Neal Yonson
AMS Council Preview: Jan 6, 2009
Now that VFM is back up and running, and there is a renewed interest in the AMS, this is a great time to engage with your student society! The first council meeting of this term will take place this Wednesday, at 6 pm in SUB 206. Everyone is welcome to attend, and dinner is provided. [...]
Senate Enacts New Admissions Policy: Alberta Students get 2% Bump
Like all of the students whose studies it governs, the UBC Vancouver Senate found itself busy during the last exam period. At their meeting on Dec 16, Senate approved a new admissions policy, J-50, which allows the Senate Admissions Committee to adjust the admissions averages of incoming high school students based on where they originate [...]
VFM Mania
Mark Latham, who initiated and personally financed the first two Voter Funded Media (VFM) contests at UBC in 2007 and 2008, is back, cementing his place as the patron saint of UBC independent media. Yesterday he unveiled a second VFM contest to be run around the same time as the AMS elections time, with an [...]
GSS Needs a Sober Second Thought
It is with great sadness that we report the GSS has stopped the service of free beer at their council meetings. This motion was passed this evening: WHEREAS provision of drink tickets will facilitate further socializing of Council members at Koerner’s Pub, encourage shorter meetings, and encourage Councillor attendance until the completion of Council meeting [...]
Dishing on Davis’s Legal Opinion
It is safe to say that the last AMS Council meeting did not unfold quite the way anyone expected it to. Blake and Tim still hold their positions, were censured, asked to catalogue their activities on an hourly basis, and are now required to go to executive committee to make any decisions that could affect [...]
Point: AMS Council Should Remove the AMS President and VP External from Office
We had hoped to provide you with a point/counterpoint on the burning issue of the day: the impending removal of AMS President and VP External from office. We offered Hillson Tse, creator of the Facebook group “Impeach the AMS President and VP External” to argue for, and Yifan Sin Razon, creator of the Facebook group [...]
AMS Elections Nominations Open Today
Do you find yourself suddenly interested in the AMS? What good timing, because the AMS Elections Administrator has an announcement to make… AMS Elections Nominations Now Open! Are you interested in playing an integral role in the administration of UBC’s highest-governing student body? The AMS is currently accepting nominations for various positions on Council. The [...]
AMS Council Votes Unanimously to Withdraw UN Complaint, Ask For Resignations of President and VPX
A spirited emergency AMS council meeting took place tonight to react to Blake Frederick’s human rights complaint to the UN. Because of the large turnout, the meeting took place in the Hebb Theatre and went for approximately three hours. At its most populated, there were 175-200 students present, with a large number of students-at-large. As [...]
Notes on the War Crimes of the BC Government
The following is a coedited post with files from both Neal Yonson and Alex Lougheed. The Timeline This issue was first brought up by Blake and Tim. The first mention of this appears shortly after they took office in the March 13, 2009 Executive Committee minutes, in which there is a one sentence mention: 13. [...]
AMS Council: November 18-19, 2009
7+ hours of defeating motions. Highlights: No disability seat No unbanning of slates Stephen Owen and Nancy Knight bring the spin about Metro Vancouver’s proposed bylaws The AMS Foundation has achieved a balanced budget! YVR Add Fare opposed for U-Pass holders Electoral Code Changes for appeals and the international student seat Committee Appointments The AMS [...]
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