NUGSS NUGGETS

by John Stevenson

A useful fact you may want to
know is that the University
collects our Society fees from
you. Some people have
requested that their fees get
returned to them for various
reasons. In the past, I think we
have returned two or three
student’s fees, to avoid any
hassles. However, upon some
research by myself I
discovered that SFU’s Student
Society had this same problem
back in 791-92, and the case
made it to the B.C. Court of
Appeals (the highest power
Court in B.C.), The result was
that the students lost (a lot of
money in legal fees), and the
court case too boot. The point
T am trying to make is that
EVERY Ugrad student must
pay their society fees. I am
sorry if some of you do not
think they go to good use, but
dems da rules, and you have to
play by them; if you would like
to see a change in the spending
habits of NUGSSarun in the
upcoming NUGSS elections!!
If you would like to read the
court cases, I have them on
file, and your more than
welcome to read them.

Another useful fact you may
wish to know is that we are
buying a video projector to
complement our new P.A.

System. It is a very nice piece
of equipment and we will be
trying it out for the first time
during. the Trainspotting
Movie Night in the Canfor.
The reasons behind spending
the money to buy this
equipment-are: 1) the lack of
existing equipment 2) NUGSS
and affiliated Clubs get
charged more than enough for
using EMS equipment which I
venture to say pales in quality
3) we figured that this would
help Clubs put on Movie
Nights, Readings, Seminars,
Guest Speakers etcete. to help
campus mpus events 4) once we have
it, it is always there for use
whenever the members of the
NUGSS (almost everyone)
wish to use it, but please book
ahead though! 5) we save
everyone affiliated with the
Society money!!!

One thing that new clubs find
that they open accounts at
Scotia Bank, because they do
all of our banking, and cut us

an excellent rate for their
services. The reason behind
this is because our Treasurer
(Grant Leippi), needs to have
access to Club accounts in case
that something MAY go wrong.
It is NOT because we are
money hungry, and want to take
all your cash while your not
looking. Case in point: a letter
comes to NUGSS from a bank.
The letter is addressed to a club
that does not exist anymore (old
Radio Club), but that there is
$700.00 in the account still, and
has been untouched for a year
or so. The people who had
signing authority are long
gone!! HHHMMMmmmm. So
now we have to track down
these people and get them to
write a letter saying yes, it is
O.K. for us to take control of
the account for now.

Established clubs may switch
over to Scotia Bank in an act of

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good faith, or in worst case
refuse, but if for those of you
that do switch - there will be.a
bonus $$ amount waiting. in
your new Scotia account.
Please inform Grant at the
NUGSS Office of when you
wish to make the switch as he

has to be there to put his John

Henry on the account too. I
thank you greatly for your
assistance on this matter.

As NUGSS sponsors and funds
most of the Clubs on campus,
it should not be implied that we
will provide an office for you
too, We will help you in
whatever reasonable. way we
can, but we can’t go around
building new offices every
month. A few clubs have
requested office space from us,
and the recent Newspaper/
NUGSS/Women’s Center/NRS/
English Club Office “Musical
Chairs” space proposal
prepared by NUGSS has to go
through the Space Advisory
Committee. We can’t speed
things up; we’ ve done our part,
now the University Admin.
should work that mess out as
they have the final say
regardless to our

recommendations. To new
clubs requesting office space,
please be patient, as you may
have to wait until a new
building is built; if I had all the
answers J could tell you more.

Lastly, the Board of
Governors and Senate
Elections are here. We have
nomination forms in our office
for both positions for anyone
interested. PLEASE be aware
that these are important
positions to be filled, and if
elected you would be expected
to be the liason between the
bigwigs on campus, and the
student body. NUGSS wishes
that elected persons possibly
come to our Board meetings
and/or write a short article for
the paper to update us all on
issues and in return act as a
channel for conveying student
concerns to these groups,

because lets face it folksa.this
is where the big decisions are
made. Incidentally, our Board
Meetings are. held in room 5-
125 every Monday at 3:00
—p-m., and: EVERYONE is
welcome. Why not come out
in person and see us in
action?? How does your

money get spent anyways??
Do those NUGSS Directors
just sit there with coffee and
doughnuts?? A person who
voices their concerns no
matter how “right or wrong”

‘certainly takes more courage

and deserves respect in my
mind than a person who isn’t
willing to do this. All of us
should be willing to listen and
tolerate others views, and even
though they may be totally
different, THIS IS WHAT A
DN bv OE RS. ET ¥
ENVIRONMENT SHOULD
ENCOURAGE.

Please recognize that.we at
NUGSS really do work for
you, but we cannot create
policies and other things that
do not exist, nor can we
proceed with this stuff faster
than the University
Administration lets us. I feel

KR AK &,

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it is my job to untangle the
red-tape to provide you all
with the best help and answers
we'can give you in achieving
student events, clubs,
activities, and policies, that
are expected from you all. I
do know that the
POWDERFEST II trip to
Jasper was a supremely good

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time, and everyone who
attended mentioned that for

‘$200.00, it would be hard to

beat. Ahhbh untracked down
Eagle’s Crest....... yes indeed!

Bye for now,

John Stevenson
One of the Chairs?, NUGSS

Photo: Ray Proulx (Left) and Greg Doucette (Right) perform for the PIRGAPOLOOZA crowd
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