Student Administrative Council Meeting
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Student Administrative Council Meeting #2 Monday, October 29, 2012 MINUTES Present Absent Observers Rehan Anklesaria Natalie McAnsh Carol Balzer Jessica Brook Paul Massé Jake Dodge Zack Dodge Adam Gourlay Dylan Hammond Morgan Harris Tory Holmes Emma Newman Jenny Rawlings Laura Robson Kendra Sauder Kyle Savage Matt Stewart Colin Syvret The meeting was called to order at 8:06 p.m. with Zack Dodge as chairperson and Emma Luong as secretary. Approval of Agenda 2.1 It was: MOVED by Kendra Sauder, SECONDED by Matt Stewart and CARRIED to approve the agenda. Approval of Minutes 2.2 It was: MOVED By Jenny Rawlins SECONDED by Morgan Harris and CARRIED to approve the minutes from Meeting #1. Presidents Report – Zack Dodge Zack congratulated the SAC for making it this far and he hopes that things are coming along well. This past weekend, Zack, Adam and Emma were able to attend the CSA October Conference. They were brought up to speed on the state of the PSE sector and all of the business that affects the student body. CSA is launching a provincial wide campaign on Monday January 21st, 2013 called Blue Monday. Zack noted that this is an expansion to the mental wellness efforts already put forward by the Executives and he is happy to see CSA reach out to the Fanshawe campus for awareness. On Thursday, November 1st at 3:30 p.m. is the United Way Stairclimb at One London Place. Zack encouraged SAC members to spread the word and encourage others to participate and donate. Zack will add the link to the SAC Facebook page for further details. Action Item: Zack to post more information regarding the StairClimb on the SAC Facebook page. Zack noted that more class reps have begun to sign up and he hopes that the process goes smoothly for the SAC reps. Zack suggested that if anyone does not have a SAC rep, they should contact Adam to develop some strategies to get more reps. Zack is out of office from November 5th to the 9th. VP External and Academic Affairs – Adam Gourlay Adam reported that the SAC Retreat went well and he believes the trip allowed the team to move forward and get ready for a productive year. Adam presented an award at the Human Services Awards Ceremony and was glad to see the accomplishments of Fanshawe students. Adam enjoyed the CSA Conference. He found that the sessions were beneficial, the secretariat did a great job and SRC was a great host. Glen Murray could not make it to the conference, but Teresa Piruzza represented Windsor-West and will bring questions to the Minister. He will respond to all questions as soon as he can via e-mail. Dr. Annette Dufresne conducted a session about the stigma of mental health. Adam found that it was dry, but there was some valid information discussed. The Director of Advocacy discussed this year’s advocacy initiatives. The primary initiatives include: transferability, mental health, and aboriginal and international students. Dr. Dinardo spoke again and continued her session about the “How?” of peak performance. Linda Franklin from Colleges Ontario ran a fantastic presentation on how the PSE can cohesively to be a more productive system. The Mental Health Blue 2013 campaign was discussed in full. Adam believes that it will go well and that CSA has laid an excellent groundwork for all the SA’s to move forward. Ken Steele spoke from Academica (good way to keep in touch, subscribe) and had a lot of great information. He spoke of market intelligence and his strategic insight into a higher education in particular. VP Internal – Tory Holmes Tory noted that Alcohol Awareness week was two weeks ago and it went well. He also reported that Movember will be starting soon and he encourage SAC reps to participate. Tory brought several club charters to the table. 2.3 It was: MOVED By Tory Holmes SECONDED by Adam Gourlay and CARRIED to approve Fanshawe Financial Society, Free Culture at Fanshawe College, and Fanshawe Animal Alliance as official FSU Clubs, subject to normal restrictions. VP Finance – Emma Newman Emma reported that the CSA Conference went very well. There were a lot of great sessions and Emma found that it was nice to get together with other student leaders to discuss what is going on at their campuses. Linda Franklin (President of Colleges Ontario) was Emma’s favorite speaker of the conference; she was knowledgeable and honest. Emma also enjoyed all of the Mental Health and Wellness sessions and getting to hear what other schools were doing in that area. Everyone really seemed impressed with the FSU’s Mental Health Awareness Week. Emma had her first weekly meeting with the FMT. The FMT didn’t seem to have very much to say despite the fact they were all interested in using the meetings to discuss what they wanted their focus to be. Emma thinks that in the future it will start to come together. The Sex Toy Bingo food collection went really amazing last week. Emma reported that she has about 70lbs of food collected. This week, Emma and Kendra hope to reach their goal of 500 lbs of food. Emma is hoping to have a table set up in Forwell Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday. Emma has emailed Sara about booking a table in Forwell for this and she will email Darby to see if she can change last week’s posters to read where and when the table will be set up. Emma brought several SLEF proposals to the table. 2.4 It was: MOVED By Emma Newman SECONDED by Jessica Brook and CARRIED to approve the GIS and Urban Planning Level 1 and 3 field trip, subject to normal restrictions. VP Entertainment – Kendra Sauder On Friday, Kendra attended her first London Youth Advisory Council Meeting. Their main agenda items and goals are: youth engagement in municipal politics and civic activities, green bin program, recommendations to LTC improvements, youth voice on bylaws and council proceedings, social media and marketing outreach strategy for the LYAC, arts and entre- preneurship. Kendra will be on the LTC/Transportation committee and a resource person for the bylaws and council proceedings. Kendra noted that the FSU may be asked to promote certain initiatives that need youth feedback. USC had a meeting with the LYAC members. Kendra asked if the Board is also interested in doing this. The FU Crew will be busy this Halloween with the various events that will be happening. Kendra noted that the FU Crew is taking leadership on planning to collect pennies for the penny drive. They have set a goal and will be coming up with motivations to reach their goal. For example, Kendra gets pied in the face if they reach a certain number of pennies. The FU Crew is looking to get people to volunteer to have similar things done to them. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Emma and Kendra will be collecting food around campus for the We Scare Hunger campaign. Kendra noted that this is largely through word of mouth, so pass this information on, if possible. The top ten list of Fanshawe’s Got Talent is in, and Kendra will email this out to everyone who is interested. Kendra asked the SAC members to please keep November 6th free, as there is a live show for the top ten finalists in the OBS. VP Athletics and Residence Life – Matt Stewart Matt introduced his new program, the Game Awareness Program, to the Board. Matt’s goal is to promote Varsity and Intramural games to students so that they become more involved with Athletics. November 9th, 2012 is the volleyball home opener at Fanshawe in Gyms 1 and 2. Athletics will be holding a BBQ before the game. Matt asked the SAC to spread the word about the upcoming games. Matt noted that Fanshawe’s women’s soccer team won silver at the OCAA’s. Tomorrow starts off the basketball and volleyball season. Matt met with Laurie McKnight from the organizing committee for Relay for Life. If anyone is interested in sitting on the committee, please let Matt know. Matt and Adam will compose an email with all the necessary information. Kendra noted that Relay for Life is a great way to get the class reps involved with the FSU. Action Item: Matt and Adam to compose an email with all the necessary Relay for Life information. Building Technology and Applied Science and Technology – Rehan Anklesaria Rehan is currently looking for the students that are already class reps. Rehan will try to recruit more reps by starting a Facebook group for his division. Rehan brought some student concerns to the table. Some students have complained that they have too much homework for their classes. A lot of students have found that several assignments are assigned at once and are often worth a big percentage of their grade. The professors expect many criteria and details for certain assignments and some give two assignments due on the same day. Adam noted that this is normal for programs in Building Technology and it’s what is expected of the students. Matt said that he can relate to this problem in the Graphic Design program. The Home Sweet Home Competition is coming up. Rehan’s goals as a SAC member are to get more students involved in events around Fanshawe, to solve the students concerns and to help with fundraising for Habitat for Humanity. Human Services – Jessica Brook Jessica currently has several students who are interested in being class reps and are all from different sections of the programs offered in Human Services.