QUESTION #1
In order to better provide for The Meliorist Publishing Society do you agree to increase the Meliorist Levy by $1.00 (ONE dollar) per student as a one-time levy increase?
Yes 514 43%
No 669 57%
QUESTION #2
For continued sustainability of the Meliorist Publishing Society, do you authorize the University of Lethbridge Students' Union to tie the Meliorist levy it collects to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as determined by Statistics Canada, using 2009 as the base year, in order to account for annual inflation?
RESULTS:
Yes 552 47%
No 631 53%
QUESTION
Whereas; The Meliorist Publishing Society, which is the University’s student campus magazine, is amending their outdated constitution that dates back to 1987, in order to establish a new Board of Directors and continue operating, under new leadership,
Whereas; This is NOT a request for a fee increase,
“Do you approve of amending the constitution of The Meliorist Publishing Society as proposed in the attached link?”
RESULTS:
YES votes: 949 votes - 86.59%
NO votes: 147 votes - 13.41%
Voter turnout: 13.33% (1096 of 8223 voters)
Held March 2013
In conjunction with the ULSU General Elections, the Meliorist Publishing Society is having a referendum to increase their fee.
QUESTION
“Do you support an increase of two (2) dollars to be applied to the levy fee collected during the fall/spring semesters on behalf of the Meliorist Publishing Society, taking the fee amount per student to $7 per semester?”
RESULTS:
NO Votes: 654 (51.42%)
Yes Votes: 618 (48.58%)