24TH SRC Meeting – March 28th, 2013
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We have approved the agenda, 10 approved
Last weeks minutes have been approved and the minutes before.
The proposed staffing structure – section 4 and section 6 have been
proposed to be changed.
Woody – asks if the person has to resign upon getting the job.
Liz – says the proposed changes need clarification.
John exec report – A presentation will be delivered in New Business. The
Provincial budget was released this week, not as terrible as expected. We will
do a press release in a couple days after looking more closely at the budget.
Finn – This week I've been looking at the budget. We have 81,000 left from
this year. Almost 5,000 left in emergency bursaries. The 2013 – 2014 budget
will be looked upon at the next meeting. Looking to merge social issues
coordinator and activities coordinator. STU agenda is up 3,000 dollars.
Yearbook up to 9,000. Casa membership went up 2,000 dollars. The revenue
total that is project for 21013 – 2014 is 314,000
John – Last yearbook was 10,000 and then we cut it to 5,000.
James – do Stu student have access to the UNB Women’s Center? Yes we do.
The budget will be online in the SRC group.
Liz – This week I've finished working on the student-housing pamphlet.
Liz reads out a letter from Hannah Gray about starting a LGBT group on
campus. If anyone wants further information you can email her at
hfbhl@stu.ca.
Liz brings up idea about buying a bike to be raffled off at the BBQ. Price for
bike looks to be somewhere around 250.
New Exec – Elizabeth – This week we meet with the president of the NB
Students Alliance, he is here today to give a presentation and brought the
incoming President of Mount A.
Emily – Met with Justin Creamer, he reported that there are weird things in
bi-laws that need to be address, talked about what they could change to make
things run more easily. Will eventually put this changes in order and propose
them.
Woody – Mr. St Thomas pageant went well and everything worked out
perfectly. Pageant costs 115 dollars which was a little over budget. Going to
try to make it a annual event.
Rody – 3rd Annual 5k Fun run well be happening April 6th, start behind Lady
Beaverbrook arena. Encourage everyone to come out and have a good time,
there will be prises.
New Business – Liz – In the past UNBSU would have a move out madness and
a move in madness. City has also done a large idem pick-up. Issues with both
move out madness / move in madness and large idem pick-up.
James asks if they still have a thing that they give students 10 for giving their
couches. Liz says no.
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There are concerns with who funds this program; the city or STU. VPSL will
handle this next year. The Students for Sustainability group would most
likely want to help us.
John – Proposing the Accumulated Surplus Allocation. 10,000 dollars for
office maintenance, also 15,000 set aside for campaigns, 25,000 in a Legal
Fund, 10,000 for a new staff position.
James- Would some counsels look at this and abuse it due to the excess of
money?
Alex- Is this a piece of legislation or a constitutional change?
John – Simply a piece of legislation
John – Tables this till next week.
Stephan Spence – NBSA President – The NBSA does not have a paid
employee, and the problem is that they only allow $1.38 in lobbying. The lack
of a permanent staff in the NBSA has led to many problems including
problems with translation from English to French.
The NBSA wants to hire permanent staff including policy staff, and a
Executive Director. The NBSA also wants to weaken the position of the
Board of Directors. The hiring of the Executive Director will cost 46,000 and
also 2 PRO’s at a price of 5,000. Also would like to hire a independent,
bilingual lawyer which would cost 2,000 – 4,000 dollars – other options
available.
There are also some changes that need to be done in the Constitution. The
cost for all this is roughly 60,000 for one year. Any question for him can be
emailed at: President@nbsa-aenb.ca.
John – Plan for mock awards is to pick up tickets at the help desk next week.
There will be a limit on how many people can get the free meal.
Woody – Is this a free cafeteria meal or catered?
John – Catered.
Emily – I have a concern that we wont make the 100-person quota. I don’t
want to waste the money and risk not making it,
John motions that we realise 5,000. Motion passes.
John – One of the bigger issues is the hiring of the next National Director of
CASA. CASA’s total operations budget is $591,037.
John – It wasn’t a good use of money due to excess of wasted time.
Doug Jamieson