GSS SAGM is March 23

Date: Tuesday, March 23^rd, 2021, 5 pm – 7 pm; Registration 4:30 pm ~

Location: Online! ‡ Via Blackboard Collaborate (check your email for link)

Who may vote: All UVIC graduate students, actively registered as of March 2, 2021.

What you need: Your UVIC ID card (ONECard) student number, a strong internet connection, Chrome internet browser, and prepare by reading the SAGM materials*.

Agenda:

1. Call to order
2. Land acknowledgement
3. SAGM attendance and quorum report
4. Approval of the agenda*
5. Approval of minutes from the Nov. 20^th Annual General Meeting*
6. Decision: GSS Bylaw Amendments*
7. Decisions: Stipend Review Committee motions for stipends
8. Decision: Presentation of the proposed GSS 2021-22 Budget
9. Reports to the membership:
   1. Membership and representation report
   2. Report of the 2020-21 Executive Board*
   3. Reports of GRC Standing Committees*
   4. Extended health and dental insurance plan update*
10. Ratification of acclaimed Board of Director candidates (Chair)
11. Election for vacant Board positions (Director of Finance and Director of Services)^
12. Introduction of the 2021-22 GSS Board of Directors
13. Other business (with notice of motion)/announcements
14. Adjournment

~ Emergency preparedness: In the event a major power or technology failure disrupts the March 23^rd meeting, the SAGM will be reconvened on March 30^th at 5 pm.

‡ Any member with questions about the SAGM online format should email Karen at gssgov@uvic.ca. 

The GSS Bylaws can be found here: https://gss.uvic.ca/forms-pdfs/constitution-bylaws/

*All relevant meeting materials will be posted by March 16, 2021, at:  https://gss.uvic.ca/agm/.  Meeting participants are required to read all materials prior to the meeting. Substantive questions or concerns about the materials or motions should be emailed prior to March 23 to gsschair@uvic.ca.

^Please contact the GSS Electoral Officer, Tiffany Kuo, at votegss@uvic.ca for more information.