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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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

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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!

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