Board of Governors

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About Meeting Times Sundays at 10am Current Membership Chair Elif Kurkcu Alumni Bogdan Dumitru Tuhin Gupta Regular Members Jordan Legendre Gregory Brock Brenda Shen Mairead Maloney Elif Kurkcu Rahul Behal EUS President Aastha Goyal EUS VP Finance Rahul Atmanathan EUS VP Student Life Emma Friesen EUS Senator George Qiao

For more information on how the BoG interacts with other groups in the EUS, navigate to EUS Structure

The Board of Governors of the Engineering Undergraduate Society, or BoG, is an administrative body tasked with ensuring the legal and financial security of the society. Created in the Winter 2017 Referendum in response to the rapidly expanding student society, the Board is still finding it's boundaries with EUS Council, primary roles, etc.
The Board of Governors is the entity legally responsible for the state of the Engineering Undergraduate Society; this includes, but is not limited to:

• Validating bylaws and policies of the society
• Final approval of all budgets
• Holding the execs accountable
• Direct oversight of EUS Committees with more than $50,000 in expenses (such as OAP, Frosh, etc.)

Constitutional Definition

The role of the Board of Governors is outlined in Title IV of the EUS Constitution.

Membership

According to Article 13 of the EUS Constitution: The Board of Governors shall be composed of:

The President;

The VP Finance;

One (1) other member of the Executive Committee;

The Engineering Senator(s);

No less than six (6) and no more than ten (10) Members-at-Large;

No less than one (1) and no more than three (3) Alumni.

The Board Chairman is chosen among the above members by simple majority vote and will remain chair for the duration of 6 months. The chairman does not have a vote, except in the event of a tie.

In the latest update to the constitution the VP Student Life was also added as a member with the idea of representing design teams and clubs directly to the board.

Selection Timeline

Members-at-Large (MaL) will be selected in three waves. The first occurs in September, for terms starting on November 1st, in which no more than three (3) and no less than five (5) MaLs will be selected via a selection committee composed of:

The Chair of the Board of Governors

One Member-at-Large of the Board of Governors

One EUS Executive

One member of the EUS Council, not part of the previously mentioned groups

The second selection occurs in April, for terms start on May 1st, in which no less than one (1) and no more than three (3) MaLs will be selected by the aforementioned selection committee. Finally, two (2) MaLs shall be selected by EUS Council from its members. Their term shall start on May 1.

Alumni selections will occur as needed based on available positions.

All terms have a duration of one (1) calendar year.

Structure

Initially, the Board of Governors was constructed in a manner in which general meetings were to occur bi-weekly. Each Member-at-Large was a assigned a mandate and was to work on and complete their mandate during their term. After an internal analysis by the Governance Restructuring Committee (GRC), it was decided that a new structure was needed to improve efficiency within the Board. In January 2021, the Board of Governors transitioned into their new structure in which individual mandates were eliminated and, instead, members were assigned to subcommittee teams. These subcommittees would focus on one or two projects in hopes of increasing project completion and collaboration.

As of the restructuring, the Board of Governors shall be constructed of the following subcommittees:

May '21 to Nov '21Nov '20 to May '21

Subcommittee	Chair	Tackled Projects
Finance	Aidan Gerkis	Committee Finance Norms
Institutional Health	Brenda Shen	EUSF Restructuring Risk Ledger & Management
Special Projects	Matthew Nohos-Katsaros	Sticker & Patch Service Workshop Machining

Subcommittee	Chair	Tackled Projects
Finance	Julian Pucella	CF/DTF Restructuring
Institutional Health	Brenda Shen	Academic Accessibility Policy Updates
Special Projects	Matthew Nohos-Katsaros	Computer Task Force Space Expansion

Each Member-at-Large will be assigned to one of the Board of Governors subcommittees. Subcommittees meet weekly, except on every third week in which a general Board of Governors meeting will take place.

Subcommittee Definitions

Finance Subcommittee - The Finance Subcommittee shall review and manage the fiscal status of the EUS while taking on projects related to the financial dealings of the EUS.

Institutional Health Subcommittee - The Institutional Health Subcommittee shall act as a steering mechanism for the Board. Responsibilities include review of governance documents, addressing concerns brought by EUS Members or groups, and assessing the impacts of decisions, projects, and ongoing events of the EUS

Special Projects Subcommittee - The Special Projects Subcommittee shall execute projects of diverse scales in order to improve the EUS as a whole. Such projects may resemble those previously taken on by individual Board Members as mandates but will likely be larger in scale. Major projects undertaken by this subcommittee must be ratified by EUS Council

Projects

The Board of Governors completes a variety of projects annually. Some past projects include:
- Improving Corporate Relationships & Sponsorships
- Common Room Renovation
- Building Alumni Relationships
- EUS Space Expansion
- EUS Apparel (Jean Jackets!)

Have a project you think should be taken on by the Board of Governors? Feel free to leave your suggestion here!

Contact

May'21 to Nov '21Nov '20 to May '21May'20 to Oct'20May '19 to Nov '20Nov '18 to May '19May '18 to Oct '18Other Previous Members

Position	Name	Email
Chair	Brenda Shen	board.chair@mcgilleus.ca
Alumnus	Bogdan Dumitru	board.alumni1@mcgilleus.ca
Alumnus	Malcolm McClintock	board.alumni2@mcgilleus.ca
Alumnus	Tuhin Gupta	board.alumni3@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Aidan Gerkis	board.member1@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Gregory Brock	board.member2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Matthew Nohos-Katsaros	board.member3@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Julia Rafferty	board.member4@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Elif Kurkcu	board.member5@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Jordan Legendre	board.member6@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Mairead Maloney	board.member7@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Brenda Shen	board.member8@mcgilleus.ca
Senator	George Qiao	senator@mcgilleus.ca
President	Aastha Goyal	president@mcgilleus.ca
VP Finance	Rahul Atmanathan	vpfinance@mcgilleus.ca
VP Student Life	Cristian Ciungu	vpstudentlife@mcgilleus.ca

Position	Name	Email
Chair	Brenda Shen	board.chair@mcgilleus.ca
Alumnus	Bogdan Dumitru	board.alumni1@mcgilleus.ca
Alumnus	Malcolm McClintock	board.alumni2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Aidan Gerkis	board.member1@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Julian Pucella	board.member2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Matthew Nohos-Katsaros	board.member3@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Julia Rafferty	board.member4@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Elif Kurkcu	board.member5@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Jordan Legendre	board.member6@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Pierre-Luc Leboeuf	board.member7@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Brenda Shen	board.member8@mcgilleus.ca
Senator	Emile Brulé-Champagne	senator@mcgilleus.ca
President	Owen Quinn	president@mcgilleus.ca
VP Finance	Ryan Reszetnik	vpfinance@mcgilleus.ca
VP Student Life	Andrew Xie	vpstudentlife@mcgilleus.ca

Position	Name	Email
Chair	Alice Lemay	board.chair@mcgilleus.ca
Alumnus	Bogdan Dumitru	board.alumni1@mcgilleus.ca
Alumna	Laurent Chenet	board.alumni2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Kevin Alforque	board.member1@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Julian Pucella	board.member2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Ali Tahma	board.member3@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Alice Lemay	board.member4@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Yasemin Bicer	board.member5@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Jordan Legendre	board.member6@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Maeva Chrzaszcz	board.member7@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Brenda Shen	board.member8@mcgilleus.ca
Senator	Jeremy Garneau	senator@mcgilleus.ca
President	Owen Quinn	president@mcgilleus.ca
VP Finance	Ryan Reszetnik	vpfinance@mcgilleus.ca
VP Student Life	Andrew Xie	vpstudentlife@mcgilleus.ca

Position	Name	Email
Chair	Alice Lemay	board.chair@mcgilleus.ca
Alumnus	Laurent Chenet	board.alumni1@mcgilleus.ca
Alumna	Mitch Dumont	board.alumni2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Kevin Alforque	board.member1@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Marion Olivier	board.member2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Sarim Malik	board.member3@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Fiona Hamilton	board.member4@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Tre Mansdoerfer	board.member5@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Christos Cunning	board.member6@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Kareem Halabi	board.member7@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Alex Scheffel	board.member8@mcgilleus.ca
Senator	Jeremy Garneau	senator@mcgilleus.ca
President	Owen Quinn	president@mcgilleus.ca
VP Finance	Ryan Reszetnik	vpfinance@mcgilleus.ca
VP Student Life	Andrew Xie	vpstudentlife@mcgilleus.ca

Position	Name	Email
Chair (President)	Alex Scheffel	board.chair@mcgilleus.ca
Alumnus	Marc Chelala	board.alumni1@mcgilleus.ca
Alumna	Mitchell Dumont	board.alumni2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Kevin Alforque	board.member1@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Arman Izadi	board.member2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Jeremy Garneau	board.member3@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Florence Diep	board.member4@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Christos Cunning	board.member6@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Kareem Halabi	board.member7@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Fiona Hamilton	board.member8@mcgilleus.ca
Senator	Sarim Malik	senator@mcgilleus.ca
VP Finance	Yiming Sun	vpfinance@mcgilleus.ca

Position	Name	Email
Chair	Gareth Price	board.chair@mcgilleus.ca
Alumnus	Marc Chelala	board.alumni1@mcgilleus.ca
Alumna	Leila Hawa	board.alumni2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Kevin Alforque	board.member1@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Arman Izadi	board.member2@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Jeremy Garneau	board.member3@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Florence Diep	board.member4@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Ameer Nizami	board.member5@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Katharine Callahan	board.member6@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Thomas Hillyer	board.member7@mcgilleus.ca
President	Alex Scheffel	president@mcgilleus.ca
VP Finance	Yiming Sun	vpfinance@mcgilleus.ca

Position	Name	Email
Chair	Gareth Price
Chair	Pentcho Tchomakov
Alumnus	Ray Toraikian
Alumnus	Bryan Gingras
Regular	Alex Scheffel
Regular	Vivian Campbell
Regular	Sandro Papais
Regular	Tristan Renondin
Regular	Ameer Nizami	board.member5@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Katharine Callahan	board.member6@mcgilleus.ca
Regular	Thomas Hillyer	board.member7@mcgilleus.ca
Senator	Tre Mansdoerfer	senator@mcgilleus.ca
President	Jessica McAvoy	president@mcgilleus.ca
VP Finance	Alec Thomlison	vpfinance@mcgilleus.ca