The Insiders
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Apr
6
Oversight
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 6, 2007 | 4 Comments
So Council has approved the creation of an oversight committee and stacked it with code fiends. Fun fun. While it’s not necessarily a bad thing, I don’t think it’s the best model. Why? No oversight of Council. We’re all about exec transparency, but Council is just as important in the operations of the AMS as […]
Apr
5
AMS meeting skinny
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 5, 2007 | 4 Comments
disclaimer: No, AMS is not the earth and sky. I’m just writing about it this week because I have stuff to write about. More general-interest stories to come. For those of you that wonder what-all goes on during AMS meetings, but have never bothered to show up and eat the free food every other Wednesday […]
Apr
5
AMS committee appointment results (the interesting ones)
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 5, 2007 | 34 Comments
Well, I’m back from the 6-hour 9-minute AMS meeting of tonight*. In this post I’ll just list some of the more interesting committee appointment results and relevant comments. A more complete summary of the meeting, and further ruminations about AMS meetings generally will follow in a few hours once I’m fully conscious. Member-at-large committee seats […]
Apr
4
AMS Committee Appointments
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 4, 2007 | 31 Comments
Important NoticeSorry Timbits, gonna hog the spotlight for 20 hours or so The AMS is appointing students to their many committees. This is where some of the major gruntwork is done at the AMS level. Once again the AMS hasn’t advertised the at large committee spots at all nor was there a preliminary description on […]
Apr
4
Hmmm….
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 4, 2007 | 10 Comments
The Ubyssey covers it well. My short version: non-campus students want U-Pass, AMS asked Student Court if they were members under the bylaws, Student Court said yes, AMS sent question back for clarification, Student Court says they are entitled to be AMS members. The AMS Student Court says that co-op students should be members.AMS Exec […]
