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Members absent at TRUSU AGM

Krystal Kehoe - Investigative Editor

The TRUSU Annual General Meeting (AGM), held at 11am on January 28, 2009, only had three student members present: three Omega editors.

The meeting reviews TRUSU spending over the past fiscal year, it presents their budget for the upcoming year, and presents a breakdown of their projects.

“Obviously we’d like to see more people out there,” said Kyle Bowman, TRUSU president. “It’s a chance to say here’s what we’ve accomplished for the past year.”

TRUSU advertised the AGM with 25 posters around campus and TV ads on the campus and TRUSU screens. TRUSU also sent out an email newsletter to its members.

Bowman said that attendance to the AGM has varied from year to year. Three years ago, he said, there were about 100 people in attendance.

“It always depends on whether there is a hot topic on the agenda or not,” Bowman said.

Lee-Ann Burnell, a Natural Resource Science student said she didn’t know students were invited to the meeting.

“I wouldn’t have assumed I was even able to go. If they put all students come and tell us your ideas, I would have gone,” Burnell said.

The 2009/2010 TRUSU budget stated that it will collect $850,000 in membership fees. The majority of that money is to go towards projects and campaigns to benefit the students.

During the past year some of TRUSU’s projects included the revitalization of the Independent Center in the Campus Activity Center, improvements to the TRUSU website, entertainment events, and the student saver program and tuition campaigns, among many other projects that they’ve been working on.

Bowman said that students are welcome.

“Obviously we’d like to see more people out there,” he said. “During the elections it’s hard to tell people what we’ve done. At the AGM it’s a chance for people to bring up their concerns and get involved with the motions.”