Here are the FIVE things you NEED to know from this week's’ Council:
#5
One of the first orders of business for the new council is to appoint councillors to the various committees of the organization. Committees are where new ideas are developed, and recommendations made for the Council to vote on. The committees of Council are the Appointments committee, the Environmental Sustainability committee, the External Affairs committee, the Finance & Operations committee, the Governance committee, the Social Justice and Equity committee, the Student Life committee and the University Affairs committee. All of the committees have seats reserved for students - apply at kusa.ca/committees
#4
Murdoch de Mooy was elected VP University Affairs. While de Mooy previously held the position of Arts Faculty Representative, he was defeated by Jazicka Rai in the 2018 General Election for Mature Students Representative. He continues to hold his seat on Council because he is a student representative on the University Senate. If the Bylaw changes been approved at the 2018 AGM, senators would no longer be on Council, but the meeting did not have the required 200 people for quorum, and the bylaws were not changed.
This is not the first time that a student senator has been elected to an executive position.
Christopher Girodat, appointed December 2011 as Director of Student Services and Executive Chairperson, was recently made an honourary member of the association for his contributions to the organization. Girodat is most well-known for his role in organizing students to introduce unprecedented levels of accountability in the society. Chris’s other accomplishments include replacing the entirety of the KSA bylaws, implementing accounting best practices, hiring a new general manager, increasing trust in the student body, as well as inspiring generations of KSA council members. Steven Button, appointed November 2013 as Director of Student Services and Executive Chairperson, was a quiet and stately presence at the KSA during his term, preferring to take care of the behind-the-scenes work so critical to the workings of the student association, and largely leaving the spotlight to his colleagues.
David Piraquive was appointed VP Student Life. Piraquive has been involved with the KSA as a student member since he was appointed to the External Affairs committee in September 2014. He was elected as a Arts Faculty Representative in the 2017 general election, and successfully re-ran in the 2018 election. You might’ve met Piraquive collecting signatures for the Grants Now! campaign this past spring.
#2
Joseph Thorpe, the new VP Finance & Operations, is the ‘newest’ member of the executive team. He was appointed as the Queer Students Liaison at the 2017 AGM, and continued to hold the position after the by-election, as no one ran to replace him. He successfully ran in the 2018 General election. Thorpe has been working at Career Services at the University, and is an HR student. He was very involved in the Pride float for the 2017 Pride Parade, and we are excited to see what he has planned for this year!
#1
Caitlin McCutchen was re-elected Vice President External at the Council meeting on April 2, and following that was elected President by the Executive Committee. McCutchen first got involved with the KSA for the 2015 get out the vote campaign, and went on to serve as a student at large, and then a Senate representative, before running as women’s representative in the 2017 election. She is no stranger to leadership, having served as the Chairperson of the Alliance of BC Students since June 2017. In her first term as VP External, McCutchen oversaw many campaigns, including the a more mindful U campaign for mental health, and a campaign for student housing with the ABCS, which influenced the government’s commitment in the 2018 budget of $450 million dollars over three years to build student housing.
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