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     ELECTIONS 
     
    
   
   
    
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     The Board of Governors 
     
    
   
   
    
     U.P.E.I. is mainly 
     
     [cerned , with the 
     
     inistration of- the 
     
     iversity. On this Board 
     
    

    
     positions are held for 
     
     dents of U.P.E.I. and in 
     
     ' upcoming election one 
     
     these positions is being 
     
     ght for among three 
     
    
   
   
    
     As a candidate for the 
     
     :rd of Governors, I would 
     
     e to be given a chance to 
     
     oresent the students of 
     
     '.E.I. on this, one of 
     
     - highest governing bodies 
     
     the University. Students 
     
     fnions would be expressed 
     
     Ough my presence on the 
     
     :rd as well as through a 
     
     e. Since the vet college 
     
     now a reality students 
     
     uld be kept informed 
     
     ut this new edition to 
     
     ‘ University campus. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Another major event on 
     
     Board’s agenda is the 
     
     {sing of funds strictly 
     
     use by the University. 
     
     ommittee of three board 
     
     ubers has already been 
     
     uck to help raise funds 
     
     our financially troubled 
     
     001. ' I would like to 
     
     ' mine and other 
     
    

    
     ideas to the 
     
    
   
   
    
     udent Union Elections. 
     
    
   
   
    
     You, as students need 
     
     to be represented fairly and 
     
     actively on both the 
     
    
   
   
    
     U.P.E.I. Board of Governors 
     
     and the U.P.E.I. Student 
     
     Union 
     
    
   
   
    
     As a member of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     U.P.E.I. Student Union for 
     
     the last two years I have 
     
     compiled a perfect 
     
    
   
   
    
     attendance record and have 
     
     always been very active and 
     
     vocal in my representation 
     
     of the students. I would 
     
     like very much to continue 
     
     to voice your concerns on 
     
    
   
   
    
     both the Student. Union and 
     
     the Board of Governors. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     On Tuesday October 11. 
     
    
   
   
    
     please get out and exercise 
     
     Your right tO’ vote and by 
     
     all means do yourself a 
     
     favour by electing me to the 
     
     Board of Governors. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thank You 
     
    
   
   
    
     James Johnston 
     
    
   
   
    
     O'Brien 
     
    

    
     I want to begin by 
     
     thanking you, the students 
     
     of U.P.E.I., for giving me 
     
     the honour and privilege of 
     
     representing you on the 
     
     U.P.E.I. Board of Governors 
     
     for the past year. It was 
     
     an experience both 
     
     gratifying and humbling to 
     
     be chosen as your 
     
     representative on the Board 
     
     and Student Council. 
     
     _ In truth, I would like 
     
     to step down now However, 
     
     now that I've had a year's 
     
    
   
   
    
     experience actively working _ 
     
    
   
   
    
     on the Board, I believe that 
     
     I am the most qualified 
     
     person for the position. 
     
     Because nexy year is so 
     
     crucial to the future of 
     
     U.P.E.I., I would like to 
     
     bring my experience and your 
     
     concerns to the Board again. 
     
     I think that a measure of 
     
    
   
   
    
     -shortcomings 
     
    
   
   
    
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     continuity, in the midst if 
     
    
   
   
    
     such a time of change, is 
     
     important right now on the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Board. 
     
    
   
   
    
     U.P.E.I. is facing 
     
     serious budgetary cutbacks, 
     
    
   
   
    
     I‘i ‘ ‘ 
     
     “emanates. than s? 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,in r gr 
     
     changing academic structures 
     
     and priorities, and a 
     
    
   
   
    
     nation-wide picture of 
     
     university cutbacks. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I offer the following 
     
     credentials for the position 
     
     of Student Rep, on the Board 
     
     of Governors: 
     
    
   
   
    
     - a good understanding 
     
     of what is currently 
     
     happening at U.P.E.I., 
     
    
   
   
    
     concerning academic changes 
     
     and their implications; 
     
    
   
   
    
     - knowledge of Board 
     
     Procedures, its methods of 
     
     decision-making (inside and 
     
     outside of 
     
     procedures),current issues 
     
     of the Board and the History 
     
     behind many of these issues; 
     
    
   
   
    
     — familiarity with the 
     
     of' the Board; 
     
     (of these I am openly 
     
     critical) 
     
    
   
   
    
     - experience in working 
     
     actively and assertively and 
     
     actively on the Board; 
     
    
   
   
    
     - a demonstrated 
     
     willingness to work many 
     
     hours outside of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     required meeting times in 
     
     order to better understand 
     
     issues and act in the best 
     
     interests of U.P.E.I. and 
     
     its students; 
     
    
   
   
    
     - a wide ranging 
     
     rapport with all segments of 
     
     the University community; 
     
    
   
   
    
     - a past. record of 
     
    
   
   
    
     opposing the University 
     
     administration, government, 
     
    
   
   
    
     and even student council, 
     
     when necessary, to defend 
     
    
   
   
    
     the concerns of students; 
     
    
   
   
    
     - a demonstrated 
     
     willingness to cooperate 
     
     with and to seek cooperation 
     
     between all segments of the 
     
     University - community and 
     
     within the student body. 
     
    
   
   
    
     About the position of 
     
     Student Rep. on the Board: 
     
     I believe student 
     
     representatives must keep 
     
     students informed as much as 
     
     possible; however, students 
     
     themselves must actively 
     
    
   
   
    
     , behalf of 
     
    
   
   
    
     seek to keep informed about 
     
     what is happening at the 
     
     University ie. 
     
     Board, 
     
     Council meetings. 
     
    
   
   
    
     by attending 
     
    
   
   
    
     Senate and Student 
     
    
   
   
    
     When students are 
     
    
   
   
    
     informed it is their right 
     
     and responsibility to assist 
     
     their 
     
     expressing informed concerns 
     
     and seeing that their Peps. 
     
     pursue these concerns. 
     
    
   
   
    
     representatives by 
     
    
   
   
    
     Simple. but true. At the 
     
     moment all I am interested 
     
     in doing is learning the way 
     
     the system works an to make 
     
     you aware and try to get 
     
     your views across to the 
     
     administration. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I don't rearesent any 
     
     particular interest group on 
     
     campus so I haven't really 
     
     any "political' leanings. I 
     
     have some of my own ideas 
     
     about how things whould be 
     
     run, and how the red tape 
     
     and beaurOcracy should be 
     
     eliminated, but I am open to 
     
     your ideas and actions. The 
     
     most we as students can do 
     
    
   
   
    
     is to get \involved and 
     
     strive for improvement. 
     
     That's basically what I 
     
     would like to do — get 
     
     involved on Senate and 
     
     encourage constructive 
     
     change. 
     
    

    
     P.S. I would also like 
     
    
   
   
    
     to take this chance to wish 
     
     luck to all the other 
     
     candidates and congratulate 
     
    
   
   
    
     gthem for taking an interest. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Finally, I want to wish 
     
     Good-Luck to my opposing 
     
     candidates. I promise my 
     
     full support for the winning 
     
     candidate in his work on 
     
     U.P.E.I. 
     
     students. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It is indeed an honour 
     
     to find myself Opposed by 
     
    
   
   
    
     two such worthy candidates 
     
     as John and Mike! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thank You! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Please Vote! 
     
     John O'Brien