The Cadre 
     
    
   
   
    
     The infamous faculty 
     
     lounge and its 
     
     inhabitants 
     
    
   
   
    
     BY Todd MacLean 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Faculty Association 
     
     is being accused of mal-in- 
     
     forming the faculty, and in ee 
     
     ticular, their recent switch to 
     
     the procedure of voting via 
     
     electronic mail may not be as 
     
     holistically effective as origi- 
     
     nally planned. 
     
    

    
     Last fall’s renovations to 
     
     the Faculty Lounge were voted 
     
     upon in this manner via e-mail. 
     
     Though a large quorum ap- 
     
     proved the decision to go ahead 
     
     with the alterations, some still 
     
     think that some faculty mem- 
     
     bers were not well informed of 
     
     the costly changes. 
     
    

    
     The lounge actually had 
     
     initial “upgrading” early inthe 
     
     fall without consultation from 
     
     much of the faculty, and it was 
     
     only when the Faculty Asso- 
     
     ciation decided to another 
     
     $5000 into renovations that the 
     
     e-mail vote finally occured in 
     
     mid-October. 
     
    

    
     “We didn’ task for it, and 
     
     there was no real vote until 
     
     after the fact,” said Colman 
     
     O’ Hare, professor of English. 
     
     “I shouldn’t be forced to pay 
     
     for the upkeep of the building 
     
     in which I work.” 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Many faculty members 
     
     were not made aware of the 
     
     initial changes because it was 
     
     done by the university as gen- 
     
     eral upkeep. Further, the Fac- 
     
     ulty Association Executive 
     
     handled any matters that 
     
     needed to be addressed on this 
     
     issue. 
     
    

    
     “The executive has the 
     
     power to speak for all of the 
     
     faculty,” said Paul Boudreau, 
     
     co-chair of the Social Com- 
     
     mittee for the Faculty Asso- 
     
     ciation. “No, we didn’t go to 
     
     the faculty and say, ‘as of 
     
     Sept. Ist, etc.” but those mat- 
     
     ters of renovation were being 
     
     discussed for a while--maybe 
     
     some professors weren't pay- 
     
     ing attention. But the vote that 
     
     was held obtained overwhelm- 
     
     ing support.” 
     
    

    
     “We know we geta large 
     
     readership from e-mail,” said 
     
     Gerald Johnson, Head of the 
     
     Faculty Association. “It’s con- 
     
     ceivable that we miss a few 
     
     here and there [with the e-mail 
     
     voting] however if the secre- 
     
     tary is aware of people not 
     
     using e-mail, then a written 
     
     letter will be sent out.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     The e-mail voting sys- 
     
     tem does encompass a larger 
     
     percentage of the faculty than 
     
     the previous procedure of con- 
     
     ducting the vote at general 
     
     meetings, as it usually misses 
     
     only an estimated 10 out of 
     
     about 180 members. 
     
    

    
     “At a general meeting 
     
     vote, if we get a quorum we’ re 
     
     happy.” added Johnson. 
     
    

    
     There will be a meeting 
     
     held this month to address the 
     
     matter of e-mail voting, [ED:as 
     
     opposed to an e-mail vote on 
     
     e-mail voting] where it will be 
     
     up to the faculty to decide if it 
     
     will continue with this method 
     
     of voting. 
     
    

    
     The faculty will now 
     
     have an “optimal” place in 
     
     which to conduct their meet- 
     
     ings, as the renovations to the 
     
     lounge are now coming to a 
     
     very positive close. 
     
    

    
     “We've had a lot of sup- 
     
     portive comments,” concluded 
     
     Boudreau. “And some are 
     
     actually saying [in terms of 
     
     renovation costs] that ‘maybe 
     
     we need more money.’” 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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