%onaèrtheconsulta%onwillbesentoutandwewillhavesome%metoeditandreviseit–thoughonlyamonthandahalf–andthenitwillgototheBoardofGovernorsandthen



thereisasix(6)toeight(8)monthdelayforthepolicytogothrough.Havinganextrasomethingontopisamazing.IwouldlovetocomebackinDecemberandgivefeedback.


Benjamin Prunty: There is a pe%%on that will be circula%ng to start conversa%on about a solidarityeconomyincubator.ThisisnottheCSUworkingonthisattheexecu%velevel,butIamworkingonthiswithagroupofstudents,bothgraduateandundergraduate, tocreateasolidarityeconomy incubator.We want student input in the by-elec%ons to see the conversa%on that starts surrounding this. Wean%cipate that thiswill beenthusias%c.Goodexamplesof theseorganiza%ons are thePUSHfind, theHive, Burritoville, – these are projects that are democra%c and have a public mandates other thanexclusivelyprivateprofit.ThebylawsstatethatwehavetocometoCouncilbeforecircula%ngape%%on,sothisiscomingtoCouncilwiththat.Thisismoreofaconversa%ononamembershiplevelratherthanataCouncillevel.

TerryWilkings:Wearenotsupposedtointerfereinthisinthebylaws,itisjustaproceduralpoint.Ijustwantedtomen%onthatIthinkthatweshouldsignifythatwehavereceivedape%%onincasethereisconfusion.Weshouldsignifythatpeoplehaveseenthewording,pursuanttoar%cles9.6.1and9.6.2.Weshouldrecognizethatwedidreceivethispe%%on.

TerryWilkings:BEITRESOLVEDTHATtheCSUCouncilformallyapprovetheques%onfortheBy-Elec%onspertainingtotheSolidarityEconomyIncubator,pursuanttoBylaws9.6.1and9.6.2,.SecondedbySanazHassanPour.


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BenjaminPrunty:Evenifpeopledonothaveques%onsnow,thereisachancethatImighttalktoyouatgreatlengthaboutthis.

6. APPOINTMENTS

a) Student Life Commiêe

ChloëWilliams:John’scommiQeeislookingforonemoreperson–youcanhelpfundevents,giveJohnfeedbackonhiseventsandgenerallyhelphimout.

MichaelGiesbrechtnominateshimself.SecondedbyRamiYahia.



MichaelGiesbrecht:IhavebeeninvolvedinCSUeventsandkindofhelpedoutalready.


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b) Sustainability Commiêe

ChloëWilliams: The Sustainability CommiQee is looking for one councillor – you can get involved insustainabilitypolicies,makesurethateventsaresustainableandanythingelsethattheCSUisworkingonissustainable.

Nonomina6onsreceived.

c) Loyola Commiêe

ChloëWilliams:This ismycommiQee–yougettohelpoutwitheverythinghappeningatLoyola,helpout with all the projects happening there, along with lots of sustainability-type things like thegreenhouse.

FadiSaijarinominateshimself.SecondedbyJanaGhalayini.


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d) Clubs & Space Commiêe

ChloëWilliams:OntheClub&SpaceCommiQeeyougettohelpLoriwithalloftheclubs.Thisisalwaysan exci%ng %me and you deal with budget approvals, new club approvals and reading over thedocumentstheysubmit.

LoriDimaria:Also,youcannotbeanexecu%veonaclubduetopoten%alconflictofinterest.

TerryWilkings:Incaseanyoneisunfamiliarwiththerulesforappointments,ifthereareresigna%onsweopenuptheseatandthenifnoonefillsit,wewillopenitupatthesubsequentmee%ng.



MarionMiller:SincetherearevacantseatsandcouncillorscominginattheBy-Elec%onsitisalrighttoleaveacoupleofspotsopen.


ChloëWilliams:Yougettobeontheuniversitydecision-makingbodypertainingtoanyprojectshavingtodowithfundingstudentini%a%veshereoncampus.

JennaCocullonominatesherself.SecondedbyBenjaminPrunty.

JennaCocullo:Ihavebeenwan%ngtositonthissincelastyear,Iaminterestedinlookingathowfundingforstudentprojectswillgo.


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f) Fund Commiêe

BenjaminPruntymovestoenterclosedsession.SecondedbyJasonPoirier-Lavoie.


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Mee6ngentersclosedsessionat19h03.

TerryWilkingsmovestoappointArijRiahiandJasonPrincetotheStudentSpace,AccessibleEduca%onandLegalCon%ngency(SSAELC)FundCommiQee.SecondedbyAloyseMuller.

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TerryWilkingsmovestoenteropensession.SecondedbyMarcusPeters.

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Mee6ngentersclosedsessionat19h18.

MarcusPetersmovestora%fythemo%onsmadeinclosedsession.SecondedbyJasonPoirier-Lavoie.


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MarcusPetersmovestotakearecess.SecondedbyRamiYahia.

Mee6ngentersrecessat19h21.

Mee6ngreconvenesat19h39.

7. RETURNING BUSINESS

Noreturningbusinesswasdiscussedatthismee6ngofCouncil.

8. NEW BUSINESS – INFORMATIONAL

Noinforma6onalnewbusinesswasdiscussedatthismee6ngofCouncil.

9. NEW BUSINESS – SUBSTANTIVE


MarionMiller: BE IT RESOLVED THAT that Council sign onto amemoof support for the co-curricularrecord changes, and implement mechanisms to encourage the use of the co-curricular record by itssubsidiaries.SecondedbyChloëWilliams.

MarionMiller: This is for thoseof youwhohaveever tried tofileoneof yourac%vi%esonto the co-curricular record, which is a digital record which exists onmyconcordia.ca somewhere in SIS. This issupposedtodocumentyourengagementoncampusoutsideyourofficialclasswork. It isquitetediousandcomplicated,andkindofdifficulttoseewherethebenefitswillcome.Itisunfortunatebecausethiscouldbeaninteres%ngtool,butitdoesnothavethesupportthatitneedsaroundit.TheGSAhasbeenworkingoverthepastyearontryingtoputstrategicpressureondifferentpartsoftheuniversity.Three



(3)placestoworkonthisiswiththeDeanofStudents,tosimplifytheprocess,StudentAssocia%ons,tocommit to making sure that they enter their ac%vi%es in to the database, and School of GraduateStudies, which has to recognize the co-curricular record as a valid piece of informa%on. If it is notrecognizedwithinConcordia,whyarewedoingit?Wehavedocumenta%onfromKerolesRiadoftheGSAwhotalkedtousaboutthemainissuesandthatnowhisprojectandpersonalmissionhasbeengeXngallofthefacultyassocia%ons,theDeanofStudentsofficeandtheschoolofgraduatestudiestosignontopar%cipa%ng in this ini%a%ve. The Dean of Students said yes and the School of Graduate StudiessubmiQed an internalmemo saying yes. TheGSA, the Engineering andComputer ScienceAssocia%on(ECA)alongwiththeEngineeringandComputerScience(ENCS)council,andtheTeachingandLearningsubcommiQeeframeworkhavesignedontothis.KerolespresentedtousandaskedifwewoulddraàCSUmemo for this. The Policy CommiQee recommends to adopt this memo and, as we said in ourreport, we look forward to siXng downwith the Clubs & Space CommiQee to bring changes to thestructureoftheCSUtomakesurethatweintegratetheuseoftheco-curricularrecord.

Marcus Peters: Will any of this process become mandatory? I mean this in the sense that a directconnec%ontotheDeanofStudentsisgood,especiallyforpeoplewhowanttoapplyforgradschool,butwillthisbemandatorywhenapplyingforfundingfromtheCSU?

MarionMiller:That isenvisioned forgrouppar%cipa%ng,andwhat theyare lookingat is tying this tofunding.Wedonotnecessarilyhaveto%eittofinding,butmaybehaveitjustbeanincen%veprocess.One thing to understand is that we are signing on to work with the three (3) en%%es previouslymen%oned.TherewillbenostringentpolicyiftheDeanofStudentsdoesnotmakeitsimpler,andtheSchool of Graduate Studies does not recognize it.Wewill sit downwith Lori and the Clubs& SpaceCommiQeeto%ethistopolicy.

MarcusPeters: Iaminfavourofallofthis,but Iamjustskep%calofhavingmandatoryaffilia%onwithany kind of Concordia’s administra%on, especially since they have a lot of ability to poli%cally profilepeople,thoughthathasbeentakenintoconsidera%on.

Lori Dimaria: I just wanted to men%on that it is important to have an inflow of informa%on. It isimportanttotalktodifferentclubsandseehowwecanfavourthecommunity.Wehavetolookattheholis%capproach.Universityacademiaisveryimportant,butitisalsoimportanttogetinvolvedandfeellikeweareapartof a community, and that iswhat clubsdo. It is important to give credit andmeritwhereitisdeserved.Ifwepursuethis,wecanincen%vizesomestudentstogetinvolvedandthisisanimportantelementwhenlookingatuniversityandstudentlife.Thisisanicecomplementtoeduca%onandworkshand-in-hand.InorderforConcordiatobeagreatins%tu%on,weneedtolookatthingswithaholis%c approach and frame it so that we embrace academic and engagement and communityinvolvement.

MarionMiller:Weweretalkingearlieraboutthestarsra%ngoftheuniversityandhowmanypointstheyget,andwhatisinteres%ngisthattheycouldbegeXngpointsthattheyaremissingoutonbecausetheuniversityhasnowayofdocumen%ngstudentengagement,whenweallknowthatthereareatonofac%vi%eswhichgoon.Ifwestartpushingtorecognizecommunityengagement,thatcouldbesomethingthatbecomesmoreins%tu%onalized.Thereiswintobehadonmanydifferentsides.



VOTEInfavour:13Opposed:0Absten%ons:1(Jana)

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b) Policy Commiêe Report – October 5th

MarionMillermovestoapprovethePolicyCommiQeeReportfromOctober5th,2015.SecondedbyTerryWilkings.

MarionMiller:IjustwantedtohighlightthechangestoStandingRegula%on192–itwasrecommendedtothePolicyCommiQeebytheFinanceCommiQeethatwemakethesechanges.Theylookedoverthefirst and as it stands, in terms of transparencymechanisms, we are supposed to present up-to-datefinancials at every Regular CouncilMee%ng, but there aremonths where there are two (2) of thesemee%ngsandtheFinanceCommiQeefoundithardtoproduceanup-to-datefinancialreportinjusttwo(2)weeks.Wefeltthatthiswasexcessiveandweareallfortransparency,butrecommendtorevisetheStanding Regula%on such that the financials be presented at the first Regular Council Mee%ng eachmonth.ThePolicyCommiQeeunanimouslyfeltthatthiswasareasonablechange.

TerryWilkings:Ithinkthatthiswasbroughtupbythefinanceteam.ForouraccountantVikan,itisquitelaborioustoreproduceinforma%onwhenthereisjustonesinglepayperiod.Itisjustalotofaccoun%ngworkforhimtodogiventhattwo(2)weeksfollowing,hewillbeprovidingthesameinforma%on.Thisismoreabouttryingnottoaddaddi%onalwork,alongwithelimina%ngredundancy.TheBylawssaythatwe need to produce monthly updates, so we are trying to adhere to this through the StandingRegula%ons.


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TerryWilkingsmovestora%fytheBylawchangesfromtheGeneralElec%on.SecondedbyAloyseMuller.

Terry Wilkings: In the General Elec%ons of March last year we had made two modifica%ons to theBylaws, one being the alloca%on and distribu%on of the fee we collect, and the second being theintroduc%on of Special Bylaw K which delineates the maximum amount of no more than $1.50 persemesterintermsofadministra%onandreservefeescollectedthroughAESECforthehealthanddentalplan.Procedurallywehadasuccessfulelec%onintermsoftheseques%onsandtheywerereceivedby



the membership at the Annual General Mee%ng, as s%pulated in the Standing Regula%ons, so themembership approved and recognized the changes from the elec%on. At the May Regular CouncilMee%ngweapprovedtheminutesfromtheAnnualGeneralMee%ng,buttobeprocedurallysound,forBylaw changes, instead of just approving the minutes we should have a specific resolu%on pointeddirectlyattheBylawchangessinceul%matelyweareheldresponsibleforthese.


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TerryWilkings:IfanyonereadthecommiQeeminutesfromvariouscommiQeeslikeFinanceandExternal&Campaigns,atthemomentwearegoingthroughtheBylawsandmakinghousekeepingchangesandtrying toupdate the language, likemakingeverything genderneutral and reflec%ng theday-to-dayofwhat the execu%ves do. At the end of the week this will come to the Policy CommiQee, but in themean%me,Iwillbesendingminoradjustmentsforreview.Thisisthesameprocess.


MarionMiller:BEITRESOLVEDTHATCouncilapprovetheexpenseof$5000(beforetaxes),tobeusedwiththepurposeofhiringaProjectCoordinatorfortheDaycarePermitApplica%on,tobetakenfromtheStudentSpace,AccessibleEduca%onandLegalCon%ngency(SSAELC)fund.

SecondedbyLeylaSutherland.

MarionMiller:Thedaycareismovingforwardandbigpiecemovingforwardistosubmitanapplica%onto theMinistère de la famille, which is a preQy substan%al dossier to send.We hiredMme. PaulineGervais to work on the ini%al applica%on process and consult, and that was the first phase in hercontract,andthesecondphaseistopulltogetherallthesedocuments.Wehavebeenintouchwithhertoseeifshewouldbeavailableforthesecondphase.Wehavethirteen(13)substan%aldocumentstosubmit to the Ministère like the lease agreement, a big opera%ons document structuring how thegovernance framework works, all the liQle policies of the daycare like how a child is admiQed orexpelled, how families are given advance no%ce if the daycare is closing, etc. Another big part is theeduca%onal program.Mme. Gervais is saying that she can domost of thework, but in terms of theeduca%onplan,shewantsapartner,whoworkedwiththeStudents’SocietyofMcGillUniversity(SSMU)daycare.ThecontractisforbothprofessionalstoworktogethertogetthisdossiertogethersincemostCSUpeopledonothavetheknowledgetoteachtwo-year-oldslikeskills.Itwillprobablycost$4000,butwearegivingourselvesabuffersoasnottocomebacktoCouncilaskingformoremoney.

Caroline:willtherebeanotherphaseorlastone?



MarionMiller:Thisisforthesubmissionforapermit.Oncewehavethepermitthenwegoforwardwithbuildingandrenova%ons.Inthatphase,wewillbehiringadifferentprojectmanagerwithskillintermsofthatphase,andthenadirectorfordoingallthestart-upforthedaycare.Asingledaycareprojectcanhavedifferentmanagersalongthewaytohelpwithspecializedsec%onsofwhatneedstobedone.


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MarionMiller:BEITRESOLVEDTHATCouncilapprovetheexpenseof$2000forthefeesassociatedtotheapplica%onforaDaycarePermit,tobetakenfromtheStudentSpace,AccessibleEduca%onandLegalCon%ngency(SSAELC)fund.

SecondedbySanazHassanPour.

MarionMiller:WeneedachequefortheMinistèredesfinancestoprocessapp,closeto554$butjustwanttomakesurewehaveenoughincaseotherassociatedfeesbutmainlythischeques.

GenevièveNadeau-Bonin:Willallthefeesbetransparentinthenextbudgetreport?Willwebeabletoseehowmuchwasused?

TerryWilkings: In theBylawwhichoutlines this, it is s%pulated thatweare toput these inanannualreportattheendofourmandate.Itwillhavenotonlyallthemo%onsapprovingtheuseoffunds,buttheactualamountsused.


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TerryWilkings:Ifiguredthatsincetherearepeopleherewhohelpuscommunicatewithstudents,thatitwouldbefruiuultono%fyfolksthatrecentlyMarionandmyselfhavebeenindiscussionwithRogerCôté, the Vice-President, Services, and at the next mee%ng we will be able to announce where thedaycarewillbe.Wehavebeenwithholdingthisinforma%onjustbecausethefinalleasedetailsarebeingput together. At the nextmee%ngwe also plan to submit the outline of the opera%onal side of thedaycare, based on the market study and survey. There will be quite a vigorous document producedleadingtosecuringthenecessaryfinancesandsecuringtheoverheadcostandpayingouremployees.Iamjusttryingtosignalfolksherethatwewillbemakinganannouncement.



MarionMiller: Toaddonto that,weareexcitedbecausewegotover250 respondentson the surveylookingatthespecificchildcareneedsofstudentparentsoncampus,likethehoursofthedaytheyneedchildcare,howclosetotheirhomeistheircurrentchildcare,andwhattheyarecurrentlypaying.


GabrielVelasco:WHEREAS the governmenthas imposedausteritymeasures and cutsof approximately$340milliondollarstoUniversityfunding;WHEREAS, this translates to more than $36.6 million dollars in cuts to ConcordiaUniversityalone;WHEREAS ar%cle 26 of the Universal Declara%on of Human Rights states that, highereduca%onshallbeequallyaccessibletoallonthebasisofmerit;WHEREAS accessible postsecondary educa%on is a fundamental pillar for a moreequitableanddemocra%csociety;BEITRESOLVEDTHATthefollowingques%onbeaddedonthe2015by-elec%on:

“Do you as amember of the Concordia StudentUnion (CSU) agree to adopt anaccessibleeduca6onposi6on,asoutlinedinthesuppor6ngdocumentprovidedatthe ballot sta6on, which opposes any increase in student fees for all students,whether Quebec resident, out of province, or Interna6onal, and supportsuniversallyaccessiblepostsecondaryeduca6onfreeofallfinancialbarriers.”

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the following wording be included in the suppor%ngdocumentprovidedattheballotsta%on;

“WHEREAS the government has imposed austerity measures and cuts ofapproximately$340milliondollarstoUniversityfunding;WHEREAS this translates tomore than$36.6milliondollars in cuts toConcordiaUniversityalone;WHEREAS ar6cle 26 of the Universal Declara6on of Human Rights states that,highereduca6onshallbeequallyaccessibletoallonthebasisofmerit;WHEREASaccessiblepostsecondaryeduca6on isa fundamentalpillar foramoreequitableanddemocra6csociety;That the CSU adopt the following posi6ons regarding accessibility topostsecondaryeduca6on:

• Supportforhighquality,universallyaccessiblepostsecondaryeduca6onasahumanright.

• Opposi6on to any increase in student fees for all students, whetherQuebecresident,outofprovince,orInterna6onal.

• Callforapublicreinvestmentinpostsecondaryeduca6onfromalllevelsofgovernment.

• Call for the elimina6on of all financial barriers to a high qualitypostsecondary educa6on, and advocate for a progressive reduc6on andelimina6onofalltui6onfeesandobligatoryins6tu6onalfees(FIOs).



• Work with elements of the Quebec student movement and civil societythatsharethesegoals.”

SecondedbyJennaCocullo.

GabrielVelasco:Asyoualreadyknow, theCSUhasaPosi%onsBookwhereallposi%ons thatwe take,either through referendum or Council, are followed through the decisions that we make as anorganiza%on.With respect toaccessibleeduca%on, there isa certain claritywhich is lacking.Wehavequiteafewmo%onsfromCouncilwithrespecttoeduca%on,andthedocumentliststhemout,butwithrespect toourmembership,wehaveonlyonemo%onpertaining to toaccessibleeduca%on.Thiswastakenback in2011at theheelsof the2012 studentmovement,wherewe tookamo%onagainst feeincreases,andaspecificamount,notbroadmo%on.Thisyearwearetryingtopassacoherentandall-encompassingmo%onwith respect to accessible educa%on.Wewould like to get amo%on from themembershipwhich is%melyand inabroadsense.This isalsogoodforthe longtermcon%nuityoftheCSU,sothattheorganiza%onhasaframeworkwithrespecttoaccessibleeduca%on.Educa%onisoneofthemostfundamentaltopicsattheCSU,andhavingastrongposi%ononthetopicisimportant.Thiswillhelpusnavigatethediscussionsaroundaccessibleeduca%on.Withtheausteritycuts,theuniversityandpostsecondaryeduca%onisbeingputintoacorner.Therearenotmanyop%onsandtherewilleitherbea re-investment in public educa%on, or we will see a drama%c tui%on increase. Universi%es cannotcon%nue to func%on running a deficit, and Concordia is running an $8million deficit.We are on thelowerendof thedeficits, so it isveryclear that thepostsecondaryeduca%onsystem isbeingput inacorner. Inprepara%onforthat,theCSUmust looktothemembershipwithrespecttotheiropiniononaccessibleeduca%on.Toclarifythesecond“beitresolved”,ontheballotweneedaspecificques%onandcannotincludeallofthe“whereas”clauses.Thespecificques%onsreferstosuppor%ngdocumenta%on.

JasonPoirier-Lavoie: I amglad tose thismo%oncomealongand I speak in favourof itbuthaveoneconcern –when a Bylaw amendment comes along, people can consult the change in the suppor%ngdocumenta%on,wbut right nowwe are adding a posi%ons in the Posi%ons Book asking if this shouldpass.Theresolu%onas it iswordedrefers todocumenta%onandwearegoingtohavetochangethatresolu%ononceitgoesintothePosi%onsBookorelseitwillbeoutofcontext.

Chair:When posi%ons are adopted into the Posi%ons Book they have to include theminutes of themee%ngwhenitwasapprovedforthesakeofcontext.

AloyseMuller: For clarifica%onwhat is going to go into the Posi%onsBook?Will it include the bulletpointsaswell?

GabrielVelasco:Yes.

TerryWilkings:Ijustwanttoputitouttherethatasoriginalaswewouldliketofeelwithourprogressivework,theinspira%onforthiswastakenstraightfromtheSSMUwhichhasasimilarposi%ononaccessibleeduca%on. We decided to float this idea with our membership given that there are lots of out-of-provinceandinterna%onalstudents.

MichaelWrobel:hastherebeenanydiscussionaboutpoten%allyframingitastwodifferentques%ons?Specifically it seems like you are asking people to simultaneously take posi%ons on two different



phenomena – opposing tui%on raises on student fees regardless of status, and simultaneously onstudents being in favour of free postsecondary educa%on. I was wondering if there had been anydiscussionastowhetheritshouldbetwo(2)ques%ons.

TerryWilkings:Whenitcomestothisques%on,youhavetobeconsciousofhowstudentscouldvoteinfavourofoneandopposetheotherandresultofthatmightconflict.Justtobeinlinewiththeposi%onswealreadyhave,wethoughtitbesttohavebothtogether,inthesamewaythatthemo%onwasbroughtforthattheSSMU,asasinglepolicyposi%on.

BenjaminPruntymovestoamendthemo%ontochangethewordingfrom“whichopposesanyincreaseinstudentfees”towhichopposes“anyincreaseintui%onfees”SecondedbyChloëWilliams.

Benjamin Prunty: Basically if you look at other models with free educa%on, there are s%ll a certainamountoffees,namelyfor“studentwelfareorganiza%ons,”whicharetheirversionofstudentunions.Thatisafeeanditistherebecausethestudentss%llneedrepresenta%on.

MichaelWrobel:Thera%onaleaboutthewordingof“tui%onfees,”isthatanancillaryfeeisinreferencetouniversityfeesnotfeelevygroups.

BenjaminPrunty:Ifyouaresureaboutthat,thenitmakessense.

TerryWilkings: Ifwewanted to bemore precise,we could say FIOs (frais ins%tu%onels obligatoires),insteadofancillaryfees.Thisdelineatesspecificfeelevyfeeswhichcouldencompassstudentfees.

Benjamin Prunty moves to amend the amendment to replace “ancillary fees” with “FIOs (fraisins%tu%onelsobligatoires).SecondedbyRachelGauthier.

Amendmenttotheamendmentsisadoptedviaunanimousconsent.

MarionMiller:InEnglish,thismeansobligatoryins%tu%onalfees.


Amendmentisadopted.

GabrielVelascomovestoamendthemo%ontoreword“ancillaryfees”onfourthpointofthesecond“Beitresolved”clauseto“FIOs(fraisins%tu%onelsobligatoires)”suchthatthemo%onremainsconsistent.SecondedbyJasonPoirier-Lavoie.

Amendmentisadoptedviaunanimousconsent.



RachelGauthier:AboutthewaythatthiswillbeputintothePosi%onsBook,sinceitispresentedwithinforma%ononausterity,ifinthefuturethereisnomoreausterity,shouldtherebeadifferentposi%onabouttui%onfeesintheuniversitywithnothingtodowithausterity?

Chair:ItiswithinCouncil’spowertoamendposi%ons,accordingtotheStandingRegula%ons.

GabrielVelasco:Itwouldnotnecessarilyincludeausterity.InthePosi%onsBooktherewouldbefour(4)bulletpointsandthethirdwouldbeacallforareinvestmentintopubliceduca%on.Thisdoesnotmeanthatifthereisareinvestmentwestopholdingtheposi%on,its%llremainsvalid.The“whereas”clausesarealsonotincludedinthePosi%onsBook,theyarejustforthesakeofreadingthemo%on.


Mo6oncarries.

10. QUESTION PERIOD & BUSINESS ARISING

TerryWilkings: NextWednesday there will be a really short Special CouncilMee%ng to approve theselec%onofaCEO. Inyear’spast,wehavethesameCEOfromtheGeneralElec%ons lead intotheBy-Elec%ons,andintermsofthe%metoprepare,itwasless.GiventhatthenewCEOwillhavetoacclimatethemselvestotheprocessandputintoopera%ontheelec%onsthemselves,givingthemanextraweekisappropriateandrespecuulforsomeonegeXngintoanewjob.Themee%ngshouldbenolongerthanthirty(30)minutes.

11. ANNOUNCEMENTS

JennaCocullo:Thursday,October20th,21stand22ndaretheArtsandScienceFedera%onofAssocia%ons(ASFA)elec%ons, so for theArts andScience councillors, go voteandget your friends to vote so thatthereisquorum.TomorrowinH-762istheASFAdebatesifanyonewishestoaQendandaskques%ons.ThedebatewillbemoderatedbyJason.

JohnTalbot:ThelastdaytoapplyforStudentLifeSpecialProjectFundingisOctober20th,sospreadthatthroughyournetworks.OnOctober21stwearehos%ngatalkwithChancetheRapperandYassin‘Narcy’Alsalman.ThetalkwillbeabouthiphopinChicago,anditwillbefrom17h00-19h00inH-110ifanyonewantstohelporganizelinesandstuff.

Geneviève Nadeau-Bonin: The Geography Undergraduate Student Society (GUSS) and the City FarmSchoolarehavingaharvestpartytomorrowandtherewillbethisreallywickedbandplayingthatJohnplaysin.Itwillbeapotluckfrom17h30-23h30atLoyolaintheHiveandwewillbecollec%nggarlicfrom12h00 to 17h00. Informa%on can be found on the Facebook event called Harvest Party! or atwww.cityfarmschool.org.



TerryWilkings:IfyouhelpedwiththevolunteeringthatJohnaskedfor,doyougettomeetChancetheRapper?

JohnTalbot:Yes.

MarionMiller:Ifwevolunteer,dowegetitonourco-curricularrecord?

JohnTalbot:No.

TerryNgala:JusttoaddontowhatJohnwassayingaboutChancetheRapper,Iampartofthehip-hopclassandfirstdibsgotostudents intheclass, thenConcordiastudentandthenaèrthatthegeneralpublic.Capacity is450andFacebookeventhasover600peopleaQending,and theclassalone is250studentsandeveryoneofuswillbetherebecausewehavetobe.

JohnTalbot:ThecapacityofH-110is700people.

BenjaminPrunty:Idonotknowifpeoplehaveheard,butthereisape%%ononthesolidarityeconomyincubatorgoingaround.Ifanyonewantstohelp,itwouldbegreatlyappreciated.

John Talbot: Reggie’s is hiring bartenders, servers, dishwasher and cook posi%ons. Councillors cannotworkthere,butdistributethisinforma%ontonetworks,asConcordiastudentarepriori%zed.

12. ADJOURNMENT

MarcusPetersmovestoadjourn.SecondedbyJasonPoirier-Lavoie.


Mo6oncarries.

Mee6ngisadjournedat20h36.



CSU Special Council Meeting Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 H-767, 18h30, S.G.W Campus

Summary of Motions Carried

5. PRESENTATIONS & GUEST SPEAKERS


Thefollowingmo6onwascarried:TerryWilkings:BEITRESOLVEDTHATtheCSUCouncilformallyapprovetheques%onfortheBy-Elec%onspertaining to theSolidarityEconomy Incubator,pursuant toBylaws9.6.1and9.6.2.

–TerryWilkings(SanazHassanPour)

6. APPOINTMENTS

a) Student Life Commiêe

Amo%onwascarriedtoappointMichaelGiesbrechttotheStudentLifeCommiQee.–MichaelGiesbrecht(RamiYahia)

c) Loyola Commiêe

Amo%onwascarriedtoappointFadiSaijaritotheLoyolaCommiQee.–FadiSaijari(JanaGhalayini)


Amo%onwascarriedtoappointJennaCocullototheConcordiaCouncilonStudentLife.–JennaCocullo(BenjaminPrunty)

f) Fund Commiêe

Amo%onwascarriedtoappointArijRiahiandJasonPrincetotheStudentSpace,AccessibleEduca%onandLegalCon%ngency(SSAELC)FundCommiQee.–TerryWilkings(AloyseMuller)



9. NEW BUSINESS – SUBSTANTIVE


Thefollowingmo6onwascarried:BEITRESOLVEDTHATthatCouncilsignontoamemoofsupportfortheco-curricularrecordchanges,andimplementmechanismstoencouragetheuseoftheCo-CurricularRecordbyitssubsidiaries.

–MarionMiller(ChloëWilliams)

b) Policy Commiêe Report – October 5th

Amo%onwascarriedtoapprovethePolicyCommiQeeReportfromOctober5th,2015.–MarionMiller(TerryWilkings)


Amo%onwascarriedtora%fytheBylawchangesfromtheGeneralElec%on.–TerryWilkings(AloyseMuller)


Thefollowingmo6onwascarried:BEITRESOLVEDTHATCouncilapprovetheexpenseof$5000(beforetaxes),tobeusedwiththepurposeofhiringaProjectCoordinatorfortheDaycarePermitApplica%on,tobetakenfromtheStudentSpace,AccessibleEduca%onandLegalCon%ngency(SSAELC)fund.

–MarionMiller(LeylaSutherland)

Thefollowingmo6onwascarried:BEITRESOLVEDTHATCouncilapprovetheexpenseof$2000forthefeesassociatedtotheapplica%onforaDaycarePermit,tobetakenfromtheStudentSpace,AccessibleEduca%onandLegalCon%ngency(SSAELC)fund.

–MarionMiller(SanazHassanPour)


Thefollowingmo6onwascarried:WHEREAS the governmenthas imposedausteritymeasures and cutsof approximately$340milliondollarstoUniversityfunding;WHEREAS, this translates to more than $36.6 million dollars in cuts to ConcordiaUniversityalone;



WHEREAS ar%cle 26 of the Universal Declara%on of Human Rights states that, highereduca%onshallbeequallyaccessibletoallonthebasisofmerit;WHEREAS accessible postsecondary educa%on is a fundamental pillar for a moreequitableanddemocra%csociety;BEITRESOLVEDTHATthefollowingques%onbeaddedonthe2015by-elec%on:

“Do you as amember of the Concordia StudentUnion (CSU) agree to adopt anaccessibleeduca6onposi6on,asoutlinedinthesuppor6ngdocumentprovidedatthe ballot sta6on, which opposes any increase in tui6on fees and obligatoryins6tu6onalfees(FIOs)forallstudents,whetherQuebecresident,outofprovince,orInterna6onal,andsupportsuniversallyaccessiblepostsecondaryeduca6onfreeofallfinancialbarriers.”

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the following wording be included in the suppor%ngdocumentprovidedattheballotsta%on;

“WHEREAS the government has imposed austerity measures and cuts ofapproximately$340milliondollarstoUniversityfunding;WHEREAS this translates tomore than$36.6milliondollars in cuts toConcordiaUniversityalone;WHEREAS ar6cle 26 of the Universal Declara6on of Human Rights states that,highereduca6onshallbeequallyaccessibletoallonthebasisofmerit;WHEREASaccessiblepostsecondaryeduca6on isa fundamentalpillar foramoreequitableanddemocra6csociety;That the CSU adopt the following posi6ons regarding accessibility topostsecondaryeduca6on:

• Supportforhighquality,universallyaccessiblepostsecondaryeduca6onasahumanright.

• Opposi6on to any increase in in tui6on fees and obligatory ins6tu6onalfees (FIOs) forall students,whetherQuebec resident,outofprovince,orInterna6onal.

• Callforapublicreinvestmentinpostsecondaryeduca6onfromalllevelsofgovernment.

• Call for the elimina6on of all financial barriers to a high qualitypostsecondary educa6on, and advocate for a progressive reduc6on andelimina6onofalltui6onfeesandobligatoryins6tu6onalfees(FIOs).

• Work with elements of the Quebec student movement and civil societythatsharethesegoals.”

–GabrielVelasco(JennaCocullo)


Documents

Concordia Student Union – Council of Representatives · Concordia Student Union – Council of Representatives Michael Giesbrecht moves to approve the agenda and all items under