Plusieurs corps fédérés du campus ont, au cours de la présente année scolaire, démontré leur frustration et leur mécontentement collectifs envers le Conseil d'Administration de la FÉUO (CA) en raison de la façon dont certaines décisions étaient prises et le manque de communication entre les représentants siégeant sur le CA et les corps fédérés. En réponse à la frustration ressentie par de nombreux corps fédérés, des représentants ont décidé de prendre l'initiative et tenter de réformer le CA. Le résultat? Bien, pour tout dire, pas grand-chose ne semble avoir changé.
Lorsque les membres des corps fédérés se présentent à une réunion du CA pour se faire entendre et que la sécurité est appelée à intervenir, cela ne favorise guère l'accessibilité des réunions du CA. En réalité, cela semble vouloir dire : on n'a pas le temps de vous écouter, sortez d'ici avant qu'on ne vous jette dehors. Quelle belle relation!
Sans les corps fédérés, la FÉUO ne pourrait exister. Voici pourquoi je m'engage à travailler avec les corps fédérés de la Faculté des sciences sociales afin d'améliorer la communication entre eux et le CA. Par contre, si les membres du CA veulent améliorer les politiques de la FÉUO, ils doivent être capables d'ÉCOUTER ce que les corps fédérés ont à dire et, par après, AGIR dans le but de rectifier la situation. EXIGEONS MIEUX ENSEMBLE!
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Throughout this academic year, a number of Fed bodies have demonstrated their frustration and collective disapproval towards the SFUO Board of Administration. This letter appeared in the 21 October 2010 edition of The Fulcrum:
Because I could not speak to the BOA
BECAUSE I COULD not speak to the BOA— They kindly spoke for me— The Senate held but just Ourselves— And Illegitimacy. They slowly debated—They knew no haste And I had put away My twitter and my facebook too, For my laptop lacked battery— We talked of the School, where students strove At midterms—in the Rooms— We debated the fields of fair-traded goods— We debated the tie-break dooms— Or rather—They debated Us— The Dews drew quivering and chill— For only the BOA, did Frown— My feeling—only fools— We paused before a motion that seemed A Swelling of Contempt— The BOA was quick to speak— The students—in contempt— Since then—’tis days—and yet Feels longer than the Month I first surmised these Horses’ Asses Do not speak for me—
Not quite Emily Dickinson
When members of fed bodies take the time to attend BOA meetings in order to have their voices heard and that security is then called to have them thrown out, this demonstrates a major disconnect. Furthermore, instead of promoting the accessibility of these meetings, it is hindered. It seems as though members of the BOA are saying: “we don’t have time to listen to your whining, get out before you are thrown out.” What a great relationship!
Without fed bodies, the SFUO would not exist. This is why I am committed to working closely with the fed bodies within the Faculty of Social Sciences in order to open up the lines of communication between them and the BOA. However, if members of the BOA want to improve upon the existing policies of the SFUO, communicating is simply not enough! Members of the BOA must be able to LISTEN to what fed bodies are saying and then TAKE ACTION in attempting to address their concerns. LET'S DEMAND BETTER TOGETHER!
Without fed bodies, the SFUO would not exist. This is why I am committed to working closely with the fed bodies within the Faculty of Social Sciences in order to open up the lines of communication between them and the BOA. However, if members of the BOA want to improve upon the existing policies of the SFUO, communicating is simply not enough! Members of the BOA must be able to LISTEN to what fed bodies are saying and then TAKE ACTION in attempting to address their concerns. LET'S DEMAND BETTER TOGETHER!
