{"id":88638,"date":"2018-08-02T12:32:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T10:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=88638"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:02","slug":"nieuw-bestuur-kaseur-treedt-alweer-af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/08\/02\/nieuw-bestuur-kaseur-treedt-alweer-af\/","title":{"rendered":"New KASEUR board stands down again"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a new twist in the soap opera surrounding the multicultural student association KASEUR. From the start of this year it looked as though a new board would at last be able to start repairing the reputation of this umbrella organisation. But it now appears that the new board has also resigned.<\/p>\n

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The door of the KASEUR office in the N building<\/span><\/p>

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KASEUR represents the interests of ten of Erasmus University\u2019s multicultural student associations. The outgoing chairwoman, Jennifer Onyenze, has announced that she is returning control of the foundation to the former board, under the chairmanship of Germain Fraser. It thus appears that KASEUR is back to square one, because the problems began last year when the university refused to continue talking to the Fraser board due to \u201ca seriously damaged relationship\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dismissal<\/h2>

This led to a conflict between the board and the nine associations which were members of KASEUR at that time. The associations dismissed Fraser\u2019s board, which resulted in Fraser terminating the nine associations\u2019 membership of KASEUR. At the same time Fraser disputed the associations\u2019 right to dismiss the board.<\/p>\n

However, a few months later, a lawyer and a civil-law notary decided on the basis of the articles of association, that the associations were in the right and, in so doing, cleared the way for a new board. That board was appointed last March with Jennifer Onyenze as its chairwoman.<\/p>\n

'Life goes on'<\/h2>

Onyenze now says that she is passing the baton back \u201cto bring an end to all the bullshit\u201d. After her board\u2019s installation, Fraser lodged an objection against the transfer of the boardroom and the manner in which the Chamber of Commerce communicated the registration of the new board; as well as against the civil-law notary involved who, according to Fraser, lacked impartiality because he had been brought in by the university. Onyenze has no time for all these procedures. \u201cMy life simply has to go on,\u201d she said with frustration in her voice.<\/p>\n

This does not mean that Onyenze is giving up \u2013 quite the opposite. She is considering the next steps with her fellow ex-board members.<\/p>\n

Repairing relationships<\/h2>

Fraser now intends to pick up where he left off with KASEUR. He wants to repair the relationship with the associations which he dismissed last year. He also hopes to rebuild his relationship with the university. \u201cThis is a good time to make a fresh start. The associations all have new boards; and Huib Pols, who never got on with us, is no longer Rector.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should it prove impossible to fulfill the role of an umbrella organisation, Fraser hopes to remodel KASEUR into an independent student association devoted to inclusivity. Fraser also said that the wrangling surrounding KASEUR had become a matter of principle. He has been chairman of the KASEUR foundation since its incorporation some six years ago and added that: \u201cWithout doubt there will, in time, be other board members. But justice must first prevail; we feel as though we\u2019ve been stabbed in the back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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