And that’s why we keep our books in order…
More allegations of financial and electoral impropriety were cast in BC, where the newly-elected executive of Kwantlen University’s Student Association published a private memo detailing 53 compaints of mismanagement. The memo, from chartered accounting firm Tompkins, Wozny, Miller & Co, was addressed to last year’s exec, swept from office by the current slate in a contested election.
The memo noted problems in KSA’s bank statements, including $285,000 put towards KSA’s health and dental plan but not properly accounted for, noted inconsistencies in bank statements, and revealed that KSA made over $180,000 in severance payments to employees that year.
The audit memo exposes last year’s “Reduce All Fees” executive slate to criticism as they prepare to mount a legal challenge to the election that saw them swept out of office by the current “Concerned Students of Kwantlen” slate.
RAF says the election that brought CSK to power was held improperly and seeks to force a new election, with them resuming office in the interim.
RAF themselves were accused of derailing democratic process after offering prizes to draw students to a special general meeting in 2005, where they increased their salaries by 80 per cent, and voted on a new set of bylaws without allowing debate or counting “no” votes.
