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- Election Documents: This section contains the full text of all complaints, appeals, decision reports and results to date of the Spring 2006 KSA General Election. Includes video footage taken in support of some complaints.
- Complaints filed with the CRO...
- Complaints filed by Steve Lee...
- Complaints filed by Others...
- Decisions of the CRO & Elections Committee...
- Video Evidence...
- Complaints filed with the Ombudsperson...
- Complaints filed by Steve Lee...
- Complaints filed by Others...
- Communication sent by the Ombudsperson...
- Ombudsperson's final report...
- Election Related Complaints Submitted to the Ombudsperson by Steven Lee Outside of the Election Process (Section added on August 14, 2007): Various complaints and documents related to KSA Council meetings, election notice provisions and other related matters as filed with the Ombudsperson under the general authority of the Ombudsperson.
- Steve Lee's Endorsements: A complete listing of how Steve Lee will vote for during this election.
- Is it Reduce all Fees or Raise all Fees?: The ruling party wants to raise your fees and they've to date presented no concrete plans on how they'll go about spending that money.
- Is there really a new face to the KSA? (Updated March 20, 2006) Information refuting "President-elect" Danish Butt's claims that the RAF Party has a new face.
- Media Coverage of the Spring 2006 General Election (Updated March 31, 2006) Includes direct links to relevant media coverage of the Spring 2006 KSA General Election.
- Related Articles & Postings Includes direct links to other relevant articles and postings related to election matters as posted on this site.
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1. Election Documents...
Posted: January 26, 2006
The following complaints, rulings and reports have been made public by either the Chief Returning Officer, the Elections Committee or the Ombudsperson.
Some are posted at the Official Website of the Kwantlen Student Association, but are also posted here for your information.
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2. Election Related Complaints Submitted to the Ombudsperson by Steven Lee Outside of the Election Process
Note: The following complaints and documents in this section were made public by Steven Lee on August 14, 2007. Before this date they were only available to Paul Browning, former Ombudsperson for the KSA. Unfortunately, for whatever unknown reasons, Mr. Browning never completed his investigation into these complaints.
- Complaint No. 12 to the Ombudsperson: January 6, 2006 (Regarding legitimacy of the December 16 Council Meeting as well as Motions to Call January election and to eliminate liaison positions on Council)
- Attachment 1 (PDF of the Agendas & Minutes Page taken from the Official KSA Website as at January 8, 2006)
- Attachment 2 (PDF of the motions to call a fall by-election and a spring general election as passed by Council in early 2005)
- Attachment 3 (PDF of the KSA Elections Page and the KSA Mainpage taken from the Official KSA Website as at January 8, 2006)
- Complaint No. 13 to the Ombudsperson: January 9, 2006 (Regarding legitimacy of the January 6 Council Meeting as well as Motions to pass regulations)
- Attachment 1 (PDF of the KSA Regulations Page taken from the Official KSA Website as at January 9, 2006)
- Attachment 2 (A 2nd PDF of the KSA Regulations Page taken from the Official KSA Website as at January 9, 2006 which more clearly shows when the Regulations were adopted)
- Attachment 3 (E-mail from Pavan Bassi to KSA staff regarding the KSA's year end and holiday hours)
- Attachment 4 (PDF of the KSA Regulations Page taken from the Official KSA Website as at January 9, 2006)
- Complaint No. 12b to the Ombudsperson: January 9, 2006 (Contained further information and questions regarding Investigation Request 12 regarding availability of Nomination Packages)
- Attachment 1 (PDF of the Nomination Package as distributed)
- Attachment 2 (PDF of the KSA Mainpage and Elections Page taken from the Official Ksa Website as at January 9, 2006)
- Attachment 3 (PDF of the KSA Bylaws Page taken from the Official Ksa Website as at January 9, 2006)
- Complaint No. 12c to the Ombudsperson: January 14, 2006 (Contained further information and questions regarding Investigation Requests 12 and 13 regarding the notice of the General Election)
- Attachment 1 (PDF of the KSA Mainpage taken from the Official KSA Website as at January 14, 2006)
- Attachment 2 (PDF of the KSA Elections Page taken from the Official Ksa Website as at January 14, 2006)
- Attachment 3 (E-mail from Johnny Woo regarding notice of election posters that he had found on campus)
- Attachment 4 (PDF of the KSA Referendum Page taken from the Official Ksa Website as at January 14, 2006)
- Complaint No. 12d to the Ombudsperson: January 14, 2006 (Contained further information and questions regarding Investigation Requests 12 and 13 regarding the notice of the General Election)
- Attachment 1 (PDF of the Kwantlen University College White Rock Location Course Listings Page as at January 14, 2006)
- Complaint No. 12e to the Ombudsperson: January 14, 2006 (Contained further information and questions regarding Investigation Requests 12 and 13 regarding the notice of the General Election)
- Attachment 1 (E-mail from candidate Christine McLellan containing copy of correspondence between her and CRO Amar Randhawa)
- Complaint No. 12f to the Ombudsperson: January 19, 2006 (Contained further information and questions regarding Investigation Requests 12 and 13 regarding the notice of the General Election)
- Attachment 1 (PDF Copy of an Elections Related Notice Poster found on the Langley Campus as created and posted by Stafford Richter)
- Attachment 2 (PDF Copy of an Elections Related Notice Poster found on the Richmond Campus)
- Attachment 3 (PDF Copy of an Elections Related Notice Poster found on the Richmond Campus)
- Attachment 4 (PDF Copy of various pages taken from the Official KSA Website on January 8, 9 and 14, 2006)
- Attachment 5 (PDF Copy of the Spring 2006 KSA General Election Nomination Package)
- Attachment 6 (PDF Copy of the Spring 2006 KSA General Election All Candidates Package)
- Complaint No. 12g to the Ombudsperson: February 4, 2006 (Contained further information and questions regarding Investigation Request 12 regarding the notice of the General Election)
- Complaint No. 14 to the Ombudsperson: February 8, 2006 (Questioning when the election results will go to Council)
- Attachment 1 (PDF Copy of the KSA Meetings Page taken from the Official KSA Website on February 8, 2006 as of 10:46am)
- Attachment 2 (PDF Copy of the KSA Referendum Elections Page taken from the Official KSA Website on February 8, 2006 as of 10:46am)
- Attachment 3 (PDF Copy of the KSA Meetings Page taken from the Official KSA Website on February 8, 2006 as of 12:30pm)
- Attachment 4 (PDF Copy of the KSA Homepage featuring the Referendum and Elections information taken from the Official KSA Website on February 8, 2006 as of 10:46am)
- Attachment 5 (PDF Copy of the Ombudsperson's Report on the Spring 2006 Election as issued on February 2, 2006)
- Attachment 6 (PDF Copy of an e-mail the Ombudsperson sent out regarding the release of the Ombudsperson's Report on the Spring 2006 Election as sent at 12:59am on February 3, 2006)
- Attachment 7 (PDF Copy of an e-mail the Ombudsperson sent out regarding the release of the Ombudsperson's Report on the Spring 2006 Election as sent at 1:05am on February 3, 2006)
- Complaint No. 14a to the Ombudsperson: February 8, 2006 (Questioning the legitimacy of the February 10, 2006 Council Meeting)
- Attachment 1 (PDF Copy of the KSA Meetings Page taken from the Official KSA Website on February 9, 2006 as of 12:30pm)
- Attachment 2 (PDF Copy of the KSA Events Calendar Page taken from the Official KSA Website on February 9, 2006 as of 12:30pm)
- Attachment 3 (PDF Copy of the KSA Homepage featuring the Referendum and Elections information taken from the Official KSA Website on February 9, 2006 as of 12:30pm)
- Complaint No. 14b to the Ombudsperson: February 10, 2006 (Questioning the legitimacy of the February 10, 2006 Council Meeting)
- Attachment 1 (PDF Copy of the KSA Homepage featuring the Referendum and Elections information taken from the Official KSA Website on February 10, 2006 as of 1:30pm)
- Attachment 2 (PDF Copy of the KSA Meetings Page taken from the Official KSA Website on February 10, 2006 as of 1:30pm)
- Attachment 3 (PDF Copy of the KSA Events Calendar Page taken from the Official KSA Website on February 9, 2006 as of 12:30pm)
- Attachment 4 (PDF Copy of the Ombudsperson's Report on the Spring 2006 Election as issued on February 2, 2006)
- Attachment 5 (PDF Copy of an e-mail the Ombudsperson sent out regarding the release of the Ombudsperson's Report on the Spring 2006 Election as sent at 12:59am on February 3, 2006)
- Attachment 6 (PDF Copy of an e-mail the Ombudsperson sent out regarding the release of the Ombudsperson's Report on the Spring 2006 Election as sent at 1:05am on February 3, 2006)
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3. Steve Lee's Endorsements...
Posted: January 16, 2006
Steve encourages you to vote for the following candidates:
- President: Dhaliwal, Rita (CSI)*
- Treasurer: McLellan, Christie (CSI)
- Vice President, Internal Affairs: Onusko, Nicholas (Student Movement Party)
- Vice President, External Affairs: Atwal, Jason (CSI)
- Vice President, Events & Student Life: Coan, Lisa (CSI)
- Langley Campus Director: Lesur, Andre (RAF)
- Langley Campus Member-At-Large: Griffiths, Nathan (Independent)
- Newton Campus Director: Movsessian, Arka (CSI)
- Richmond Campus Director: Woo, Johnny (CSI)
- Richmond Campus Member-At-Large: Dieudonne, Cassandra (CSI)
- Richmond Campus Member-At-Large: Hopwood, Kayce (CSI)
- Surrey Campus Director: Koonja, Ashveen (CSI)
- Surrey Campus Member-At-Large: Chow, William (CSI)
- Surrey Campus Member-At-Large: Hannah, Matt (CSI)
Referendum Question: Vote no to KSA fee increases!
* In order to vote for Rita, write her full name on the ballot.
Unfortunately I cannot endorse a full-scale either the RAF (Reduce All Fees) Party or the Student Movement Party. Neither have promised to roll back the outrageous pay increases that the RAF brought in this year (just under $1,000 every two weeks for the President and VPs; just under $1500 for Campus Directors but hardly nothing for Members-At-Large) or undo the undemocratic bylaw changes that were made. And neither party seems to be prepared to try to position the KSA for long-term growth. I've also heard that the Student Movement Party wants to eliminate Surrey Campus Council altogether, meaning Surrey would have no direct representation at the KSA. This is a travesty, because Surrey is our largest campus and will most probably reach a population of 10,000 students by 2015.
Please note that this isn't an attack on any one individual in any of the parties, as there are some good people running in all of the parties. Rather it's just my assessment of their ideas as I've heard them, as well as an assessment of their performance over the last year. In the end, I feel that as a student, the KSA would be best represented by Independent and CSI: Common Sense Initiative candidates.
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4. Is it Reduce all Fees or Raise all Fees?
Posted: January 17, 2006
Can they make up their mind? In 2004 the RAF (Reduce All Fees) Party was born, and promised to reduce all fees. Now they Want to Raise Your KSA Fees. They make it look great but in reality, here are the facts:
In short, it's a system that ensures no accountability. Unless you are in a one-credit course or less (who is?), your fees will increase from anywhere between approximately 4% to 66%! At least that's a little lower than their original plan to raise fees that they were going to try to ram through last fall, which would've seen students pay an increase of anywhere beween 15% to 700%. Here it is:
The simple truth: There are more fair ways to increase fees than the RAF plan. SO VOTE NO TO THE RAF FEE INCREASE!
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5. Is there really a new face to the KSA?
Posted: February 7, 2006 (Updated: March 20, 2006)
In a number of February 6, 2006 interviews with the Kwantlen Chronicle, President-elect Danish Butt was quoted as saying:
"This is a new RAF party, this is a new look, and hopefully under my leadership we can turn this place around," he said.
Here's the real truth... the following document presents a listing of the newly elected officials, comparing the positions they "won" in January 2006 to the positions they held in 2005. This listing does not include a listing of KSA staff members.
Students should be able to decide for themselves whether or not this is a new RAF party.
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6. Media Coverage of the Spring 2006 KSA General Election...
Posted: March 31, 2006
- Kwantlen Chronicle - February 6, 2006: "Newly-elected RAF Party president has big plans" - "Student appreciation days, renovations, live events and liquor permits all part of the new student association" - Page 2 Story by Stephen Kronstein (Also includes full text of "Student Association bylaws to be revisited by RAF: President plans to re-examine last term's changes to bylaws after contention arose over the process" - Page 2 Story by Stephen Kronstein; as well as "Danish Butt: a new hope for the party: President hopes to turn over a new page for the RAF party with more accountability to students" Page 2 Story by Joseph Ng)
- Kwantlen Chronicle - January 30, 2006: "KSA election heats up" - "Heated campaign escalates into a verbal outbreak on the Richmond campus on election day" Cover Story by Joseph Ng (Also includes the full text of "Instructor loses MP bid" Cover Story by Daniel Wilson; as well as the full text of "KSA election results: RAF Party on top" - "Kwantlen students have spoken: the Reduce All Fees Party will be in charge of running the KSA" Page 3 story by Daniel Tam
- Kwantlen Chronicle - January 23, 2006: "KSA controversy, again" - "More transparency is being demanded of the KSA's RAF party following a string of controversies" Cover Story by Joe Ng (Also includes the full text of "Kwantlen's candidate" Cover Story by Daniel Wilson)
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7. Related Articles & Postings...
The following articles appear on this website, and are directly related to special general meetings:
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