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l'gre referred to as the administration or simply

as they; since people cannot understand the system they~ tend to give it nebuluos titles and to ignore it.‘ Therefore the first point about any new system is that it must be sufficiently uncomplicated to allow some understanding and involve- ment by the general popular cion. .

Secondly it must give all groups equal representation mm ensure that the. view- point of each will not be nnlroughshod over by the otherS- ‘

Thirdly, it must ensure that all individuals within the community have direct ‘ access to the decision-mak- ing process. '

Fourthly, it must ensure that the unveristy is not too insular but rather is aware of and reponsive to the needs of the world as a whole and the Island in par- ticular . "

Fifthly, and most impor— tantly, it must have th e ability to make its decis— ions stick. In other words, it must act as the supreme decision-making body of the university and not simply as mIadvispry group whose rec— commendatiqnsncould.he=£00_. easily shunted aside.

Therefore we suggest the following system.

That each group within Hm new governing body (sup: port staff—administration, faculty, students, and pub- lic) establish proc edures od its liking to send five members to the new govern- ingbody (henceforth to be ‘called Governing Council). These people shall be sel— ected by no later than 31

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PROPOSEDU

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STRUCTURE

GOVERNING

GOVERNING COUNCIL

5 Members.of the Student Body

5 Menbers of the General Public 5 Members of the Faculty , r 5 Members of the Support Staff or Administration

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SUPPORT §§2§§—— FACULTY STUDENTS PRESIDENT COMPTROLLER . u STUDENT SERVIC S OTHER SERVICES REGISTRAR LIBRARY HEAD DEANS

IBUSINESS MNGR

RESIDENCE MNGR

PLANT DIRECTOR

EURCHASING

:BQQKSTORE MNGR

December, 1975. It is rec-p commended that in the case of the five representatives of the pubilic that three be

"elected, one from each coun—

ty, and two be appointed by the Provincial government.

That during the following 'six months (until July 1, 1976), this group of twenty people shall attempt to es- tablish some sort of work- ing relationship among them- vselves and to research back— ground on the affairs they will need to cover whenv .they become the Governing Council. _

‘ During the same six month period the University Act 'shouldibe revised to allow a two year experiment with this new group as the single governing body at the uni- versity. If this cannot be done for some reason, then the Senate and Board of Governors should oblicate all their authority for this two year period to the Governing Council.

On July 1, 1976, Govern— ing Council will take over as the new supreme body of the university. To pass a motion on the Council, it shall be required that a_ majority of all members vote in favor (11 out of 20) plus a majority Of the meme bers of the four constituent ‘groups.

7 Governing Council will attempt to delegate author- r ity to committees consist— 'ing of other members of the university community than

I~those on the.Council it—

self —— as much as possi-

ble. / Members of each of the

university sub-groups of this Council will hold con—

stituency meetings at least once a month for the pur— pose of gaining the views

of constituents and to trans- mit to them the views of Governing Council members.

Governing Council meet— ings will be ppen to the rpublic unless a vote is held to close the meeting. Further, that vote , and the arguments for and a— gainst must be held in ‘public. ‘

On January 1, 1978, a com— mittee consisiting of three students, three faculty mem— bers, and three support staff members will be esta— blished to review the status of Governing Council. It may recommend to either continue

the probationary period, to establish the Council perma— nently or to revert to the old system. Its decision in this matter will be final. If the last course is taken then elections, where needed shall be held — and in any case no later than April 1, 19784

It may be, in fact, that this is an unworkable ideal but that is definitely no reason not to give this or some similar proposal a try. The simple fact is that none or us can truly know whether a 'system based on a concept of social justice' is poss— ible. But we owe ourselves an attempt at finding out.