OTTAWA (CUP) The most controversial policies of the Canadian Federation of Students Policy Manual will likely fall off the books in November, says CFS Chair Tony Macerollo.

Policies advocating Canada’s with- drawal from NATO and NO- RAD, opposing cruise mis- sile testing, supporting the efforts of Chilean and El] Sal- vadorean students, the Cana- dian Labour Cougress, and gays and lesbians on cam- pus and others were adopted in 1982 and introduced and passed by a two- thirds majority at the upcoming general meeting if they are to remain as official CFS policy.

“JT don‘t think it’s even going to be a debate,” Macerollo. bate these would have had to serve due

must be re-

said “In order to de- issues members notice of policy motions and the deadline was last Friday. Even if there were a debate, I think it (the vote to rein- state the policies) would be close...real close.”

Macerollo sees no reason for the national executive of CFS to generate support for the outgoing policies.

“The organization mir-

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rors its members,” he said. “Is there any reason for us to alter the image if its mem- bers don’t change? I’m not

sure it should.” he said.

He said members were informed of the five-year sun- set clause on the °82 policies at the Spring meeting, but

no one has served notice of

policy motions.

Macerollo said the poli- cies has been a factor in the failure of CFS to attract some of the larger schools such as U of T, Western, and Queens.

“There are to joining) that recur: the issue of weighted voting (whether larger schools should have

(objections

more votes) , the expense of

joining, non-educational is- sues (in the CFS policy) and the feeling that education is a provincial responsibility.”

the stated rationales, Macerollo

Though those are thinks there are more funda- mental reasons for some stu- dent councils* lack of interest in a national student lobby organization.

“There is a real inabil- ity to understand just how involved the federal govern-

ment really is in education,”

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said Macerollo.

This is Macerollo’s sec- ond year as chair of CFS. He first became involved with the organization in 1984 when he was vice-president (education) on the student council of Ottawa’s Car- leton University. At that time, Macerollo was skepti- cal about CFS.

“That was the year de- bates on non-educational is- sues hit their peak. There were huge emotional debates about NATO and NORAD. El Salvador, Nicaragua. nu- clear installations in Canada...,” he said.

Though Macerollo says he was “very skeptical” at that time, he didn't a campaign to pull Carleton wT invested

start

out of the organization, felt Carleton time and money in the orga-

had

nization and it was not up to me to say it had been a waste of money.”

Though

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Macerollo doesn’t think the current membership will re- adopt the 1982 policies at the November meeting, he also doesn‘t think there will be as much objection to discussing those issucs

“In “84, people said ‘we shouldn't discuss “non- educational —issues* they

used that phrase. Now they realize that we can’t have a constitutional provision that limits the kind of things you can represent your students on.”

Macerollo time with federal government rep- resentatives

divides

his between meeting

and drumming up support for the Federa- tion on campuses across the country. In September and October he has visited close to 20 campuses in B.C., On- tario and Newfoundland. Currently CFS

member associations. dent unions can join or drop out of CFS hy hold-

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Stu- -

ing campus-wide referenda to decide whether students will pay $4 each to belong to the organization.

Referenda ing at six campuses next month: Guelph, Wilfrid Lan- rier, Waterloo. Capilano Col- lege, Douglas College, and

Malaspina College. The Uni- versity of Ottawa served no- tice last week that it will hold a pull- out referendum in February.

The Federation budget of $600,000 covers the cost of maintain- ing a national office in Ot-

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tawa, two general meetings each year, terials (pamphlets. posters) and staff travel. CFS em-

campaign ma-

ploys nine nine full-time staff

members: an elected chair, an executive officer. a searcher, an information of- ficer, tor,

res a financial coordina- and four fieldworkers. Seven of the staff members

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