,g for them i.e. facilitation ;ication is being hindered not
i of 0ffice:-— The present terms ,last for only one year. This ,m by the time the person becom ,iar_with‘his office his term ;to-an end. Unless the person ‘cted, this means that a new .kes office and the cycle Vagain. mund of Elected Officers:—— eral students taking office. been subjected to the strains 5 of the system, thus, they is of the power which is .to them. .
ople elected to OfficeNare thus they are in effeCt sub-
mer group approval, i.e.
mtion and faculty can either reward these students thus in
wt manner they do have some mer them.
3 the people in office are they must devote the majority dme to class.work thus at
serve their office only on a basis.
Intation of Views: The stud~ we elected to office general— meir personal views on matt- they have obtained either wople who associate with them wnal observation. Therefore Eye is a small elite group sthe guidelines for the stu— .nactivities, not the student whole.l _ Control over Media: 1; The mtrols the people who are in- pcapacity of the newspaper
to‘support the councils' view— ,
hg criticism an unknown lux- MOther factor to consider is wuncil controls the monetary :Ming to these media. Thus, if da criticize to any extent m reVert to stop funds thus fm1to cease their activities.
Membershi-: All students ar 1m to join the student union xecutive_are not required to wntrol the financeal aspects mn efficiently. This can be ‘Othe point where the execut- rdms their duties in an apa- mre. ' .’ ' ‘ ii point to bring to issue is lestudents themselves feel fUMent union is effective. Wmstionnaires which were ad- j,the following data was ob~ iwtion {7):"Is the SU an eff— 5Mneffective organization? , ' 48% ' IVE 262 ‘ 20%
6%
ifthe major conclusions to thiS is the/lack of communiw
Fchexists which can be intern .
WMZOZ of the sample not know— fror not the student union is M nOn-effective.
isof CPEISU: ,
Emer the situation that would Lere Were no student union
3” See that:
“the 3-D. the students wishes jffiuld become lost in a jum- ;nlstratiVe chaos.
:nctions would be diminished f‘independent clubs would be
ef0r theiriQanffifictio standU
;uld 4Q w A...“ 3“ . Sr; 1‘ H
functions. T
3. The S.U. acts as a unified force thus without it there would develop separate numerous factions with divers- ified interests thus there would be no
_unified representation of the students
concerning conflict between the student body and administrationQ Alternatives; 1. Dissolve the present system Pros:1. 1. Students would benefit by not having to pay dues, _ Cons: I: no unified voice or meaningful representation 7 2. organization of social events would become sporadic and un-
, organized 3. Communication of views of cam- pus pus activities internal and
external external would be lost.
2. Establish a\new system completely with a new structure and a new orient— ation and approach to the problems ass— ociated with the present structure. The
structure is based on a system of comm-j
ittees as the following organizational chart shows:
1. Each faculty on campus will elect students to a councel.
2. The above council will be overseed by a president and a treasurer which shall be elected from a student body as .a whole.
NB.) In effect what we have done is el- iminated the councel.
Pros: 1. Each faculty shall be'repree sented.
Cons: Some of the weaknesses presented on the existing structure will be main- tained.
In order to make the above effective the following changes should occur.
1. Each person taking office will take - an oath stating his willingness to
work towards the goals of the unio the best of his ability. ’
2. Each member shall have to submit each week to the Cadre a report on his activities with,the president present“- ing an overall summary of the weekly activities.
3. Elections will occur in Degember which will allow for the more exper— ienced people to advise the newly elec— ted officials on student union policies etc.
-- President
THE CADRE.MARCH 27,1973,PAGE 7
Notes on the "New Structure"
Elections: '
1. The president and the treasurer shall be elected from the general stud- ent body.
2. Each department shall elect one stu— dent to represent their department. These elected students will form a com- mittee and amongst themselves elect one member to act as spokesman (representa- tive) for the faculty which the depart- ment comprise.
Moniesz.
The student union fees which are coll- ected shall be distributed as follows: A) General Student Needs: Into this category shall fall such things as: student union salaries, asset mainten- ance, events involving the student body as a whole such as orientation, winter carnival ect.
B) Faculty Needs: Any money which is remaining after the above needs are fulfilled shall be distributed to the three faculty committees based on the percentage population of each faculty. This money shall be under the sole sup_
ervision of the faculty committees as to whether it shall be disbursed to the
departments on a population basis or used to benefit the faculty as a whole.
Since the students shall have direct control of the portion of monies it is believed that they shall become more involved, if only to protect their int- erests.
Conclusion:
Although the above suggested change can solve some of the problems that ex- ist in the present structure the new structure will also have its weak poi— nts and these will vary with the stren— gths of the personalities of the per— sons elected. No matter what structure you have it will have to keep one pre- mise in mind and that is: Spare time
(can lead to boredom and lonliness and
continual boredom leads to depression and apathy. Thus one prime function of a successful structure is to keep the ball rolling and with more people in- volved on these committees there can be more action and rivalry between faculty if nothing else and people would tend to become'involved.'
Present StructUre
Students
'Vice Communication Treasurer Comptroller President Officer ' 1 " 4 Aer-ls Sgience Edu1cation Board of Senators _____ - _ Speaker Reps Reps Rep Govenors Rep committee
Heads
Committee Members