Day 3 Part 2

So since the first portion of this post, I have been to the Large institutions caucus, the BC delegates prep, as well as a portion of finances, and the large majority of the policy committee. To start I will bring up the large institutions. We began by picking delgates for the budget, ODS (previously explained) and the policies committee. At large institution Matt Todd began by requesting a vote on the ODS committee, which resulted in a vote between several individuals. It was rules that we would not send matt, and lost the motion with only 2 votes, ourselves, and UVIC. I went next for my motivation for the Budget committee using the same motivation as mentioned in the last post including my passion for accounting and budgets, as well as the fact i am a fourth year BBA in Accounting Student with large amounts of not-for-profit work in the past, and present. It was voted on and as you could probably guess, i lost the vote with a surprising 3 votes, (Ourselves, UVIC, and an unknown. Policies was next and Reena nominated herself for the vote, and was able to obtain the right to vote without having to vote on delegates at the caucus. Motions 6,7,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,37,38,and 40 were pulled from the motion to discuss. the session was recessed till tomorrow.

The next meeting was with the BC delegates. Much of the small thing happened, myself for budget, Matt for ODS. Both motions failed of course. At this point, I was past the point of frustration due to the lack of independce the CFS shows in repescting ones opinion through slate voting to ensure only those of CFS power are able to attend the Budget, and ODS meetings. Who would have ever thought to send a fourth year BBA student with a passion for accounting and volunteer work within the student body to a budget, and finance meeting. I failed in all three counts to receive no representation of the committee representations for Kwantlen Students or the KSA. At this point in the meeting after failing for the third time, I walked out of the room for about 5 minutes to calm down. At the end of this meeting, I was nominated by another local for a vote on polices, which myself and Matt Todd share with one other individual.

At this point, I finally realized no matter what your intentions are if you are not associated positively through CFS delegates, there will be no hope to accurately have a student voice heard. My intentions for budget as spoken during motivation were to help in the allocation of funds, and help voice the student in how to properly manage fees to encourage improved service access, improved campaign alternatives, and improved communication throughout the organization. Nothing that is meant to harm or deceive anyone. Obtaining so few votes only confirms that the Local 26 is the plague of the CFS, and should not be associated with at any time.

By the end of the voting, Myself, Reena, Matt, and Matthew all had votes on Policies while Harj went to the Campaigns meeting. To being I went to the budget meeting in an attempt to obtain a copy of the budget, and determine if there were any gross errors. Unfortunately the room was so small that when I briefly left, my spot was taken and their was no room left for me. I then went to the Policy meeting were I had a voice, although the motions discussed seemed somewhat debatable and useless, bu neverthe less we spent 2 hours on the motion 02 about the upass policy which was passed, we moved that the technology motion be tabled till the next meeting, and passed the rationalization policy. The rest of the policies will be brought up tomorrow. I won't be attending this meeting as I feel my voice is better of at OSD discussing motions, and not on discussing policies. At the end of the night it has become clear to me the most CFS delegates sent are not the rational people student union representatives should be, but the dictators that cause revolts, restrict freedom of speech.

Tomorrow will have another update on a bunch of meetings I attend including the
Part time constituency, the BC delegates, the and the OSD Meeting which may be long. I will attempt to have an update up by tomorrow night although due to the amount of motions to be considered at OSD this meeting may not end till the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday. Keep posting and reading and leave your feedback.