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Minutes of the 12/13 Council 4th Meeting October 24, 2012
10. PRESENTATIONS TO COUNCIL
10.2 Richmond and Tower Productions
Thomas presented a trailer for the play “November” being presented by Richmond and
Tower Production at the Arts Project from October 23rd through October 27th.
10.3 Inside Ride (Appendix 1)
Foglton advised Council of the Inside Ride event taking place at Western on November
18, 2012 to raise funds for the Coast 2 Coast Against Cancer Foundation. She noted that
last year’s event had raised $16,000 and organizers hoped to raise $30,000 this years.
She asked for Council’s help in spreading the word about the event to their constituents,
organizing teams of six to participate and volunteering to help with the event.
10.1 Ontario Undergraduate Students’ Alliance (OUSA) (Appendix 2)
Li, in her role as current OUSA President, introduced Rylan Kinnon, OUSA Executive
Director and advised that they had visited all of OUSA’s member schools to inform them
about OUSA.
Kinnon provided an overview of OUSA’s history, current membership, and their vision
and mission statements. He also advised Council of OUSA’s top lobby priorities on
behalf of students.
10.4 Biz Inc.
Ayala provided a brief background of Biz Inc and introduced John Pollock, Executive
Director of Biz Inc.
Pollock advised Council of the history of Biz Inc and noted that it was started to find and
empower student entrepreneurs two years ago and received its initial three-years of
funding from the London Economic Development Corporation (LEDC). He noted that
Biz Inc. is now also operating at Fanshawe College and has helped with over one hundred
student business and social enterprise projects. He introduced the partners in one of the
Biz Inc projects who gave Council an brief demonstration of the mobile application,
Game Press, they have developed with the help of Biz Inc.
10.5 Multi Faith Survey Data (Appendix 3)
Komaragiri advised that students see multi-faith as a priority and that the USC should
foster community between the diverse faith groups on campus as spirituality and faith
contribute to well-being. Bain reviewed the data from the survey that was conducted
with students over the summer months. Komaragiri outlined the steps to be taken
moving forward from the survey including bring representatives from all the religious
clubs and groups on campus together to outline what each group’s priorities are and
submit these priorities for negotiation. She noted that all groups would be working
together to determine how this can be institutionalized beyond the current vision.
10.6 Turf Field Update
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