The Students’ Society of McGill University’s (SSMU) Board of Directors (BoD) met on Nov. 16. Before the board dove into the meeting’s agenda, they welcomed a new director, Fawaz Halloum. 

Sierra Fallis, Deputy Speaker, led the board through the meeting’s agenda points. First was an executive committee report presented by Vice-President (VP) Student Life, Nadia Dakdouki. She shared that the executive committee was working on campaigning for a SSMU base fee increase. 

Next the board turned to approving meeting motions. The only motion discussed during the public portion of the meeting was a motion to release an announcement to membership regarding the Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights McGill (SPHR). Fallis shared that the statement had been written but required approval by the board prior to its release. The motion was promptly moved to the confidential session of the meeting.

“The statement is going to be public […] but I think that there could be confidential considerations to sending out the statement,” board member Lisa Pennel suggested.

As there was nothing else on the public agenda, the meeting moved into the confidential session, after which the meeting was adjourned.

As of Nov. 20, SSMU has not released a public statement regarding SPHR.