VPUA BUSAC Report #3By Me

OUSA

Met in Toronto to discuss direction for Ancillary Fees paper.

Waiting on information for OUSA in order to begin to write.

Broken down into 3 key areas: Government & University Funding, Student Control & Transparency & Accountability.

Ancillary Fee Principles

Transparency & Accountability Students should not feel pressure to support the

introduction of fees as an effort to maintain the quality of their education.

Government & University Funding The administration of all compulsory fees must be

accountable and transparent.

Student Control All of the costs borne by students for academic

instruction should be paid for through current tuition fees, not additional compulsory ancillary fees.

CASA

Mental Health Sub-Committee Meetings

Direction on 3 mental health priorities for the year

Attached documents outline all priorities (I am working with mental health)

Drew provided background arguments for specific priorities.

CASA Changes

Being mapped out right now.

Big project taken on by specific CASA schools (us included).

Working on putting together a presentation for CASA at the Lobby Conference in November.

Highly detailed… key point is that these changes will make CASA much more efficient in the future.

Important that all schools have input.

Senate

Governance Committee passed request for President to disband Program Review Committee.

Idea is to construct their own Review Committee as it pertains to academic review.

Senate/Brock Administration will be an ongoing discussion throughout the year… my role will always be to represent the student voice and the POV I will take is always going to be “what’s best for students”.

Board

Joint Senate-Board Committee Meeting happened this summer.

Idea is to understand each other better… (Board = finances; Senate = education).

Sub-committee formed to restructure meetings to better understand each other.

Me = Board and Senate representative.

Advocacy

Restructuring Advocacy part of website.

Assembled A-Team!

Now… campaign planning/mapping out 1st semester (on Thursday).

Key campaigns: Fall Reading Week, Wellness Week, Debt Campaign, Good Neighbour Campaign).

Organic waste bin campaign (attached )

Off Campus Housing Committee

Comprised of: Mayor, City Councilors, NRP, Niagara Falls Fire Department, local resident representatives, Curtis Gadula, etc.

Some issues arose with specific student houses.

Other Things

Something called Orientation Week.

It was great.

Liv, Jimmy, VPSS team = decent.

BUSAC Committee Meetings

Academic Affairs: this Friday @ 10am in the BUSU Board Room.

External Affairs: Friday, September 20th 11am in the BUSU Board Room.

Schedules for both semesters sent out.

Agendas to follow.

AAC: if we meet more than once, we’ll break the all-time BUSAC Record!!!

Balancing Act Ancillary Fees paper (this will take up a lot of my time).

CASA by-law updates.

Senate-Board Joint Committee changes.

UPC follow-up, Senate Governance Program Review changes.

Campaign planning (OUSA campaigns, CASA campaigns, Brock specific campaigns, Fall Reading Week, Wellness Week).

Advocacy Internship Team orientation.

Advocacy website changes.

Planning for OUSA on campus/ Provincial mental health meeting.

Shinerama baseball tournament.

BUSAC Committee Meetings begins this week.

New Format

This will be my last “formal” power point BUSAC presentation.

Will still send out highly detailed power point presentation before BUSAC meetings.

However, will present in different format.

Important

I don’t want to waste your time with talking about my report forever.

If I was unclear with something/ if you want more information just ask/stop by my office.