{"id":4255,"date":"2018-03-08T14:16:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T21:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=4255"},"modified":"2018-03-08T14:16:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T21:16:18","slug":"gss-annual-general-meeting-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-4255","title":{"rendered":"GSS Annual General Meeting-2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why an AGM matters to you ?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/gss.ubc.ca\/news\/why-an-agm-matters-to-you\/<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>An Annual General Meeting isn\u2019t sexy. I get that. Most GSS members are probably more excited by the social and professional development events the society runs, but that doesn\u2019t mean the AGM isn\u2019t important to all of you. We\u2019re currently in the process of electing next year\u2019s GSS Executive Officers. I mention that, not just to encourage you all to vote, but because one of the most important things about the GSS is that it is run by graduate students for graduate students.\u00a0 It is your society, and the elected officers are there to promote and protect the academic, social, and recreational interests of the members. Although we have regular council meetings the AGM is one of the best opportunities for UBC graduate students to help shape the future of the GSS.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this year\u2019s AGM we\u2019re discussing some of the most important parts of the GSS\u2019s work. One of the topics under the discussion will be how graduate students benefit from our fees paid to the AMS and what student services could be improved for graduate students. We\u2019ll also be looking at student contributions to the GSS AMS Health and Dental Plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

But even aside from these topics, the AGM is a forum to raise any issues that matter to you as a UBC graduate student and a member of the GSS. This could be supervision, mental health, transport or access to social spaces. Your involvement with the future of the GSS shouldn\u2019t stop once elections are over and the views and feedback you provide at the AGM will help the elected officers decide the priorities of the society for the next year.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Taran Dhillon<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n

The Annual General Meeting will be held on March 14th, 2018.\u00a0Free catered dinner will be provided!<\/span><\/p>\n

Graduate Students of UBC Vancouver:\u00a0Your presence is important at the AGM in order to secure a quorum and vote!<\/span><\/p>\n

RSVP <\/span>here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Questions?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Email info@gss.ubc.ca<\/a>\u00a0or visit the AGM website at\u00a0<\/span>gss.ubc.ca\/redefine\/agm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why an AGM matters to you ?\u00a0 http:\/\/gss.ubc.ca\/news\/why-an-agm-matters-to-you\/\u00a0An Annual General Meeting isn\u2019t sexy. I get that. Most GSS members are probably more excited by the social and professional development events the society runs, but that doesn\u2019t mean the AGM isn\u2019t important to all of you. We\u2019re currently in the process of electing next year\u2019s GSS…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4256,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255\/revisions\/4256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}