CSSU - Computer Science Student Union

Hi everyone!

Get ready for Purefacts programming challenge winter!
Last semester we had a great day of challange solving with the top 3 winners receiving $2000, $1000, and $500 respectively.

This semester we're changing things up and awarding $350 to each of the top 10 winners!

Join us on Friday, March 17 from 5pm to 8pm for a day of fun challenge solving!

CSSU x Purefacts Programming Challenge Sign Up (Winter 2023) Solve fun, engaging programming puzzles with the chance to win a cash prize in this one day event. (Challenges will be made for individual solving) Top 10 winners recieve $350 each!

Dear computer science community,

After a difficult year and campaigning period, many of you are wondering about last weekend's general election results. Today, I hope to give an overdue explanation.

The voter list was provided to us by the Department of Computer Science and sent to UofT Student Life for upload onto the voting platform. It was not until the voting period began when the Chief Returning Officer (CRO), Roland Gao, discovered that several students who should have been ineligible still voted. Membership and voter eligibility are derived from Section 1.2 of our constitution and the requirement to pay the Arts & Science Student Union (ASSU) fee is particularly important. Students on their Professional Experience Year (PEY) or in part-time studies who do not pay this fee are not eligible to vote; the existence of said students who nonetheless voted has led us to believe the voter list was incorrect. You may recall that last year, we encountered the inverse problem where the voter list was correct but the then CRO, convinced otherwise, reset the vote to consult with the ASSU. Due to our time and constitutional constraints this election, the CRO has decided (with the consent of the ASSU administration, candidates, and current Executive Council) to exceptionally accept the results of the original vote despite the incorrect voter list.

With that said, I will now announce the long-awaited results. A total of 219 votes were cast.

- President: Aditya Goyal (102 votes), Jenny Xu (91 votes), 26 spoiled.
- Vice President: Joshua Ong (169 votes), 50 spoiled.
- Treasurer: Aditya Mehrotra (149 votes), 70 spoiled.
- Director of Social Events: Victor Gasnikov (124 votes), Vaibhav Holani (34 votes), 61 spoiled.
- Director of Academic Events: Arkaprava Choudhury (86 votes), Jessica Wang (92 votes), 41 spoiled.
- Director of Internal Relations: Mogtaba Alim (142 votes), Sannat Bhasin (24 votes), 53 spoiled.
- Director of External Relations: Akiki Liang (167 votes), 52 spoiled.

Please join me in congratulating Aditya Goyal, Joshua Ong, Aditya Mehrotra, Victor Gasnikov, Jessica Wang, Mogtaba Alim, and Akiki Liang in their election to the CSSU Executive Council for the 2022/2023 academic year. They will officially take office when the current Executive Council resigns in the first week of May; we wish them the best of luck! For any outstanding questions/concerns regarding the election, please contact the CRO ([email protected]).

We thank all candidates for their interest in and dedication to improving the undergraduate experience. They showcased a lot of passion for our community, and I encourage those unsuccessful to join the General Council to assist in initiatives and represent more of the student body. I would also like to thank Roland for his hard work as CRO, and the students who casted a vote this month; your active participation means a lot.

Sincerely,

Robert (Rupert) Wu
Vice-President
Computer Science Student Union (CSSU)
https://cssu.ca/events/election-2022