PROPOSED EXECUTIVE MEMBER STRUCTURE CHANGES – 2012*

1) Responsibilities of a Board Member (UFV SUS Governing Manual p. 114)
“20. Executive Members are required to work fifteen (15) hours per week.”
To be changed to read:
20. The President and Vice-President East are required to work thirty (30) hours per week. All other Executive Members are required to work fifteen (15) hours per week.

2) Directors’ Honoraria Policy (UFV SUS Governing Manual p.129)
3. Accountability
“The amount of the honoraria shall be $800/month for Executive Directors and $250/month for other Directors.”
To be changed to read:
The President and Vice-President East shall receive and honoraria of$1600/month and other Executive Directors shall receive honoraria of $800/month. The amount of honoraria for all other Directors shall be $250/month.

3) President (UFV SUS Governing Manual p.43)
The following duties to be added:
13. Take a minimum of two (2) UFV classes per academic year.
14. Must have been a Society board member for at least one (1) full term.

4) Vice-President East (UFV SUS Governing Manual p.45)
The following duties to be added:
10. Take a minimum of two (2) UFV classes per academic year.
11. Must have been a Society board member for at least one (1) full term.

*the proposed changes have not yet been approved and/or adopted

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SUS’s position on Bill 18 The Advanced Education Statutes Amendments Act.

The basis of our concern is that provisions in Bill 18, which was given first reading in the Legislature on November 3, makes changes to a board of governors in a way that undermines this representation.

If adopted, sections 19, 34, and 49 of Bill 18 would amend the College and Institutes Act, Royal Roads University Act and University Act to allow a board of governors regulated under those pieces of legislation to remove from office any elected student, faculty, or employee representative on the Board.

Student concerns with these proposed amendments are threefold: (a) that they are unwarranted and without any reasonable or defensible justification; (b) that they will undermine the representation of students in post-secondary governance; and (c) that the Act was brought to the legislature without any evidence of meaningful student consultation.

It is worth noting that sections 20, 32, and 50 of the Act disqualify any employee from holding office who is a voting executive or officer of an association of the University with a potentially competing responsibility from those duties of the board.

If the government feels that there is an issue with conflict of interest, it is best pursued through specific conflict of interest legislation rather than the current course of action.

We believe that whereas students, faculty, and employees are elected by their peers, their removal from office should also be at the sole discretion of their peers.

Click here for SUS on Bill 18

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The University of the Fraser Valley Senate and Board of Governors are calling for nominations:

• Two students for the Board of Governors (must be members of the Student Union Society)
• Four students for Senate (must be enrolled in UFV in at least one credit course)

Students will serve a one (1) year term, from August 1, 2012 to July 31, 2013.

Nominations close Friday, January 27, 2012 at 4:00 pm.  Late nomination forms will not be accepted.

 Board of Governors is the management, administration and control of the property, revenue, business and affairs of the University are vested in the Board. For further information on membership and responsibilities of the Board, please view Board by-laws, at http://www.ufv.ca/Board/Board_Bylaws.htm

Elected student members will receive a parking pass, priority registration for the fall, winter, and summer semesters, and travel costs for the regular meetings will be reimbursed according to the UFV guidelines.

If you are interested in being at student member on Senate or the Board of Governors, please complete a nomination form, available from any A&R office, Student Union Society office, any Deans Office or on the web at http://www.ufv.ca/Secretariat/Elections.htm and return it to the Lisa Tassone, Assistant to the University Secretary, room C1011, Abbotsford campus, no later than 4:00 pm on Friday, January 27, 2012.

If you have any questions please contact Lisa Tassone at lisa.tassone@ufv.ca

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We’ll be posting the NEW TIME AND PLACE as soon as we have it worked out!

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The next regular SUS Board meeting will be held on the Mission Campus, January 20, 2012 in D250! 

Agenda for the January 20 regular meeting: 120120 Draft Agenda ( *updated 12:30 p.m. Jan. 18 )

Upcoming SUS meetings:
Abbotsford Campus, February 3, 2012 in room C1422.
Chilliwack North Campus, February 17, 2012 in room D215.
Chilliwack Trades and Technology Centre, March 2, 2012 in room Rivers Restaurant
Abbotsford Campus, March 16, 2012 in room C1422.
Mission Campus, March 30, 2012 in room D250.

* Please note all Board meetings are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted, and the location rotates between the Abbotsford, Chilliwack North and Mission campuses, and the Trades and Technology Centre in Chilliwack.

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Thank you to all our members who took the time to cast your vote in the 2011 SUS Referendum.

Thank you to the UFV Rowing Team, UFV Athletic Department, CiVL radio and AfterMath socialhouse for the enthusiastic effort to encourage people to cast an informed vote.

The Big SUS Question: “Do you approve of the Student Union Society securing a $10 million mortgage to finalize the funding required to construct the Student Union Building?”

YES – 599
NO – 351

Referendum result press release

JUST TO BE CLEAR - This mortgage will NOT result in an increase in your student fees! The SUB Fee you currently pay with your registration was originally going to go to pay a lease to UFV; now it will go to pay the mortgage and operations of the building!

Architect’s rendering of the SUBuilding, which will be located between DBuilding and the Envision Athletic Centre – exterior view.

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Congratulations to the Winning Candidates in the 2011 SUS ByElection!

The New SUS VP Social is Wyatt Scott.
The New SUS Clubs & Associations Representative is Cody Willems-Kutz.
The New SUS Residence Representative is Christian Doyle.
The New SUS Representatives at Large are Anne Franklin and Greg Stickland. 

To view the Electoral Committee Report for the SUS 2011 By-election

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