Following last year's referendum, all uncontested candidates must pass a non - confidence vote. This means that students can vote for an uncontested position this year. Uncontested candidates are essentially running against the "Decline" option. If the decline option takes 50% +1 (or more) votes for a certain position, then the voters do not have confidence in this candidate and the position will be left vacant for a by-election. These defeated candidates are eligible to run in the by-election for their respective position.
AFSA Elections: Voting Period Now Open!
The official AFSA Elections Voting Period has finally begun! The voting period will be open from Wednesday, June 4 at 9AM to Monday, June 9 at 11:59 PM
Vote for your AFSA Executive Team and Board of Directors here: https://vote.feds.ca/
For more information on the candidates running for the executive team click here.
If you have any questions, be sure to visit our AFSA Elections FAQ
For more information on the referendum update please visit: AFSA Constitution Changes
Important: Referendum Update
After very long considerations to the outcome of the currently proposed AFSA Referendum, the AFSA Board of Directors have decided to amend the currently proposed items. Students may view the final proposed AFSA constitution. The Board of Directors have decided this to allow for an opportunity for increased messaging and feedback from students, and investigation on a variety of topics, including:
- adding non-SAF members as associate (or "class B") members of AFSA
- becoming a (commerce) society under the Federation of Students
- instituting an involuntary member levy to SAF students, and potentially a levy of similar or lesser cost to potential non-SAF members
- ratifying all AFEF constitution amendments, which would include a reduced AFEF payment per term
We want to be fair to students to voice their concerns in this process. These may be changes that will implement best practices from other business schools and their business councils and societies, but AFSA has been rushed in its communication of the potential changes to our students. We want to ensure full student awareness and engagement in regard to these very complex changes being proposed. We apologize for our speed in proposing these complex changes. The former executive members of the undergraduate student government at the University of Waterloo had not been able to give AFSA the fore warning until May that a levy system would be possible while not being a FEDs society. Thus, these changes were attempted to be included in the referendum, but these past few weeks have shown that more time is needed for students to digest these changes.
We are working with the SAF to finalize plans to implement these changes by Winter 2015. AFSA, will work with the SAF and other internal bodies at the University to gather more information in the many areas affected by the proposed changes and will finally propose a finalized structure to students in mid-Fall of 2014.
We as AFSA need to ensure that all the i's are dotted and that all the t's are crossed in a very complex process. A lot of changes are trying to be made. We hope that by voting now on a few of the changes respective to our own organization, we can continue to improve our service to you, our students, during the extra term we take to finalize a potential levy and commerce society system.
To those running, best of luck to those in the elections. And to those on the sidelines, please be sure to vote at vote.feds.ca!
The final referendum questions will be as follows:
1) Are you in favour of AFSA exploring talks to reduce the AFEF donation per term?
YES
NO
ABSTAIN
2) Are you in favour of AFSA exploring talks to implement an involuntary levy of equal or similar value to the possible reduction in the AFEF donation?
YES
NO
ABSTAIN
3) Are you in favour of the following changes to the structure of the Executive offices: link to proposed AFSA constitution
- renaming the executive office of VP External to VP Corporate Relations for the purposes of corporate sponsorship, partnerships, and other corporate initiatives
- re-creating the VP External office for the purposes of managing AFSA subsidiaries, affiliate relationships, and building a nation-wide conference program
- eliminating VP Finance as the automatic acting President in the situation that the President is incapable of performing his/her duties
- allowing the President's vote to count twice on any Exec matter which results in a tie, and
- increasing super majority votes from seven (7) to eight (8) executive members and increasing quorum from five (5) to (6) executive members
YES
NO
ABSTAIN
4) Are you in favour of the following changes to the structure of the Board of Directors: link to proposed AFSA constitution
- adding one (1) additional elected Board of Director seat
- adding alumni board eligibility for an alumnus who has graduated within a three year period, who may not serve as Chair of the Board
- allowing a director to serve as the Chair of the Board of Directors for more than one year
- allowing the Board of Directors to appoint a Vice President as "Executive Vice President", to perform the duties of the President in the situation that the President is incapable of performing his/her duties
- allowing the Chair's vote to count twice on any Board matter which results in a tie, and
- increasing super majority votes from five (5) to six (6) directors
YES
NO
ABSTAIN
5) In regard to AFSA potentially becoming the commerce society at the University of Waterloo, are you in favour of AFSA exploring talks to admit "Associate" - non-SAF - business student members into the organization?
YES
NO
ABSTAIN
6) In regard to AFSA potentially becoming the commerce society at the University of Waterloo, are you in favour of AFSA exploring talks to move away from its affiliation with the Arts Student Union (ASU) and potentially becoming a society under the Federation of Students (FEDS)
YES
NO
ABSTAIN
Important: AFSA Elections Voting Period Change to June 4 to June 9
After long deliberations with the Elections Committee and current AFSA Executives, we have decided to push the time period for voting from Monday, June 2, 2014 - Thursday, June 5, 2014 to Wednesday, June 4, 2014 (9:00 AM) to Monday June 9, 2014 (9:00 AM).This means that results will now come out on Tuesday June 10, 2014 at 9:00 AM. This is because we want to ensure that MAccs have the ability to vote during the elections period as this has been a problem in the past.
Happy Voting!
SAF Ultimate Frisbee Tournament
To all 3B students!! If you love to play sports, throw frisbees or if you want to enjoy a spectaular sporting event, there is an upcoming SAF Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. It will be held on Friday, June 6th @ 2:30PM (or when you get out of 311) at the CIF Lower Fields.
There will be a Bomber event in SLC to follow after the tournament.
Email Lynn at L2graham@uwaterloo.ca if you want to play but haven't registered.
Backstage Pass: Learn From the Successes and Failures of Entrepreneurs
C3 Inspire would like to invite you to attend Backstage Pass: Learn From the Successes and Failures of Entrepreneurs. The event will feature speakers from MyCareerCity, Palette, Fruitex, and Lumotune who will talk about the experiences they have encountered throughout their entrepreneurial journey.
Event Details
Date: June 4, 2014
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Fishbowl, Davis Centre, University of Waterloo
We hope that we can continue to encourage people to connect, collaborate, and create through Backstage Pass and our annual C3 Conference. Please pre-register for Backstage Pass by visit the website at http://c3inspire.com/inspire/backstagepass to reserve a spot before tickets run out!
Cheers, C3 Inspire
AFSA Elections 2014-2015 Discussion & Debate Forums Now Open!
The candidates have been released (Found here: http://www.uwafsa.ca/electionscandidates/) and now it's time for the candidates to start campaigning! If you are a student and you have any questions, concerns or comments about their platform or application or would just like to know them better please post on the discussion elections forum!
REGISTER NOW: http://safstudentvote.freeforums.net (must register your UWaterloo email, or if previously registered for prior elections just login.)
Happy discussion & debating!
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