April
      12,
      2007
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      National
      Representation
      Committee
      Report
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Committee
      Members
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jeremy
      Hogan
      -
      Executive
      Vice
      President
      (Chair)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Megan
      MacKinnon
      ~
      Science
      Representative
     
     
      Ryan
      Gallant
      -
      President
     
     
      Sarah
      MacDonald
      -
      Senate
      Representative
     
    
   
   
    
     
      '
      The
      National
      Representation
      Comniittee
      is
      a
      standing
      committee
      of
      the
      Student
      Council
      of
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      Student
      Union
      (UPEI
      SU).
      The
      mandate
      of
      this
      Committee
     
    

    
     
      -
      is
      to
      make
      a
      recommendation
      to
      Council
      on
      the
      direction
      it
      should
      take
      in
      terms
      of
      national-.
     
     
      representation.
      Considering
      this
      issue,
      the
      committee
      began
      by
      weighing
      the
      options
      presented
      to
     
     
      the
      UPEI
      SU.
      First
      of
      all,
      the
      Committee
      was
      to
      determine
      whether
      the
      UPEI
      SU
      would
      be
      better
     
     
      served
      to
      continue
      on
      the
      basis
      of
      non-affiliation,
      or
      to
      join
      a
      national
      representative
     
     
      organization.
      If
      the
      Committee
      decided
      to
      move
      forward
      towards
      affiliation,
      then
      it
      was
      then
      to
     
     
      analyse
      both
      current
      student
      lobby
      options,
      the
      Canadian
      Alliance
      of
      Student
      Associations
     
     
      (CASA),
      and
      the
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
      Students
      (CFS),
      and
      to
      deliver
      a
      recommendation
      based
     
     
      on
      the
      results
      of
      that
      analysis.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      consideration
      of
      these
      goals,
      the
      committee
      examined
      the
      possible
      benefits
      of
      affiliation
      versus
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      non-affiliation.
      It
      was
      recognized
      that
      the
      most
      beneficial
      aspect
      of
      remaining
      independent
      was
     
     
      that
      it
      does
      not
      cost
      students
      anything,
      while
      lobbying
      on
      behalf
      of
      students
      will
      continue
      on
      the
     
     
      National
      scale
      on
      the
      part
      of
      both
      student
      lobby
      organizations.
      The
      kind
      of
      national
      lobbying
     
     
      preformed
      by
      both
      organizations
      is
      not
      aimed
      at
      generating
      results
      specifically
      for
      their
      members,
     
     
      but
      for
      all
      students
      in
      Canada.
      This
      means
      that
      the
      UPEI
      SU
      could
      opt
      not
      to
      participate
      in
     
     
      Federal
      lobbying,
      and
      still
      benefit
      from
      those
      efforts.
      The
      committee,
      however,
      believed
      that
     
     
      participation
      in
      a
      national
      lobbying
      organization
      gave
      the
      UPEI
      SU
      the
      ability
      to
      shape
      the
      policy
     
     
      of
      that
      organization.
      This
      would
      mean
      that
      representation
      with
      either
      organization
      would
      allow
     
     
      us
      to
      ensure
      that
      the
      interests
      of
      students
      from
      PEI
      specifically
      were
      represented.
      Further
      to
      this,
     
     
      it
      was
      agreed
      that
      being
      proactive
      on
      issues
      of
      student
      advocacy
      was
      more
      favourable
      than
     
     
      leaving
      that
      responsibility
      to
      other
      student
      associations.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      a
      result,
      it
      is
      the
      recommendation
      of
      the
      National
      Representation
      Committee
      that
      the
      UPEI
     
     
      SU
      consider
      joining
      a
      national
      student
      lobby
      organization.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      committee
      then
      began
      to
      compare
      the
      two
      available
      options:
      CASA
      and
      the
      CFS.
      To
     
     
      effectively
      compare
      the
      two
      organizations,
      the
      committee
      chose
      five
      criteria
      on
      which
      to
      base
     
     
      their
      decision.
      These
      five
      criteria
      consisted
      of:
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      1.
      Regional
      Representation
      -
      Based
      on
      the
      representatives
      available
      in
      each
      region
      from
     
     
      each
      organization,
      and
      the
      number
      of
      member
      associations
      in
      those
      regions.
      Specia!
     
     
      emphasis
      was
      placed
      on
      the
      number
      of
      Atlantic
      schools
      in
      each
      organization,
      recognizing
     
     
      this
      region
      as
      a
      unique,
      and
      as
      obviously
      important
      to
      our
      advocacy
      issues.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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