1. Election Timeline, Fall 2017
Filing opens: Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 12 p.m.
Filing closes: Sunday, Sept. 10, at 12 p.m.
Mandatory candidate’s meeting: Sunday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m., Location to be determined
Campaigning Begins: Immediately after Candidate’s Meeting
Campaigning Ends: Friday, Sept. 15, at 12 p.m.
Voting: Friday, Sept. 15, 12 p.m. to Sunday, Sept. 17, 12 p.m.
Results Announced: Sunday, Sept. 17, 9 p.m., Old Bookstore (subject to change)
2. Amendments to the VSA Bylaws
The VSA Senate passed amendments to the following bylaws at their meeting on Monday, Sept. 4.
Amendment 1: An Amendment Concerning the Co-Chairs of Board of Students Affairs
SECTION 1: Let Article VIII, Section 3, Part B of the VSA Constitution be amended to read as follows:
B. The Board shall be chaired by either or both the elected Co-Chair of Equity and Inclusion or Chair of Academics.
Amendment 2: An Amendment Concerning House First-Year Representatives, 2017
SECTION 1: Let Article VI, Section 4, Part E of the VSA Bylaws be amended to read as follows:
E. The First-Year Representative shall represent the interests of their first-year class in their House to their House Team, shall sit on at least one VSA committee, and shall sit on the First Year Programs Committee.
Amendment 3
An Amendment Concerning the Student Status of VSA Senate Candidates
“SECTION 1: Let Article XI, Section 6, Clause A of the VSA Bylaws be amended to read as follows:
A. To be eligible for and hold any office in the VSA, a candidate person must be a full-time student at Vassar College.”
3. VSA Committee meeting times
(All meetings take place in the VSA office, located on the second floor of the College Center)
Equity and Inclusion: Fridays 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Orgs: Fridays 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Planning: Fridays 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Operations: Wednesdays 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Finance: Wednesdays 3 p.m. onwards
Health and Wellness: Mondays 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Programming: to be decided Board of Residential Affairs: to be decided
VSA Senate: Sundays 7 p.m. onwards (New England 105)
4. Executive Board Office Hours
Anish Kanoria (President and Interim Vice President): Mondays 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment. More office hours to be announced soon.
Tamar Ballard (Chair of Equity and Inclusion): Mondays 1 to 3:30 p.m., Thursdays 3 to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays 4 to 5 p.m.
Robyn Lin (Chair of Finance): Mondays 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursdays 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Pat DeYoung (Chair of Organizations): Mondays 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., Thursdays 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Takunda Maisva (Chair of Residential Affairs): To be decided
Joaquim Gonçalves (Chair of Academics): To be decided