Brock University Students’ Administrative
Council
Agenda: Meeting #3 – September 10, 2014
Time:
Location:
Speaker:
Deputy Speaker:
Recording Secretary:
7:00pm
13th Floor Board Room
Chris Ventura
Kayleigh Munro
Kristi Butson
Overview
Opening Procedures
1) Call to Order
2) Approval of the Agenda
a. BIRT BUSAC Approves the Agenda for the September 10, 2014 Meeting
3) Adoption of the Minutes
a. BIRT BUSAC Approves the minutes of the July 13, 2014 meeting
4) Open Question Period
5) Notes from the Speaker
Presentations
6) State of the Institution – Brian Hutchings (Information)
7) Speaker Interpretation Regarding BUSR AGM – Chris Ventura (Information)
8) OPIRG – Istafa Sufi (Information)
9) BSA Budget – Aqib Zia (Item 14)
10) The Bug – Sandor Ligetfalvy (Information)
Old Business
None
New Business
11) Club Funding Request
12) BSA Budget Approval (Zia)
a. BIRT BUSAC approves the 2014-2015 BSA Budget as presented
13) AGM Date Change (Erman)
a. BIRT BUSAC approves the Fall Semester AGM date of October 9, 2014
14) Interim Senator Appointment
a. BIRT BUSAC elects _____ to act as an interim student Senator until the results of
the October by-election are ratified by BUSAC
15) Election – Board of Directors
a. BIRT BUSAC elects _____ to the Board of Directors for the 2014-2015 term
16) Election – Finance Committee
a. BIRT BUSAC elects _______ to the Finance Committee for the 2014-2015 term
17) Election – Appeals Committee
a. BIRT BUSAC elects _______ to the Appeals Committee for the 2014-2015 term
18) Student at Large Approvals
b. BIRT BUSAC approves the following student at larges:
 TBD
 TBD
19) Councilor Motion regarding Brock Radio AGM (Eady)
a. BIRT BUSAC tasks RILRC with reviewing a possible violation of the
Memorandum of Understanding Repeal of the Brock University Student Radio
Fee October 2013, Section 2
20) Councilor Motion regarding Student Life Fee (Dermody)
a. BIRT BUSAC tasks RILRC with amending their review schedule to immediately
review the Student Life Fee
21) Student Radio Reconciliation Team
a.
BIRT BUSAC tasks the President, General Manger, one BUSAC
Councilor, and one Board of Directors Member to meet with Brock Radio with
the goal of reconciliation
b.
BIFRT the aforementioned group will report back to BUSAC at the next
meeting
c.
BIFRT BUSAC council will be elected for the position
Reports
22) Chair of the Board
23) GM Report
24) VPSS Report
25) VPFA Report
26) VPEA Report
27) President Report
Question Period
28) Closed Question Period
29) Information and Reminders
Adjournment
30) Adjournment
1.0
Call to Order
Meeting 3 of the 2014-2015 year is called to order
2.0
Approval of the Agenda
Yendt (second Sufi): Add CPC SALs to the agenda
Eady (second Verrier): Remove #20 as it will be covered by the Speaker’s presentation
BIRT BUSAC approves the agenda for the September 10th 2014
meeting
37-0-1 Motion carries
3.0
Adoption of the Minutes
BIRT BUSAC approves the minutes of the July 13th, 2014 meeting
Rose, Stewart
36-0-1 Motion carries
4.0
Open Question Period
Public: directed to Yendt: Are there any plans for the bylaws coming back to BUSAC?
Yendt: The governance committee is meeting on Friday and will be discussing the bylaws amendments,
and hopefully bring forward to the council at the next meeting.
Public: directed to Dermody: How are the sales of VIB this year compared to Access Gold last year?
Dermody: They were about the same, 1688 sold, and roughly 1800 last year so about 200 less. Difficulty
selling at smart start. We found that between Smart Start and orientation week the cards were selling quite
well. Some issues that need to be looked at for future years.
Public: directed to Dermody: thoughts on renewing the programming levy this year?
Dermody: No plans right now, if something arises within the next couple months we’ll take it day by
day.
5.0
Notes from the Speaker
Ventura: Welcome back – 39 councilors signed in
6.0
Presentation - State of the Institution (Brian Hutchings)
Brock’s Vice President Finance and Administration Brian Hutchings presents on the financial standing of
the university and future plans.
Fuller (second Verrier): Motion to extend for 20 minutes (motion carries)
Evans: Aspirations about shopping complex won’t happen until we are done school? Hiring more part
time employees?
Hutchings: We have 40 more faculty in the last 5 years. We used to have 530 and now we have 597.
There is probably someone better that can answer your question; I’m more of the building guy.
Public: Would you be willing to host a student town hall?
Hutchings: More than willing to do it if someone organizes it.
Public: What are the environmental concerns regarding the new building plans?
Hutchings: Doing report right now for the Board, campus plan, right now looking at business building to
be built on a green field. Based on a lot of what ifs.
Eady: Report was just released stating that tuition will be $9000 did you hear about that? What is
university doing about this?
Hutchings: Once you take out the Ontario tuition grant the tuition will be much less. Per student grant
has not gone up. Province of Ontario has not raised the per student grant in years.
Sergio: Parking fee? What’s the plan for parking?
Hutchings: Part of the plan for next April, parking will be included. We own land down Merrittville, we
could keep going for parking down there but we don’t want do that. It’s a long term goal.
Evans-Public: Scholarship and bursaries increase?
Hutchings: With any tuition increase we have to provide more scholarships. Student employment has
remained the same. But we did eliminate the experience works program.
Public: Shifted the money?
Hutchings: We shifted the money back to the faculty and told them to take the money and hire students.
Aggarwal: Can you speak to the email changes for students next year?
Hutchings: Wifi changes in the past while, changed server room, registration system. Office 365 email
for students, make it a lot easier. Negative feedback, but were doing privacy test right now.
7.0
Presentation - Speaker Interpretation Regarding BUSR AGM
Chris Ventura does a presentation on the BUSR AGM. At the Brock Radio AGM a motion was brought
forward to remove BUSAC and BUSU representatives from the board of the directors and replace them
with Brock University students’ at large
Ventura suggests sitting down with BUSR and trying to reach a resolution
Evans: Should give us a little more history for clarification
Ventura: Our recommendation is to ask Juliette or Roland to have a talk with the program director and
tackle the issues, the feud is a lot more superficial then you think it is.
Public: Does Brock radio have to make a motion or is it automatically no?
Ventura: Would be up to Brock radio to have that talk. The way their Board of Directors works is that
there are 4 Brock students and 0 BUSU members. We want to go back and take time to rebuild this
confidence and trust.
Sergi: You mentioned the way that the funding was changed in brock radio. Was this action they took a
response from that?
Ventura: Not sure if this is true or not, I’m sure that played into it.
Evans: Wouldn’t it be better to have representative of BUSAC rather than BUSU executives?
Ventura: No motion tied to this, BUSU executives have decided to adopt my recommendation. I would
like to see as few members as possible so that we can chat it out. I just want it to be a casual conversation,
not an intense debate.
Erman: This is why Chris is doing this presentation, its effective. It’s not just an executive decision, or
speaker decision.
Fuller: I think it’s a good point of clarification because people have been saying negative things.
Ventura: It wasn’t that they were trying to get rid of BUSU, it was more like they just wanted more
Brock student representation.
Fuller: I think most people didn’t know and thought that they just didn’t want Brock.
Ventura: I think this is a better direction for us as BUSAC to go in.
Tulloch: Worst case scenario, we take your advice and they say no, what then
Ventura: Outside my scope, this was my interpretation. Anything that goes further is up to BUSAC and
Executives. Probably leading towards more of the Board of Directors, but BUSAC does have the power
to make a recommendation.
M. Campbell: Confused why they made this decision with no students in the room
Ventura: I wasn’t there, I’m not going to speak on their behalf, and you can email them if you have any
questions.
Korecki: Disagree. That we can’t take long term view, haven’t discussed roll-over money that they still
have and still spending.
Ventura: I agree, but that’s outside of my scope. I do think that this is not a long term decision, leads to a
change at their next meeting.
Sufi-Public: Brock radio members were not aware at the time that it was in violation of MOU
specifically, they hadn’t discovered that till later that night, the next meeting is tomorrow. There’s a good
chance that they will acknowledge that they’re in violation.
Ventura: Good that this is the direction that we’re looking in.
Aggarwal: Since they are no longer receiving funds from the student levy, when their finished with the
funds they’ve already collected, then do they no longer have to abide by the MOU and their action will be
completely justified?
Ventura: Yes, under section 2. Once that money is no longer in their system, once they find a donor and
they restart their funding, and they change how their MOU works, that’s how they would make a change.
Once their funding from us is no longer in their system then they do no longer have an obligation to the
MOU.
Aggarwal: How would we know that the money is out of their system? They must get money from other
sources.
Ventura: It would be in their audited financial reports. It would be difficulty to see how all their money
gets expended from, but that would be an accountant question.
Erman: I’m not defending anyone, but I was in contact with the Board of Directors and they were not
under the assumption that what they did violated the MOU. They have sent the new president a bunch of
information.
Ventura: It sounds like things are moving in the right direction.
Eady (second Korecki): Motion to amend the agenda to include:
BIRT BUSAC asks that the President, the General Manager, and one BUSAC members to meet
with Brock radio for the role of reinstating the BUSAC council and BUSU executives seats.
BIFRT the group will report back to BUSAC at the next meeting.
Discussion on the Motion:
Aggarwal: directed to Eady: Instead of a separate meeting, two people show up at the meeting tomorrow
and present.
Eady: Whatever council thinks is best
Public: What BUSAC councilor and what board of Director
Ventura: Make amendment that we elect? (Friendly with Eady and council)
Tulloch-Public: Would everyone consider expanding the focus on just fixing the BUSAC/BUSU, into
more of key word reconciliation. As in this is a reconciliation group. (Friendly with Eady and council)
35-0-1 (motion passes to amend the agenda - #20 added)
8.0
Presentation - OPIRG
Istafa Sufi presents on behalf of the Ontario Public Information Research Group. They provide students
with volunteer opportunities. Encourages students to stop by the office or visit www.yourbrock.org for
more information
Evans: How many positions will be open?
Sufi: Get back to you on that.
9.0
Presentation - BSA Budget
Aqib Zia presents the BSA budget, would like to spend funding on a new camera for Goodman students
for professional pictures as well as business cards for students.
Fuller: For the business cards, if other faculties want business card can we do that?
Zia: Just for Goodman students.
Eady: Where were the actuals from last year?
Zia: This is how we have always presented our budget. I will give them to you at a later time
Verrier-Public: Camera? Who takes those photos?
Zia: We’ve hired someone
10.0
Presentation - The Bug
Sandor Ligetfalvy presents on the Brock University Gadfly.
Sergi: In your time in your undergrad, were you ever involved with BUSU, Brock TV, Brock press?
Presenter: I worked for Brock TV for 10 months, and was not aware that BUSAC existed, until after my
time at Brock TV. I found out about this governance system is because I was looking for accountability. I
found accountability. Communicating strongly has an impact
Sergi: You never actually represented students at any time?
Presenter: Journalism is a method of representation. So yes, I represent them until this day.
Ursacki: Cute presentation; really enjoyed the gimmicks. You aren’t a student now and you haven’t been
a student for a very long time so why do you care?
Presenter: If I wasn’t providing a service for people then I should quit. Students come to me about their
problems, that’s why.
Rose: I appreciate your approach this year with the Executive with a more personally approach. Any
other plans for unnoticed groups?
Presenter: I volunteer my time. There are very few students dollars supporting the critical side.
Erman: You say that BUSU fails at general meetings? Can you elaborate?
Presenter: Brock press and the larger student media have a significant role on educating the public on
what it means to be the member of BUSU. Including what a general meeting is. To make a difference
BUSU can start early, start often. People who are close to me don’t know how the structure works and a
lack of basic civics contributes significantly. The general meeting could be a great opportunity for great
public relations for BUSU only if it has a purpose.
Yendt: I asked that you recognize a statement that you made regarding Mr. Evans, and a public apology
which was posted on my Facebook wall in March, 2014. Where you called him a disabled individual, and
that you accept that it was something that you said, under Brock University Gadfly, and I ask that you
issue a public apology to Mr. Evans. If you deny it, I have photos.
Presenter: Yes, I cannot deny the statement.
Fuller: What do you provide that Brock Press doesn’t? You said your writing these articles for student,
but students don’t want to hear non-stop negative things.
Presenter: I think it’s hopeful to say here’s a problem, here’s a whole way of solutions. Here’s 3 different
perceptions of a problem and 4 different perception of potential solutions. There’s nothing negative about
that. The work I do is creative, not destructive. I try to represent a constituency.
Fuller: Are you saying Brock press doesn’t criticize BUSU enough?
Presenter: Brock press doesn’t provide enough context, nor constituency, also very sluggish and slow.
Someone told me that Brock Press doesn’t want to become the next Brock Radio.
Presenter: Chris I would like to apologize to you, for how harshly I’ve treated you. You deserve better
than the editorial I wrote about you, and I deleted it after I wrote it.
Verrier: We would be able to talk on the show? Would we be able to promote BUSAC, so people know
what we are and what we do.
Presenter: As a platform, if I’ve done it all wrong, I’m creating a platform for you to tell me that I’ve
done it all wrong.
Sufi-Public: I am not a student either, but the reason I do what I do is to inform students. Please go into
more detail about the article in Brock Press.
Presenter: Brock press plagiarized my article on CFBU.
Evans: Our theme for homecoming is coming together, so maybe doing a little bit of coverage on the
homecoming?
Presenter: Not really. If there is a public concern that isn’t being address.
Kelly: What have you done that has been successful?
Presenter: Hard to take credit when there are so many factors. Last council came in with no cameras in
the room, and there was a little bit of a fuss, and now there’s camera’s in the room.
Hashmi: How are going to inform the public about what your trying to do?
Presenter: Organic. Through hash-tags.
Dermody: Thank you for coming. With the release from Brock TV, is there some underlying meaning
from that for what you’re doing now?
Presenter: Fired from Brock TV, because I yelled at my boss. I wanted to bring a show into Brock. I was
fired without a mediation process, where I was a part time student trying to pay my way. After I was out
of the corporation I would say anything, the reason I exist is to create a new profile. I wanted to take
responsibility for the things I said and examine the issues.
Aggarwal: Should you focus on councilor specifically this year? Being put unnoticed is the best route of
challenging councilors?
Presenter: I think it’s valid.
Campbell: Where you are getting your facts from?
Presenter: People come to my page and ask questions sometimes. Facts come from sources.
Mullings: Do you quote sources?
Presenter: Graduate of journalism, always site where I get my information.
Ursacki: Ironic that you talk about accountability. Where’s your accountability to students and the facts
that you’re quoting? Where’s your empirical evidence and where’s your journalistic integrity?
Presenter: Those are nice generalizations but would you like to point to your case?
Ursacki: If you look at your body of work, then there you go.
Presenter: Thank you for your opinion.
Rose: Thank you for your apology. I like that you are learning on your way, learn from your mistakes.
Maybe express your opinion of the person in person and not in an article.
Yendt: Every time you have ever gone to publish anything about me you have always indicated that you
are writing an article about me and that you would love my input, and then no follow up email ever
comes. How unbiased is your journalism?
Presenter: How biased am I?
Yendt: Why is it that you’re missing the fundamental component of making media unbiased?
Presenter: The largest flaw with the Brock University Gadfly is how I have dealt with my feelings
towards you. The rest of my reporting is very different. You and I had a rift. You’re right, that prior to the
hashtag bylaw gate story, I would contact you but I had enough evidence that I didn’t need your feedback.
Yendt: It was endorsement by council.
Prouse: Your approach was very different then what I thought you were going to take. One of the words
(systematically under informed) can you elaborate
Presenter: Systematically may imply cultural factors, people aren’t literate with the campus civics.
BUSU is a platform for people to communicate.
Webb: I think some of these problems can be taken at another time.
Webb (second Eady): Motion to end presentation
Evans: I don’t think we should have a speaking list. Let’s try to move forward with Brock Bug
Call to question (Eady, Evans): general consent 3-10-17 (Evans, Dermody, Rose-noted) (motion fails)
Call to question to end presentation (Eady, Sufi): 24-2-4 (Ursacki against-noted)
11.0
BSA Budget Approval
Zia: Forgot to mention that the BSA is audited by various parties, the auditor for BUSU audits the BSA
just to make sure that we are on the right track financially.
BIRT BUSAC approves the 2014-2015 BSA budget as present
Zia,Fuller
31-20-2 (Zia-noted) Motion carries unanimously
12.0
AGM Date Change
Erman: The new date is October 9th 2014. Myself and other people in the BUSU office will be putting
together and informational campaign.
Ventura: Just a follow up I sent this out with the previous agenda
BIRT BUSAC approves the Fall semester AGR date of October 9th
2014
Erman, Verrier
31-0-0 Motion carries unanimously
13.0
Interim Senator Appointment
Yendt: This is the only individual that the committee came to consensus on, we received a number of
applications and this person particularly stood out as being both the most interested and the most qualified
based on their response
Campbell: directed to Yendt Many applications?
Yendt: directed to Campbell About half a dozen
BIRT BUSAC elects ____ to as as an interim student Senator until the
results of the October by-election are ratified by BUSAC
Yendt, Sergi
30-0-1 (Yendt-Noted) Motion carries unanimously
14.0
Election-Board of Directors
BIRT BUSAC elects M Fuller to the Board of Directors for the 20142015 term
15.0
Election-Finance Committee
BIRT BUSAC elects T. Evans to the Finance Committee for the 20142015 term
16.0
Election Appeals Committee
BIRT BUSAC elects Webb to the Appeals Committee for the 20142015 term
17.0
Student at Large Approvals
Yendt: There has been a number of people that have submitted applications for the student at large. In the
case of the Clubs Policy Committee they’re in an awkward situation where without two student at large
members they cannot reach quorum, and make any binding decisions which would be used for club
funding. As a result, the governance committee puts forward the nominations for two individuals for CBC
and the remaining committees will be coming to the next BUSAC meeting, once the Governance
Committee has had a chance to meet in person and discuss all the individuals nominated.
Dermody: Mike Mackett being a current employee of BUSU is he still able to run?
Ursacki: He is club president, clubs president is allowed to be on it.
Eady: This is not the entire Governance Committee approving these two people?
Yendt: A voting majority of the Governance Committee endorses these two people.
Tulloch: Danielle Hunter had ran for various positions and I have never once seen any of those
applications. I was wondering what happened to those applications?
Munro: All the applications I received went to a specific folder and I never received her application. We
had our web guy go into the system and he did find her application and sent it off to me and I forwarded
to Yendt.
Yendt: I sent an email out this morning of a revised version of the recommendation list, however when I
opened it the attachment didn’t work, however she has been allocated on two different committees.
Eady: I don’t believe we have had proper time to look over all the applications for clubs policy
committee
BIRT BUSAC approves the following student at larges Mike Mackett,
Thomas Treary
Yendt, Zia
16 - 3 (Eady) -9 (Tulloch, Sergi, Yendt, Dermody, Ursacki, Rosenoted) Motion carries
18.0
Councilor Motion Regarding Student Life Fee
Dermody: I was the campaign manager for the Student Life Fee since last year it has been through a
second referendum. After the approval of the fee I promised a certain individual there would be certain
oversight with this fee going through. Coming from someone who supports this fee, I just want to bring
forth that things are getting done correctly. But for the record, its open to the public for what’s happening.
It really hit the spot on a lot of things here at Brock including free spirit promotional brand on campus,
mental health support, the zone. There is still more work to be done on campus.
Sergi: Appreciate that we are reviewing it, what kind of responsibilities will they have?
Dermody: That’s not up to me to decide that’s up to Roland, I’m just trying to speed up the process of
trying to get this reviewed.
Sergi: How would you define the review?
Dermody: Once again that is up to Roland.
Public: When the student life fee and the MOU were developed, there were a lot of things were put in to
provide student oversight and transference in the fee. Can you recap what those were?
Dermody: Off the top of my head I can’t remember.
Public: There is a committee right?
Dermody: Within the last year, we’ve met twice, that’s not enough time. I think this is one good way to
make sure there is oversight. It is important for the students to know exactly what they’re getting; we’ve
been very vocal about what we’ve been doing with the fee. I think the fee has helped out our campus.
Public: Wouldn’t it be easier for the student life committee to meet more often?
Dermody: That’s up to the committee chair itself. I’m just trying to give this council more oversight
because they have asked.
Eady: Could we take this motion to the next meeting, so that we can have a chance to look at the MOU. I
feel like reviewing the student life fee would be a good thing.
Eady (second Verrier) Motion to table until the next meeting
Evans: I think it’s a good idea. Talk about this at the next meeting.
Tulloch: What is we look it up the MOU on the internet right now
Eady: I feel like it’s already 10:30 and we are all exhausted and we should look at this for the next
meeting.
Sergi (second Verrier) Call to question
Carries (19-4– 2(Yendt and Sufi))
BIRT BUSAC tables the motion until next meeting
Dermody, Webb
21.0
BUSR Suggestion
Eady: I have concerns that it would be the Executive and the GM who have not had the greatest
relationship with Brock Radio by adding another BUSAC councilor.
Yendt: I don’t think that the GM has ever had a bad relationship with the Brock Radio this year and last
year’s Executive can a test to that.
Evans: I don’t know anything about that, I was just going to recommend that we chose someone who is
not affiliated with BUSU Executive at all or hasn't been on Executive. Obviously the grievance goes deep
and they seem to have an enemy that keeps following them around, maybe someone who is just entering
the organization can build a relationship with them.
Sergi-Public: Opportunity for reconciliation. Not having Executive is important.
Verrier: Agree with Evans having someone who is not on one side or the other.
Ventura: directed to Evans: Were you recommending that someone from the public fill the spot?
Evans: I was speaking specifically about someone from BUSAC to do it.
Erman: I like this, I think that it’s got a good mix of everyone involved. I would like to have some
people who have had interactions with Brock Radio before as well as some people who haven’t.
Ursacki: I think that this is a good idea.
Korecki (second Zia) Call to question
30-0-1 motion carries
Election for BUSAC 30-0-1 (Eady, Sufi)
BIRTH BUSAC tasks the President, General Manager, one BUSAC
Councilor and one Board of Director to meet with Brock Radio with
the goal of reconciliation
BIFRT the aforementioned group will report back to BUSAC at the
next meeting
BIFRT Tyler Evans has been elected to the group
Eady, Verrier
Motion carries
20.0
Report - Chair of the Board
BIRT BUSAC approves the Chair of the Board report
Yendt, Sergi
24-0-2 (Noted-Yendt, Sergi) Motion carries
21.0
Report – General Manager
Evans: Can you give an update regarding Fed Up
Juliette: Fed Up had a request in the summer to be a tenant in the food court. We requested that they send
a business plan because the unit they requested to rent was not an easy one to make money from. I didn’t
want to set up anyone to fail. I did a lot of research it wasn’t a guaranteed success so we’ve be trying to
find a different way that Fed Up can operate downstairs.
Evans: Can we really afford to cut it off at the knees in that sense?
Juliette: Well I don’t think we’ve really cut it off at the knees in that sense. There’s a plan in place that
will help them to achieve their goals in a way that exposes them to less risk.
BIRT BUSAC approves the GM report
25-0-0 Motion carries
22.0
Report - VPSS
Aggarwal: Can you explain the success of car share?
Dermody: Chris Green came up with ideas and I helped out where I could. You can use it if you are a
first year student.
Juliette: Within the first 24 hours it opened we found out that a lot of people signed up, for the free trial,
so it’s a popular service so far.
Public: Paul, if you can give next year’s VP advice what would it be?
Dermody: Start before you get in the office.
Evans: You said 17, and 18 year olds are allowed to use this too (Car Share), how does the liability
work?
Juliette: Car Share is separately incorporated company, liability is through them it is just like renting a
car except cheaper.
M. Campbell: As for vendor fair it was way better than previous years. How have you improved in other
years?
Dermody: Have to thank my Executive team for a lot of my successes, they keep me grounded and
focused.
Sergi: Vendor fair was very impressive this year. Did you extend the free trial sign up for the Car Share?
My issue as for flat rate cab, maybe this is also a responsibility that the advocacy team should look into as
well as their is a municipal election going on.
Dermody: We are looking into talking to different municipal areas.
BIRT BUSAC approves the VPSS report
Dermody, Rose
20-4-0 Motion carries
23.0
Report - VPFA
Evans: Curious if you were going to hold any more meetings for the Internal Affairs group?
Rose: Yes, I have gained a better understanding of the finance committee
Aggarwal: Most recent update with Niagara transit?
Rose: Got feedback, which we thought was a lot. Due to fact that we weren’t able to get as involved as
Chris was last year. We realized the volume was a high as we thought. The first effort we made was
sitting down with Dave Stewart and adjusting route times. We have been trying to handle different
opinions on the BUSU website. A lot of it is students not taking the time to look at the adjusted changes
in transit.
Aggarwal: I use Niagara transit, but still every day I get students having concerns about Niagara transit.
What could students do to change something? Get 200 signatures?
Rose: Contact me directly
Juliette: We’ve received a lot of negative comments, but we need to know exactly what the problem is.
There is a new form on the website, if you get the students to complete the form.
Campbell: Heard people say that the Niagara region transit u-pass has been taking that out.
Rose: The regional transit hasn’t been awesome as far as working things out with us, but were looking at
where we could better put our money.
Sufi: In the affinity program will that apply to people who bought VIB this year?
Rose: Yes. But I can’t give you a final answer right now. A lot of local businesses have expressed
interest.
BIRT BUSAC approves the VPFA report
21-0-1 Motion carries
24.0
Report - VPEA
Sufi-Public: Can you provide one specific article from the Brock Bug that isn’t true.
Ursacki: That has nothing to do with my report.
Evans: Differences in advocacy strategies this year as opposed to last year?
Ursacki: Want to reach to students instead with the advocacy this year. I’ve included the campaign
schedule for this year.
Eady: Looked at the list of campaigns I noticed that you have new BUSU...
BIRT BUSAC approves the VPEA report
20-0-2 Motion carries
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Report - President
BIRT BUSAC approves the president report
20-1-1 Motion carriers
26.0
Closed Question
Evans: Question that came from me for the chair of the board, do you intend to bring forward the bylaws
that came forward on the internet?
Yendt: directed to Evans: it will be brought forward to the governance committee.
Eady-Public: directed to Ursacki Can you point to one specific article for Brock Bug?
Ursacki: I can get back to you.
Govans: Starting a bit earlier for future meetings.
Ventura: Still working on it.
Evans: We approved a number of student at large, the lists smells of impropriety.
Yendt: directed to Evans Form online that students fill out for student at large, I send them to the
committee for them to approve then send them to council, in the case of today we approved 2 SALS for
one committee. The reason there is such urgency for CPC is due to its structure. Which means one of our
most active committees does not have the ability to function. The rest of recommendations will come to
council next meeting.
M. Campbell: directed to Dermody Any plans for mental health? It’s national suicide prevention day.
Dermody: Absolutely, Wellness Wednesday are part of my platform
Campbell: directed to Dermody Anything directly related to suicide Prevention?
Dermody: Kind of ties into that idea for Wellness Wednesday.
Erman: The University in a couple of weeks is going to be putting out a training module for students
leaders, TA’s. It’s all online including all of the different issues on mental health
Verrier: Last year myself and several other members on council went around singing to people, we got a
lot of smiles. I think that if we incorporate random acts of kindness with mental health it would be
effective. For next meeting can we put on the agenda different ways to get BUSAC noticed, so people can
find out what it means what it stands for.
Ventura: I don’t think that we need to put that on the agenda, I think that if people want to put together a
session and discuss.
Verrier: I will organize it.
Eady: You mentioned about BUSAC program.
Erman: I am putting together the program.
Eady: directed to Rose As someone who lives in Thorold I noticed that some of the routes on the website
are not accurate specifically route 4.
Rose: Send me an email.
Verrier: directed to Eady Its not Kyle’s fault the route changed last year and the is just not very good a
keeping the site updated.
Govan: About TWIB?
Erman: directed to Govan Good idea to get ideas going for BUSAC (press releases)
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Reminder:
Evans: If anyone wants to help out with the Jeff Birch campaign let me know
Sufi: Eco’s first meeting tomorrow.
Eady: Tomorrow 7pm Brock Radio Collective Meeting Red Hot Chili Pepper
Dermody (second Webb) Motion to adjourn
End of Meeting 11:30pm.