ASFA By-Election Doesn’t Meet Quorum

VP Communications and Promotions to be Filled in January

NewsVince Morello — Published November 30, 2016

A total of 206 students voted during polling which ran from Nov. 28 to 30, which is short of the 505 mark they needed, according to ASFA CEO Camila Delgado.

The vacant executive position of Vice President of Communications and Promotions will also remain empty for the time being. ASFA will be appointing an interim VP in January according to current ASFA VP Finance, Christina Massaro.

ASFA represents about 20,000 students within Concordia’s Arts and Sciences programs.

The counted ballots are as followed:

Fee-Levy Increase

”Do you as a member of the ASFA, agree to increase the fee levy by $0.12/credit, from $1.22/credit to $1.34/credit, to be adjusted annually in accordance with the Montreal Consumer Price Index, effective the beginning of the semester of Winter 2017?”

Yes: 105
No: 83
Abstain: 18

Executive

VP Communications and Promotions

Andrea Gauthier
Yes: 123
No: 37
Abstain: 46

Council

Independent Councillor

Georgios Simeonidis
Yes: 128
No: 15
Abstain: 63