*Updated July 26, 2011*
Update on SFPIRG Lease Issues & Upcoming Events!
Today SFPIRG’s Board of Directors sent a letter to the SFSS Board of Directors and SFSS Forum Members. We want to share this letter with you (attached) as it has new information (for more detailed info please call 778-782-4360 or drop by our offices.) For more background info: http://iheartsfpirg.ca/?page_id=115
This coming week, the Board and Space Oversight Committee will be meeting to decide the fate of SFPIRG's lease. We need students to voice their support for SFPIRG remaining vibrant in our current space!
Come and voice your support at the following updated events:
Tomorrow! Wednesday, July 27th at 10:30am: SFSS Board Meeting in West Mall Complex, room 2363 (Inside the Business Lounge)
Tomorrow! Wednesday, July 27th at 4:30pm: SFSS Forum Meeting in Forum Chambers (under Higher Grounds café in the Maggie Benson Centre)
Thursday, July 28th at 12:00pm, MBC 2212: Graduate Student Society Town hall on SFPIRG (Really important to have Grad Students attend.)
Friday, July 29th at 1:30pm : SFSS Space Oversight Committee meeting – Room TBA (SFSS exec BoD member Marc Fontaine committed to letting us know by tomorrow so check www.iheartsfpirg.ca for updates)
All these meetings are important and need your support; tomorrow’s Forum meeting and Friday’s Space Committee meeting especially need your presence and voice!
You can also show your support to SFPIRG in the following ways:
1. State your concerns through an email to the SFSS Board and Space Oversight Committee to let them know how you feel. Check out a sample letter below. Please CC us on your letter of support.
2. Send your email to the Peak and post it on our Facebook group.
3. Call the SFSS to voice your concern.
4. Drop by our office, Monday to Friday from 10:30am – 4:30 pm.
5. Tweet your support or comment on our Facebook group.
6. Ask your professor if SFPIRG can do a presentation in your class.
7. Tell all your friends and classmates and pass this list onto them
*We encourage people to be firm, but there is no need to be rude :)
Sample Letter to the SFSS Board, Space Oversight Committee, and SFSS Forum Members
To : pres@sfss.ca, treas@sfss.ca, ero@sfss.ca, iro@sfss.ca, mso@sfss.ca, uro@sfss.ca, atlarge1@sfss.ca, atlarge2@sfss.ca, appscirep@sfss.ca, artsrep@sfss.ca, busrep@sfss.ca, fcatrep@sfss.ca, edurep@sfss.ca, envrep@sfss.ca, healthscirep@sfss.ca, sciencerep@sfss.ca, arch-pres@sfu.ca; asc-pres@sfu.ca; bio-pres@sfu.ca; ksa@sfu.ca; bass-exec@sfu.ca; chem-pres@sfu.ca; cogs-pres@sfu.ca; cmns-pres@sfu.ca; cmnsu-exec@sfu.ca; csss-exec@sfu.ca; crim-pres@sfu.ca; dance-pres@sfu.ca; dialogue-pres@sfu.ca; easc-pres@sfu.ca; econ-pres@sfu.ca; educ-pres@sfu.ca; esss-all@sfu.ca; president@esss.ca; sfuesu@sfu.ca; evscsu@sfu.ca; film-pres@sfu.ca; fren-pres@sfu.ca; ws-pres@sfu.ca; geog-ex@sfu.ca; gero-pres@sfu.ca; tazimi@sfu.ca; hum-pres@sfu.ca; hum-union@sfu.ca; histu@sfu.ca; iatsu-pres@sfu.ca; iatsu-contact@sfu.ca; issa-pres@sfu.ca; intl-pres@sfu.ca; lbst-pres@sfu.ca; las-pres@sfu.ca; ling-pres@sfu.ca; mssc-pres@sfu.ca; msu-exec@sfu.ca; math-pres@sfu.ca; mech-pres@sfu.ca; msess-all@sfu.ca; mbb-pres@sfu.ca; musicu@sfu.ca; phil-pres@sfu.ca; phys-pres@sfu.ca; pol-pres@sfu.ca; psyc-pres@sfu.ca; sa-pres@sfu.ca; "sasu info" <sasu.info@gmail.com>; stat-pres@sfu.ca; suds@sfu.ca; dsuoutreach@sfss.ca; tmsu-pres@sfu.ca; vasu-pres@sfu.ca; wl-pres@sfu.ca; kca@sfu.ca; mkm8@sfu.ca, sfpirg@sfu.ca
Dear SFSS Board of Directors, Space Oversight Committee, and SFSS Forum Members
I would like to take a minute to voice my concerns about the recent motion to terminate SFPIRG’s lease. As a member of the student body and supporter of SFPIRG, I would like to inform the Board that I firmly believe in the importance of SFPIRG to the student community and that I fully support SFPIRG staying in their current space. I feel that terminating the lease would be detrimental to the student body as it would disrupt the operations of many student clubs and student-organized activities. I have heard that this is motivated by a need for more “student space”. I would like the Board to know that SFPIRG is student space and that I, as a student, highly value the resources that SFPIRG offers to the student population.
I was disappointed to hear that the Space Oversight Committee did not consult with students, student groups or even SFPIRG in this crucial decision. I hope that the SFSS will recognize how invaluable SFPIRG is to the student body and will reconsider their motion to terminate SFPIRG’s lease.
Sincerely,
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Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG)
~For a just, sustainable, and meaningful world~
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http://www.sfpirg.ca (778) 782-4360
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