- union initiative, hoping to have a feasibility study complete by the end of the summer and to have a credit union up and running in a few years. Currently, VUSAC has about 31,000 dollars, once we take away all of the levy cheques, Bader fees, cheques that haven’t been picked up we should have about a 15,000 dollar surplus, part of that will go to paying for the new chairs and tables for the meeting room. Any questions?
- - Alex: Do you have any idea of a timeline for how long it takes to get student based credit unions established?
- - Ben: It depends, in the United States it took students at Georgetown University about 3 to 5 years.

## COMMISSION REPORTS

- - Arts and Culture - Sumeeta
- • Introduction and Goals
- - Sumeeta: I’m Sumeeta. I’m Arts and Culture. I was on VUSAC last year as Communications Coordinator. I’m very excited about this position, I think that we can expand a lot beyond what is mandated, into Toronto and Vic itself. I want to make things much more inclusive and accessible, I’ll working a lot with Claire on that.
- - Commuter - Anna
- • General Updates
- - Anna: Hello. So around early April we had our interviews for VOCA Co-Chair and we have hired Elaine Tio. In early May we released applications for our executive team for around two weeks, we had around sixteen applicants, we chose ten. I will now formally introduce them, we have: Nicole Gumapac, Sharon Wang, Daniel Neiman, Liuba Turlova, Alisha Talpur, Zayneb Ragheai, Karen Indraatmadja, Juliana Johnson, Julia Lin, and Noreen Goraya. They offer a very diverse skill set from social media, perspectives on mental health, to close and far commuting perspectives. We are very excited for the upcoming year, with ideas for the year. In regards to summer lockers, you can send me an email to request for a locker, we have the space of 80 lockers, so if you want one please don’t hesitate to shoot me an email at commuter@vusac.ca. A quick update for the commuter kitchen, we have thrown out very expired food, cleaned and washed dishes, and now it is safe for you to use. Please do, Auni has left his vast supply of Mister Noodles in the kitchen, if you’re ever hungry at any point in the day.
- - Sustainability - Leila
- • Leila: I’m studying history right now. I’m really excited. Partly this is because I’ve gotten the sense that it has been quite precarious in the past, with a lack of interest. There is so much that can be done around Vic. This climate justice movement is so dynamic and exciting right now, and I’m so excited to tell you guys more about it. I have been getting myself more involved in Toronto with climate issues this past month. There is a March in July (5,6), and various other direct action leading up to it. It’s such a cool time. Right now, the most prominent thing is the garden and it’s cleanup. Melissa is the gardener. We tried for a bit to relocate the garden. Who knows where the garden is? Not that many people. It’s behind BG. We really want it to be super awesome, really like visually impactful as well as profitable with fruit. We want to get a lot of vegetables in and collaborate with Burwash. We want it to be really collaborative with students. I would like to do a lot during orientation week, doing a lot of educating with a little booth. The current commission is

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