AUSU Elections 2008 – New Council Elected
On March 13 2008, Rehan Qureshi, AUSU’s Chief Returning Officer for 2008, announced the results of our election. Your new council, who will take office by April 14, 2008, are:
Karl Low
Lonita Fraser
Zil-E-Huma Lodhi
Barb Rielly
Sarah Kertcher
Bethany Porter
Sean Driscoll
Emily Dukeshire
Heather Fraser
The new executive will be elected at the time of changeover. Until then, the new councillors-elect will shadow the current council to learn about our programs and services and to begin taking part in council’s discussions.
Voter turnout for this year’s election was about 80% higher than our last election, but this increase is less impressive when the low turnout overall for both years is taken into account. However, the very large ballot this year may have contributed to this issue. We realize that making selections from this large ballot was difficult and thank everyone who took the time to cast a ballot this year.
The incumbents look forward to working with the new group to continue providing services to AU students and to develop new programs for our members.
Election materials will remain in the forum for a while so that students can learn more about their new councillors.
An announcement of the executive election will appear on the AUSU front page, including a full list of your new council, on April 14th.
AUSU Merchandise for Sale
Due to a high demand for AUSU merchandise, and delays in setting up our online store, we have put together a quick catalogue with a few items we have in stock now. To download it in pdf, visit our home page. Shipping costs will be calculated per order and we’ll let you know by phone or email.
We are only accepting credit card orders at this time, unless you are able to visit our Edmonton office. Please excuse the poor quality of the product photos. These will be improved shortly. More products will be available soon. Suggestions are welcome.
AUSU Handbook/Planner 2008 in stock now!
The wait is over! The 2008 AUSU planner is in stock and on its way to members. We’ve added a few enhancements this year, including cheat sheets for common citation styles, a clip-in page-marker ruler, and a funky fridge magnet to remind you to get your weekly dose of The Voice.
Last year we had about 400 pre-orders, but this year we have 1,000! Please be patient. we’re working as fast as we can to fill all of the orders and everyone should have their book by the end of January when the 2007 edition calendar pages run out. As always, we’re excited to know what you think of the planner and welcome all feedback to ausu@ausu.org
Smart Draw ? Benefit for AUSU members
AUSU has purchased a licence agreement to supply the award-winning SmartDraw software to all AUSU members (current undergraduate students). To access this deal and find out more, visit the front page of our website.
SmartDraw allows you to create a wide range of graphics for your assignments and submit them electronically in a Word file. You can also place your graphics in Excel or PowerPoint files, or export them as TIF, GIF, or JPEG files to make a web graphic or even a logo. Just a few of the graphics you can make include Venn diagrams, genetics charts, graphs, organizational and flow charts, and Gantt charts.
For any course that requires charts that cannot be easily created in Word or Excel, this should be a real time saver and make it easier to submit all portions of an assignment by email. Remember, though, that you should always check with your tutor to find out if there is a specific format he or she prefers. Your tutor does not have to have SmartDraw to view these graphics, however.
Installations under this program are good for one year. The package includes both the Standard and Health Care editions of SmartDraw.