Update

Sorry for the week-long delay in posting, I've been extremely busy. Fortunately, there is plenty of interesting stuff for me to write about, both close to home and far away.

Simon Fraser University

• Student Forum met on September 27, despite an attempt by Member Services Officer Glyn Lewis to cancel the meeting. The membership unanimously elected myself as Chair. Since President Shawn Hunsdale had failed to call a Special General Meeting upon receipt of a petition containing the signatures of well over the 5% required by our By-Laws, Forum voted to call a Special General Meeting on its own. Forum also adopted a motion of non-confidence in the Board of Directors, censured the members of the Labour Committee, and replaced two Executives on the Constitution and Policy Review Committee with two of its own members.
  
  
• On September 29, the Board of Directors apparently met. On motion from Member Services Officer Glyn Lewis, the Board voted to hold their Annual General Meeting on October 25, at 2:30 p.m.— at the exact same time when Forum had voted to call their Special General Meeting!
  
  
• In my capacity as Chair of Forum for the fall semester, I have created a Forum website. This website contains information regarding the activities of Forum, and also includes a page dedicated to the Special General Meeting that we have called.
  
  
• I have been informed that an emergency Board of Directors meeting is being held today at 1 p.m. Apparently, the entire meeting will be in camera (i.e. confidential).

Not Simon Fraser University

• Douglas College has suspended the remission of student fees to the Douglas Students' Union. The latter's website has no comment; not very surprising, considering that it has not been modified whatsoever for several months. The Administration has published a letter to students in The Other Press, the Douglas student newspaper.
  
  
• The Liberals have won a majority in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick under the leadership of Shawn Graham. Their new Cabinet includes Kelly Lamrock as Minister of Education, who will be responsible for primary and secondary education in the province. Mr. Lamrock was National Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students in 1993 and later founded the New Brunswick Student Alliance. At its first meeting (held today), the NB Cabinet "approved the creation of $2,000 grants to first-year university students and the elimination of parental and spousal contribution requirements for student loans."