MISSA Council Meeting
April 13, 2015
Thomson House Rm 406 11:00am
In attendance:
Julia Bjerke
Sarah Bonish
Laura Cohen
Meghan Goodchild
Christina de Longhi
Brittany McCartney
Emily Maddocks
Nina Maness
Thi Bao Tran Phan
Anh-Vu David Phung
Melissa Rivosecchi
Regrets:
Mohammed Al Ghamdi
Sean Astle
Samantha Capps
Taline Ekmekjian
Allison Gregory
Ruth Hwang
Julie Lin
Alison Moore
Fei Shu
Grace Zell
Proceedings:
Approval of Minutes from Previous Meetings
Christina moved to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. The motion
was seconded by Sarah and unanimous at vote.
President's Report
Christina reported on the 10 April 2015 AGM. Participants passed changes to
MISSA Constitution, as proposed, as well as an additional amendment specifying
the MISSA President as responsible for representing SIS students at the Faculty.
The MISSA 2014-15 budget was reviewed and approved at the AGM.
Reports of Other Officers
 Laura (VP External) received an email about the recent protests from the
EBSI student group (École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de
l'information at Université de Montréal). She communicated that MISSA’s
mandate does not involve making any political statements. The EBSI may
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reach out to Grace (incoming VP External) with the goal of working more
closely next year, on specific initiatives such as the career fair and
possibly in providing information to new students on the history of Quebec
student protests.
Nina (VP Internal) reported on the SIS Departmental meeting (10 April
2015). At that meeting, a key issue for MISSA was the additional
amendment to constitution (passed at AGM). No further MISSA-related
concerns were raised at the Departmental meeting.
The Treasurer’s report was delivered by Christina. Taline will post the final
budget to the SIS wiki. MISSA budget was $6320.88 for the year, of which
$4362.22 was spent (69%). $1958.68 will rollover to the 2015-26 MISSA
Council, to be used for orientation expenses and other. The PGSS is still
processing reimbursement requests related to the last event.
Emily (KCO) reminded MISSA Council to please send knowledge transfer
sheets, if they haven’t already done so.
Sarah (PGSS representative) reported that the most recent meeting was
held at MacDonald Campus. The final meeting of the year will be in May.
Communications - no report.
Curriculum Committee - no report.
Old Business
 Treasurer Position - Brittany McCartney has accepted to be nominated for
the Interim Treasurer position. Taline will prepare the budget for the 201516 year, with which Brittany can support the incoming MISSA Council. The
year-long position will be open for election in September.
o Christina put forward a motion to appoint Brittany as Interim
Treasurer until September. The motion was seconded by Laura and
unanimous at vote.
 Other unfilled election positions will be open for election in September.
Anyone else could come forward in same manner.
 Petty Cash Bank Account. Taline researched several options for bank
accounts, noting none are completely free. Business accounts typically
waive fees for the first 6 months, but not community or non-profit accounts.
Fee rebates need a minimum account balance, typically of $5000. Options
and associated fees (per month) as follows:
o BMO $2.50
o TD $1.95
o CIBC $4
o RBC $3.75
o Scotia Bank $2.50
Sarah noted that many other McGill student associations have accounts
with BMO, so there may be some benefit from their familiarity with
turnover in student leadership.
David wondered about steps for the transfer of account responsibility to a
new treasurer. There are formal letters required from the department and
then from the university.
Melissa suggested having two names on the account – not to require both
signatures, but with either as signing authority.
Christina put forward a motion that Taline and Nina open a BMO joint
bank account for petty cash. The motion was seconded by Sarah and all
in favour.
New Business
No new business.
Announcements/Good of the Order
No additional announcements.
Meeting adjourned at 11:15, moved by Laura, seconded by Sarah, and all in
favour.