Hi Everybody! This has been a busy couple of weeks of events and meetings, so here’s what I’ve been up to since my last update.
The Committee of Society Presidents met to discuss a number of things, including the new Societies Agreement, and other issues that are affecting other student societies on campus. We are really close to signing the new societies agreement, which is a document that outlines the relationship between all of the student societies and FedS. Maaz Yasin, the VP Internal of FedS, will be scheduling another couple of meetings so that we can finalize all of the terms of that agreement. We also had a discussion about school spirit on campus. Everyone agreed that we have great faculty pride but there is a lack of University of Waterloo pride. There were a lot of mixed opinions on how to fix this problem, or if the problem should be fixed. If you have any ideas about this, please come talk to me!
I also had a meeting with Chris Lolas, the president of FedS, and Cheri Bilitz from counselling services. We discussed the current state of counselling as well as ways to improve their services for students. They are currently looking at how they are using their counselors as well as their customer satisfaction, to find ways to improve the current service as well as to maximize their capacity. Chris and I brought up the fact that there is currently no data about student’s perception of counselling services, and they were very receptive to getting that information.
I have also been doing a lot of work on Mental Health advocacy over the past couple of weeks. Kristine Meier and I made a presentation to the Chemical Engineering department, and I hosted a session at the Conference for Diversity in Engineering (Hosted by Waterloo!) about managing your mental health as a student leader and being a successful advocate.
We also got a lot of great feedback at our fourth council meeting last Wednesday, so I wanted to extend a huge thank you to everyone who provided feedback. If you have any additional feedback or even just want to chat, please shoot me an email or come talk to me. I would love to hear your ideas about how we can make EngSoc better!
Best of luck with the next couple of weeks!
Council Meeting 4
We had our third EngSoc council meeting on Wednesday, November 11. Wayne Parker, the current Acting Dean of Engineering, came to introduce himself to council.
Council discussed possible places of an ATM if one were to be put within Engineering. They also voted to approve over $10,000 in sponsorship allocations. Council also gave their feedback to the Executive and they provided feedback on the current council structure.
For more information about council meetings, make sure to check the EngSoc website, and subscribe to the mailing list! If you have any questions about our council meetings, please contact executive.b@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca and we would be more than happy to answer your questions. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 25 at 5:30 pm in CPH 3607.
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