Results from the Fall 2009 General Assembly
Last Wednesday, the SSMU held its first of two regularly scheduled General Assemblies. The results were as follows:
MOTION RE: STUDENT EMPLOYMENT IN THE SHATNER BUILDING (Passed)
MOTION RE: ENERGY USAGE IN THE SHATNER BUILDING (Passed)
MOTION RE: PORN! (Passed)
MOTION RE: SPACE EFFICIENCY IN THE SHATNER BUILDING (Failed)
MOTION RE: THE USE OF STYROFOAM IN THE SHATNER BUILDING (Tabled)
MOTION RE: SHATNER BUILDING LEASE (Tabled)
MOTION RE: SEAFOOD ON CAMPUS (Tabled)
MOTION RE: SELF-FUNDED TUITION MODEL (Tabled)
*Full text of the motions is available at ssmu.mcgill.ca/ga
RECAP
The meeting started when the assembly reached the required quorum of 100 students. For any questions pertaining to quorum or the procedure for General Assemblies, please go to http://ssmu.ca/ssmu-documents/ and consult the SSMU Constitution Section VII, and Section I-5 in Book 1 of the Bylaws.
All of the tabled motions were not voted upon because quorum was lost when attendance dipped below 100 students. These will automatically appear on the agenda for the next General Assembly, scheduled for early February.
Despite being scheduled for the Winter GA, these motions can be voted on sooner! Any student can contact a SSMU Councillor to have a motion submitted to Council and voted on at the next meeting. A full list of Councillors, their constituencies, and email addresses is available at http://ssmu.ca/about/ssmu-legislative-council/.
The SSMU would like to thank all those who attended, and encourages every student hoping to create SSMU Policy to submit a motion for the winter GA. If you have comments or suggestions about the previous GA, or the process in general, please contact SSMU President Ivan Neilson at pres@ssmu.mcgill.ca.
