Well, well, well... The SFUO's website seems to have gotten a half-assed face lift. I guess they have to make it seem like SOMEBODY is doing something this summer, right? Alright, alright! I admit that I'm being quite critical. I can only hope that 90% of the links that appear on the website might actually be functional in the next week or so. Do I expect that to be the case? If we go by how fast the last year's budget was posted to the SFUO website, it may be by the next SFUO elections, in February 2012 (and sadly, I'm being OPTIMISTIC).
Anyways, that's not the point of my post as I think uOleaks has poked enough fun at the site for one day! For those who may not recognize the fella in the above picture, let me introduce you to the former Canadian Federation of Students National Chairperson, Mr. Dave Molenhuis. Before being "elected" as National Chairperson, Mr. Molenhuis held the position of National Treasurer. He gave an interesting statement about where the money we pay in membership dues is spent to The Ontarion.You may remember an interview, conducted by Antoine Trépanier, that appeared in the 6 December 2010 edition of La Rotonde. He also travelled the country (on the student's dime) to help campaign in favour of the organization which he led when referendums on continued membership in the CFS were taking place. To say the least, it has been a rocky year for Mr. Molenhuis. He also seems to have had a rocky past in student politics at the University of Western Ontario.
You may also remember the bitter battle that ensued the October 2010 referendum on continued membership at the University of Regina between the University of Regina Students' Union (URSU) and the Canadian Federation of Students. In this "friendly" letter, Mr. Molenhuis unilaterally released the referendum results. In the period between November 2010 and March 2011, accusations had flown left and right coming from both the URSU executive and the CFS's student-funded legal counsel. The URSU executive released this statement shortly after the release of the referendum results.
Why have I highlighted the controversy surrounding Mr. Molenhuis while he held the position of CFS National Chairperson? Recently, Ms. Roxanne Dubois took over the helms of the CFS, replacing the 28 year old Mr. Molenhuis.
Oddly enough, as I wrote at the end of July, Federico Carvajal resigned as Chair of the SFUO Board of Administration during the 17 July 2011 meeting. As you can see in the images below, his position was quickly advertised online (but not on the SFUO website).
Do you see where this going? Well, after taking a few minutes to browse through the new SFUO website, I looked up the BOA. If you scroll down to the last email address in the list of board members, you'll see that beside "BOA Chair", Dave Molenhuis' name appears. I encourage everyone who reads this post to contact the new BOA Chair, Mr. Dave Molenhuis by emailing him at boa@sfuo.ca. And if you do, please comment below and let readers know if he bothers replying to your email. You see, during Mr. Molenhuis' tenure as CFS National Chairperson, I sent him a few emails. Sadly, Mr. Molenhuis never seen fit to even acknowledge my emails... Not once. So send him a message and see if his BlackBerry has been fixed yet.
