July 3-6 Consultation Events

Tues, July 3:
4-7pm: FREE Barbeque Party! Come on out and get a free burger. Just outside the SUB, on the patio between the SUB and the knoll.

Wed, July 4:
11-12: Mini-workshop on the Vision: SUB rm U42 (basement)
1-2: Mini-workshop on "mapping the square": SUB rm U42
3-4: Mini-workshop on connecting to the SUB: SUB rm U42

Thurs, July 5:
11-1, and 4-6pm: Open house drop in: SUB main floor concourse

Fri, July 6:
11-12: Mini-workshop on the Vision: SUB rm V42 (basement)
1-2: Mini-workshop on "mapping the square": SUB rm V42
3-4: Mini-workshop on connecting to the SUB: SUB rm V42

Although the Board of Governors (BoG) approved to build a $15.5 million tunnel under U-blvd, they also promised we'd be consulted before any decisions were made about what goes on top. So what's happening is there's a working group chaired by Nancy Knight (associate VP, Campus and Community Planning [CCP]), with the members: Joe Stott (director of planning, CCP), Paul Young (UBC Properties Trust), Barney Ellis-Perry (Alumni Affairs), David Woodson (Land and Building Services), Wesley Pue (Vice Provost and AVP Academic Resources), Anne DeWolfe (Executive coordinator, VP Students), Margaret Orlowski (student: at large), Brendon Goodmurphy (student: AMS VP academic), and Matt Filipiak (student: GSS president).

This working group is deciding how to do consultation, is carrying it out, and will report to the Board of Governors in November. We meet every monday from 10:30 to 12:00 in the Gardenia Room of CCP, 2210 West Mall at UBC, and the meetings are open so you can come if you want.

There will be 2 parts to the consultation: July 3-6 will be about "vision" for U-blvd, and in early September options for what to build will be presented.

So come out and have your say, and say it strongly! This is what the petition has gotten us, so let's make the most of it.