Election of the Board Directors 25/26

Dear Students,

The Board of Directors of the Alma Mater Society Inc., is responsible for providing financial and fiduciary oversight. Please consider this a formal update on the election and appointment(s) to the Board of Directors for the 2025-26 academic year.

Election of the Board Directors – 1 Year Candidates

Students interested in becoming directors on the Board are required to submit an application which is reviewed by the outgoing Chair of the Board, the outgoing President, and one other outgoing member of the Corporation, and the General Manager (non-voting). This year’s nominating committee included the outgoing Vice-President of Operations. Per Bylaw 3.3.2, the committee will interview candidates, and “forward only the names of those candidates it deems are qualified, capable and engaged.” Per Bylaw 3.3., the outgoing Chair of the Board has the discretion over the format of the election, and both incoming and outgoing members of the Corporation (which are the incoming and outgoing voting members of Assembly) are permitted one vote. Any Assembly member who is finishing and beginning a term as a member of the Corporation will have two votes as outlined by Bylaw 3.3.1

This year’s election was conducted via Simply Voting to ensure proper voter verification. The question(s) for the election were done in the plurality form. A plurality question assigned 1 point to each candidate when they are selected by the voter, and voters can choose up to the number specified. The candidate with the most votes wins. While this question format is limited as in the event of a tie, a re-election must be held; it was used because Alyssa Perisa was entitled to two votes, one as the outgoing ASUS Rep to the AMS, and one as the incoming VPUA.

Round 1

Who would you like to fulfill the duties of the Director on the AMS Board of Directors for a 1-year term (2025-26 academic year). Up to two candidates can be chosen.

Dreyden George – 28 votes

Ruth Osunde – 13 votes

Samantha Rogers – 13 votes Abstention(s) – 3

 

Dreyden George is elected as a 1-Year Director.

 

Round 2

 

Who would you like to fulfill the duties of the Director on the AMS Board of Directors for a 1-year term (2025-26 academic year). Up to one candidate can be chosen.

Ruth Osunde – 13 votes Samantha Rogers – 13 votes Abstention(s) – 6

No candidate is elected due to a tie.

 

Round 3

 

Who would you like to fulfill the duties of the Director on the AMS Board of Directors for a 1-year term (2025-26 academic year). Up to one candidate can be chosen.

Ruth Osunde – 15 votes Samantha Rogers – 16 votes Abstention(s) – 1

Samantha Rogers is elected as a 1-Year Director.

 

Election of the Board Directors – 2 Year Candidates

Following the same process as 1-Year candidates, if the nominating committee selects the exact number of people as available director seats, the directors are ratified by members of the Corporation by a simple vote. At the April 7th Annual General Meeting, the following individuals were ratified as 2-Year directors to the Board of Directors:

· Yisraella Aleba

· Siena Marshall

Election of the Board Chair

Per the AMS Board Policy Manual, Part 5, the Election of the Chairperson of the Board is conducted by the outgoing Chair provided that they will not be a member of the Board in the subsequent year. The election of the Chairperson of the Board was conducted at the discretion of Gurisha Sahni. All members of the incoming Board were provided with the Resumes of those intending to be the chair and/or vice-chair of next year’s board; and provided forty-eight hours to vote. This year’s election of the chair and vice-chair was contested amongst the incoming board members. The following are the results of the election:

Dreyden George, 1-Year Director (2025-2026) has been elected as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors.

Eshal Ali, 2-Year Director (2024-2026) has been elected as the Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors.

Congratulations to the incoming Board of Directors, and we are excited to see what the incoming Chair and Vice-Chair will achieve during their term.