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     Art Reddin on the Boarder Governors ‘ ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,thirds of the Board._ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     We11,what can I say in 
     
    
   
   
    
     ROUND FOURzDebate opened on conclusion?First,it seems cl 
     
     the strike situation.Den is to me that the a’Ppoj-nted 13‘m 
     
     Clough made an unexpected annou-members are abominable;few r 
     
     ncement that he had made an worth salvagingoAlthough mg 
     
     offer that day which the are supposed to "represent n” 
     
     . arbitrators expected the union ISland community,they'are,ne 
     
     to Simply "rubber_stampn that "confidentiality of would accept.St.Claire Trainer fact,the Wealthy.I wouldnw 
     
     through reportS of decisions information"was simply an urged the Board to do nothing hesitate to recommend havin' 
     
     made by board Committees.I excuse to hide BOard members' and at the negotiations them replaced by people whf 
     
     doubi if the members could ignorance 0f information continue.Heated debate ensued are at leaSt Willing to an“ 
     
     do otherwise,being unknowledg_and events relevant to the on the necessity to settle the up for what they believenn 
     
     eable of all renovant inform. issues discussed- strike immediately and on the to recommend haVing the Bond 
     
     ation. ROUND THREE=The Board action the Board should take if replaced by another governh 
     
    

    
     Anyway,here's a blow—by— received reports and Passed negotiations broke down.The StrUCture-. \' g 
     
     blow account: recommendations from several referendum results which Secondly,unless the presalt 
     
    

    
     ROUND 0NE:The meeting start.committe¢S-The Finance showed the university community Situation is eradicated we 
     
     ed with the election of the Committee,inparticular,received overwhelmingly in support of will continue to be governmi 
     
     , chairman.ST.Claire Trainor wasImmh critical queStioning on the union's demands were read, by a b°dy WhiCh is neither 
     
     5‘ nominated and seconded,it was the 1974—75 Auditors FinenCial andseVeral powerfully-worked PartiCUlarlY concerned nor 
     
     ' moved,seeonded,and passed thatStatement,but like other businesmotions from the Arts Faculty informed about the desiresof 
     
    

    
     nominations eeese,and Trainor this too was passed by large “tand ’Faculty AssociatiOn the People it governs- 
     
     beoame ohairman_First Round majority.Ma Barker's Roundz were reported as was Woozy's And Athirdly,I want to thank 
     
     goes to the mothers_Leek of split decision.Although they statement that the student all those who voted in the 
     
     Chairman nominations indieatedciemand a great amount of time union would take "drastic~ referendum as it was a most 
     
     a lack.of capable menoNomine, and work,committees are more action" in the event of effective weapon-Since I dm' 
     
     tions had to be Chosen from representative of the universityVnegotiation breakdown or believe the results were 
     
     the nine government appointeescommunity's wishel than the stalling.Proposals which were7 PUbliShed Vet I'll give thm 
     
     from outside the university Boardis‘nwith a student,faculty, in effect,stalling tactics here: STUDENTS STAFF FACmJY 
     
     community(aeeording to the and layman appointed to each. were over—ridden by the deciS- Yes - No Yes—No Yes-N 
     
     University Act),st.01aire Baker is not particularly ion of the Board to meet immed— 83%-17% 95%—5% 8024 
     
     Trainer is five times worse PowerfU1 in Board meetings 
     
    
   
   
    
     iately if negotiations broke . 260-55 80- 4 16- 
     
     than Baker _ "we can't go_ but holds his power by getting down.A small but important, of th 
     
     to the people,we have to act iaround the Boardses an ex e tetal univerSity cam 
     
    
   
   
    
     victory.Fourth Round scored . . g , 
     
     as the governing-board", , officio member of the committees a draw.Clough's new offer :2Zofiilggtiieozji.SSAIWets1n 
     
     students and faculty are and by keeping controversial before the meeting prevented theonly one vote waSIEZ'tngl a“ 
     
     "misguided in their action", information hidden(as in the issue from coming to a head Board of Govern r _Sth y mm 
     
     "ill—informed". Financial Statement).As and stopped our ammunition from 1007 in fa r ofsth ey.wq 
     
     ROUND TWO: Debate opened on impossible as it sounds,Baker being used to its full effect- ° vou o e mOtlm' 
     
     whether the meeting should be is preferable to the Board — in iveness,but it did seem that 
     
    
   
   
    
     meeting;Trainor,Pineau,and 
     
     attempt to Clarify what others spoke against.The vote 
     
    
   
   
    
     happened at the last Board was i3“4'1 to have the 
     
     of eovernors meeting.Although meetlng Closed43222g_IK2 
     
    
   
   
    
     you suggested that the agenda £2.555LEEEE? an indication 
     
     was contentless,it seems to 0f thlngs to come'It became 
     
    
   
   
    
     be the perpose of the Board EVident during the meeting 
     
    
   
   
    
     re ‘ I'm writing this in an 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Arthur Reddin 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
      
     
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     the strike was finally about 
     
    
   
   
    
     closed to the public.Reddin fact,he is less bigotted and 
     
     and Ozmonspoke for an open 
     
    
   
   
    
     thick—headed than about two— V 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ray Shalala on the Budget 
     
    
   
   
    
     Without wishing to enter 
     
    
   
   
    
     into an extended controversy, 
     
    
   
   
    
     I think that, if all justice 
     
     to myself and the Budget 
     
     Committee, I should make 
     
     some small explanation of 
     
     the role we have played in 
     
     the assessing of funds av— 
     
     ailable for use by the sev- 
     
     eral committees in the stu- 
     
     dent union. We have been 
     
     subjected to considerable 
     
     controversy in both media on 
     
     campus...some bantering and 
     
     some serious. I do not think 
     
     that students have really 
     
     been given an opportuntiy 
     
    

    
     to judge whether we have 
     
     been trying to protect their 
     
     interests or have simply 
     
     been acting as Scrooges. 
     
    

    
     As you must concede, Stu- 
     
     dents Union has limited am— 
     
     ounts of funds to spend; and 
     
     if we go beyond the limits 
     
     we have set for ourselves; 
     
     we are indiscreet and will 
     
     have to pass on a deficit 
     
     to succeeding student admin— 
     
     istrations and future stu- 
     
     dents. If we stay within the 
     
     limits, it appears that we 
     
     are subject to some abuse. 
     
    

    
     We have eggs fixed 13190.ne- 
     
    
   
   
    
     to work with, for example a 
     
     reasonable estimate of Stu— 
     
     dent Union fees, also we 
     
     have some income which is 
     
     variable but which may be 
     
     estimated, for example Pan- 
     
     ther Club profit. We have 
     
     certain expenditures that 
     
    
   
   
    
     we can estimate with reason— 
     
    
   
   
    
     able certainty, for example; 
     
     insurance, staff salaries, 
     
     Year Book, etc. and some 
     
     that are variable but which. 
     
     must be paid, for example 
     
     fuel for the Barn, garbage 
     
     collecting, cleaning, tele— 
     
     phone chatges, repairs to 
     
     the Barn, etc. We must esti- 
     
     mate these and other items. 
     
     Some activities may show a 
     
     profit or a loss (for exam— 
     
     ple, the Film Club, expected 
     
     to show a profit last year, 
     
     actually lost over $1000)The 
     
     year before last Winter Car— 
     
     nival lost over $2500. We 
     
     must, then, make an estimate 
     
     and hope that it is reason— 
     
     ably close to the final fig- 
     
     ure. We have done our best. 
     
     By accepting the position 
     
     of Treasuruer and working 
     
     with the Budget Committee, I 
     
    
   
   
    
     over, 
     
    
   
   
    
     believe that I am obligated 
     
     to the Student Body, by whom 
     
     I am entrusted with the ad— 
     
     ministration of funds, to 
     
     try, to the best of my abil- 
     
     ity, to conserve their money 
     
     wherever possible and to see 
     
     that it is spent in the way 
     
     deemed most advantageous to 
     
     the student body...and not 
     
     to overspend. ' 
     
    

    
     In co—operation with the 
     
     Budget Committee, appointed» 
     
     by Student Council, we took 
     
     what we figured to be the 
     
     estimated income and from 
     
     this subtracted those items 
     
     which we considered as ines- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘capable. What was left over, 
     
    
   
   
    
     we felt could be distributed 
     
     among the various clubs who 
     
     had submitted their require— 
     
     ments, mostly CIMN, the 
     
     Cadre, and the Photo Club. 
     
     We, the Budget Committee, do 
     
     not believe that we can con- 
     
     scientiously plan for a def- 
     
     icit. 
     
    

    
     We understand that each 
     
     campus activity believes 
     
     that its role on the campus 
     
     is the most important and 
     
     that its budgetLis the one 
     
    
   
   
    
     Committee Proeerlures 
     
    
   
   
    
     which cannot be cut but we 
     
     of the Budget Committee,feel 
     
     that the difference 
     
    

    
     between estimated income and 
     
     fixed costs should be the 
     
     funds available for estima— 
     
     ted distribution and I wish 
     
     to point out that it was the 
     
     decision of the Budget Com— 
     
     mittee, bolstered by the ap- 
     
    
   
   
    
     "proval of the Students Coun- 
     
    
   
   
    
     cil (which is the group el- 
     
     ected by the Student Body) 
     
     which allotted the funds. 
     
     This was not, by any stretch 
     
     of the imagination, a per- 
     
     sonal vendetta of mine on 
     
     any group, which seems to be 
     
     the indication of the repor“ 
     
     which have reached the stu— 
     
     dent of U.P.E.I. 
     
    

    
     Should there be any further 
     
     discussion of these matterfi 
     
     it wouldrhe appreciated if 
     
     the matter be taken up with 
     
     the Student Council or the 
     
     Budget Committee, of which I 
     
     have the honour to be a mark 
     
     her; before slanted or pre’ 
     
     judiced statements are cir‘ 
     
     culated. 
     
    

    
     Sincerely Yours, 
     
     Ray Shalala r 
     
     "Treaeygeer, IIPEISU