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Hardhats

2012-07-27T17:00:40Z

74.213.163.218: /* Current Hardhat Colours */

The [[Engineering Society]] provides specially coloured hardhats to many individuals that fulfill leadership roles within the Skule Community. The hardhats provide recognition for these individuals' efforts, promote awareness of their roles in the Skule community, and bolster Skule spirit. By tradition, some colours are reserved for groups and individuals external to the Society, including the [[Skule Trinity]], [[Skule Nite]], and the Pink hardhat in memory of Julie Wilkinson.

Hardhats are often decorated by their owners, sometimes with simple stickers and letters to label their position, and sometimes with elaborate gadgets and contraptions. Each year, the F!rosh [[Hardhat Decoration Contest]] is held during Godiva Week to determine who can come up with the best/most creative designs.

==Current Hardhat Colours==
{|class="wikitable" width="50%"
!Colour
!Position
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00"|Yellow
|F!rosh
|-
!colspan="2"|Skule Trinity
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FF3333"|High Visibility Orange
|[[Bnad Leedur]]
|-
|[[D(r)umb Majur(k)]]
|-
|style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF"|Black
|[[Skule Cannon|Cannon Guard]]
|-
|style="background:#C0C0C0"|Silver
|rowspan="3"|[[Brute Force Committee]]
|-
|style="background:#000080; color:#FFFFFF"|Navy Blue
|-
|style="background:#4169E1; color:#FFFFFF"|Royal Blue
|-
!colspan="2"|Unique
|-
|style="background:#FFFFFF"|White Fireman's Hardhat
|[[President]]
|-
|style="background:#FF00FF"|Pink
|Julie Wilkinson (Memorial)
|-
!colspan="2"|Governance
|-
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFFFFF"|White
|Officers (except the President)
|-
|Discipline Club Chairs
|-
|[[Speaker]]
|-
!colspan="2"|Projects
|-
|rowspan="23" style="background:#008000"|Green
|Archivist
|-
|[[Blue & Gold Committee|Blue & Gold Committee Chair]]
|-
|Business Manager
|-
|Cafeteria Managers
|-
|[[Cannonball|Cannonball Chair]]
|-
|Career Fair Director
|-
|Chief Returning Officer
|-
|Community Outreach Director
|-
|Computer Systems Administrator
|-
|EAA President
|-
|[[Engineering Stores]] Managers
|-
|Executive Secretary
|-
|F!rosh Handbook Editor
|-
|[[Gradball|Gradball Chair]]
|-
|Hi-Skule Liaison
|-
|Ombudsman
|-
|[[Orientation Chair]]
|-
|Skulebook Editor
|-
|[[Sponsorship Director]]
|-
|[[Suds]] Managers
|-
|[[The Cannon (Newspaper)|Cannon Editor]]
|-
|[[Toike Oike (Newspaper)|Toike Editor]]
|-
|[[University of Toronto Engineering Kompetitions|UTEK Director]]
|-
!colspan="2"|Representatives
|-
|rowspan="5" style="background:#FF3500"|Orange
|Board of Directors (non-Officers)
|-
|Class Representatives
|-
|Year Chairs
|-
|UTSU Directors (Engineering)
|-
|Governing Council Representatives (Engineering)
|-
!colspan="2"|Affiliated Clubs
|-
|style="background:#808080"|Grey
|Affiliated Club Chairs
|-
!colspan="2"|Non-Engineering Society
|-
|style="background:#FF0000"|Red
|[[Skule Nite]]
|-
|}

VP Communications

2012-07-25T20:35:19Z

74.213.163.218: /* Past Secretaries */

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| name = Yerusha Nuh
| education = Elec 1T4
| term = as of April 14 2012

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| caption = incumbent:


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The Vice-President Communications serves as one of the executive members of the [[Engineering Society]]. The Vice-President Communications is responsible for the maintenance of all Bylaws, Policies and Special Resolutions of the Society.

The mandated role of the Vice-President Communications is stated in [[The Constitution: Bylaw 1]], Chapter 4 and [[Bylaw 4]], Chapter 3.

== Oversights ==
The VP Communications portfolio includes:

*Archivist
*Systems Administrator
*Webmaster
*Executive Secretary
*[[The Cannon (Newspaper)]] Director
*[[F!rosh Handbook]] Editor
*[[Skulebook]] Editor
*[[Toike Oike (Newspaper)]] Editor

== Current Projects ==
*Skule.ca
*Digest Reform
*Plasma Screen System
*Social Media Presence
*Branding and Logo Evolution
*Cannon Online

== Ongoing Projects ==

== Past Projects ==
*Bulletin Boards

== Past VP Communications ==
{| class = "wikitable"
!Year
!colspan="2"|Name
|-
|2012-2013
|Yerusha Nuh
|Elec 1T4
|-
|2011-2012
|Maegan Chang
|Elec 1T3T1 + PEY
|-
|2010-2011
|Abhishek Mathur
|Mech 1T2+PEY
|-
|2009-2010
|Amanda Bell
|Indy 1T1+PEY
|-
|2008-2009
|John Matienzo
|Comp 1T0+PEY
|-
|2007-2008
|Robert Jackiewicz
|ECE 0T7+PEY
|-
|2006-2007
|Sam Vafaee
|Comp 0T8+PEY
|-
|2005-2006
|Henry Cheung
|NΨ 0T7+PEY
|-
|2004-2005
|Alice Xu*/Chris Doan
|?
|-
|}

== Past VP Internals ==
{| class = "wikitable"
!Year
!colspan="2"|Name
|-
|2003-2004
|Tarek Saghir
|Chem 0T5
|-
|2002-2003
|Mark Angelo
|Chem 0T3
|-
|2001-2002
|Eric Leung
|?
|-
|2000-2001
|Althea Barthos
|?
|-
|1999-2000
|Chris Peressotti
|NΨ 0T1+PEY
|-
|1998-1999
|Heather White
|?
|-
|1997-1998
|Paul Anderson
|?
|-
|1996-1997
|Binh Ha
|?
|-
|}

== Past Secretaries ==
{| class = "wikitable"
!Year
!colspan="2"|Name
|-
|1995-1996
|David Traub-Werner
|?
|-
|1994-1995
|Michael Paszti
|?
|-
|1993-1994
|Tanya Murua
|?
|-
|1992-1993
|Caroline Zywulko
|?
|-
|1991-1992
|Michelle Radford
|?
|-
|1990-1991
|Marisa Sterling
|Chem 9T1
|-
|1989-1990
|Robin Wilson
|?
|-
|1988-1989
|Peter Noble
|Chem 8T9
|-
|1987-1988
|Steve Bywater
|?
|-
|1986-1987
|Maria Athanasoulas
|?
|-
|1985-1986
|Jeremy Bateson
|?
|-
|1984-1985
|Suzanne Rochford
|?
|-
|1983-1984
|Alla Linetsky
|?
|-
|1982-1983
|Deborah Fletcher
|?
|-
|1981-1982
|Margie Bawden
|?
|-
|1980-1981
|Diane Kapica
|?
|-
|1979-1980
|Brian Baetz
|?
|-
|1978-1979
|Violet Jeux
|?
|-
|1977-1978
|Jill Hales
|?
|-
|1976-1977
|Rodolfo Monteforte
|?
|-
|1975-1976
|B. Paepcke
|?
|-
|1974-1975
|Elizabeth Wood
|?
|-
|1973-1974
|Peter Arato
|?
|-
|1972-1973
|Torben Frost
|?
|-
|1971-1972
|Sven Miglin
|?
|-
|1970-1971
|Dave Pike
|?
|-
|1969-1970
|?
|?
|-
|1968-1969
|Michael V. Sefton
|Chem 7T1
|-
|1967-1968
|Peggy Duncan
|?
|-
|}

[[Category:Officers]]
[[Category:Engineering Society]]

Speaker

2012-07-06T12:46:16Z

74.213.163.218: /* Bylaw 1 (Constitution) */

The Speaker of the Engineering Society is responsible for running all meetings of the Board of Directors and Engineering Society Council. Until 2011, the Speaker was an Internal Director, elected annually at the Joint Council Meeting. After the creation of the Board of Directors in 2011, the Speaker ceased to be an internal director and simply became an appointee of the Board of Directors. The term Chair of the Board was then used interchangeably with Speaker to refer to this position.

==Role in Governance==
Although never formalized in the Bylaws, tradition holds that the Speaker should follow the Westminster parliamentary tradition of being unbiased on all questions before the parliamentary body, and never speak in debate. 2011-2012 Speaker Rishi Maharaj broke with this tradition by regularly offering his opinion on matters of governance during and outside meetings of the Board. Through 2011-2012, efforts were made to model the Speaker's role more closely after that of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, that is, someone who leads and guides the direction of the Board while being independent of the Officers.

==Engineering Society Bylaws==
===Bylaw 1 (Constitution)===
'''3.6 Order'''
:3.6.1 The Speaker of the the Board of Directors shall preside over General Meetings.
:3.6.2 All General Meetings shall be governed by Roberts Rules of Order where these rules of order do not conflict with the Bylaws of the Society.
:3.6.3 The Speaker shall not hold more than one (1) vote at any General Meeting.

'''5.6 Meetings'''
:5.6.1 The Board of Directors shall hold a meeting at least once a month during the academic year, at a time and place to be determined by the Speaker.
:5.6.2 The President or Speaker may call a meeting of Board of Directors, and shall call a meeting within one (1) week of receiving a written request to call such a meeting signed by one half of the Board.
:5.6.3 Any Member may attend, speak and move or second motions at meetings of the Board of Directors subject to the rules of order.
:5.6.4 The Vice‐President Communications shall ensure that an agenda is circulated to all Board Members five days before any meeting of the Board.
:5.6.5 All motions submitted by a Member to the Vice‐President Communications and the Speaker at least seven days of a meeting of the Board of Directors shall be included on that agenda, subject to the following restrictions:
::(a) The Speaker shall edit all motions for correct usage of the English language and clarity;
::(b) The Speaker shall have the authority to reject any motion that does not comply with the Constitution and Bylaws of the Society or Robert's Rules of Order.
:5.6.6 Unless its consideration is unanimously approved by the Board, no substantive motion shall be considered other than those on the agenda, or those to clarify motions on the agenda.

'''5.7 Special Meetings'''
:5.7.1 The President or Speaker may call a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors, and shall call a meeting within one (1) week of receiving a written request to call such a meeting signed by one half of the Board.
:5.7.2 Any petition to hold a Special Meeting shall specify the purpose of the Meeting, and no business shall be conducted at the Special Meeting unless it is related to the purpose for which the Meeting was called.

'''5.8 Notice of Meetings'''
:5.8.1 Notice of meetings of the Board of Directors must be given electronically or in writing to every Member by the Vice‐President Communications at least five (5) days before the time chosen for such a meeting.
:5.8.2 At the Speaker's discretion, a Special Meeting may be called with twenty‐four (24) hours notice provided the purpose of the meeting warrants immediate disposition.

'''5.10 Speaker'''
:5.10.1 The Speaker shall ensure proper procedure during all meetings of the Board.
:5.10.2 In the absence of the Speaker, the President shall act as Chair of the Board, except as determined by a majority vote of the Board.
:5.10.3 The Speaker shall be selected by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the new Board Members by a majority vote.
:5.10.4 Nominations for the Speaker shall be held according to the Bylaw on Elections.
:5.10.5 The Speaker shall be a non‐voting member of the Board of Directors.
:5.10.6 The Speaker shall act as the Speaker for Council, where necessary.
:5.10.7 The Speaker shall use the Constitution and Bylaws of the Society, Robert's Rules of Order, and their own discretion, in that order, in determining all questions of procedure before them.
:5.10.8 The Speaker shall have the authority to bar Board Members from voting on a question regarding which the Member has a conflict of interest.
:5.10.9 All decisions of the Speaker may be reversed by a 2/3rds majority vote of the Board, except regarding the Constitution and Bylaws of the Society from which there is no appeal.

==Current and Past Speakers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!colspan="2"| Speaker
|-
|2012-2013
|Mauricio Curbelo
|Civ 1T3+PEY
|-
|2011-2012
|Rishi Maharaj
|NΨ 1T2+PEY
|-
|2010-2011
|Zoriana Workun
|Civ 1T2
|-
|2009-2010
|Alvin Ho
|Elec 0T9+PEY
|-
|2008-2009
|Billy Wong
|Civ 1T0+PEY
|-
|2007-2008
|David Clease
|Mech 1T0+PEY
|-
|2006-2007
|Ryan Campbell
|NΨ 0T7+∞
|-
|2005-2006
|Adam Gravitis
|NΨ 0T6
|-
|2004-2005
|Henry Cheung
|NΨ 0T7+PEY
|-
|2003-2004
|Craig Burkett
|NΨ 0T5
|-
|2002-2003
|Neil Padgett
|???
|-
|}

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

2012-05-24T18:11:57Z

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{{Infobox Building
|name = Bahen Centre for Information Technology
|image = Bahen_Centre.jpg
|alt = Bahen Centre for Information Technology
|caption =

|year = 2002
|location = 40 St. George Street
|bldg_code = BA

|office1 = [[Division of Engineering Science]]
|office2 = Office of the Dean
|office3 = Adel Sedra Auditorium
|office4 = Advanced Surface Coatings Laboratory
|office5 = Bell University Laboratories
|office6 = Dynamic Graphics Project
|office7 = Emerging Communications Technology Institute
|office8 = Reconfigurable Antennas Laboratory

}}
The '''Bahen Centre for Information Technology''', located on 40 St. George Street, was completed in 2002 and serves as a "state of the art facility for education of information technology professionals in [[Electrical and Computer Engineering Department|electrical and computer engineering]], computer science and IT research." It was constructed at a cost of $111 million, and was designed by Diamond + Schmitt Architects Incorporated. The building is home to the [[Division of Engineering Science]] and is adjoined to the Koffler Centre on the south, which houses the U of T Bookstore and U of T Career Centre, and 44 St. George St. on the north, a historic house-like building that currently contains the Office of the Dean (and formerly the [[Professional Experience Year]] office).

==Departments and Offices==
* [[Division of Engineering Science]] (BA2110)
* Office of the Dean (44 St. George Street)
* Adel Sedra Auditorium (BA1160)

==Notable Laboratories==
* Advanced Surface Coatings Laboratory
* Bell University Laboratories
* Dynamics Graphics Project
* Emerging Communications Technology Institute
* Reconfigurable Antennas Laboratory (BA8177)

==Structure and Design==
The Bahen Centre was built on the site of several historic buildings south of Russell Street, and adjacent to the preexisting Koffler Student Centre, whose exterior brick wall became an interior feature of the new building. One of the historic buildings (44 St. George Street) was to be moved to a new location, but was instead incorporated into the design by the architects.

The facility is 20,000 gross square metres and has been praised for its sustainability in design. Many elements of the Bahen Centre contribute its overall sustainability. The building uses excess steam from the neighbouring U of T steam plant to provide 92% of its total heating needs and sun-shading devices along both the east and south sides of the building reduce the amount of cooling needed during the summer months. In addition, careful space planning allows for the labs of the computer science and [[Electrical and Computer Engineering Department|Electrical and Computer Engineering]] departments to face the coolest wall (north) to provide relief from the heat created by the large numbers of computers.

==History==
The Bahen Centre was constructed to meet the growing needs of the university's computer science and electrical and computer engineering programs, as the university doubled the size and funding of the programs. The building is named after engineer John Bahen (Civ 5T4), former president of Kiewit Corporation, who made a significant gift to support the project. Other sources of private funding included Jeffrey Skoll, the engineering class of 4T5, and companies including Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, and Motorola, who have named research labs in the building.

The facility contains 50 laboratories, 10 lecture theatres, 13 tutorial rooms, 9 seminar rooms, and about 300 offices. The building was officially opened on October 8, 2002, after opening in the summer of 2002. The sixth floor, however, was finished only in August 2005 and the Department of Mathematics (and the Mathematics Library) moved in.

==Awards and Accolades==
* ''Canadian Architect'' magazine, January 2003 - "[The building is] a complex interweaving of urbanity, public space and sustainability."
* Ontario Association of Architects Award, 2003 - Winner
* City of Toronto Architecture and Urban Design Award, 2003 - Winner
* National Post Design Exchange Award, Environmental Category - Bronze
* ''Building Magazine'' Outside the Box Awards, Urban Design, 2005 - Honourable Mention

==References==
*Canadian Architect, January 2003. “Green Giant.” Marco Polo
*University of Toronto. ''Bahen Centre for Information Technology'' [http://www.greatspaces.utoronto.ca/projects/bahen.htm], 2006.

[[Category:Buildings]]