It's
up
to
You
So
many
students
complain
about
the
fees
they
pay
and
the
services
they
aren't
getting.
Some
complain
because
the
new
direction
the
Student
Association
is
taking
seems
to
be
as
a
branch
office
of
CFS
(Canadian
Federation
of
Students)
and,
in
fact,
there
is
a
movement
afoot
to
def
ederate
from
CFS.
Some
dislike
the
job
the
executives
are
doing
and
would
like
to
see
the
Student
Association
office
shut
down
and
some
just
dislike
the
executive.
What
is
the
solution?
Dissolution
of
the
Student
Association?
Def
ederate
from
CFS?
A
new
executive?
Whatever
the
solution,
one
thing
is
for
certain:
unless
you
get
involved,
unless
you
show
up
for
the
general
and
special
meetings,
the
Student
Association
will
continue
to
collect
your
money
and
there
will
not
be
a
darn
thing
you
or
the
College
can
do
about
it.
Student
Involvement
is
needed
as
each
of
these
solutions
requires
a
significant
percentage
of
the
student
membership
to
enact.
If
you
want
to
continue
to
donate
$85.00
(or
more
in
the
future)
to
this
dysfunctional
so-riPtv
do
nothina:
vou
are
entitled.
If
you
want
to
make
changes,
stop
for
nothing
and
do
i
i
it,
whatever
it
is,
whether
it's
contacting
us
at
S.T.O.K
tor
Noming,
ot-tending
the
general
meetings
or
just
making
your
feelings
known
to
us
or
to
the
executive.
Things
that
make
you
go
hmm..
Policy,
Bylaw:
What's
the
Diff?
Did
you
know
that
the
proposed
bylaws
would
allow
the
executive
to
vote
themselves
a
raise
without
the
students
knowing?
Did
you
know
that
club
funding
could
change
or
the
newspaper
could
be
eliminated
altogether
without
ever
telling
the
students?
The
Really
Free
Press
'Students
Empowering
Students
Contact
us:
S.T.O.P.
FOR
NOTHING
Students
Tired
of
Paying
For
Nothing
www.stopfornothingshaw.ca
That's
all
because
of
the
HUGE
difference
between
a
policy
and
a
bylaw.
The
dictionary
defines
a
bylaw
as
"a
internal
affairs"
A
policy
is
defined
as
a
standing
rule
governing
the
regulations
of
a
corporation's
or
society's
situations
that
has
been
agreed
to
officially
by
a
group
of
people,
set
of
ideas
or
a
plan
of
what
to
do
in
particular
a
business
organization,
a
government
or
a
political
party
.
What
does
this
mean
in
plain
English?
A
new
bylaw
or
change
to
an
existing
one
has
to
be
agreed
to
and
,
u..i
i
f
,
enntinn
in
either
a
snfidal
aeneral
meetinq
or
annual
general
meeting.
The
passeu
uy
uiu
iniiu
-
.--.-.
-
-
-
-""--
.
..
r.B
.
f
HoflnoH
in
nniirvx
or
mav
bylaw
may
be
either
general
(eg.
I
ne
Association
snaii
p.uv.uc
m,,ui.,y
,.
.
.
r
y
-
-
-
to
clubs
dependent
upon
the
number
of
members
shall
funding
be
very
specific
(eg.
"The
Association
provide
registered
and
shall
award
the
funding
in
the
following
manner..:").
be
or
changed
by
the
members
OR
the
Executive
Pol.Ces
are
very
A
policy,
on
the
other
hand,
can
passed
specific
as
to
how
and
what
gets
done
in
a
particular
situation.
Associations
sometimes
prefer
to
pu
mettwng
into
the
policy
manual
instead
of
the
bylaws
to
make
it
easier
to
change
This
may
make
it
more
efficient
for
for
to
be
made
to
policies
withou
telling
the
members
running
an
organization
but
it
also
makes
it
easier
changes
about
it.
Considering
the
type
of
executives
we've
had
the
past
few
years,
this
possibility
can
happen.
oi
,m
f
th
current
and
nroDosed
constitution
and
bylaws
and
compare
them.
Everything
from
the
clubs
to
the
newspaper
to
the
directors'
pay
has
been
pulled
out
of
the
bylaws.
Hmmm!