By-Laws
Whose job is it anyways?
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Meetings
Nuts and Bolts
100

Who is a member of the TGSA?

What is all active graduate students who pay the TGSA levy. 

100

Who on the BoD is supposed to know about UHIP? 

What is the representatives and the International Student Commissioner

100
A student wants to know about their supplementary health plan, where do you send them? 

What is the TCSA or Tracy Milne. 

100

What does a board member need to do to earn their honorarium? 


What is submit a monthly report to the VP Student Affairs before the agenda is sent out.

100

What is Connor's job title? 

What is the Student Support Coordinator. 

200

When is the fiscal end of year for the TGSA? 

What is April 30th. 

* will also accept end of April

** 100 bonus points for answers which note that the BoD can vote to use a different date for end of year. 

200

Which board member is in charge of all event planning? 

What is the VP of Student Affairs.

200
Where should a student go to ask about gown rentals? 

What is Trent Convocations (Joanne Sokolowski). 

200

List three things you should do when attending  committee meetings? 

What is

1. Read the material before the meeting.

2. Turn your camera on.

3. Be engaged. 

4. Report on your meeting to the VP Senate .

5. Report on your meeting to the Board of Directors at the monthly meeting. 

200

What are the two arms of Trent's Bicameral System? 

What is Senate and the Board of Governors. 
300

What changes can be made to the by-laws without a vote at a general meeting?  

What is changes in positions and/or organizational titles, sub-committee composition, dates, financial values, or typographical errors. 

* Will accept two of any of the above for a correct answer

300

Who on the BoD manages elections and by-laws?

What is the VP Internal Affairs.

300

A student wants to attend a social fire at Trent, which department would they contact with questions? 

What is First People's House of Learning.

* will also accept Student Wellness for the Durham Campus fires. Bonus 50 points if a team answers with both. 

300

Who do you contact if you need to miss a committee meeting? 

What is the VP of Senate. 

*bonus 50 points to answers that note that if a meeting must be missed last minute (day of) regrets should also be sent to the chair of the meeting. 


300

How many board meetings can a director typically miss a year. 

What is 3. 

400
What months are the Fall and Annual General Meetings typically held? 

What is October/November and February/March. 

400

Which TGSA role requires a student to be registered at a specific campus? 

What is the Durham Representative. 

400
If a student asks you to attend our monthly board meetings, where do you send them? 

What is the VP Student Affairs.

400

List 5 committees that the TGSA board members sit on. 

What is:

REB

Animal Care

Grad Studies

Academic Planning and Policy
CASSC

Sexual Violence Prevention Response

etc. 

400

Where will the new TGSA office be held? 

What is Gidigaa Migizi college. 

500

What law holds us accountable to our by-laws? 

What is the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010

500

Which board member is meant to support all other roles? 

What is the President. 
500

A GTA wants to make a formal complaint about the professor they teach for.  

What is connect them with CUPE 3908 (Kristin Jones and Tyler Majer). 

500

If you are asked to contribute money to a cause on behalf of the TGSA, what do you do? 

What is ask for a written request or proposal and bring it to a board meeting for approval. 
500

What does MOU stand for? 

What is memorandum of understanding. 

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