Editing 2015-2016

==Major Milestones for EngSoc in 2015-2016==
===UTSU Associate Membership Agreement===
For several years, the Engineering Society had been advocating that the undergraduate engineering fees paid to the University of Toronto Students Union should be diverted to the Engineering Society, on the basis of duplication of services as well as concerns with the democratic legitimacy of the UTSU. During the 2015-2016 year, the UTSU executive committed to addressing the issues regarding its democratic legitimacy and transparency, and agreed to enter into an agreement with EngSoc to transfer 50% of the engineering fees to EngSoc, in an effort to better serve these students. The agreement is publicly available [http://skule.ca/governing-documents/ here].

===Skule Endowment Fund Committee===
Established in the 2010-2011 year, the Skule Endoment Fund had the goal of providing a self-sustaining source of capital for large scale projects in the benefit of engineering students, with the vision of eventually replacing the Temporary Levy Fund. Since its inception, the only use of the fund had been a $1 Million CAD commitment to the University for the new Center for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship. During 2015-2016, the Endowment Fund Committee, in charge of managing the fund, was established and the first round of funding was conducted in the winter semester. More information about the Endowment fund, including the constitution where the details of the committee are outlined, can be located [http://skule.ca/endowment-fund/ here].

===Mid Course Feedback===
Following initiatives from previous years to conduct a Faculty wide mid-course evaluation, EngSoc worked with the discipline clubs to organize a formal mid course feedback initiative.  The initiative was facilitated by the Academic Advocacy Committee with the aim of providing course instructors with feedback on feasible improvements that can be made during the semester across all disciplines within the Faculty. The project served as a means for students to provide ongoing feedback in addition to the faculty-run end of course evaluations. 

===Policy and Structures Committee Re-structuring===
The Policy and Structures Committee, which existed in EngSoc’s bylaws for several years but had not been formally structured in recent years, saw a revival during the 2015-2016 year. The committee drafted its terms of reference, and held regular meetings to review and update EngSoc’s Bylaws and Policies. The first major reform it led was a Bylaw 3: The Elections Bylaw revision, which included clear language about the type of Single Transferable Voting system that EngSoc uses, as well as new clauses about student-led referenda. 

===Godiva Hymn Competition===
In partnership with the Faculty, EngSoc organized a competition for students and alumni to write new verses of Godiva’s Hymn that reflected the values and culture of engineering in the 21st century. The competition was generally well received and the winners were announced at Cannonball. The winning verses can be found [http://skulepedia.ca/wiki/Godiva's_Hymn#New_Verses_from_Godiva_Hymn_Contest_.282015.29/ here].

===Club Affiliation Process revision ===
EngSoc undertook a major revision of its club affiliation process, which led to the creation of the Affiliations Committee. The new policy now includes provisions to require new clubs to first undergo a “trial status” where they will be expected to focus on defining clearly what the club’s goals are, what value they will add to the student body, and what strategies they will implement to ensure sustainability and longevity. This policy was implemented with the goal of ensuring that EngSoc only affiliates high quality clubs that are making a positive and valuable impact on the students experience, and also encourage students to think long term when creating a club. 

===Positions created===
====Design association project manager====
The Design Team Association was created in 2014-2015 to represent EngSoc’s design team clubs. This group was put together to encourage the sharing of resources and the creation of a shared direction wherever possible. The chair of this group was previously the Vice-President of Student Life however in the 2015-2016 year EngSoc created a directorship to ensure that the DTA had a voice to represent them that originated from someone with experience on design teams.  

====Part time students chair====
This ex-officio director was created to assist EngSoc in developing targeted initiatives to improve the services we provide to part time students, who have distinct necessities and concerns than full time students. 

====Mature students chair====
This ex-officio director was created to assist EngSoc in developing targeted initiatives to improve the services we provide to mature students, who have distinct necessities and concerns than students who entered engineering right after high school. 

====Mental Wellness Director====
This director was created to assist EngSoc in providing services to students related to mental wellness. The purpose of the role is to plan events (such as Exam Jam), obtain feedback from students about services provided by EngSoc and the faculty, and confer with the faculty. This position was created to service an underlying need observed within the faculty where students were not aware of the resources available to them concerning their own personal mental wellness.

===ESSCO Membership ===
EngSoc decided to re-join the Engineering Student Societies' Council of Ontario (ESSCO) as an OEC-Only member, with the intention of being able to send delegates to the Ontario Engineering Competitions, as well as renewing our ties with other engineering schools in the province. Due to this and other developments, at the end of the 2015-2016 year, conversations began with the incoming executives about creating an External Director, to address the gap left when the VP External position was removed in 2012-2013. 

===Officer Videos===
During the 2015-2016 year, the officer team put together monthly videos to promote several aspects of EngSoc’s operations to the students, in an effort to increase the society’s engagement and transparency. The videos are available on the SkuleTube, EngSoc’s youtube channel, or can be found [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHu6eQpy4a0XB0TGsZXMot6wCsS8BXcvM/ here].

{{Engineering Society by 2015
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|caption = Engineering Society 2014-2015 -->

|president = Ernesto Díaz Lozano Patiño 
|vp_finance = Rachel Reding
|vp_communications = Reena Cabanilla
|vp_academic = Oghosa Igbinakenzua
|vp_student_life = Madeleine Santia

<!-- Directors -->
|alumni_outreach = Nicholas Valenton
|archivist = Connor Lawless
|cannon_editor = Edgar Wang
|cannonball = Shubham Manchanda
|community_outreach = Carole Suarez
|compsys_admin = 
|cro = Raffi Dergalstanian
|stores_mang1 = Colin Parker
|stores_mang2 = Raneem Shammas
|f!rosh_handbook = Namya Syal
|gradball = Deniz Jafari
|caf_mang1 = Tyler Weil
|caf_mang2 = Eric Chong
|hi-skule = Samantha Stuart
|ombudsman = Sanchit Mathur
|orientation = Milan Maljković
|pro_outreach = Medhaj Athikar
|skulebook = Ahmed Ujjainwala
|skule_kup = Jonathan Swyers
|sponsorship = Peter Luo
|suds_mang1 = Sabrina Sikora
|suds_mang2 = Stephen Dawe
|toike_editor = Ryan Williams
|utek = Amir Kharazmi
|webmaster = Nikola Andrejevic 

<!-- BOD -->
|speaker = Billy Graydon
|bod_chem = Jason Tang
|bod_civ = Peter Luo
|bod_comp = Milan Maljković
|bod_elec = Andrew Boetto
|bod_engsci = Apurv Bharadwaj
|bod_indy = Benjamin Leung
|bod_mse = Amy Zhao
|bod_mech = Robert Goldberg
|bod_min = Ogi Kelec
|bod_al1 = Kevin Rupasinghe
|bod_al2 = Ryan Gomes
|bod_al3 = Aidan Solala
|bod_al4 = John Sweeney
|bod_f!1 = Twesh Uphadhyaya
|bod_f!2 = Victoria Cheng
|bod_f!3 = Christopher Choquette

|chem_club = Nikola Andric
|civ_club = Louis Étienne Couture
|comp_club = Anna Hankinson
|elec_club = Patrice Boisclair-Laberge
|engsci_club = Kenny Kim
|indy_club = Marianna Gomez
|min_club = Daryl Li
|mech_club = Kunal Taneja 
|mse_club = Michael Sabatini

|1 = 1T8
|2 = 1T7
|3 = 1T6
|4 = 1T5

|chem1 = 
|chem1 = Jeff Dryden 
|chem3 = Andrew Kostruba
|chem4 = Peter Murphy
|civ1 = 
|civ2 = Kayla Steadman
|civ3 = 
|civ4 = Billy Ge
|comp1 = 
|comp2 = Melissa Campoli
|comp3 = 
|elec1 = 
|elec2 = Mitchell Au
|elec3 = 
|engsci1 = 
|engsci2 = 
|engsci3 = 
|engsci4 = Sharon Ravindran
|indy1 = 
|indy2 = Krysten Szatan
|indy3 = 
|mech1 = 
|mech2 = 
|mech3 = Ashley McIlvena
|mech4 =
|min1 = 
|min3 = 
|min4 = 
|mse1 = 
|mse2 = Stephen Manion
|mse3 = 
|t1 = Alex Caton
|pey = 

|firstyearchair = Sofia Tijanic

|fourthyearchair = 

|lgmb_bl = Aaron Weber
|lgmb_dm = Evan Boyce
|cannon_ca = Kevin Vincze
|bg_chair = Elizabeth White & Trevor Gauthier
|skulenite_director = 
|skulenite_producer = 
|eaa = Andrew Mwangi

|godivas_quest = TBD
|mr_bg = David Boroto
|godivas_crown = Hema Nookala 
|ultimate_frosh = TBD
|chariot_race = TBD

== External Representatives ==
|utsu1 = Joshua Calafato
|utsu2 = Emily Xu
|utsu3 = Saarthak Saxena/Raffi Dergalstanian*

*After Saarthak Saxena resigned, Raffi Dergalstanian was elected in a by-election held in October 2015.

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