Ubyssey News Profile picture
Sep 21 5 tweets 2 min read
Good morning! We're back covering the second day of #UBCBoG committee meetings.

The only meeting on today's schedule is the Audit Committee. Here's the (short) open session agenda: bog3.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2022/09/…
Chair Jessie Dusangh opens the meeting with a land acknowledgment.

He welcomes Azim Lalani as the new vice-chair of the committee, and thanks interim VP Finance Karamjeet Heer as this is her last Audit Committee before she leaves for SFU.
Committee members approve the open session agenda and the meeting minutes from their last committee meeting.
Today's single consent agenda item: Image
The consent agenda was approved, bringing the open session to a close!

We'll be live tweeting the full Board of Governors meeting on Monday, Sept. 26.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Ubyssey News

Ubyssey News Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @UbysseyNews

Sep 22
Hello! We're at tonight's #UBCSenate meeting, the first (partially) in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic.

The live stream on Facebook does not appear to be working, but here is the agenda anyways: scs-senate-2021.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/20220921…
Santa Ono calls the first regular meeting of the academic year to order with a land acknowledgement.

Registrar Kate Ross welcomes Alex Mitchell, the new student representative from the Faculty of Dentistry.
The minutes of the May 18, 2022 meeting have been approved, with a small correction.
Read 88 tweets
Sep 22
On September 1, @cupe2278 soft-launched a union drive for research assistants, academic assistants and other student workers who aren’t yet unionized.

We spoke to organizers and supporters of the drive, and those who have successfully organized similar campaigns elsewhere. 1/
CUPE 2278 President Phyllis Pearson said the campaign comes after years of complaints around pay inequity, bullying and harassment from supervisors and unrealistic work expectations. 2/
Yi Chien Jade Ho was one of the lead organizers of the successful drive to unionize research assistants at SFU in 2019.

“It really comes down to organization and then really showing that there’s a collective will and there’s a collective power behind doing this,” she said. 3/
Read 5 tweets
Sep 21
We're at tonight's AMS VP finance by-election debate! Please DM us here or on Facebook with questions you want us to ask.

We will have a livestream link soon!
First, opening statements.
Lawrence Liu is an associate VP in the VP finance office. He says his involvement has given him a better understanding of AMS operations, and informed his platform on points like raising mental health coverage and opening a new business.
Read 62 tweets
Sep 20
And we're back for the final #UBCBoG meeting of today: Executive Committee.

Here's the (short) agenda for the open session: bog3.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2022/09/…
BoG + committee chair Nancy McKenzie opens the meeting with a land acknowledgment.
McKenzie welcomes Chaslyn Gillanders and Joel Solomon who were recently appointed as chairs of the Indigenous Engagement + Sustainability & Climate Action committees, respectively.
Read 6 tweets
Sep 20
Hello! We're back covering today's #UBCBoG committee meetings.

Up now is the Property Committee. Here's the agenda: bog3.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2022/09/…
Chair Miranda Lam opens the meeting with a land acknowledgment.

She also welcomes new faculty governor, Dr. Marianne Legault, from UBC Okanagan.
Lam says governors will hear an update on the eagle nest in Wesbrook during the closed session.

Some context: ubyssey.ca/news/bald-eagl…
Read 57 tweets
Sep 20
Good morning! We're at today's UBC Board of Governors Finance Committee meeting. Here's the agenda: bog3.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2022/09/…
Chair Azim Lalani calls the meeting to order and gives a land acknowledgement. The agenda is approved.
The committee's June 15 meeting minutes are approved.
Read 41 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(