JCM Minutes

 

October 23, 2000

 

1. Call to Order – 8:12

 

2. Approval of JBS Minutes – October 16, 2000

  • A. Kiddle pointed out the misspelling of her name (Kittle)
  • J. Davies corrected the number of part-time divinity students as 41
  • Motion to approve by S. Bailey and G. Angus.  Passed.

 

3. Business arising out of the JBS Minutes

  • Motion that the Refugee Scholarship Committee report once a year on what it does, without giving specific personal and/or financial data on the sponsored student by J. Cherniak and J. MacDonald.  Passed.

 

4. Approval of the JCM Minutes – September 25, 2000

  • Motion to approve by A. Oakdon and Mr. Cherniak.  Passed.

 

5. Business arising out of the JCM Minutes

  • None

 

5.1 Approval of Agenda

  • Motion to add the Trinity College British Society as items 11 ii and 13 iii by A. Wakefield and D. Ort.  Passed.
  • Motion to move item 6 x to 6 xi by Mr. Cherniak and D. Washburn.  Defeated.

 

6. Reports

  • Heads of College – Same as JBS report.  Mentioned change in Trinity’s investment strategy.
  • Heads of Arts – Will give away 100 tickets to the Sex Show.
  • Heads of NRAC – Spud night on November 3 was cancelled due to a more important event.
  • Heads of Divinity – Had the first class meeting on the previous Wednesday.
  • Chair of the TCM – Not Present.
  • Chair of the SHCM – Saints was Midsummer’s Night Dream theme.
  • Froshweek Committee – Not Present.
  • SCCC – V. Marshall resigned and by-election necessary.  NRAC grossly overspent on new Buttery sound system.  Announced a Town Hall in mid-November to choose the final renovation plan.  There are security concerns about pool tables.
  • SAC – Motion that SAC representatives investigate obtaining free newspapers for Trinity by A. Morgan and Mr. Ort.  Mr. MacDonald wondered how that would affect Salterrae readership.  Passed.
  • Auditor – JCM has a $15,000 endowment fund.  The OT2 budget must remove scaffolding costs as they are covered by the damage fund.  There are outstanding lawsuits against the College due to Provost Delworth’s actions.  Bursar says the change in expected residence revenue mentioned at the last meeting was coincidental.  In fact, the former finance chair (Mr. Gunn’s father) wanted a residence fee surplus to decrease Trinity’s deficit.  Any surplus due to savings on the number of meals served will go back to food quality.
  • Treasurer – Received a certificate of appreciation from last year’s Froshweek charity.  Not a lot of clubs have filled out financial request forms.  The JCM cannot handle many more expenses.
  • Point of Order by Mr. Cherniak.
  • Motion to vote on item 7 immediately by Mr. Cherniak and Mr. Bailey.  Passed.
    • Motion to adopt the proposed constitutional amendments by Mr. Cherniak and Mr. Bailey.
      • Mr. Cherniak confirmed that non-levied clubs could be responsible to any College meeting according to the amended constitution.
    • Passed.
  • Continuation of Treasurer’s report – He will look into how many accounts are at the Yonge and Bloor branch.
  • Refugee Scholarship Committee – Same as JBS minutes.  Mr. MacDonald asked for the name of this year’s refugee scholar.  He was chided for asking such a stupid question.
  • TODEC – Is both levied and non-levied.  Has given money for libraries, teachers, books, local work, teaching skills to women, building schools in Nepal, and 100 scholarships for one year of elementary school.  The government matches its funds because it is an NGO.

 

8. Constitutional Amendments proposed by Naureen Shameem

  • Point of Order by Mr. Ort.
    • Mr. Ort argued that the Amendments were not posted five days in advance of the meeting and should not be considered.
    • Mr. Cherniak pointed out that such a judgement would be retroactive.
    • Ms. Shameem argued that the amendments could be proposed separately, and that they were not in excess of half a page.
  • The Chair ruled that under the former constitution, Ms. Shameem was required to post all information pertaining to her motion, which would have included the former constitution.  Therefore, her proposed amendments could not be voted on.
  • A motion to challenge the chair by Ms. Shameem failed to receive seconding.
  • Amendment #1 – Ms. Shameem said that the non-resident newsletter had always existed.  Mr. Cherniak argued that the newsletter should have nothing to do with the JCM constitution.  Mr. Ort suggested that the Secretary should be required to notify the NRAC heads.  Mr. Washburn suggested that the information would never get to the newsletter on time.  Mr. Cherniak and Ms. Shameem agreed that the Secretary should merely notify the NRAC heads.  Mr. Cherniak suggested that many problems could be solved by always putting Non-resident items first on the agenda.
  • Amendment #2 – Mr. Cherniak argued the mover should notify the NRAC Heads.
  • Amendment #3 – Mr. Cherniak put his maximum acceptable number at five.  Mr. Ort and M. Gourlay do not want any non-resident quorum requirements.  Ms. Shameem agreed that she would accept a quorum of five.  Mr. MacDonald stated that he does not like non-residents.
  • Amendment #4 – Mr. Ort argued that this amendment would allow very few people to control a meeting.  Mr. Gourlay fears that elections will be determined before the meeting is held.  Mr. Cherniak thinks it is a bad idea and even worse if residents are included.  T. Magnus argued that proxy votes are not necessary.  Ms. Shameem suggested that they would only be accepted for elections and wants a committee on proxy voting.  Mr. Bailey agrees with an informal committee.
  • Motion that the JCM express its hatred of proxy votes by Mr. Cherniak and Mr. Ort.
    • Mr. Bailey thinks that they can be made to work.
    • Mr. Ort thinks that they will work against quorum.
    • Ms. Shameem requested that the issue be held for the next meeting.
    • A. Brooks suggested that there is not real non-resident issue.
  • Passed.
  • Amendment #5 – Mr. Bailey suggested getting rid of the gender requirement.  Mr. Cherniak apologized and stated that all positions should have had gender requirements.

 

9. Discussion on the NRAC Referendum

  • The referendum was supposed to be held on the 3rd week of November.
  • Mr. Wakefield wondered whether the CRO would be involved in this.
  • The Chair determined that the NRAC Heads must organize the referendum.
  • Mr. Gourlay suggested that NRAC do what all clubs do with their constitutions.
  • Mr. Cherniak and Ms. Shameem agreed that such a referendum would only be for an opinion.
  • Mr. Bailey agreed with Mr. Gourlay and expressed concern for the integrity of other College meetings.
  • The Chair allowed that the CRO could run the referendum if he chose to.
  • There was general agreement that the final constitution should be written by a meeting including representatives of all opinions of the College.

 

10. Trinity College Club Constitutions or Mission Statements and Structural Breakdowns

  • The Chair requested that all clubs submit these documents by December.

 

11. Clubs seeking recognition (without JBS recommendation)

  • Korean-Canadian Association – The club is to show Korean culture to all Trinity students.  Mr. Cherniak suggested that a multicultural club should be started instead.  H. Jamgoum suggested that the U of T wide club was sufficient.  Mr. Kim stated that the U of T club was only for Korean Speaking students.  Mr. MacDonald suggested that the club would merely introduce the community to the College.  Motion to accept by Mr. Bailey and G. Choi.  Passed.
  • Trinity College British Society – Motion to accept by Mr. Wakefield and M. Lush.  Mr. Bailey questioned the legitimacy of the club.  Much discussion ensued.  Mr. Ort called the question.  Defeated.  Item 13 iii was removed from the agenda.

 

12. Budgets (recommended for approval by the JBS)

  • Ms. Davies informed the meeting that the divinity students would like to hold more college wide events.  Motion to accept by Mr. Washburn and Ms. Lush.  Passed.

 

13. Budgets (without JBS approval)

  • TODEC – Events are university wide.  Motion to accept by Mr. Jamgoum and Mr. Bailey.  Passed.
  • Korean-Canadian Association – Motion to accept by Mr. Bailey and Mr. MacDonald.  J. Gunn requested more information.  Mr. Ort requested membership fees.  Mr. Gourlay requested a more inclusive club.  Mr. Cherniak suspects that this is all inclusive and asked that the club not be punished for the lack of a multicultural club.  The final goal is to bring all cultures together.  Passed.

 

14. Club Recognition Policy Committee Elections

  • C. Butler by Mr. Cherniak and Mr. Simpson.
  • Mr. Jamgoum by Mr. Bailey and N. Faltas.
  • Cathy Butler and Hazam Jamgoum were acclaimed.

 

15. Acceptance of Miss Marshall’s SCCC resignation.

  • Motion to accept by Miss Marshall and Mr. Bailey.  Passed.

 

16. SCCC Member at Large By-election

  • Should be a resident student.
  • D. Ort by Mr. Cherniak and D. Halas.
  • R. Rosenfeld by Mr. Bailey and Mr. Angus.
  • Rob Rosenfeld was elected.

 

17. SCC Motion for money allocation

  • Motion to give $250,000 of $323,000 by Ms. Faltas and Ms. Shameem.  Passed.

 

18. Discussion on the Buttery Committee

  • The Committee will review, discuss and approve renovations
  • Will accept 2 student representatives according to the Chair.
  • Motion to elect those representatives, representative of all sections of the student population, by Mr. Cherniak and Mr. Bailey.  Passed.
  • Mr. Rosenfeld by Mr. Gunn and Mr. Jamgoum.
  • Ms. Davies by Ms. Shameem and Mr. MacDonald.
  • Rob Rosenfeld and Joanne Davies were acclaimed.

 

19. Student representation on Corporation

  • Some people were incorrectly appointed.

 

20. Corporation by-elections

  • Mr Ort by Mr. Cherniak and Ms. Lush.
  • Mr. Angus by Mr. Bailey and Mr. Washburn.
  • Mr. Halas by Mr. Washburn and Mr. Rosenfeld.
  • L. Atkinson by I. Simpson and Ms. Lush.
  • Mr. MacDonald by Mr. Gunn and Mr. Rosenfeld.
  • Mr. Jamgoum by Mr. Rosenfeld and Ms. Magnus.
  • Ms. Butler by Ms. Magnus and M. Jessop.
  • David Ort, Dominique Halas, Leslie Atkinson, Jamie MacDonald, and Cathy Butler were elected.

 

21. Provost Reselection Committee Preliminary Report.

  • The Committee did not represent the spirit of the Trinity College Statutes
  • The JBS report, however, has been impacted by new information and a new report will be given at the next meeting.
  • Mr. Bailey argued that the committee was not the same as the Selection Committee outlined in the Statutes.

 

22. Gift for Jose

  • Mr. Gunn stated that the wine “did not kill him, so I think it was a good thing”.

 

23. Other Business

  • Motion to recommend that all JBS and JCM student representatives on Corporation vote against the Provost’s extension the coming Thursday by Miss Marshall and Ms. Lush.
    • Mr. Bailey asked the chair if the motion was in order.
    • The Chair ruled that the motion was in order.
    • Challenge to the Chair by Mr. Bailey and Ms. Shameem.  Defeated.
    • Motion to move in-camera by Mr. Cherniak and Miss Marshall.  Passed.
      • The Chair allowed Cray Dave to stay.
    • Motion to move out of camera by Ms. Lush and Mr. Wakefield.  Passed.
  • Passed.

 

 

24. Next Meeting

  • A preference for January 12th was expressed.

 

17. Adjournment – 11:20

  • Moved by Mr. Halas and Mr. Washburn.  Passed.