6 over THE EDGE-Monday October 17, 1994

STUDENT ASSOCIATION UPDATE

By David Beck

In a few weeks time there will be
a referendum put to the student body
on whether or not it would like a
student association to represent its
members. The directors of this
association will be elected by the
students and the association would be
an autonomous society registered
under the B. C. Society Act.

The UNBC Student Association
would be like any other student
associations at other universities. It
would be responsible for addressing
any concerns that students might
have, raising money for student
activities and clubs, and holding
dances, parties, etc. In short it would
be an association whose main
purpose is to benefit the students.

Currently there is a constitution
which was based on UBC, SFU and
CNC's constitutions. The
constitution has been approved by
the B. C. Society's branch and its
incorporation fee has been fully paid.
The constitution took approximately
six months to be drafted and then
another sixteen months and six weeks

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to be approved by Victoria.
However, as with most constitutions
there are by-laws which should be
revised. Under the Society's Act all
by-laws can be changed at the Annual
General Meeting (to be held in
January). Thus, if accepted, the
present constitution could be used as
a stepping stone for the student body
until it is amended in January.

The other alternative would be to
not accept the constitution and
consequently start over again. The
only detriment to this alternative
would be that there would be no
student association this year until the
new constitution is passed (and that
could take many months) and
approved by Victoria (and this takes
even longer).

The Student Association
meetings are open to all students and
the times are posted on the board
outside Student Services. Likewise
a copy of the present constitution can
be picked up from Student Services.

HOUSING SERVICES

Randall
Brazzoni

UNBC
Housing Services is
responsible for
maintaining the Off-
Campus Housing
directory along with
the day to day
operation of the 274-
bed residence
apartment —_ building
located on campus.
The
construction of the
$7 millicn residence
was accelerated in
order for occupancy
by students in the
first part of
September. The
construction of the
building took less
than five months
from thé start to
finish; it is now a
prominent — structure
on the west side of
the Prince George
campus.
The response
from students was
overwhelming with

over 700 applying for
residence. We
received an amazing
response from the
community of Prince
George with
individuals listing
over 800 different
types of
accomodations.
With the combination
of on- and off-
campus _ housing ,
there was no lack of
accomodation for
students.

With the
construction of a new
building there were
some problems.
Furniture has _ not
arrived yet. The
university is __ still
waiting for furniture
to be delivered.
Students are taking
everything in stride.

All that we can
hope for is_ the
speedy delivery of
the remainder of the
furniture and for a
successful year for
all of the students
and the university.

CLUBS: FORCE ACTION FOR FUNDS

By Charles Hogg

Anybody trying to form a club should be very concerned about our
lack of a students! association. A student's association sets the rules
under which any club runs and governs the distribution of funds to
these clubs. Currently we have no idea how the current club rules
will change when an association forms and no access to funds from
the association, which is really our money given to the association in
the form of fees. While I concede these things take time, I must also
a say that I was extremely disappointed by the lack of attendance at the
ate last meeting and the bickering that occurred while I was there. We
23 must voice our concerns and let people know that we want a student's
association as soon as possible so we can move on to bigger and
better things. Show up at a meeting and let people know what you
want from your students’ association. After all, it is your money that
is sitting around doing nothing.