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Summer News Recap
Happy First Week all. Here’s what happened while you were out. On Campus The Student Board of Governors representatives turned over. Tim Blair bids farewell, as Michael Duncan takes his place. Bijan Ahmadian and Alexandra Caldwell (UBC-O) were re-elected for their respective second terms. The University approved a plan to in-fill Totem residence. This was met with surprise [...]
AMS Council: Sep 2, 2009
Highlights from tonight: Is UBC driving us crazy? Further plundering of the President’s fund by the external office Again I will point you to KatDov’s AMS Reports if you’d like another opinion. I had a bunch of things going on tonight and this will probably be a sub-par meeting summary. Dave Tompkins was absent tonight, [...]
Introducing: Insiders 2.0
Welcome! After slaving away behind the scenes for three months now, we’re finally public. Introducing the brand-new UBC Insiders! Andrew, Justin, Neal and I have been working away behind the scenes, securing the new team, working on web development and coming up with a business strategy, editorial schedules and research ideas to give you what [...]
A Shout Out
To the AMS, and Fincom in particular for helping fund my trip to Ottawa to attend the CIS AGM. You can read the articles I wrote about it here and here. If you are hoping to go to a conference, event, or have a special project in mind, I strongly encourage you to apply for [...]
AMS Council: August 19, 2009
It’s so nice out today. Can’t we all just go sit on the Knoll and have council there? Highlights: A visit from Pierre Ouillet and Brian Sullivan Tom Dvorak’s EPIC Sunglasses tan Bonjour Pierre Ouillet Pierre Ouillet (UBC’s VP Finance, Resources and Operations) is here with Brian Sullivan to talk about structural deficits in the [...]
Campus Shows: Fall 2009
This year, the Ubyssey will have more resources invested in their culture section (one editor last year; this year there are two), with fewer resources going into news (two editors last year; this year only one). They now have a culture blog and, I believe, a paid culture staffer over the summer. Correction: Apparently the [...]
AMS Council: July 29, 2009
Highlights from AMS Council tonight: Art Gallery gets $23,000 New pricing policy for Whistler Lodge in February 2010 Long overdue, you can now get the agenda and documentation on the AMS’s own website! Geoff Costeloe wants everyone to know he is hot and sweaty. But I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean it in the fun [...]
AMS Council: July 8, 2009
Big party tonight! Highlights: Olympics, Olympics, Olympics! We support Iran… being referred to committee 2009-2010 budget There was a very full house tonight, 90-100 people for the hour-long Olympics presentation by Michelle Aucoin, UBC 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Secretariat, Kristen Harvey, PR person for VANOC (and former AMS president!) and Manon Chouinard, PR for the [...]
AMS Council Agenda: July 8, 2009
Since the AMS has not yet mastered the art of putting meeting dates and agendas online yet, the next one is: Wednesday, July 8, 2009. 6 PM. SUB 206. Agenda The most interesting thing will be a presentation from Michelle Aucoin, Director of the UBC 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Secretariat about what to expect when [...]
AMS Council: June 17, 2009
AMS council tonight. Highlights: Provincial Elections campaign budget revealed Executive quarterly reports released Student Court appointments It’s a proxy party tonight. Low turnout, lots of substitutes. Leftover food also means a weird dinner combination: Pi-R-Squared with smoked salmon appetizers. CASA Conference Recap First up was a presentation to recap the recent CASA policy conference in [...]
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