The newly elected board of directors moved last Thursday, May 7 to remove the timesheet system by which they account for director’s hours of work.
The proposed change was put forward on the grounds that the completion of timesheets confuse the role of board members, which, as VP Student Services Darwin Binesh put it, “is not to work, it’s to govern and direct.” He cited past board discussions that favoured defining the board as a “governing board,” not a “working board.”
Board members discussed how this removal could be seen as decreasing transparency and Binesh emphasized a need for further investigation into how best to measure directors’ work.
VP Finance Barbara Szymczyk expressed doubts as to how the system of remuneration would operate without timesheets. “The concerns are very valid,” she said. “However, the mechanism that is going to be in place following an elimination of the timesheets does seem lacking.”
She pointed to past cases where faculty reps and at-large members did not bill their maximum hours and therefore, without a timesheet, there’s the risk that they would be compensated for work not completed.
The motion carried with Szymczyk’s opposition noted in the minutes.
