Over The Edge

minor changes

By: Christopher Schulz
Amidst some shouting,
confusion and some
momentary chaos, this
years Northern Under-
graduate

Treasurer of NUGSS
described himself as
“ecstatic”. Going into the
AGM, Reid says he was

the NUGSS board to
maintain their position if
they are on academic
probation. Jamie Camp-
bell, Vice

Student an i -
Society}  sident,
(NUGSS) felt “it
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(AGM) went fe jwoaios
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During the six -  ~ with the
hour — event, 4 turn out,
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and _ obsceni- est turn
ties were out we’ve
employed, ever had
however in the at an
end, the stu- NUGSS President Saleem Dossa presides over pan”

dent body the passing of an amendment. photo by Aaron Students
came through Mahoney them-

maintaining the manda-
tory quorum of eighty-
eight people the entire
time and making some
really responsible deci-
sions.

The board members of
NUGSS were generally
satisfied with how things
went. Chris . be

“On January 28, the
Noe th e-n in
Undergraduate Student

Society held _ their
Annual General
Meeting. During the

entire six hours of the
AGM, at no time was
there more people pre-
sent and actively partic-
ipating as the status of
the Women's Centre
and Over The Edge
were being discussed.

NUGSS proposed to
change the status of the
Women's Centre and

nervous, “I couldn't
sleep the day before”.
Reid felt that generally
everything went very
well, although he was
disappointed with a few
things, particularly an
amendment to a bylaws
passed by _ students

allowing members of

Over the Edge to that of
a service. Basically, this
would mean that
instead of the Women's
Centre receiving 5 per-
cent of the entire
NUGSS budget and the
paper 4 percent or
$7600, whichever is
greater; the Women's
Centre and Over The
Edge would have to
appear before NUGSS
every year to receive
funding. In doing so,
they would have to fulfill
certain criteria includ-

selves had a variety of
opinions regarding the
success of the AGM.
Many students
expressed frustration at
the way in which the
meeting was run. They
felt confused with the
process of speaking
and voting. Some stu-

ing, among other things,
proving that they are
financially accountable
and that they are a well
used student service.
NUGSS argued that
since students fund
these two organizations
and they exist for stu-
dents; these two organi-
zations should have to
prove every year that
enough students are
actually using them to
warrant continuing or
increasing their funding.
The debate, originally

relay small amount

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| _ Volume 5 - issue 10 - February 9, 1999

Students at AGM pass NUGSS bylaws

denis felt that NUGSS
President Saleem
Dossa kept order fairly
well, considering all the
people there;
while others
felt that it was |
very chaotic
and that more
should have |-%

been done to} ~

keep people},
from shouting
out from the | -
crowd. Most |
students}
seemed to be
privet ity,
impressed
with the turn
out and
appreciated the enthusi-
asm students brought
into the discussion,
while others felt the
atmosphere was a little
too hostile. Overall,
mosi students felt that
NUGSS was doing a
good job of representing
their interests, which
was apparent from the

twenty minutes, suc-

_cessfully filled an entire

hour. Proponents and
opponents discussed
the pros and cons of the
proposed by-law in a
somewhat heated man-
ner. As voices raised
and tempers flared,
order was more or less
maintained throughout
the discussion.

In the end, the pro-
posed bylaw passed
with 98 in favour, 12
against and 12 absten-

required and

laid out to last only

of amendments initiated
and, more importantly,
endorsed by students.

Although the discus-

Students stepped up the microphone to address
changes to amendments at the NUGSS AGM.
Photo by Aaron Mahoney

sion lasted from
10:00am in the morning,
to 4:00pm _ in_ the
evening, not all the
issues were discussed
and resolved; particular-
ly the issue of how the
new athletic fee should

be allocated to sport
teams. Due to the
extensive debate

the fact

tions, making Over The _

Edge and the Women
Centre services.

"We don't really want
to have to justify our
funding every year. As
long as they are true to
their word and the fund-
ing stays relatively the
same, its good.
Currently our funding is
not enough to run the
office to its full poten-
tial," said Tanya
Kirkland, Social
Coordinator for the
Continued on Page 12. .

making

that students had not
the opportunity to prop-
erly acquaint them-
selves with the issue, it
wae s
decided
that an
Extra-
Ordinary
General
Meeting
(EGM)
will be
held. The
7 EGM will
take place
on the
18th = of
February.
Siudents
a ore

-.encouraged to attend,

especially since, once
again, a mandatory
quorum of eighty-eight
people (3% of the stu-
dent body) is required in
order that any new

bylaws can be passed.

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