Spring 2016 AFEF proposals

Hey All School of Accounting Students, Do you have a great idea that you want to make happen but need financial sponsorship? Are you part of a club or organization that has a need for financial sponsorship to support your initiatives? The Accounting and Finance Endowment Fund is opening up applications for funding for the Spring 2016 Semester.

All the details regarding the funding policy and what can be funded are available on the AFEF website noted below. Please note that all proposal applications are also done on the website as well.

AFEF Website: https://uwaterloo.ca/…/accounting-and-finance-endowment-fun…

The deadline for all proposal applications is June 30, 2016 at 12:00 pm. If you have any specific questions, please email saf-afef@uwaterloo.ca

Win $50 gift card simply by filling out a survey!

By filling out this survey your eligible to win a $50 Starbucks card!Have you ever wanted to know more about the CPA process? Do You feel like you haven't had an opportunity to voice your opinion about this matter? Well Wait no more, AFSA has created a survey to see if students need additional information about how the school could help inform you about the CPA process. It ends June 26th !

Here is a link to the survey: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/qgrAbr

2016-17 By-election results

The AFSA Elections committee and the AFSA Executive 2014-2015 team would like to welcome and congratulate the successful candidates of the by-election! More details regarding the remaining AFSA BOD position will come next week.

AFSA Board of Directors :

AFSABoD_RolandFung
Roland Fung  - 170 (57%)
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Emily Piazza - 162 (54%)
Jay An- 137 (46%)
Total number of ballots cast - 299

AFEF Board of Directors 

AFEFBOD_HAMZA
Hamza Syed - 176
AFEF_MichelleLi
AFEF_VincentHong
Shobith Raju- 126 
Joshua David - 49 
Total number of ballots cast - 358

 

AFSA By-election 2016

Missed out on the AFSA 2016-2017 election? Don't worry, there are still positions open on the AFSA BOD and AFEF BOD in the by-election! WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS I CAN RUN FOR?

There are 3 elected positions on the Board of Directors, and 3 elected positions on the AFEF Board. For a complete description of roles and responsibilities, refer to http://www.uwafsa.ca/executive-and-bod and https://uwaterloo.ca/school-of-accounting-and-finance/current-undergraduates/accounting-and-finance-endowment-fund-afef

WHEN ARE THE DEADLINES?

Mon May 30th – Deadline to submit applications @midnight Tues May 31st – Candidates vetted and announced Wed June 1st – Campaigning begins Tues June 7th – Campaigning ends @midnight Wed June 8th – Voting begins Fri June 10th – Voting Ends @midnight Sat June 11th – Results announced

WHAT IS THE ELECTIONS PROCESS?

  1.  Anyone enrolled in the School of Accounting and Finance (AFM, Math-CPA, Bio-CPA, and CFM) for September 2016 in 2A and up are eligible to run! (Exception of alumni allowed for one AFSA Board seat).
  2. The elections process formally starts with the submission an application for the position you wish to run for (one position per person), the links for which can be found below.
  3. Once applications are approved by the elections committee (you will receive an email along with further rules and regulations), the campaign period begins. During the campaign period, candidates can promote their platform (online only) and SAF students can participate through the elections forum (http://safstudentvote.freeforums.net/).
  4. Once the campaign period ends, voting will begin. During this period, all SAF students (including MAcc) can vote (or abstain from voting, i.e. not vote for any candidate) for all positions as well as any referendums. The vote will be anonymous and held online (the link will be provided at a later date through uwafsa.ca and AFSA’s Facebook page).
  5. Subsequently, the votes will be tallied and the successful candidates will be contacted through email while the final results will be announced on www.uwafsa.ca.

Direct Link to the Executive Application Form:

AFSA BOD application: https://goo.gl/0AEBVp

AFEF BOD application: https://goo.gl/TVtDAr

 If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the Elections Committee at elections@uwafsa.ca  

Results of the 2016-2017 AFSA & AFEF Elections!

The AFSA Elections committee and the AFSA Executive 2014-2015 team would like to welcome and congratulate the new AFSA & AFEF team for 2015-2016! By-elections for remaining seats on the AFSA and AFEF Board of Directors will start early next week - keep an eye out for more details coming soon.

AFSA Executive Team 

President

President_JoeyDeng
Joey Deng - 196
Yujie Zhang - 191
Balakumar Thevakumar - 78
Decline - 31
Affirmative vote - 39.5%

VP Finance

VPFinance_DerekWang
Derek Wang - 114
Michael Wong - 63
Gohulan Sivakumar - 79
Linda Lu - 88
Decline - 69
Affirmative vote - 27.6%

VP External

brendan
Ellie Wang - 244
Decline - 122
Affirmative vote - 66.7%

VP Education

Stanley Hu

Stanley Hu - 162
Marco Li - 80 Pavitheran Sritharan - 108

Decline - 65
Affirmative vote - 39.0%

VP Internal Services

 VPInternalServices_LauraFong

Laura Fong - 205
James Wei - 118
Decline - 60
Affirmative vote - 53.5%

VP Communications

VP communications_ Jessica Yu
Jessica Yu - 256
Decline - 118
Affirmative vote - 68.4%

VP Marketing

 VP-Marketing_AndrewJohnston

Andrew Johnston - 193
Billy Han - 106
Decline - 78
Affirmative vote - 51.2%

VP Internal (Events)

Tony
Tony Liu - 158
Vanessa Yiu - 139
Decline - 79
Affirmative vote - 42.0%

VP Administration & Knowledge Management

VPAdmin&KM_EmilyHuang
Emily Huang - 182
Darren Chiu - 130
Decline - 88
Affirmative vote - 45.5%

VP Corporate

VPCorporateRelations_AdonMathew
Adon Mathew - 97
Matthew Watson -73
Julia Podrebarac - 62
Enerstine Chen - 95
Decline - 73
Affirmative vote - 24.3%

Board of Directors

BoD_ZaoChen
Zao Chen - 260 (64.4%)
Total number of ballots cast - 404
BoD_NelsonLee
Nelson Lee - 228 (56.4%)
Total number of ballots cast - 404
BOD-Allen
Allen Wang - 234 (57.9%)
Total number of ballots cast - 404
Kevin Ding - 191 (47.3%)
Total number of ballots cast - 404
Andres Perez-Vilarino - 196 (48.5%)
Total number of ballots cast - 404

AFEF Board of Directors

AFEFBOD_GanatheepanGaneshalingam
Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam - 254 (67.9%)
Total number of ballots cast - 374