{"id":2,"date":"2009-07-30T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T20:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lassa\/about\/"},"modified":"2018-09-06T10:35:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T18:35:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lassa\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LASSA&#8217;s main purpose is to serve you, the students at SLAIS, and to make your time here rewarding and possibly a little bit of fun, too. Each spring, we hold student-run elections to determine the following year&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Descriptions of the positions are <a href=\"\/lassa\/positions\/\">available here<\/a>. If you would be interested in filling in an open position, or running for position in the spring, please contact your co-president for more information, or stop someone in the hall to ask about getting involved! Don&#8217;t hesitate, we&#8217;re always looking for more help!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lassa\/files\/2009\/07\/LASSA_Constitution_March_2015-1.pdf\">LASSA Constitution March 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lassa\/files\/2009\/07\/LASSA_Policies_Procedures_Manual_External_2011.pdf\">LASSA Policies Procedures Manual External 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The 2018-2019 LASSA Executive<\/h2>\n<div>\n<table style=\"height: 397px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">MLIS Co-president<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Allison Jones (they\/them)*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">MAS Co-president<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Isabel Melendez (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Treasurer<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Yvette Rancourt (she\/her)*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Secretary<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Victoria Alvarenga (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Events Coordinator<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Rima Ghanem (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Webmaster<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Nathalie McClintock (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 13px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 13px;\">MLIS Member at Large<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 13px;\">(OPEN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">MLIS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">(OPEN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">MAS Member-at-Large<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Adrian Bogdan (he\/him)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">MAS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">(OPEN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Dual Member at Large<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">(OPEN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">MACL\u00a0Representative<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">(OPEN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">PhD Representative<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Darra Hofman (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">AMS Representative<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Joella Allen (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">GSS Representatives<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Victoria Gomez (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Communications Officer<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Erin Flynn (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Faculty of Arts Representative<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Adrian Bogdan (he\/him)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h3>*Allison and Yvette also serve as your Arts Co-op Advisory Committee Student Representatives<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>The 2017-2018 LASSA Executive<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">MLIS Co-President<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Brooklyn Kemp (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">MAS Co-President<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Stuart Hill (he\/him)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Treasurer<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Yvette Rancourt (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Secretary<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Lucas Hill (he\/him)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Events Coordinator<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Sarah Khan (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Webmaster<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Erin Flynn (she\/her); Casey Stepaniuk (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">MLIS Member-at-Large<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Maddy Walter (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">MLIS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">MAS Member-at-Large<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Dual Member-at-Large<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">MACL Representative<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Leila Matte-Kaci (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">PhD Representative<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Darra Hofman (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">AMS Representative<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Joella Allen (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">GSS Representative(s)<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Peter Musser (he\/him), Lisa Zhu (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Communications Officer<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Kate Cawthorn (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Faculty of Arts Representative<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">Sarah Hotson (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The 2016-2017 LASSA Executive<\/h2>\n<div>\n<table style=\"height: 670px;\" width=\"639\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS Co-president<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:lassa.ubc@gmail.com\">Margrith Mooney <\/a>(she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS Co-president<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Treasurer<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:treasurer.lassa.ubc@gmail.com\">Chris Vriesema-Magnuson<\/a>(they\/them)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Secretary<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Events Coordinator<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Webmaster<\/td>\n<td>Casey Stepaniuk (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Ean Henniger (he\/him)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS Member-at-Large<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Mia Steinberg (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dual Member at Large<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MACL\u00a0Representative<\/td>\n<td>Leila Matte-Kaci\u00a0\u00a0(she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PhD\/Faculty of Arts Representative<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Darra Hofman (she\/her)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AMS Representative<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GSS Representatives<\/td>\n<td>Morgan Shepherd (she\/her), Davey Gill (he\/him)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Communications Officer<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The 2015-2016 LASSA Executive<\/h2>\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS Co-president<\/td>\n<td>Mystery Beck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS Co-president<\/td>\n<td>Cathryn Crocker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Treasurer<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:treasurer.lassa.ubc@gmail.com\">Kelly Rovegno<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Secretary<\/td>\n<td>Maggie Hunter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Events Coordinator<\/td>\n<td>Colleen Pawliuh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Webmaster<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:taylor.kenkel@gmail.com\">Taylor Kenkel<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Jacob Vangeest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td>Pascal Canucci<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS Member-at-Large<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dual Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Sarah Giesbrecht<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MACL\u00a0Representative<\/td>\n<td>Meaghan Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PhD Representative<\/td>\n<td>Alamir Novin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AMS Representative<\/td>\n<td>Abeer Siddiqui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GSS Representatives<\/td>\n<td>Christie Waltham, David Gill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Communications Officer<\/td>\n<td>Nancy Shin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faculty of Arts Representative<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>The 2014-2015 LASSA Executive<\/h2>\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS Co-president<\/td>\n<td>Kelsey Ockert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS Co-president<\/td>\n<td>Sarah Giesbrecht<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Treasurer<\/td>\n<td>Michael Wynne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Secretary<\/td>\n<td>Nicole Askin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Events Co-ordinators<\/td>\n<td>Roxanne Kalenborn &amp; Monica Swamiraj<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Webmaster<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:thematthewmurray@gmail.com\">Matthew Murray<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Michael Wynne &amp; Christopher Stephenson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td>Nichole DeMichelis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Cathryn Crocker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td>Maggie Hunter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dual Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Adena Brons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MACL Representative<\/td>\n<td>Rachel Balko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PhD Representative<\/td>\n<td>Alamir Novin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AMS Representative<\/td>\n<td>Abeer Siddiqui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GSS Representative<\/td>\n<td>Mitchell Meler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GSS Representative<\/td>\n<td>Inti Dewey\/Maria Paraschos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faculty of Arts Representative<\/td>\n<td>Tracy Leung<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a name=\"executive\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>The 2013-2014 LASSA Executive<\/h2>\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS Co-president<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:grace.gutteridge@gmail.com\">Grace Romund<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS Co-president<\/td>\n<td>(Open Position)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Treasurer<\/td>\n<td>Jordan Hatt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Secretary<\/td>\n<td>Kate Clayborne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Events Co-ordinators<\/td>\n<td>Sheena Gardner and Heather Gloster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Webmaster<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:thematthewmurray@gmail.com\">Matthew Murray<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Michael Wynne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td>Sehdeep Kaur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gwt-uid-573\">Brianna Gormly<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td>(Open Position)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dual Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Adena Brons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MACL Representative<\/td>\n<td>Stephanie Dror<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PhD Representative<\/td>\n<td>(Open Position)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AMS Representative<\/td>\n<td>Helen Halbert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GSS Representative<\/td>\n<td>Kathryn Rowswell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GSS Representative<\/td>\n<td>Mitchell Meler\u00a0and Inti Dewey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faculty of Arts Representative<\/td>\n<td>Tracy Leung<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a name=\"executive\"><\/a>The 2012 LASSA Executive<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS Co-president<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:mary.jingles@gmail.com\">Mary Jinglewski<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS Co-president<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:victoriaostrzenski@gmail.com\">Victoria Ostrzenski<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Treasurer<\/td>\n<td>Michel Castagn\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Secretary<\/td>\n<td>Valerie L\u00e9veill\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Events Co-ordinators<\/td>\n<td>Sheena Gardner and\u00a0Eka Grguric<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Webmaster<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:jonathan.schatz@ubc.ca\">Jonathan Schatz<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Kendal Bergman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MLIS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td>Kate Clayborne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Lisa Uyeda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAS First Year Representative<\/td>\n<td>Meghan Whyte<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dual Member at Large<\/td>\n<td>Matt Ruen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MACL Representative<\/td>\n<td>Stephanie Gauvin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PhD Representative<\/td>\n<td>(Open Position)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AMS Representative<\/td>\n<td>Helen Halbert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GSS Representative<\/td>\n<td>Alexandra Wieland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faculty of Arts Representative<\/td>\n<td>(Open Position)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mnadi\/32325828\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Meeting Table by mnadi, on Flickr\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/21\/32325828_2abdd1e94c_s.jpg\" alt=\"Meeting Table by mnadi, on Flickr\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Generic License\" src=\"http:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc\/2.0\/80x15.png\" 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Advisory\nCommittee<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td><\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<td>Facilities and resources<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td><\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LASSA&#8217;s main purpose is to serve you, the students at SLAIS, and to make your time here rewarding and possibly a little bit of fun, too. 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