December Board Meeting Recap

A snowy photo of campus.

President Damian Mikhail began the meeting by noting that one piece was missed from public announcements of the previous meeting. During the first Confidential session of the November Board Meeting, Board accepted the recommendations attached to the Auditor’s Report.  

Board approved the following items at the beginning of the meeting:

  • Ria Patel was approved as the at-large student to fill the vacancy on the Elections and Referenda Committee, so the committee is now full and ready for the upcoming WUSA General Election.
  • The Annual Members’ Meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 5 PM EST in the SLC
  • Approved a recommendation from the Ownership Consultation Committee (OCC) that the student consultation report about Food on Campus be shared with the Advocacy Positions Committee (APC) and Food Services.
  • Approved a recommendation from OCC that the Coop Timeline & Recruitment Student Survey report be brought to APC for review and that the WUSA President bring it to the Undergraduate Student Relations Committee (USRC) for discussion.

Various Governing Documents Amendments 

  • Minor updates were made to update language from the original version of WUSA’s Policies and Bylaws from 2023.
  • The Director accountability process for Reports and Timesheets was laid out with more specifics.
  • WUSA’s Bylaws were updated to include steps to resolve an Officer vacancy.

Finance and Audit Committee Reform

  • Board decided it would change the current Audit Committee to also integrate financial review and oversight responsibilities in the next governing year, since these responsibilities currently lie with Board and the committee can include more specialized individuals, with more time for focus and consideration. 

Upcoming Ownership Consultation Commitee Roundtables

  • There will be a January Roundtable, inviting students to give their thoughts on Library and Study Space on Campus.
  • The February Roundtable will focus on EdTech, Course Evaluations, and Degree & Course Planning.

Keep an eye on our events page for dates and more information on each of these roundtables!

President Report

  • WUSA signed onto an initiative called Healthy Waterloo, to make this one of the healthiest campuses. We are working collaboratively with the University to find what projects and activities this will include. 
  • WUSA sent a delegation to Waterloo Regional Council where Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe submitted a motion to make the planned cuts to Routes 9/13/19/30 less severe but the council did not pass this motion. These student-area focused routes will be cut to 30-minute intervals. 

Vice-President Report

  • Vice-President Remington Zhi summarized recent trips to Ottawa for Federal Lobby week and Toronto for Provincial lobbying week and shared that they are working on a Generative AI policy paper for OUSA.
  • OUSA is hiring a Manager of Operations and Executive Director.
  • OUSA is also working on a Bill 33 Policy Proposal.

Published: Monday, January 5, 2026