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SCD320-19 AMS Equity Caucus Prepared by VP External Office Overview - Timeline - Report on Initial Consultation - Proposal for the Future - Next Steps Background Governance Review Early Consultation Raised the concern that some Issues

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AMS Equity Caucus

Prepared by VP External Office

SCD320-19

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Overview

  • Timeline
  • Report on Initial Consultation
  • Proposal for the Future
  • Next Steps
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Background

2018 Early Consultation

Issues around membership, accountability and engagement

2019 Next Steps 2016 Governance Review

Raised the concern that some groups felt that they were not being adequately represented.

2016-18 Equity Caucus

High barriers to entry, no formalized power, low participation

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Three main issues raised:

  • 1. Membership

Scope - How do we balance a focused but inclusive membership definition?

  • 2. Accountability

How can informal structures get their work into formal bodies?

Initial Consultation

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  • 3. Engagement

Does the caucus have enough resources for meaningful work to be done? How do we ensure the information about the caucus and the work being done is accessible?

Initial Consultation

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CREATE AN EQUITY PLAN FOR THE AMS Commiting to equity and inclusion necessitates a broader conversation. If we are dedicated to this outcome, we must do the work necessary to reach out to our membership from the onset of this process to collaboratively create a plan of action. Engaging with equity-seeking student groups on a predetermined structure is not

  • enough. We should take steps back in this process and start from an early, consultative

phase on a broader inquiry into how the AMS can be a more equitable organization.

Proposal

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Next Steps

Date Deliverable March - April Get feedback from underrepresented student groups on next steps, present at AMS council on shifting direction and timeline May - August Create a formal working group September Host a town hall or pop-up sessions October Integrate feedback to create full plan November Host second engagement session to provide feedback on plan December Finalize the document and begin implementation plan

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Our Process

  • We are in the process of meeting with equity seeking

groups on campus.

  • There is a lot of potential and interest being

communicated.

  • We have a lot of equity work being done by students and

we want to add to their work and support them through this structure.

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BIRT AMS Advocacy Committee strike an Equity Plan Working Group and present a finalized document to AMS Council by the end of November 2019.

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