President

President 2017-18

Current:	Jessica McAvoy
Email:	president@mcgilleus.ca
Office Hours Wednesday: 11:30-1:30
Portfolio Committees Equity

The president of the EUS is the official spokesperson and head of the executive team. The position demands someone with good communication and management skills, patience, and the ability to think on their feet. The president’s responsibilities are to represent the engineering students in communicating with administration, media, faculty, industry, etc., as well as chairing the weekly meetings of the 8 executives, and overseeing EUS Equity as well as SEAM (Sustainability in Engineering at McGill, the sustainability committee of the EUS). On the business side of the EUS, the president is the general manager and is responsible for legal aspects of the company, such as dealing with contracts and any legal issues that (hopefully won’t) arise.

Letter from President

My name is Jessica McAvoy and I am very excited to serve you this upcoming academic year as your President. I am born and raised in Calgary, where I found a love of the outdoors and all things mountainous. I work at Frostbite, which is always the best place to socialize over deliciousness, and I am currently in Materials engineering. I first got involved in event planning in the Engineering Socials Committee, and have since branched out to other clubs both in and out of the EUS. If there is one piece of advice that you have heard before, it is get involved, but it should really be to find something you are passionate about and go ahead and do it, you will find like minded people in the process and will be much happier because of it. As president, my role is to represent Engineering students to the Engineering Faculty and McGill Administration, oversee the Equity committee, and lead a team of stupendous individuals known as the executive committee. The EUS Equity team promotes diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, and plan many events over the course of the year. I am here to do everything I can to serve you! Feel free to drop by my office anytime if ever you have an idea about an improvement that could be made in the EUS, need someone to vent to, have a good joke, or anything in between.

Duties

Article 10 of the EUS Constitution covers the duties of the President

10.1 The President shall:

1. be charged with the general management and supervision of the affairs of the E.U.S.;
2. call and preside at Executive Committee meetings;
3. serve as an ex-officio member of all constituted and affiliated committees of the E.U.S.;
4. be the official spokesperson for the E.U.S. on all occasions;
5. represent the E.U.S. at meetings of the Faculty of Engineering; and
6. be responsible for holding the engineering representatives to S.S.M.U. Council and the Engineering Senator accountable to the Engineering student body through E.U.S. council;
7. shall be responsible for meeting with Departmental Society Presidents no less than once per month during the fall and winter semesters
8. be responsible for the E.U.S. Equity Commissioner; and
9. be responsible for the E.U.S. Sustainability Coordinator

Committees

EUS Equity.
Clubs Fund.
Design Team Fund.
Student Space Fund.

Meetings

• SSMU Presidents' Roundtable
• EUS Presidents' Meeting
• Monthly meeting with MESC Director
• Brown Bag meeting with the Dean

Bylaws and Policies

Bylaws

• Clubs Fund Bylaws
• EUS Contract Employee Bylaws
• Departmental Trip Funding Bylaws
• Design Team Fund Bylaws
• Dianne Ferguson Award
• Electoral Bylaws
• Engineering Support Fund Bylaws
• Engineering Without Border Fund Bylaws
• Equipment Fund Bylaws
• EUS Executive Meeting Bylaws
• Referendum Bylaws
• Student Faculty Liaison Committee Bylaws
• Student Space Fund Bylaws

Alcohol Policy

• Blacklisting Policy
• Conflict of Interest Policy
• Equity Policy
• New Initiatives Policy
• Recruitment Policy
• Poster Policy