Name: Chris Palmer

Faculty: Haskayne School of Business

Email: haskayne2@su.ucalgary.ca | palmercm@ucalgary.ca

May 2011 Monthly Report

1. Student Legislative Council Meetings

SLC 68/35 May 17, 2011
 SLC Orientation – The focus of the first part of SLC was to explain the
rules and expectations for the new elected officials. These new EOs were
also explained the format of council and how different motions are made.
 Operations & Finance Committee – The Summer 2011 Operations and
Finance Committee was selected following a lengthy discussion by council
(in which I explained the benefits of sitting on this committee).

2. Faculty Work (and connecting with constituents)

 From May 1st to the 6th, I continued to engage with students regarding the
Haskayne Strategic Plan. I wanted to ensure that every concern was
brought fourth before Haskayne Council took it to a vote.

3. Committee Work
Haskayne Strategic Planning Committee (May 2nd, 2011):
 I was the sole student voice on the committee this week as the other
student representatives were unable to attend
 Some final language changes were made, primarily concerning research
 A great deal of discussion surrounded the use of E X as opposed to E3 in
the document branding. I am adamant that E X is the better choice as it
avoids confusion with many of the other 3E initiatives and groups on
campus (ISEEE, EEEL, ISEEESA, E3DP etc.)
 The final document will head to Faculty Council on Friday May 6 th
 Haskayne Dean Leonard Waverman noted that this will now become two
documents, with the first 10 pages comprising the Strategic Plan, and the
rest making up the 2011-2016 Haskayne Action Plan.

Haskayne Faculty Council (May 6th, 2011):

 The dean, Leonard Waverman, opened with a number of interesting
remarks and announcements including:
o Construction on a 12 – 15 seat “N. Murray Edwards Stock Trading
Lab” will commence this summer in the space next to the old
cafeteria off of the Shell Forum
o Two behavioral labs are being built exclusively for HSB use. One
smaller lab in Scurfield Hall and another larger lab in conjunction
with ISEEE in the new EEEL building.
o Downtown Campus HSB Open House on July 13th
  The strategic plan was discussed, noting that this has been an 18 month
process involving consultation with students, faculty, staff, alumni and
university administration.
o The HSB plan is said to be right in line with what the UofC is setting
forward as the campus-wide Strategic Plan
o The request for a new building (promised to HSB in 2002), is in this
plan and will be made a priority as resources allow
o Focus is on “Research-based learning”
o Faculty council voted to Approve the Haskayne Strategic Plan at
this meeting pending some grammatical and language changes
prior to the document being used for public consumption

Haskayne Student Levy Committee:

 Committee applications were sent out to the entire Haskayne student body
on May 9th with an application deadline of June 15 th.
 In addition to sending out the application, it is also available at my website
http://ChrisPalmer.info and I have posted a number of regular reminders
using both Facebook and Twitter.
 I have fielded a number of emails and telephone calls from students
interested in the committee. Most of these students have since applied.
 Sarah and I will be considering applicants for committee chair, with a
decision regarding chair coming on July 1 st. The other committee positions
will be decided with the committee chair.

4. Other
Transition (May 17th, 2011):
 Sarah Nasser and I have shared a number of phone calls leading up to
this meeting prior to SLC.
 We discussed a number of the projects I still have ongoing from last year,
and my goals for the summer. She is passionate and will be a valuable
asset on the Clubs Trailer and Haskayne Student Survey projects.
 It was decided that Sarah will be the Haskayne representative on the
University of Calgary General Faculties Council for the upcoming
academic year.

Contact with Wendy Tynan:

 I have started a discussion with former TSE President (1998-99) Wendy
Tynan regarding the Haskayne Student Levy, what the original intent of
the levy and the fund were, and how it came to be.
 This is noteworthy, as I plan on exploring the option of bringing the Levy
back this year and broadening the reach of the fund.
5. Goals
Clubs trailer project:
 Discussed likely outcomes with Sarah Nasser and brought her up to
speed concerning a number of parts of the project including how the
university project process works, and why all furniture needs to be
purchased from McCrums (As I noted in reports last year, this is a
requirement as McCrums has the current UofC furniture contract.
 Should we be unable to successfully raise the funds required, we may
bring the project back to the Students’ Union as a Quality Money proposal.

2011 Haskayne Student Survey (Executive Lead – Patrick Straw)

 May 2nd, 2011 – Completed what will likely be the final draft of the HSB
SU Student Survey. I received some feedback on question structure from
Haskayne Professor Dr. Jack Kulchitsky. This feedback was incorporated
into this final survey draft.
 May 4th, 2011 – Met with VP Operations & Finance Patrick Straw to
inform him of the direction I intend to go with the survey and what I hope to
accomplish. I laid out my budget and timelines. We discussed the
implications for Haskayne, Students and the SU.
 May 5th, 2011 – Mr. Straw brought this to the Operations & Finance
committee for discussion and informed me that it would be made an action
item at the next meeting of the committee.
 May 17th, 2011 – Operations & Finance committee discussed and
approved funding for the survey. Preparations began shortly thereafter
with a target implementation date of June 1st.
 The challenge is now purely administrative as we need to find an
online service suitable for the complexity and length of the survey. Once a
service is chosen, the survey will go live.

2011 HSB Strategic Plan & BComm Review

 The Haskayne Strategic Plan has become two documents. One is the
strategic plan, which will be made available for general public
consumption, and the second document is the related action plan, which
will be maintained as an internal document and updated as necessary.
 May 2nd, 2011 – Final pre-council committee meeting was held
 May 6th, 2011 – The plan was approved at faculty council
o Concerns were raised about some language used in the
document. Those sections are being accordingly reworded, but for all
intents and purposes, the document is approved.