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‘ November] 1984

CFS converges on capital, including three from UPEI

OTTAWA (CUP) — Some 100 student politicians will converge on the nation’s capital next week to discuss

the future of Canada’s national student lobby group. Delegates from UPEl

INCLUDE Student Union president Michelle Dorsey, VP Internatl Howard Beattie, and new CFS provincial Board rep Cathy Campbell.

They will attend the seventh semi-annual general meeting, of the Canadian

Fetera ion of Stnr‘ ms, at a time v nen t ircc—year old organization is strapped With a $65,000 deficit.

The general meeting, sche- duled for Nov. 4 to 11, follows a series of blows to the federation. The Univer- sity of Calgary graduate stu- dents recently pulled out of the organization meaning a loss of $6,000 in membership fees next year. and the Uni- versity of Alberta student council has voted to ,hold a pull—out referendum in February.

The University of Waterloo student council is also giving

the organization headaches. At a recent council meeting, the council vowed to sue the National Union of Students, CFS’s predecessor, for $17,500 in membership fees. CFS is now responsible for all of NUS’s finances.

And two CFS staff people in Ottawa, executive director Diane Flaherty and informa- tion officer Yvette Diepen- brock, have handed in their resignations. Diepenbrock left Oct. 12 and Flaherty leaves Nov. 2. Both cited other job opportunities as the reasons for leaving.

CFS chair Beth Olley says the timing of the two resigna— tions is “pure coincidence” and denied that they will have an effect on the organizing of the general meeting. She says CFS has hired a tem-

porary replacement for Diepenbrock and will hire a permanent one after the

general meeting.

At the general meeting, Olley says delegates will dis-

‘ cuss CFS’s financial plan as

well as the federation’s lobby strategy on the issue of post- secondary education under-

»funding. They will tabulate

the results of a telephone survey of public opinion on post-secondary education and gather signatures on a peti- tion calling for a national dialogue on universities and colleges.

The delegates’ efforts will culminate in a national lobby day, Nov. 8, when they will present the three federal parties with the petitions and survey results. They want the federal government to offer financial incentives to pro- vinces that give institutions enough money, penalize those that fail to live up to stated financial committments and come up with national goals for education.

Delegates will also finalize plans to simplify the organi- zation’s bureaucratic struc— ture. Central committee members and the CFS board

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of directors for its services — both of which ensure CFS staff follow mandates set at the general meetings — will be integrated into one executive. Olley must be ratified as the chair of CFS- Services and delegates must decide if they need the posi- tion of deputy chair to help Olley co-ordinate executive meetings.

Other student issues such as the quality of university and college education, the plight of international stu- dents and access to post- secondary education will be discussed.

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