Have you voted yet? The Society of Graduate Students (SOGS) presidential elections are still open for voting today and tomorrow. To vote, go to http://www.uwo.ca/sogs/ and click on “Click here for the online ballot” under the heading “Details of the Presidential Election”. You will be asked to log in with your university email prefix and password (to ensure that you are a graduate student and that you do not vote more than once). It takes seconds to do.
Here are some questions you may find yourself asking at the moment, along with answers.
I thought SOGS was just a bus pass and health plan, why does it need a president?
Yes, it is true that you get your health plan and bus pass through SOGS, however, they do much more. SOGS also advocates on your behalf on university issues (such as Access Copyright and tuition costs), organizes events at the Grad Club and JLC (to mention a few places), and provides bursaries, scholarships, subsidies, and emergency loans to graduate students, among other things.
Why should I care?
The ancillary fees that you pay with tuition include a membership fee to SOGS. Unless you don’t care where your money goes, you should probably care about this election.
Who should I vote for?
There are three candidates running for presidency (in alphabetical order according to last name):
Geoffrey Bardwell
Tom McMurrough
Chris Shirreff
Their one paged platforms are attached below in the same order as above.
SOGS sounds interesting, I want to know more or get involved! How can I?
You can send either of your SOGS councillors, Mel or Neven, an email (my email is mwrigh58@uwo.ca) or come out to our next meeting–Thursday, May 31st 6 PM in NCB 114.
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