More Info Re: UVSS Lawsuit
The minutes of the University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS) Board of Directors meetings provide a wealth of information for those more interested in the ongoing legal battle over the election of the Chairperson for the coming year.
Most important is the March 28, 2006 meeting of the Board (PDF), which was attended by a Who's Who of student politicians: Students for Students candidates, Students for Progressive Change candidates, UVSS lawyer Daniel Mildenberger, Access UVic personalities Orion Carrier and Rose Mariana Robb, UVSS Chief Electoral Officer Ben Johnson. And, of course, Dallas Henault - campaign manager for "Students for Students" and BC Liberal operative. Briefly stated: after extensive debate, the Board narrowly voted not to reverse the decision of the Elections Committee to reverse the decision of the Chief Electoral Officer to disqualify Students for Students Chairperson candidate Mike Waters. Translation: Waters stays in the race.
But, of course, there is always another level of appeal, the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The minutes of the April 11, 2006 meeting of the Board (PDF) clear indicate that Penny Beames, 2005-2006 (and perhaps 2006-2007?) Chairperson, was in the process of suing the UVSS that she was leasing. The BoD then passed a resolution designating re-elected Director of Services Mark Chandler as the "instructing client" on behalf of the UVSS, to avoid a situation whereby Beames would be giving instructions to both sides in the court case.
Judging from the March 28 minutes, where it appears that independent candidate for Chairperson Chadi Akouri clearly knew the results of the Chairperson election (page 9), I believe that the following conclusions can be drawn:
(1) The ballots for Chairperson have been counted.
(2) Mike Waters won the most votes (or else Beames wouldn't have bothered to file a lawsuit).
All in all, an interesting case!
Previous posts relating to the UVSS can be found here and here.
The minutes of the University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS) Board of Directors meetings provide a wealth of information for those more interested in the ongoing legal battle over the election of the Chairperson for the coming year.
Most important is the March 28, 2006 meeting of the Board (PDF), which was attended by a Who's Who of student politicians: Students for Students candidates, Students for Progressive Change candidates, UVSS lawyer Daniel Mildenberger, Access UVic personalities Orion Carrier and Rose Mariana Robb, UVSS Chief Electoral Officer Ben Johnson. And, of course, Dallas Henault - campaign manager for "Students for Students" and BC Liberal operative. Briefly stated: after extensive debate, the Board narrowly voted not to reverse the decision of the Elections Committee to reverse the decision of the Chief Electoral Officer to disqualify Students for Students Chairperson candidate Mike Waters. Translation: Waters stays in the race.
But, of course, there is always another level of appeal, the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The minutes of the April 11, 2006 meeting of the Board (PDF) clear indicate that Penny Beames, 2005-2006 (and perhaps 2006-2007?) Chairperson, was in the process of suing the UVSS that she was leasing. The BoD then passed a resolution designating re-elected Director of Services Mark Chandler as the "instructing client" on behalf of the UVSS, to avoid a situation whereby Beames would be giving instructions to both sides in the court case.
Judging from the March 28 minutes, where it appears that independent candidate for Chairperson Chadi Akouri clearly knew the results of the Chairperson election (page 9), I believe that the following conclusions can be drawn:
(1) The ballots for Chairperson have been counted.
(2) Mike Waters won the most votes (or else Beames wouldn't have bothered to file a lawsuit).
All in all, an interesting case!
Previous posts relating to the UVSS can be found here and here.
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