Special Meeting of AMS Assembly on Monday, March 31st
Dear students,
On Wednesday March 26th, President Rocchi became aware of the Undergraduate Open Letter to Queen’s Administration signed by undergraduate students.
Given that a meeting of the Senate, which has purview over academic matters at Queen’s was scheduled for 2:30 PM on Thursday, President Rocchi sought the direction of the AMS Assembly via an e-vote on whether Assembly would like to direct the AMS to fully endorse the petition. Per sec. 2.3.4 of the AMS Constitution, “when acting officially on behalf of the Assembly, the President shall represent the majority opinion of the Assembly.” The results of this vote are included below.
All motions were moved by President Rocchi and Seconded by Secretariat Garabedian.
Motion #1: That the AMS Assembly endorse the petition.
In Favour: 4
Opposed: 18
Abstention: 13
Motion #2: That the AMS Assembly not take a stance on the petition.
In Favour: 13
Opposed: 7
Abstain: 15
Motion #3: That the AMS Assembly recognize the urgency of the matters affecting academic student life and direct the AMS President to call a Special Assembly on Monday, March 31st.
In Favour: 16
Oppose: 4
Abstain: 15
At the direction of Assembly, President Rocchi has called a Special Meeting of AMS Assembly on Monday, March 31st at 6:00 PM (location to be announced on @amsgovernance Instagram) to discuss how the AMS can support undergraduate students. The AMS Assembly is a meeting open to all students, where student leaders come together to discuss issues impacting undergraduate students. Students can also come and address the AMS Assembly directly and/or questions to members of Assembly.
To submit items for the Agenda, please complete the Governance Formstack and/or email . Additionally, all students are encouraged to contact their elected representatives to ensure their voices can be represented at Assembly.
Edited on March 31st, due to error counting the original results.
Edited on April 2nd, to release breakdown of votes below. Read statement from Secretariet here.
| Name | Position | That the AMS Assembly endorse the petition. | That the AMS Assembly not take a stance on the petition. | That the AMS Assembly recognize the urgency of the matters affecting academic student life, and direct the AMS President to call a Special Assembly on Monday, March 31st. | |
| Mika Heller | NSS PRESIDENT | Oppose | Approve | Approve | |
| Amelia Rodrigues | PHEKSA VPUA | Approve | Oppose | Approve | |
| Monique Kelly | VPSA ENGSOC | Approve | Approve | Oppose | |
| Jack Walker | ENGSOC PRESIDENT | Oppose | Oppose | Oppose | |
| Sagaana Sivathason | COMSOC PRESIDENT | Oppose | Approve | Approve | |
| Liv Stewart | COMPSA PRESIDENT | Oppose | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Pranav Velpandi | Engsoc Rep | Approve | Oppose | Abstain | |
| Jillian Weatherby | COMSOC VPOPS | Oppose | Approve | Approve | |
| Silas Tamlin | ASUS VPOPS | Oppose | Approve | Approve | |
| Owen Rocchi | AMS PRESIDENT | Oppose | Approve | Approve | |
| Phoebe Rushton | CESA PRESIDENT | Oppose | Abstain | Approve | |
| Sophie Penney | ASUS Rep | Abstain | Oppose | Approve | |
| Ryan Stewart | ASUS Rep | Approve | Oppose | Approve | |
| Cole Olidis | ASUS President | Oppose | Approve | Oppose | |
| Sarah Croxon | CESA Rep | Oppose | Abstain | Approve | |
| Ashton Seebaran | COMSOC VPOPS | Oppose | Approve | Abstain | |
| Payton Rix | PHEKSA President | Oppose | Approve | Oppose | |
| Stella Murphy | HSS VPOPS | Oppose | Approve | Approve | |
| Josh Cowan | COMPSA VPOPS | Oppose | Approve | Approve | |
| Ruth Osunde | AMS VPUA | Oppose | Abstain | Approve | |
| Ella Doris | EngSoc Rep | Abstain | Approve | Approve | |
| Alyssa Perisa | ASUS Rep | Oppose | Oppose | Approve | |
| Sunaina Vallamkonda | HSS President | Oppose | Oppose | Abstain | |
| Emmy Lind | NSS VPUA | Oppose | Approve | Approve | |
| The following people did not vote and therefore are denoted as abstain: | |||||
| Ayan Chowdhury | AMS VPOPS | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Helena Shimwell | ASUS VPSA | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Katrina Sawicki | ASUS Rep | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Niki Ehsan | ASUS Rep | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Harsheta Taneja | ASUS Rep | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Grace Baillargeon | CESA Rep | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Nina Thaksee | COMPSA VPSA | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Sahana Thangathurai | COMSOC Rep | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Tamara Mendes | COMSOC Rep | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Olivia John | EngSoc Rep | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |
| Eileen Danaee | HSS VPSA | Abstain | Abstain | Abstain | |