Is the‘Student Union 
     
     Council really doing 
     
     anything worthwhile 
     
     with your money? How 
     
     would you know—— you 
     
     haven't been to any 
     
     of the meetings! Of 
     
     course, it.may not be 
     
     your faultjthe meetings 
     
     haven't been very well 
     
     publicized beforehand. 
     
     in fact, for the sche— 
     
     duled meeting on Sunday 
     
     September 24, in berna- 
     
     dine Hall Lounge, there 
     
     “eren't even enough 
     
     council members present 
     
     to constitue.a guorum. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘Therefore, it was Cecided 
     
    
   
   
    
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     that an informal discusa; 
     
     sion period would be held 
     
     instead. Just so you'll 
     
     know if your representae: 
     
     tive was there or not, 
     
     the following is a list 
     
     of those present: Pat ‘ii 
     
    
   
   
    
     Duffy, Bob Gray, Norbert 
     
     Moran, Linda Lidstone, 
     
     Bruce Grass, Angela 
     
     Coughlin and Rosemary 
     
     Curly. Fortunately, on 
     
     the Sunday prior to this 
     
     meeting was held with 
     
     nine council members 
     
     present —just enough.. 
     
     efr those of you who hav 
     
     never attended a S.U.C. 
     
     metting we'll try to ' 
     
     give you a little 
     
     insight into the topics 
     
     discussed. Perhaps the 
     
     most important item J.» 
     
     brought up was the hirin 
     
     of a full time business 
     
     manager.This movement ’ 
     
     has been expected for 
     
     some time and in our 
     
     opinion, is well overdue 
     
     The Student Union is an 
     
     incorporated non—profit 
     
     business wh ch spends' 
     
     CIOSe to$165,000 a year 
     
     Turnover-is much higher 
     
     than that.Even with a . 
     
     hard-working student as 
     
     treasureur the risk of 
     
     financial loss through 
     
     inexperience or lack of 
     
     time to devote to duties 
     
     is high.0ther‘2 _ ' 
     
     universities across 
     
     Canada have found that 
     
     thehiring of a full-time 
     
     business manager saves 
     
     them quite a bit of 
     
     money in the.long run. 
     
     Student Union President. 
     
     ~Pat Duffy iSSued the 
     
     following statement 
     
     concerning the matter. 
     
     "Presently the 
     
     Student Union is con— 
     
     sidering the hiring of 
     
     a permanent business 
     
     manager. We feel that 
     
     such a man is necessary 
     
     to supervise our assets 
     
     as well as providing 
     
     continuity from one 
     
     council to the next. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     If‘you have any 
     
     queries or_questions 
     
     concerning the matter, 
     
     contact myself at the 
     
     S.U. Center." 
     
    
   
   
    
     No action has been‘ 
     
     taken yet as it was de- 
     
     cided to reconsider this 
     
     matter at a later date. 
     
     This was done in order 
     
     to allow council members 
     
     to put the question to 
     
     their constituents. We 
     
     hope this is being done: 
     
    

    
     Another important 
     
     matter on the agenda was 
     
     the revision of the 
     
     insurance policy for 
     
     students. The Council 
     
     was informed that a new 
     
     policy has been signed 
     
     with Zurich Insurance 
     
     which will give coverage 
     
     for almost everything - 
     
     with the exception of 
     
     glasses. Of course, 
     
     the premiums will be 
     
     higher. Since the 
     
     Executive did not in— 
     
     form the university 
     
     administration in time 
     
     to.have this informa— 
     
     tion placed in the 
     
     calendar, the increased 
     
     fees could not be 
     
     charged upon registra— 
     
     tion. Instead, the 
     
     increase of $3 for 
     
     Canadian students and 
     
     $8 for non-Canadian 
     
     students will be ex— 
     
    
   
   
    
     .tracted from our pocket 
     
    
   
   
    
     books during registra- 
     
     tion for the second 
     
     semester. 
     
    

    
     For other items 
     
     discussed, please refer 
     
     to the Student Union 
     
     Council minutes which 
     
     are supposed to be pub- 
     
     lished following each 
     
     meeting. 
     
    

    
     General Comments: 
     
     In general, the S.U.C. 
     
     meetings are not what 
     
     they should be: There 
     
     is no Ombudsman yet 
     
     (although council is 
     
     looking for someone to 
     
     fill this position) and 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ‘therefore, there is no 
     
    
   
   
    
     one to run the meetings. 
     
     What happened at the 
     
     first meeting-Land which 
     
    
   
   
    
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     we hope will not happen 
     
     again—-is that the 
     
     Executive presents its 
     
     proposals and explains 
     
     its past actions and 
     
     that's about it! There 
     
     is very little discussion 
     
    
   
   
    
     rfrom the non-executive 
     
    
   
   
    
     members — with the 
     
    
   
   
    
     exception of one or two 
     
     people. Unfortunately, 
     
    
   
   
    
     'the Executive seems to 
     
    
   
   
    
     be fostering this atti— 
     
     tude by trying to speed 
     
     procedures up with the 
     
    
   
   
    
     'excuse that there are 
     
    
   
   
    
     many items on the agenda 
     
     and very little time. 
     
     We know that it is not 
     
     very exciting for 
     
     council members to come 
     
     to these kind of meet- 
     
     ings and sit through 
     
     two hours of preSenta- 
     
     tions but if they can't 
     
     devote a Sunday evening 
     
     to sitting down and 
     
     discussing council 
     
     matters in a critical 
     
     manner, then they should 
     
     not be on the Student 
     
     Union Council. 
     
    

    
     One other point. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘Kone of the Executive 
     
    
   
   
    
     or the council members 
     
     seem to know very much 
     
     about the constitution 
     
     they are supposed to be 
     
     working under. Many 
     
     times, things can con— 
     
     tinue to operate in a 
     
     "laissez—faire" manner, 
     
     but this is setting a 
     
     dangerous precedent. 
     
    

    
     If the Executive can 
     
     operate outside of con- 
     
     stitutional procedures 
     
     on seemingly unimportant 
     
     matters, what is to stop 
     
     them from doing the same 
     
     on vital questions. 
     
     well, perhaps this will 
     
     be solved with the 
     
     appointment of a know— 
     
     ledgeable, determined 
     
     Ombudsman. Here's 
     
     hoping! 
     
    
   
   
    
     "KEEP ONMTRUNDLING!" 
     
    
   
   
    
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