AFSA is happy to announce that we have partnered with the University of Waterloo to bring you the Investment Research Challenge. It is happening one week from now on June 26th, 2015 with the top prize of $2000. Good luck to all registrants!
AFSA By-Election 2015-2016: Applications Open!
Due to several unfilled positions for the main AFSA Executive Team 2015-2016 Elections, a By-Election will be held for the following positions:
- 1 Vice President Education
- 2 Board of Directors
- 3 AFEF Board of Directors
Applications will be open from June 14th 9AM to June 18th 11:59PM.
Application for Vice President Education:
http://goo.gl/forms/QOaARG3dw4
Application for AFSA Board of Directors:
http://goo.gl/forms/yo4OHxfyQH
Application for AFEF Board:
http://goo.gl/forms/zBfpXsVhS8
Please see below for more details on the By-Election Timeline:
Candidates Announced & Campaigning Begins - June 19th 10AM
Campaigning Ends - June 24th 11:59PM
Voting Begins - June 25th - 9AM
Voting Ends - June 28th - 11:59PM
Results Announced - June 29th - 10AM
Please address all questions to: m.yang@uwafsa.ca
AFSA Elections 2015-2016: Candidate Results
The AFSA Elections committee and the AFSA Executive 2014-2015 team would like to welcome and congratulate the new AFSA Executive team for 2015-2016!
AFSA Executive Team 2015-2016:
President
Lynn Wu: 215
Decline: 69
Affirmative Vote: 75.44%
VP Finance
Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam: 135
Catherine Tchang: 132
Decline: 35
Affirmative Vote - 44.7%
VP External
Wen Luo Zhou: 203
Shobith Raju: 77
Jasmine Lee: 57
Decline: 32
Affirmative vote: 55.01%
VP Internal Services
Zhao Chen: 173
Decline: 67
Affirmative vote: 74.14%
VP Communications
Xue Leng: 208
Decline: 51
Affirmative Vote: 80.31%
VP Marketing
Emily Piazza: 172
Decline: 60
Affirmative vote: 74.14%
VP Internal (Events)
Allen Wang: 193
Decline: 63
Affirmative vote: 75.39%
VP Administration & Knowledge Management
Joey Deng: 170
Decline: 65
Affirmative vote: 72.39%
VP Corporate
Isa Haran: 191
Decline: 72
Affirmative vote: 72.62%
Board of Directors
Elected:
Yidi Xiong: 179
Decline: 65
Affirmative vote: 73.36%
Anna Liang: 169
Decline: 54
Affirmative vote: 75.78%
Daryl Deebrah: 169
Decline: 59
Affirmative vote :74.12%
Zac Hogg (Alumni): 141
Decline: 68
Affirmative vote: 67.46%
AFEF Board of Directors
Elected:
Brendan Suharly: 153
Decline: 61
Affirmative Vote: 71.50
AFSA Elections: Voting Period Now Open!
The official AFSA Elections Voting Period has finally begun! The voting period will be open from Monday, June 8 at 9AM to Thursday, June 11 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.
Please send an email to m.yang@uwafsa.ca if you have any questions.
Happy Voting!
AFSA Elections 2015-2016 Discussion & Debate Forums Now Open!
The candidates have been released (Found here: http://www.uwafsa.ca/afsa-elections-2015-2016-candidates/) 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!
AFSA Elections 2015-2016 Candidates
AFSA Executive Team Candidates:
President
VP Finance
VP Education
VP External
VP Internal Services
VP Communications
VP Marketing
VP Internal (Events)
VP Administration & Knowledge Management
VP Corporate
Board of Directors
Elected:
AFEF Board of Directors
Elected:
Oliver Wyman Summer Reception
Are you interested in management consulting? Join Oliver Wyman in Toronto this summer to learn more about their firm and what the management consulting industry has to offer.
Please apply to attend the event by submitting your updated resume (including GPA, SAT scores & anticipated graduation date) to the corresponding email by Friday, May 29th, 2015.
The reception will take place on Thursday, July 9th, 7:00pm at the Aria Ristorante 25 York Street
Apply and feel free to direct any questions to: TOreception@oliverwyman.com
AFSA Elections Kickoff
The annual AFSA Elections applications to become an AFSA executive member are now open! Elections for Executive, Board of Director and AFEF positions begin during the month of May each year.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS I CAN RUN FOR?
There are 10 elected positions for Executives, 5 elected positions on the Board of Directors an 4 elected positions on the AFEF Board. They range from positions on Board as well as positions on the Executive team. For a complete description of roles and responsibilities, refer to http://www.uwafsa.ca/executive-and-bod/
WHAT IS THE ELECTIONS PROCESS? WHAT ARE THE DEADLINES?
The elections process consists of the submission of a suitable application for the appointed and elected positions. They can be found at www.uwafsa.ca. Once applications are approved by the elections committee, the campaign period begins. During the campaign period, candidates can promote their platform (online only) and SAF students can participate through the elections forum. Once the campaign period ends, voting will begin. During this period, all SAF students can vote (or abstain from voting) for all positions as well as any referendums. Subsequently, the votes will be tallied and the successful candidates will be announced on www.uwafsa.ca.
The elections timeline is as follows:
May 25th - AFSA elections kickoff May 25th - Applications Open May 29th - Deadline to apply May 30th - Candidates vetted and announced June 1st – Campaigning begins June 7th - Campaigning ends June 8th – Voting begins June 11th – Voting Ends June 12th - Results announced
Direct Link to the Executive Application Form: http://goo.gl/forms/x61tznFBvx
Direct Link to the Board of Directors Application Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/101QYJTNVuxucyqCdaUQTiug4crK0Qt7SQU5bSGZ2QsM/viewform?c=0&w=1
Direct Link to the AFEF Application Form: http://goo.gl/forms/2JGVEydLMy