JCM Minutes

April 11, 2001

1. Call to Order – 8:10

2. Approval of JBS minutes – 9 April 2001

• Motion to approve by I. Simpson and B. Bourgase. Passed.

3. Business arising out of the JCM Minutes

• None.

4. Approval of JCM minutes – 14 February 2001

• Motion to approve by J. Bell and A. Atkinson. Passed.

5. Business arising out of the JBS Minutes

• None.

5.1 Approval of Agenda

• Motion to add CRO Report as 6xiii by A. Wakefield and M. Gourlay. Passed.
• Motion to approve as amended by C. Schinta and J. Woodward. Passed.

6. Reports

• Heads of College – Residence readmissions will be tight. The Board is interested in residence expansion. Anybody can make an appointment with the Provost.
• Heads of Arts – Proceeds from slave auction will go to Rodrigo brother’s charity.
• Heads of NRAC – Cougar enjoyed the Buttery Party.
• Heads of Divinity – It is holy week.
• Chair of TCM – Delworth did not yet respond to TCM’s motion regarding the Boys of St. Hilda’s
• Chair of SHCM – Not Present.
• SCCC – Deferred until 16.
• SAC – Forrest and Mohammed were elected.
• Froshweek 2000 – can only repay $1294.93 of the much larger loan.
• TODEC – Money is donated to India, Latin America and Education support. A written report will be presented at the next JCM.
• JCM Auditor – Audit in the next couple of weeks.
• JCM Treasurer – Will continue working until June 1.
• CRO – Motion for the CRO to post electoral rules beginning with the H of C nomination period by Monk and Lush. Passed. Motion to post “NO CAMPAIGNING!!!!” on all CRO signs by Monk and Schinta. Passed. Motion to increase the CRO and DRO pay to $100 each by Monk and Rosenfeld. Passed.

7. Photo-Copy Accounts.

• Motion that non-levied photocopy bills go to the JCM Treasurer from now on by D. Washburn and L. Atkinson. Passed.

8. Closure of Bank Account

• Motion that the Trinity College Safety Committee account be closed and that the money go to the JCM by Mr. Washburn and Brown Sugar #3. Passed.

9. Budget Amendments (Recommended for Approval by the JBS)

• Trinity College Running Club – Motion to move $40 from the Hyde Park run to the CN Tower by J. Stavely and J. Haylock. Passed.
• Divinity – Motion to give an extra $1000 without setting a precedent by J. Davies and M. Lush. Passed

10. Budget Amendments (Without JBS Approval)

• Trinity College James Bond Society – Motion to provide $100 for pub alcohol by Hollywood and Boag. Passed.

11. Club Recognition Group Recommendations

· Remove club status for the Donald Society

· Remove club status for the Classics Society

· M. Gourlay informed the Board that I. Vaculik is inactive and distasteful.

· Put SVRT on probation

· Remove club status for the Scotch Tasting Society

· Put the Chess Club on probation

· Motion that all clubs advertise all events unless the JCM allows otherwise by Washburn and Boag. Passed.

12. Club Levies

• Motion to institute a levy to pay for 2 summer credits for Hs of C and A and one summer credit for Hs of NRAC by Mr. Bailey and Boag. Passed.
• Mr. Morgan is against because there is no need to provide an incentive to run for those positions.
• Mr. Washburn agrees, but think that a need based program would work.
• The Bursar commented that the suggested reimbursement would not nearly cover all of the associated costs of the jobs.
• Motion to amend so that the JCM pay for 2 summer credits for the Heads of NRAC by Cougar and The Duke.
• Boag think the whole proposal would be scuttled as a result.
• Amendment Failed
• Friendly amendment to make the proposal a one-year trial.
• Hollywood argued for a need based program.
• R. Stabile pointed out that the Heads would still loose money.
• Amended Motion Passed.

13. Residence Fees

• Meevis reminded the meeting that “spending money is a bad thing” and thought that a motion was useless.
• Boag argued that the JCM could never accomplish anything without trying.
• Motion to request that the Board of Trustees find means other than higher residence fees to raise revenue, and that Simon Bailey write a letter to that effect and present it to the Board, by Boag and Monk. Passed.

14. Non-Resident Affairs Committee

1. Motion that the JCM recognize the creation of the Non-Resident Meeting (NRM), as outlined in the “Non-Resident Meeting Constitution” by N. Shameem and A. Morgan.

• CXXXVII wrote that NRAC sucks
• Point of Order – Anarchist argued that the motion was out of order as it called the possible impeachment of TCM and SHCM officer by the new meeting.
• Motion ruled out of order.

2. Motion to amend the Electoral Rules so that “only Men and Women of College with one year of non-resident experience are eligible to run for positions on NRAC by N. Shameem and Rodrigo.

• Anarchist argued that this would lower the available pool.
• Duke argued that residence experience is all but necessary to do a good job with NRAC.
• Bell thought that the motion made sense.
• Rosenfeld thanked everybody for their opinions.
• Passed as Motion #2 in the appendix.

3. Motion to open polls for two days each election week by Ms. Shameem and S. Bond.

• Brock says ridiculous because makes for 12 days of voting.
• Gunn pointed out the advanced polling already exists.
• Monk called the proposal ludicrous.
• Lush reminded the meeting that elections Canada uses one day of voting.
• Motion Failed.

4. Motion that next year’s CRO must investigate the feasibility of internet voting for the next academic year by Ms. Shameem and Mr. Bailey.

• Bell says Internet voting would allow campaigning.
• Mr. Haylock fears uninformed voting.
• Mohammed does not think it is economically feasible.
• Motion passed.

15. Froshweek Proposal 2001

• Motion to approve the 7 Deadly Sins proposal with a $5,000 loan by Monk and Ort. Passed.
• Dean Bowden caused a raucous by threatening that he would need to review some of the organizers for Episkopon connections.

16. SCCC Proposal

• Any student can put forward a proposal at $20,000 or more with a general idea not necessarily costed.
• Motion to approve the Buttery Entertainment and Recreation Proposal by N. Faltas and Cougar. Passed.

17. Elections

· The Chair explained the procedure and that the nominees would leave while votes were taken.
· JCM Chair - Monk by Ort and Lush.  Irina by Kes and S. Bond.  Hazam Jamgoum by D. Hanif and Janko. Irina Dumitrescu was elected.
· JCM Treasurer - John Gunn B. Glassford and Vac.  Andrew Oakdon by C. Butler and Not So Nice Guy.  Andrew Oakdon was elected.
· JCM Secretary – Kit Scotchmer by Not So Nice Guy and D. Halas. Naureen Shameem by T. Magnus and Ms. Bond.  Brown Sugar #3 by Gyun Choi and A. Morgan. Kit Scotchmer was elected.
· JCM Auditor – David Ort by A. Oakdon and Monk was acclaimed.
· JCM Deputy Auditor – John Cooper by Ort and Monk was acclaimed.
· CRO and DRO (elected as a ticket) – Naureen Shameem and Mike Meeuwis by Irina and Ms. Bond were acclaimed as CRO and DRO respectively.
· DComm Chair and Deputy chair (elected as a ticket) – Vac and Ms. Glassford by Anarchist and Schinta.  Caitlin Dmitriew and Edward Cola by Freya and Lara.  Meagan Lush and Chris Schinta by Onan and Monk. C and BenAron by CXXXVII and Schinta.  Caitlin Dmitriew and Edward Cola were elected and Chair and Deputy Chair respectively.
· SCCC Members-at-large - There were three to be elected and the combination should include one resident, one non-resident, one science, one non-science, one male, and one female.  Chris Schultz by Brock and Ort. Meagan Lush by Ort and Monk. Chris Schinta by Lush and C. Rodrigo by Washburn and Freya. Lara by Freya and Kit. Jeff Haylock by Beef Au Jus and CXXXVII. Patricia Spatafora by A. Brooks and Panos. Salima by Onan and Irina. Jeremy Burman by P. Josselyn and Irina. Jeff Haylock, Patricia Spatafora, and Jeremy Burman were elected.

18. Correspondence

• An election was held between all current non-resident corporation members.
• Naureen Shameem by Meevis and Ms. Magnus. Ian Vaculik by C and CXXXVII. Leslie Atkinson by E. Lord and Irina. Leslie Atkinson was elected.
• Motion that the JCM is disappointed that the Board told us how to choose our own representatives by Boag and Bell. Passed Overwhelmingly.