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McGill Tribune Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Wednesday October 12, 1983
Volume 3, Issue 6
Budgetary P ro cess Revealed by Brian Todd T h e process o f bud geting a club or group is com p licated at best, but when changes occur in the process, it b ecom es an alm ost im possible task. T hat w as the case last year w hen the S tu dents’ S ociety in com in g-executive, headed by Bruce H ick s, decided to stick strictly to the A pril 29th deadline for club budget su bm ission. T his deadline, in previous years, had n o t been adhered to for a num ber o f reason s, including the fact that the deadline w as at the end o f exam s and the beginning o f sum m er vacation . T his year’s execu tive, elected in A pril, 1983, decided to adhere strictly to the rules o f S tu dents’ Society b ecause, as V .P . F in ance P aul Reilly put it. “ n ot sticking to the rules cost last year’s execu tive a lot o f m o n e y .” If som e rules are to be en forced , the E xecu tive decided that all the rules had to be enforced. T he process o f creating a budget starts in the spring o f every year when the subsequent year’s executive is selected for each club or group. T he finan cial o fficer o f each grou p receives a budget sheet from the S tu dents’ S o ciety . A lso available is a b ook let describing the preparation o f a budget along with other details ab ou t club finan ces, and Jon S h ifm an , S tu dents’ S ociety C om ptroller, is also available for con su ltation ab out the prospective budget. O nce the budgets are draw n up by the clubs and received by the S tu dents’ S ociety, S hifm an and V .P . F inance, in this case, P aul R eilly, m eet w ith the
clubs to review their program m ing as w ell as to discuss rules and regulations. A final allocation is agreed to by all parties and then sent to the Joint M anagem ent C om m ittee (J .M .C .) T he Joint M anagem ent C om m ittee is an um brella organ ization m ade up o f Student C oun cillors, m em bers o f the E xecu tive, S h ifm an and represen tatives o f the U niveristy A dm inistra tion and the D ean o f Students. It is designed to oversee b udgets. O nce it has m ade any m o d ifica tio n in the budgets w hich it deem s necessary,
it recom m ends that S tu dents’ C oun cil approve the budget. This year, large num ber o f clubs did not subm it their budget on tim e. A s a result, the budgets w ere n ot considered by the J .M .C . S om e o f these clubs claim that they were inform ed by Front D esk personnel at the S tu dents’ Society o ffic e last A pril that there w ould be no p r o b le m w ith la t e s u b m is s io n s . W hether this grace period w as actually m en tion ed has not yet been verified by S tu dents’ S ociety em p loyees. G roups that lost their fun din gs this
year did not lo se their room s or their status as recognized clubs. They m ay also apply next year for funding. As» w ell, S tu dents’ S ociety has tried to help th o se clubs w ho have not received fun ding by finding other sources o f funds. T he C am era C lu b, T he Caribbean Students A sso cia tio n , The Interna tional Students A sso cia tio n and the M ature Students A sso cia tio n have all been helped to discover new w ays o f raising funds. Luckily en ou gh, n o clubs have been
Blood Drive ’83 by Kate Eccles D esp ite the fact that this year’s goal o f 3000 pints w as not reached, the Red C ross w as pleased w ith the 2616 pints delivered by M cG ill at the B lo o d D rive. A lth ou gh B lo o d D rive co-chairm en P aul M acLaren and R oger O sm on d had b een w orking since M ay to ensure this year’s su ccess, u nfortun ately last year’s 2701 pints w as n o t exceeded. M arie D a v is, chairm an o f prizes and entertainm ent, arranged som e attrac tive incentives for d onors. A m o n g the prizes given aw ay were a w hitew ater rafting trip for 8, a w eekend for 2 at C hâteau C ham plain, and a w eekend for 2 in N ew Y ork. A liso n Fripp co ordinated volunteers for the drive, as w ell as for F riday’s dance, and Satur d ay’s tw o show ing o f T o o ts ie . T hese events were w ell-attended b y students. It w as not lack o f advertising that
caused few er students to participate than expected. A sid e from adver tisem ents in The Daily and The Tribune, canvassing in classroom s, p o ste r s p r in te d by L abatts, and h ourly an nou ncem en ts on C JF M , each d onor w as o ffered dis cou n ts at B lo o d D rive entertainm ent events, p izza, free beer and a pepsi at Burger K ing. C hairm an R oger O s m ond finds that “ having such incen tive prizes for everyone w orks far b et ter in attracting donors than several door p rizes.” W hy, then, in a sch ool o f over 15,000 students did on ly 2616 m ake the tim e to donate? Perhaps it is the
it can take less than h a lf an h our, and is practically painless. R oger also m en tioned that several students com p lain ed o f colds and flu this year. For th o se w h o co u ld n ’t give this tim e, y o u ’ll have another chance at January’s E ngineering B lo o d D rive, or at the M edical B lo o d D rive in M arch.
A Point Well M ade1 . by Suzanne Parent A ce M cG ill debatina team .m em bers Bill M lacak and C arol Brebner used co o l logic and keen w it to progress to the final round o f the Q u een ’s N o v ice D ebating T ournam ent held in K ingston O n tario, O ctober 1-2. C hallenged by tw o debaters from the R oyal M ilitary C ollege, Bill and C arol o p p osed the resolu tion , “ W inner Take A ll” . T he RM C team to o k the p osition that the best in any on e co n test sh ould receive
Tribune Meeting All staffers should be prepared to eat lunch in T h e T rib u n e offices today at 12 pm. Election of members to the Publications Board and the Editorial Council will take place. As well, we’ll discuss our 1st Feature issue. You’ll probably find us in B18-B19 — but we may still be in 411. Only the shadow knows... T ru st m e , th is w ill g e t y o u a h e a d in lif e ...
general apathy w hich is typical o f M cG ill students or, suggests R oger, it is th e fact that p eop le o fte n have several m iscon cep tion s ab out giving b lo o d . T h ey think it is a p a in fu l, tim econ su m ing affair w hich ruins your day, and w eakens your b ody. A ctually,
all o f the rewards o ffered by that con test. T he M cG ill team countered by suggesting that coop eration , rather than co m p etitio n , sh o u ld be the organizing principle o f society. In a clo se v o te, the h ouse (w hich was w eighted heavily with RM C cadets) passed the resolution and crow ned the R M C team winners. A d d ition ally, the M cG ill team o f P a t r ic ia C o g a n a n d K a t h e r in e P olid ak is captured 9th place and F rançois P ico tte was deem ed on e o f the top ten individual debaters o f the tournam ent. In the public speaking co m p etition , Patricia C ogan proceeded to the finals and, with the topic “ Paradise is on ly tw enty m inutes aw ay” w as the 3rd place public speaker. The M cG ill D ebating U n io n w ill be h o stin g its an nn ual H igh S ch o o l D ebating T ournam ent on the w eekend Of N ovem ber 11th and 12th. ( If an yone w ould like to help, stop by the D ebating o ffic e , B-14, in the U niversi ty C entre.)