Courtesy of Michael Kingsmill
The results of the referendum are in, and the AMS will be selling three pieces of art from their permanent collection.
They will not, however, sell the Whistler Lodge.
That was the big news as elections administrator Carolee Changfoot announced the vote totals for all four questions on the ballot. While all four questions saw a majority of students vote yes, only question four, regarding the sale of the art, and question one, which reduces AMS membership fees by $2.88, had enough students vote yes to pass quorum.
As set out by AMS code, quorum requires eight per cent of the total AMS population to vote in favour.
“Generally happy with the results,” said VP Finance Elin Tayyar after the results were announced.
“We had a plan B for each of the questions…but the art question was one where we really needed it to pass, so I’m happy.”
Tayyar said that next Council meeting, he will propose an “extraordinary art committee” to be responsible for the selling of the three pieces from the permanent collection, which have not yet been chosen.
“It will include a lot of experts an people involved in the arts community at UBC,” he said.
“They’ll be the driving force behind the sale.”
Debate over the Whistler Lodge question was heated, with members of the Ski and Board Club incensed that the AMS was looking to sell a decades-old institution without discussing the matter with the club beforehand. Tayyar himself said, “I was expecting the lodge to fail, realistically.”
But he said the AMS can’t stop efforts to sell the lodge.
“We definitely need to look at other options. There’s always the next U-Pass referendum, so that will be a second chance.”
Results
Question 1: Do you support and approve the following changes to the AMS student membership fees? (The reduction of the current Student Spaces Fund fee by $3.88, effective September 2012, and the introduction of an annual Ombudsperson fee in the amount of $1)
YES: 3966 (78.6%)
NO: 1082 (21.4%)
PASSED
Question 2: Do you support and approve the following change to AMS Bylaw 11(2)(a): to ensure the establishment and maintenance of an endowment fund known as the “AMS Endowment Fund.”
YES: 3080 (79.6%)
NO: 789 (20.4%)
DID NOT MEET QUORUM
Question 3: Do you authorize the AMS Student Council to sell the land and buildings collectively being the AMS Whistler Lodge?
YES: 2512 (50.5%)
NO: 2466 (49.5%)
DID NOT MEET QUORUM
Question 4: Do you authorize the AMS Student Council to sell a maximum of three (3) paintings owned by the AMS, such paintings to be selected at the discretion of the AMS Student Council?
YES: 4166 (83.8%)
NO: 808 (16.2%)
PASSED
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