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June 23, 2018Board negotiates SFSS involvement in Student Experience Initiative with SFU Vice-president university relations Jackson Freedman presented an update to the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board regarding the SFSS’s ongoing negotiations with the university on the Student Experience Initiative (SEI). According to Freedman, the university passed a $9 million fund a couple of years ago for the SEI to help “move the needle” on the student experience. The initiative involves eight working groups centred around increasing student engagement and building a sense of community within the university. In negotiations with the university, Freedman reported that the SFSS had…
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June 8, 2018Board approves $1,860 to send four members to the student union conference held by UBC AMS At the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors meeting on June 8, the Board carried the motion to send four Board members…
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May 26, 2018Board decides on process to decide new name for SUB At the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors meeting held on May 25, SFSS communications coordinator Sindhu Dharmarajah presented the Board with the idea of renaming the Student…
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May 11, 2018Board approves funds for 2018–9 board jackets The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors passed a motion to “approve the total of $1,128.33 for board jackets.” The jackets are purchased each year for Board members, according…
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April 30, 2018Motion passed to upload General Membership Student Survey 2017–8 results online After publicizing the 2016–7 General Membership Survey earlier this year, a motion was brought forward at the latest Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board meeting to do the same…
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April 15, 2018SFSS approves a motion to cease to restrict student groups to SFU catering The Meeting, Event, and Conference Services (MECS) monopoly on SFU student catering services is over. The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors approved a motion…
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April 7, 2018Written by Zach Siddiqui, Opinions Editor Board approves a total of $56,500 over the course of three years for a new online platform In the interests of improving the SFSS’s current online infrastructure, the Board has moved to replace their…
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March 19, 2018Written by Zach Siddiqui, Opinions Editor Truc Trat and Muhammad Abid appointed at-large members of the Surrey Campus Committee Funding approved for two Food Days at Surrey campus The SFSS’s Surrey Campus Committee will be manning self-serve snack stations…
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February 13, 2018Written by Zach Siddiqui, Opinions Editor Could the Strategic Engagement Committee be dismantled? On February 2, the Board discussed and tabled a proposal to abolish the ad hoc Strategic Engagement Committee. The Committee, originally instituted in 2016 by former VP…
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February 11, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren Business relating to the Surrey Campus Committee The Board motioned to approve up to $1,075 for the Surrey Campus Committee’s (SCC) Games Day event on March 12. The event will take place on the Surrey Campus’…
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