The University countered by saying that the newly incorporated Union Council (which changed its name to the University of Guelph Student Union) had no say in how the fees collected would be spent, that they didn't "recognize" this new entity as the legitimate student government.
The second student "government" was the Committee of College Presidents (OAC, OVC, Mac, and Arts).
It was a loose association whose main function was to make sure that social events and some services (such as the Ontarion) would survive.
After 1993 the structure has been flattened, with various kinds of Commissioners and Spokespeople representing the various (and changing) efforts of the Association.
In 2010, students vote to hold a decertification referendum from the national and provincial chapters of the CFS.
In 2013, the CSA continued correspondence with the University, requesting recollection of CFS fees, but without success.
The CSA Board of Directors passes a motion to file a joint application with the CFS, to put the University’s uncollected membership fees before a judge.
The dispute of uncollected fees is settled in 2017 with a settlement between the CSA Board of Directors with CFS and the University of Guelph Administration[1] The CSA is a democratically organized, dues paying student union representing over 20,000 full and part-time undergrad students at the University of Guelph.
The CSA provides services such as a health plan, the universal bus pass, and the Student Help and Advocacy Centre.
The CSA also owns and operates the Bullring campus pub, and also appoints members to the University Centre Board.
With the new structure, the executive act as passive board members who can motivate and introduce motions, but cannot vote.