The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) judicial board has been granted a second deadline extension to Jan. 16 for presenting the first Executive Oversight Report to the UMSU board of directors.
In Motion 0641, moved by the judicial board and carried at the Dec. 5 board of directors meeting, “logistical challenges and time constraints” were cited as reasons for the delay, “as well as the 360 peer evaluations from some of the executives [that] were not received by the judicial board until after 12 p.m. on December 4, 2024.”
The motion also indicated that the judicial board “finds the current deadline [Dec. 5] to be not conductive to filling it’s mandate of conducting executive oversight in a sound and comprehensive manner.”
The judicial board is mandated to present a semi-annual oversight report to the UMSU board of directors on members of the UMSU executive, according to the UMSU Governance and Operations Manual.
The first Executive Oversight Report, which is to cover the period of May 1 to no later than Nov. 1, will include “an outline of the general performance (including timelines) of each member of the UMSU executive,” as stated in the UMSU Governance and Operations Manual.
The report will also include the number of complaints received by the committee and the outcomes, any recommendations for each member of the UMSU executive and the number of meetings scheduled and attended by the judicial board relating to executive oversight.
Members of the UMSU executive consist of Divya Sharma (president), Prabhnoor Singh (vice-president external affairs), Carolyn Wang (vice-president finance & operations), Rachhvir Dhaliwal (vice-president university affairs) and Bolu Akindele (vice-president student life).
Deadline extension already granted
Previously, the judicial board was already granted an extension deadline from Nov. 1 to Dec. 5 to present the first Executive Oversight Report.
Motion 0630, presented and carried at the Nov. 7 UMSU board of directors meeting, sought an extension citing “administrative challenges,” a delay in selecting a board chair, resignation of members and other matters “requiring investigation and meetings that could not be pushed back.”
UMSU’s judicial board is required to have no fewer than eight members, comprised of five students-at-large and three members of the UMSU board of directors. Other board responsibilities include addressing complaints regarding UMSU directors, committees and reviewing and adjudicating UMSU election complaints.
