The position is ideal for disciplined, teamwork-oriented, self-directed learners with a strong desire to serve their fellow students and the university community.

The election will be held on November 2nd, 3rd and 4th through an online vote. You will receive the link through your SFU email at least 24 hours prior to the election.

Anyone taking an undergraduate course at SFU will be eligible to run for the executive positions (Treasurer, University Relations Officer). In order to run for a faculty position, you must be taking a course in the faculty, or a declared major, minor, honours in the faculty.

You may run for any of the following positions upon fulfilling the requirements:

• Treasurer (1 course required)
  • Anna Belkine was disqualified due to IEC ruling
• University Relations Officer(1 course required)
  • Arry Dhillon was disqualified due to IEC ruling
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Rep
  • Peter Qumsieh received 436 No votes (50.35%)
• Faculty of Environment Representative
  • No contestants in February
• Faculty of Applied Sciences Representative
  • No contestants in February
• Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology Representative
  • No contestants in February
• Faculty of Health Sciences Representative
  • No contestants in February

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In the 2009 provincial general election, the BCLiberal Party promised to deliver the UPASS to all post-secondary students in British Columbia. The BCLiberal Party will be delivering their promise this September.

Gordon Campbell made an important announcement at Vancouver Community College (VCC) today — an announcement that provides affordable universal transit to all post-secondary students in British Columbia. The premier announced today that schools will be able to hold referendums to opt into the Upass program.

Your student union (ie, Douglas Student Union, Kwantlen Student Association) will be able to hold referendums before September to opt into the upass program. Successful schools will be able to take advantage of the $30.00 per month Upass for all the students.

The Canadian Federation of Students in BC have reacted to this announcement. This is likely the first time in years where the CFS-BC have praised the working of Premier Gordon Campbell and his executive ministers. The CFS-BC chairperson Nimmi Takkar said“the province and TransLink are to be congratulated for implementing a common U-Pass program at an attractive price.”

This announcement affects students of SFU and UBC! The contract between UBC AMS and SFU SFSS will be expiring in September 2011. Instead of using the old pricing, students at both schools will be paying $30.00 for the Upass as well. This means a total increase of $6.25 per month for students of UBC ($25 per term, $50 per semester) and a total increase of $3.91 per month for SFU students ($15.64 per semester). The prices will need to be passed through a referendum next Spring.

Your current UBC AMS and SFU SFSS representatives will most likely be negotiating with Translink and Translink is most likely going to offer students the $30 Upass. I encourage students from SFU and UBC to email their external representative (UBC AMS VP External Jeremy McElroy and SFU SFSS External Relations Officer Kyle Acerino) to tell them that you do not want a fare increase to happen. I also recommend you to email your local MLA, the BC Minister of Transportation Shirley Bond, and the BCNDP Transportation Critic Harry Bains to tell them that you do not want your bus fares to increase!

Related posts:

1. Changes in B.C. Education

The term of the elected officials will begin starting May 1. There will be a by-election hosted in the Fall 2010 semester for the positions of:

• Faculty of Applied Sciences
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology
• Faculty of Environment
• Faculty of Health Sciences

Statistics

• Most Voted Executive Race: President (1216)
• Most Voted Referendum Race: Environment Tax (1323)
• Most Voted Candidate (Votes): Diego Reyes
• Most Voted Candidate (%): Todd MacDonald
• Least Voted Candidate (Votes): Todd MacDonald
• Least Voted Candidate (%): Richard Vickery

Voter Turnout

• The most votes in the race is 1323.
• There are around 27,500 undergraduate students at SFU.
• Voter Turnout is 4.8%.

President: Ali Godson

• 848 Yes (70%)
• 368 No (30%)
• 1216 Total

Treasurer: Anna Belkine

• 665 Anna Belkine (58%)
• 485 David Hughes (42%)
• 1150 Total

Internal Relations Officer: Panther Kuol

• 466 Andrew Fergusson (38%)
• 745 Panther Kuol (62%)
• 1211 Total

Member Services Officer: Diego Reyeros

• 875 For Diego Reyeros (75%)
• 293 Against Diego Reyeros (25%)
• 1168 Total

External Relations Officer: Kyle Acierno

• 608 Kyle Acierno (55%)
• 498 Sam Reynolds (45%)
• 1106 Total

University Relations Officer: Arry Khillon

• 732 Arry Dhillon (65%)
• 390 Richard Vickery (35%)
• 1122 Total

Member At-Large Representative 1: Frederick Bantados

• 817 Yes (71%)
• 335 No (29%)
• 1152 Total

Member At-Large Representative 2: Jordan Kohn

• 767 Yes (68%)
• 369 No (32%)
• 1136 Total

Faculty of Education Representative: Todd MacDonald

• 55 Yes (81%)
• 13 No (19%)
• 68 Total

Faculty of Arts and Social Science Representative: Vacant

• 431 for Peter Qumsieh (49.6%)
• 437 Against Peter Qumsieh (50.4%)
• 868 Total
• Comments removed due to request of Peter Qumsieh.

Faculty of Science Representative: Lorenz Yeung

• 287 Yes (63%)
• 169 No (37%)
• 456 Total

Faculty of Business Administration: Ken Ying

• 202 Yes (66%)
• 105 No (34%)
• 307 Total

Referendum Question 1: Environment Tax by Sustainable SFU PASSED

• 751 Yes (57%)
• 572 No (43%)
• 1323 Total

Referendum Question 2: W2 Expansion PASSED

• 822 Yes (64%)
• 458 No (36%)
• 1280 Total

By-Law Question 1: Elections PASSED

• 1024 Yes (79%)
• 270 No (21%)
• 1294 Total

By-Law Question 2: Ombuds Office PASSED

• 897 Yes (74%)
• 318 No (26%)
• 1215 Total

Related posts:

1. SFSS 2010 Election FAQ
2. My SFSS Endorsements

After looking at the posters, reading the platforms and watching the debates, I have made up my final mind on who I support for most of the positions.

SFSS Board of Directors Executive

• President: Null
• Treasurer: David Hughes
• Member Services Officer: “Yes” to Diego Reyeros
• External Relations Officer: Sam Reynolds
• University Relations Officer: Arry Dhillon
• Internal Relations Officer: Panther Kuol

SFSS Board of Directors At-Large Representatives

• Jordan Kohn: “Yes”
• Frederick Bantados: “Yes”

SFSS Board of Directors Faculty Representatives

• Arts and Social Science: “No” to Peter Qumsieh
• Business Administration: “No” to Ken Ying
• Science: “No” to Lorenz Yeung
• Education: “Yes” to Todd McDonald

Related posts:

1. SFSS 2010 Election FAQ

There are 6 executive, 2 at-large and 8 faculty positions available during this election.

Executive Positions:

• President
  • Description: The President acts as the head and the voice of the society.
  • Committees: de-facto status on all committees.
  • Incumbent: Ada Nadison.
• Treasurer
  • Description: The person in charge of multi-million dollar finance of the student society collected from mainly membership fees and Maggie Benston Centre Food Rental.
  • Committees: Financial and Administrative Services Committee — Chair.
  • Main Duties: FASC gets together at the pleasure of the Treasurer to determine priorities and keeping track of the money that is being spent.
  • Incumbent: Joe Zelezny.
• External Relations Officer
  • Description: The director in charge of relationships between the Society and an external organization or government.
  • Committees: Advocacy Committee — Chair.
  • Main Duties: The occupant of this position usually meets with representatives from UBC Alma Mater Society, the Minister and Critic of Advanced Education and Labour Development, Minister of Transportation, and Translink.
  • Incumbent: Alysia MacGrotty
• Internal Relations Officer
  • Description: The director in charge of relations between the executives and the staff as well as hiring new staff.
  • Committees: Commercial Services Committee — Chair
  • Main Duties: Handling Labour Relations between the SFSS and CUPE.
  • Incumbent: Andrew Fergusson
• Member Services Officer
  • Description: Director in charge of services for the membership including clubs, DSUs and interest groups.
  • Committees: N/A
  • Main Duties: Organize and roll-out events and services. Also in charge of Forum meetings.
  • Incumbent: Mona Law
• University Relations Officer
  • Description: Director in charge of relations between the students and the school administration.
  • Committees: Constitutional and Policy Review Committee — Chair; Space Oversight Committee — Chair
  • Main Duties: Negotiation and talks between the Simon Fraser Student Society and President and Vice Presidents of the school based on the interests of the students.
  • Incumbent: Shara Lee

Non-Executive Positions:

• At-Large Representatives (2)
  • Main Duties: Attend meetings when called by the executives or committees. Sit on committees. Represent the interests of students. Assist the executives in projects.
• Faculty Representatives (8 positions at 1 position per faculty)
  • Main Duties: Attend meetings when called by the executives or committees. Sit on committees. Attend Department Student Union (DSU) meetings.

For the year of 2010, the elections will take place from March 16 to 18. The election will be conducted electronically. The campaign period will start from March 1 to March 15. Along with the election of the sixteen directors, there are also four referendum questions:

• Question 1: Fee for a Sustainable SFU (recommendation: YES)
  • Are you in favour of a new fee of $2 per full time student per semester and $1 per part time student per semester to be levied for the benefit of sustainability-related initiatives on campus through Sustainable SFU? (Sustainable SFU past projects include a Sustainability Festival, the SFU Local Food project, and the Sustainable Advisory Committee.) (Yes / No)
• Question 2: Space Expansion Fund (recommendation: NO)
  • Whereas the SFSS has a mandate to provide services and support for its members;
    Whereas the new SFU Woodward’s campus has no student controlled space;
    Whereas the SFSS has an opportunity to acquire student space in W2 at Woodward’s;
    Whereas the SFSS space expansion fund is limited to use for SFU-owned property;
    Do you support an exception to the terms of the Space Expansion Fund to allow the acquisition and maintenance of Student Society space in the W2 Community Media Arts Society space at the Woodwards development in Vancouver? (Yes / No)
• By-Law Change 1: Polling Hours (recommendation: YES)
  • Whereas By-Law 14.18(b) states that “Polling for all positions shall occur between the hours of 9:30am and 7:30pm”, the introduction of online voting makes it unnecessary to impose such time limits. It is likely that an increased number of voting hours will lead to a higher voter turnout since students can vote on their own time at any place with internet access.
    Do you agree to amend by-law 14.18(b) to read “Polling for all positions shall occur at least between the hours of 9:30am and 7:30pm”? (Yes / No)
• By-Law Change 2: Ombuds Office (recommendation: YES)
  • Whereas this bylaw is now redundant because the SFSS jointly funds the university Ombuds office with the GSS and SFU; Do you support the removal of By-Law 19 “Ombuds Office”? (Yes / No)

In order to vote, you will need to be a member in good standing with the Simon Fraser Student Society (usually a student who enrolled in a course at Simon Fraser University).  All students are eligible to vote for the executive positions and 2 at-large positions. Students may only vote for the faculty representatives that represent the faculty that they are taking a course in, or declared a Major, Minor, Extended Minor, Joint Major, Honours in.

Example: A first year Faculty of Applied Science Engineering Science student who is taking CHEM 122 (Faculty of Science), BUS 237 (Faculty of Business Administration), CRIM 101 (Faculty of Arts and Social Science), IAT 102 (Faculty of Communication, Art, and Technology), and HSCI 100 (Faculty of Health Sciences) can vote in six of the eight faculties where he is taking courses in five faculties and declared major in one.

Related posts:

1. SFSS Election Results 2010
2. My SFSS Endorsements
3. S.F.U Students! Run for S.F.S.S.!