Happy New Year MESers!
As all FES graduate students begin the Winter ’07 term, we are happy to officially announce your new GESSA executives for 2007! First we would like to congratulate the outgoing 2006 GESSA executives for their splendid contribution and devotion toward rebuilding and recognizing the association’s vitality in the FES community.
As a new GESSA executive we are looking to facilitate positive change for MES students and the faculty at-large. These changes include facilitating exciting student (research) projects and initiatives, encouraging the growth of student-run organizations [i.e. Hy-FIY (Healthy food initiatives at York), Maloca Gardens and Plan-it York] as well as implementing effective collaborations with the faculty through committees, and associations at FES and York University.
Above all we are here for MES students!It is important that we understand the needs of the FES community. In order for GESSA to position itself as an agent for change, your input is valuable to us. Therefore, we urge all MES students to contact us and get involved by your actions, with your wild ideas, concerns, and creative comments. The best opportunity to raise these points is at the General Meeting – called one week before – several times a year – in order to provide notice that several critical issues needs discussion with all invited members of the association.
Feel free to Email us your thoughts at gessa@gessa.ca; or log-on to our website http://gessa.wordpress.com/ for further updates and information on upcoming GESSA events, elections, polls, deadlines, and news; or visit your new executives below during our office hours posted at 136B HNES across from OSAS.
A lovely winter welcome from the new 2007 executives!
Chairperson: Amit Lahiri
Finance Officer: Noman Khalid-Khan
Internal/Communications Officer: Fady Hanna
Research and Travel Fund Officer: Kadambini Pandey
External Affairs Officer: Julian Rodriguez
Social Coordinators: Joseph Schwarz
Advocacy Officer: Tanya Sheikh
Staff(2006-07): Danielle Wu
