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Aug. 11th, 2008 08:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The last six days have seen two (well-researched) papers, an exam and a visit from my Mum. I'm taking a "weekend" until Wednesday. Then I finish the wiki and I am done my diploma.
At the SFSS, it looks like they'll be putting through some badly needed constitutional reforms that should keep our student union from going the way of other student unions. Specifically:
- in our bicameral board/forum structure, the board can no longer vote in the all-departments forum (instead of having a large chunk of the votes)
- forum now chooses the body that oversees the board elections, (instead of the board)
- only members of the student society can campaign in its elections and referenda (instead of "oh hi, I didn't know you went to school here. How is it that you can take two weeks off to campaign for your friends exactly?")
This last item is not actually about the CFS so much as the recent tendancy in Ontario for people from school B to (somehow take time off to) campaign for their friends at A, then their friends get elected and repay the favour. Or the candidate who had help from a professional campaign coordinator. Or staff who aren't students.
I'm keeping my distance from the SFSS, but it's good to know that the work I did will have an impact.
Oh, and they're converting two of the washrooms they lease as single-stall-lockable semi-disabled-asseccsible (you still have to push/pull open the door) unisex.
At the SFSS, it looks like they'll be putting through some badly needed constitutional reforms that should keep our student union from going the way of other student unions. Specifically:
- in our bicameral board/forum structure, the board can no longer vote in the all-departments forum (instead of having a large chunk of the votes)
- forum now chooses the body that oversees the board elections, (instead of the board)
- only members of the student society can campaign in its elections and referenda (instead of "oh hi, I didn't know you went to school here. How is it that you can take two weeks off to campaign for your friends exactly?")
This last item is not actually about the CFS so much as the recent tendancy in Ontario for people from school B to (somehow take time off to) campaign for their friends at A, then their friends get elected and repay the favour. Or the candidate who had help from a professional campaign coordinator. Or staff who aren't students.
I'm keeping my distance from the SFSS, but it's good to know that the work I did will have an impact.
Oh, and they're converting two of the washrooms they lease as single-stall-lockable semi-disabled-asseccsible (you still have to push/pull open the door) unisex.
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Date: 2008-08-12 04:59 am (UTC)I just about spat out my drink! I knew him in his 18 year old skinny vegan punk anarchist running for mayor of Campbell River days. Amazing.
So you aren't participating again this year?
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Date: 2008-08-12 05:10 am (UTC)