University of Guelph - Libranni Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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To Join or Not to Join? As can be seen on page 83, at the Special General Meeting February 27, members voted in favour of a compulsory union. Here is part of the reply from the provincial secretary, on March 10. Th p I I ti mbered 3 - dealing with membership i th corporation - cannot be carried int th ppl t y I tt p t ti thatitvvould have the effe t fimposing up designated classofp sons membership th p h h t y t th mmon law. Extract from letter by U. of G. Provost Paul Gilmor to the Student Union, March 28. S ff y that the fail ' re support from th P incial Sec t y Off I th U ty p d f dby th B d fGoverno I i p ssed on Ja y24th, 1969. It st Th he U sity of Guelph c t to collect a St d t U ion fee at h Fl g t t p d b h If f d q est oftheStudents'UnionC I P di gmodificati f h emb h p I fth L tt P t t fth St d t UnionIncorporated,students h g ' iti gf mtheSt d t 'U b f h R gst t h II tb bi tt th p yment of th said fee.

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The following printed matter is part of an innovation. It is placed on this page to help acquaint us with ourStudent Union President, John Flegg. If you read this, your very act will be a good thing because you will help make this book more than a photo album. John feels that Guelph has a lot going for it. Our university is world renoun for its founding disciplines and is quickly earning an as deserved reputation in the Humanities and the Social and Physical Sciences. About the results of the C.U.S. Referendum, John said, I think it was an unfortunate result of misunderstanding of purposes, intents and programme of C.U.S. resulting from a distorted image in concensus press which over-reacted to the world student movement. , When asked what would happen as a result of the governmental cutback in monetary support of our university, the president said that it depends on our economy and its reaction to the Viet Nam war and to a lesser extent upon how effectively our representation to Government points out the present mistakes. But John sights a different reason for the reduced Library budget. He points out that this was the result of limited student petitioning for books to the faculty which left excess library funds unspent and thus earned us a reduced budget for this year. l was personally disappointed in the report, John answered when asked about the proposed Academic Reorganization. He feels that the proposed structure is only politically acceptable and doesn't reach far enough in developing a meaningful University. They're taking form before function. But what about the FEE Problem ? we asked. Time will tell came the reply. But if you want the inside and outside story on exactly where we stand on the payment of student fees see page 132 for the complete story.

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Press Release March 29 The University of Guelph Students' Union Council, in a five hour emergency meeting Friday night llVlarch 28thl, cancelled the Special General Meeting of the members called for April 1, 1969 to discuss the membership and fees question. Th . . . . . . . . . e meeting was cancelled after the Council received notification from the University that it considered a contractual agreement between the Union and the University unfeasible given the time available before Spring Registration. ain a negotiated contract between the two corporate bodies, the The Council did however reiterate its intention to obt Union and the University, on the collection of fees and other related matters. Only if such a contract should be ratified by both groups would the Council then be prepared to recommend to the members that they adopt a voluntary lopt-inl membership clause as required by the Provincial Secretary. What This eans to You! Well, at Spring Registration over 60 olo of the studentsjoined the union - a large enough number to show that the majority support the union but a small enough number to greatly limit CounciI's income. This weaker financial position means that Council will not be able to initiate new programs or support old ones at their previous level. Therefore the size and quality of all student publications will be reduced. Union Council will attempt to force as many clubs and organizations to become self-supporting as possible. The danger lies in the fact that these forced cutbacks will curtail U.C. leadersh' l h ' ' ' up ro e to t e point where students feel U.C. is irrelevant and unnecessary. Remember - Support your school, support your union, support yourself.