UrgentCouncil Meeting Minutes

Date: 6th November 2016

Present: Durai, Amit, Nirmal, Ardalan, Jai Puneet, Timir

Chair: Durai

Absent:Bhavreet, Ibtissem, Thunga

Commencement of Meeting: 9:15 PM

Agenda: Concern about General Assembly of GSA dated on 7th November, 2016

Background:

  1. The meeting minutes in GSA (Graduate Students’ Association) are not clearly mentioned, the name of the council directors should be clearly mentioned corresponding to any motion.
  2. The minutes of meeting of various internal committee’s that has been formed should be available to all the graduate students of Concordia University. For ex: student life committee, budget committee, hiring committee. Internal decisionsare not transparent to general body.
  3. The GSA should strive to foster the sense of togetherness in the student community by organizing various social and cultural events which facilitatesfeeling of bonding among the student community.

BIRT that the following motions to be raised at the GSA general assembly on 7th November, 2016 representing the ENCS graduate students:

Moved by: Timir

Seconded by: Durai

Abstain:

Against:

Motion passed unanimously

  1. We would like to know the background of the music protocol, which is racial, discriminatory and unnecessary to discuss in consecutive 2-3 council meetings.
  2. We would like to know the background of the decision against organizing the Diwali event this year, which was organized in the past.
  3. AsENCS facultybeing the biggest constituent of GSA, would like to know from the present GSA council in the past five months what has been done for the welfare of our members.
  4. The reasons for very limited number of members allowed for any event and why the members had to pay for most of the activities which used to be free event in previous years.
  5. We would like to know the amount of money invested in new website while the earlier website was working fine.

Adjournment 10:50 pm