Hello again Waterloo Engineering. These past two weeks I’ve been very busy once again with issues surrounding the Infosilem scheduling software. A highly polarized topic, this software may impact the way that some engineering departments schedule their cohort times and locations. At this time, I am looking for any students who are interested in becoming more involved in the discussion surrounding how this new software compares to the old system and what issues may present themselves with a cohort-based program to send me their name and contact info at president.b@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca. Although there is no deadline to reach out to me to become involved in this cause, I expect to begin regularly sending emails to the interested students during reading week and through to the end of the term, so please help to advertise this opportunity to any students who may be interested!
In other news, my successor has been ratified! Hannah Gautreau is a 2017 Management Engineering student who has some big plans for the next 16 months as the incoming Engineering Society President. If you haven’t had a chance to say hi to her during her campaign, you should look out for her on campus between now and the end of the term to chat about what you want to see from EngSoc over the next year or so. I’m sure she’d be happy to hear from you!
Also, speaking of new leadership, make sure that you remember to vote in the Feds election next week, from 10am February 10th to 10pm on the 12th. The list of candidates can be found at feds.ca/elections, so please look up what they are promising you, the students, and become informed in your own vote. The successful candidates are put in charge of millions of dollars in student fees, as well as critical academic decisions, and so having accurate representation of student priorities through voter turnout is very important!
Finally, before I conclude my update, I want to briefly mention the Engineering 7 referendum that is happening this term as well. On A-Society in Fall 2014, the students voted in favour of the establishment of an optional $25 termly donation to go towards a $1M student contribution to the building of E7, beginning once the building is open. This same referendum is being run on B-Society this term, and if the students once again vote in favour, the referendum will be passed. Currently, we are looking for nominees for the Yes and No committees, which are tasked with promoting their respective stance to the students. For more information or to get involved, please contact the CRO Jennifer Coldwell at cro.b@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca. Also, keep an eye out for the campaigning and polling periods after the break.
That’s it for this update. As always, I can be found in the CPH foyer at 12:30 on Fridays, and can also be reached at president.b@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca anytime. I’d also encourage any interested students to come out to the next Engineering Society Council meeting, which is on March 4 at 5:30pm in the E5 LiveLink Room (3101). All are welcome, and I hope to see you there!
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