Considering the motion deposited by AFESH to be considered at the Annual ASSÉ Congress of April 2016;

Considering that this motion calls on certain targeted member associations to publicly prove their feminist positions, principles and practices;

Considering that this motions calls for the exclusion of any associations who fail to adequately publicly prove their feminist positions, principles and practices;

BIRT FASA oppose the divisive nature of this motion which creates a division and a hierarchy of ‘most feminist’ and ‘least feminist’ associations;

BIRT FASA encourage the sharing of resources and information between member associations of ASSÉ in order to favor the growth of local feminist mobilization across CEGEP and University campuses;

BIRT FASA invite its membership to partake in feminist activities organized by ASSÉ and its member associations in order to continue fostering feminist culture and debate within FASA;

BIRT FASA publish a report summarizing its feminist principles, practices and points of future improvement and disseminate this report  over ASSÉ-support (internal mailing list of ASSÉ) in the desire to inspire and enhance collaboration between member associations around feminist issues;

BIRT FASA encourage all members of ASSÉ to adopt the 7th ASSÉ feminist principle;

BIRT FASA vote against the exclusion of any member associations of ASSÉ based on their failure to comply with the AFESH motion;

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Whereas an increase to ASSÉ’s membership fee would allow the ASSÉ to cover the cost of delegations attending instances including transportation;

Whereas this would decrease the burden on smaller associations to cover the cost of the active participation of their members;

Whereas this could favor the inclusion of associations outside Montreal;

Whereas the fee increase will also allow a greater inclusion of anglophone associations through the translation of all documentation, mobilization material and live translation during Congresses;

BIRT FASA be in favor of  the fee increase to the ASSÉ membership fee from the current 1.50$ per student per semester to a new rate of 2.25$.