Hello, Graduate Students!
The GSS is holding its 2025 Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, February 25, at 5:00 pm. This year’s meeting will be held in a hybrid fashion:
In-person: SFU Burnaby Campus – AQ3154
Online: A Zoom link will be forwarded to anyone signing up at least two hours before the meeting.
The meeting is open to all members in good standing of the Society (typically, those who have paid the GSS fee) and is one of the most important events of the year for the GSS’s general membership. All members with an SFU email account and verified student ID number may join us online/via Zoom but should RSVP at least two hours before the meeting. We will strive to include anyone who filled out the RSVP late but may not be able to verify the information in time for the meeting. Due to the capacity of the available room at SFU, a maximum of 100 members can attend in person. Unfortunately, due to SFU and fire marshal regulations, we cannot make any exceptions in this matter.
Please RSVP here.
The full agenda for this meeting may be found below.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please get in touch with our Director of Student Life at student-life@sfugradsociety.ca.
We look forward to seeing you at the AGM!
Also, post-AGM socials will occur at BierCraft UniversityCity near SFU Transit Exchange. The first 50 attendees will receive a complimentary drink and appetizers.
AGM 2025 Agenda
- Call to Order
- Land Acknowledgement
The GSS occupies shared Coast Salish territories, including the traditional and unceded lands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), Tsleil-Waututh, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Kwikwetlem, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Katzie, Kwantlen, Qayqayt, and numerous Stó:lō First Nations. - Appointment of Speaker
Be It Resolved That the assembled GSS membership appoint Lara Hollmann as Speaker of the 2025 AGM. - Appointment of Secretary
Be It Resolved That the assembled GSS membership appoint Carol-Anne Nicol as Secretary of the 2025 AGM. - Declaration of Quorum
- Full quorum is 100 GSS members in good standing (all points can be discussed and officially minuted)
- Functional quorum is 20 GSS members in good standing (agenda items from 12 can still be discussed, but not officially minuted)
- Adoption of the Agenda
Be It Resolved That the assembled GSS members adopt the agenda of the February 2025 AGM as circulated (or amended). - Approval of the February 2024 AGM Minutes
Be It Resolved That the assembled GSS members adopt the minutes of the February 2024 AGM, as circulated (or amended). - Speaking privileges for our guest speakers
Be It Resolved That the assembled GSS members provide Gary Chun (auditor of Tompkins Wozny LLP), Harjap Grewal (GSS Advocate and Policy Advisor) and Abhishek Nanjundappa (GSS Executive Director) with speaking privileges at the February 25, 2025, Annual General Meeting of the Graduate Student Society. - Reception of the audited Financial Statements for 2023 – 2024 and auditor’s report
- Will be presented by Gary Chun of Tompkins Wozny LLP, followed by a question period
- Appointment of the auditor for the 2024 – 2025 Fiscal Year:
Be It Resolved That the GSS membership appoint Gary Chun of Tompkins Wozny LLP as our auditor for the 2024 – 2025 Fiscal Year. - Reception of the GSS Annual Report
The 2023 – 2024 GSS Annual Report may be consulted here. Members will be allowed to ask questions about this report at the meeting. - Motion to approve changes to the GSS Bylaws
Be It Resolved That, based on the recommendation of the Governance Committee, the assembled GSS Membership approve changes to By-Law II (2) and By-Law V (12) of the GSS Constitution and By-Laws, as presented. - Presentation on the 2025 Health & Dental Plan Referendum
- Announcements
- Raffle Draws
- Best Dressed Buccaneer
- Best Caucus Crew
- A post-AGM socials will occur at BierCraft UniversityCity near SFU Transit Exchange. The first 50 attendees will receive a complimentary drink and appetizers.
- Adjournment