~ iF Student Sceisty Well we hope everyone had a good holiday - we did and are now ready to finish up this year right. The Christmas dance was a success and we actually ended up ‘making one hundred dollars. About seven hundred people attended and there weren’t any problems. Over the holidays a few of us came back for a couple of days and repainted the cafeteria. This was the first step in our plans to make that “food pit” a little more comfortable on the eyes and the ends. We will soon be buying new tables and possibly chairs so the atmosphere is a little less institu- tional. The lighting is also going to be altered so the incan- descent lights will be more prominent. By the way, the ad- ministration is also contributing money towards this ven- ture. Keith Spivak, Dave DeMontrieul, and Gary Ball have designed a section of booths and an eating bar that will be constructed and installed as soon as possible. Once all the seating is completed we will have a larger capacity and a very pleasing lounge. We also have eliminated all the poster clutter in the cafeteria, and one of the main walls is reserved for gallery space. This space is open to all students of ECCAD with priority to first and second year students. Because of the small area we hope this will encourage people who don’t have a great deal of work to let some of their art be seen. All you need to do is approach any member of the executive about having a show. This year we thought it would be a good idea to have an ECCAD T-shirt competition. All students are welcome to enter as many designs as they would like. All entries should be in on January 23, and we’ll have a public vote on all the designs we recceived on January 26-27 in the cafeteria. The winning artist will receive fifty dollars and a couple of T-shirts. All the details of the competition are posted. ' We are accepting proposals for pub nights from groups interested in raising funds. We have managed to put to- gether a list of pub night “rules” to follow, which include such things as a proper clean-up crew and security. Please put an application in the Student Society box in the recep- tion area or give it to any-executive. We are looking into re-starting coffee nights at the school. These events are very enjoyable and are free. Dif- ferent coffees, cake, poetry readings, and live jazz are the usual fare. If you have any suggestions... In this issue Jeremy Bee has a report on the meetings that have occurred and the future of an ECCAD student gallery. We would like to do something a little different for our Spring function this year. We would like to hire about four musical bands that perform a majority of original songs and have at least one member of the ECCAD student population performing. Supporting our own students in their perform- ing endeavors. We would also like to rent a hall and sell our own (inexpensive) beer and wine. We feel this evening would prove to be fun and very affordable. Do you agree? We would like some feedback on this idea! __ Well I’ve rambled on quite a bit but we’ve been very busy and expect to be doing a lot more for you this semes- ter. So far everything has gone fairly well but we really do need the support from you. Ideas or even just a helping hand are very much appreciated. Remember we’re using YOUR money! To those students who helped us out last semester ... thank you. We would also like to extend a special thank- you to Katha Teed and Rich Neilson who did a tremendous amount of work with us on the Christmas Dance ... you were appreciated. We hope to be hearing from you. Sincerely, Student Society Executive Pamela Tagle by Pamela Tagle Lillian’s Island — A Three Hour Tour Post Studentism @ 1984 ECCAD graduates Angela Grossman, Graham Gillmore, Attila Richard Lukacs and Derek Root, known as ‘The Young Romantics’ continue to make news. Following a successful exhibition in Paris in the summer, F the same show will be mounted at the Canada House Gal- } lery in London, England, December 10 to January 27. Planet of the Arts Page 3 f aan ABS | Willard Holmes has been appointed Acting Director of ; the Charles H. Scott Gallery. In addition to his responsibili- i ty for the exhibition program he will teach and direct the ' A € ~ e i Curatorial Studies course and act as an advisor to the Col- lege in regard to the review and redevelopment of the Curatorial Studies Program. Mr. Holmes comes to ECCAD from the Vancouver Art f Gallery where he has been Chief Curator. Prior to that he Graham Gillmore, Atilla Richard Lukacs and 1979 || was Head of Exhibitions and Acting Co-ordinator of the grad Vicky Marshall are recipients of “B” grants from the Canada Council which provides living and material ex- penses for up to one year. All of these artists are represented by the Diane Farris Gallery in Vancouver. Vicky Marshall had a show at the gallery November 22 to December 13, 1986. = New Building Project of the National Gallery in Ottawa. He has previously held curatorial positions at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Vancouver Art Gallery and the Fine Arts Gallery at the University of British Columbia. In 1975 he founded and directed for three years the Pender Street Gal- lery in Vancouver. And he wears nice bow ties. Modest Propesal Martin Hunt I think that our College suffers from a lack of continuity in our student council. By this I mean no criticism of the present or any past council. They do their work and I must confess that I am not informed on all that they do, though I know they do a lot. But I’ve seen two councils in operation now, and it seems to me that they have both struggled under the burden of starting their whole operation from scratch. The experience that one council gains is not passed on ef- fectively to succeeding ones. - One of the results of this is the new council must rely on the only source of advice they have, the college administra- tion, to understand what their rights and responsibilities are. For example, in the last student council election, the administration told us that students couldn’t count the vote; they (the administration) would count the vote. They im- plied that there might be abuse if students counted the votes for their own election. Well, it seemed to me that the elec- tion was a student affair and that we should find our own ways of ensuring the honesty of the election. Having the ad- ministration count the vote would be like having the Provin- cial government tally the vote for a Vancouver municipal election. The student council constitution is quite clear on how the vote should be counted — two students and a repre- sentative of the administration or faculty — and so Theresa Gaiters, Sandi North and I counted the vote. Theresa (who was student council secretary last year) re- ported in the fall that the student society couldn’t carry funds from one year to the next. She had been told this by the administration last year. I remember that last year there was a big panic in March because all of the money had not been spent and it had to be spent by the end of the year. A rush of spending ensued which ended up with $4,000 too much being spent. We found out that even though we couldn’t transfer assets, we could certainly transfer debts from one year to the next. A quick reading of our constitu- tion and the Societies Act upon which it is based turned up ° no references against the accumulation of funds. Instead, there were references to the contrary. It just goes to show that we need a way of transmitting in- formation and traditions from one year’s council to the next without relying on the administration. I think that student council affairs are things that students should work out amongst themselves. The student council should be an in- dependent organization within the college, not one riding on the administration’s coat-tails. I have a modest proposal that I feel would make a con- crete step towards making the situation more manageable: we should change the date of the student council executive election from September to January. September is the worst - of all possible months to elect the student council execu- tive. Consider: —None of the previous year’s graduated executive is around to explain to the new executive what’s going on or how to run the election —TIt takes a month to get the election over, and then, ac- cording to the Constitution, another month to get the budget process together. This means that budgets for things like the student paper can’t get settled until the end of October. By then a quarter of the year has gone by — too long. This year things were so chaotic that no-one even knew that there was a budget process! — Elections in September mean that a significant number of voters, maybe a quarter or more, are new to the col- lege and are uninformed about the concerns of the stu- dent council. So we are saddled with situations where half of the student council executive have just arrived at the college (like last year). Consider as well the advantages of January elections: — Potential candidates would have the fall term to go around the college talking to people, making themselves and their concerns known to the student body. This would make us less liable to vote for those with the nicest posters and more likely to vote for those whom we think can do what we want them to do. — The new executive would be in office for the spring term with the old executive still in the college to advise them. — By September, the new executive would (presumably) know what they were doing enough to organize an effec- tive and fair budget process in the fall, so that other stu- dent organizations could get off to an early start. — It would give students new to the college a chance to cast informed votes during their first year at the college. — Graduating students, whose work load is particularly heavy, would not be on the council in the spring. This way, graduating students would still be among us in the spring to give advice. It would not be hard to change the date of the election. The election date is linked to the date of the Annual General Meeting, which is when the candidates are nominated. Ba- sically, we need to hold a general meeting of the student body, pass a resolution changing the date of the Annual General Meeting, and then inform the Registrar of Com- panies of the change. We would also need to pass a resolu- tion specifying that the budget process start at the beginning of September, rather than two weeks after the executive election as the current constitution specifies. I was speaking to Shon Franks (the student council sec- retary) about this, and he agreed that the election date should be changed, though he had in mind a shift to March, with the addition of a fifth executive member tobe elected from the Foundation class in the fall. I liked my idea better, (biased as I am), but I was happy to see that I wasn’t alone in feeling that there was a better time to have an election than September. INI PU REPORT by Pamela Tagle Student Sceisty Well we hope everyone had a good holiday - we did and are now ready to finish up this year right ‘The Christmas dance was a success and we actually fended up one hundred dollars. About seven ‘hundred people attended and there weren't any problems, Over the holidays a few of us came back for a couple of days and repainted the cafeteria. This was the first step in that “food pit” alittle more comfortable esand the ends. We will soon be buying new tables and possibly chairs so the atmosphere isa litle less institu tional. The lighting is also going to be altered so the inc descent lights will be more prominent. By the way, the ad ‘ministration is also contributing money towards this ven: ture Keith Spivak, Dave DeMontrieul, and Gary Ball have ‘designed a section of booths and an eating bar that will be constructed and installed as soon as possible. Once all the seating is completed we will have a larger capacity and a very pleasing lounge. We also have eliminated all the poster clutter in the cafeteria, and one of the main walls is reserved for gallery space. This space is open to all students of ECCAD with priority to first and second year students. Because of the ‘mall area we hope this will encourage people who don't hhave a great deal of work tolet some of theirartbe seen. All you need to do is approach any member of the executive about having a show. wwe thought it would be a good idea to have an CAD T-shirt competition. All students are welcome enter as many designs as they would like, AM entries should be in on January 23, and we'll have a public vote on all the designs we reeceived on January 26-27 in the ia. The winning artist will receive fifly dollars and a couple of T-shirts. All the details of the competition are posted. proposals for pub nights from interested in raising funds. We have managed to put to gether a lst of pub night “rules” to follow, which include such things as a proper clean-up crew and security. Please Put an application in the Student Society box in the recep- n area or give ito any.executi We are looking into re-starting coffe school. These events are very enjoyable and ferent coffees, cake, poetry rea usual fare. If you have any sug; nights at the free. Dif and live jaze are the In this issue Jeremy Bee has a report on the meeti fe occurred and the future of an Et that "CAD student gallery We would like to do something a litle different for our function this year. We would like to hire about four ‘musical bands that perform a majority of original songs and hhave at least one member of the ECCAD student population Performing. Supporting our own students in their perform: ing endeavors. We would also like to rent a hall and sell our ‘own (inexpensive) beer and wine. We feel this evening would prove to be fun and very affordable. Do you agree? ‘We would like some feedback on this idea! Well I've rambled on quite a bit but we've been very ‘busy and expect to be doing a lot more for you this semes- ter. So far everything has gone fairly well but we really do ‘need the support from you. Ideas or even just a helping hand are very much appreciated. Remember we're using YOUR money! To those students who helped us out last semester thank you. We would also like to extend a special thank ‘you to Katha Teed and Rich Neilson who did a tremendous amount of work with us on the Christmas Dance ... you ‘were appreciated. ‘We hope to be hearing from you Sincerely Student Society Executive Pamela Tagle Post Studentism Graham Gi yard Lukacs and 1979 1 grad Vieky Marshall are recipients of “B” grants from the Canada Council which provides living and material ex ppenses for up to one year. All of these artists are repress Gallery in Vancouver. Vi ed by the Diane Farris ky Marshall had a show at the llery November 22 to December 13, 1986. | Lillian’s Island — A Three Hour Tour | [ PROFILE age 3 illard Holmes has been appointed Acting Director of the Charles H. Scott Gallery. In addition o his responsibil ty for the exhibition program he will teach and direct uratorial Studies course and act as an advisor fo the Col- lege in regard 10 the re nent of the Curatorial Studies Program, Mr. Holmes comes to ECCAD from the Vancouver Art Gallery where he has been Chief Curator. Prior to that he was Head of Exhibitions and Acting Co-ordinator of the New Building Project of the National Gallery in Ottawa, He hhas previously held curatorial positions atthe Art Gallery of — Greater Victoria, Vancouver Art Gallery and the Fine Arts Gallery at the Universi 1975 he founded and directed for three years the Pender Street Gal ‘Vancouver: And he wears nice bow ties, lery Martin Hunt [think that our College suffers from a lack of c in our student council. By this I mean no criticism of the present or any past council, They do their work and I must ‘confess that Iam not informed on all that they do, though I know they do a lot. But I've seen two councils in operation now. andit seems tome that they have both struggled under the burden of starting their whole operation from seratch, ‘The experience that one council gains is not passed on ef fectively to succeeding ones. ‘One of the results ofthis isthe new couneil must rely on the only source of advice they have, the college administra tion, to understand what their rights and responsibilities . For example, in the last student council election, the ‘administration told us that students couldn't esunt the vote: (the administration) would count the vote. They im: ibe abuse if students counted the votes, for their own election. Well, it seemed to me that the elec tion was a student affair and that we should find our own ‘ays of ensuring the honesty ofthe election, Having the a: ministration count the vote would be like having the Provin. cial government tally the vote for a Vancouver municipal election. The student council constitution is quite clear on two students and a repre and so Theresa hhow the vote should be counted. sentative ofthe administration or faculty Gaiters, Sandi North and I counted the vote. ‘Theresa (who was student coun secretary last yea) = couldn't carry by ported in the fall that the student socie funds from one yeut to the next, She had been told the administration last year. I remember tha lst year tl ‘was a big panic in March because all of the money had not been spent and it had to be spent by the end of the year. A rush of spending ensued which ended up with $4,000 t00 ‘much being spent. We found out that even though we couldn't transfer assets, we could certainly transfer debts from one year to the next. A quick reading of our constitu- tion and the Societies Act upon which itis based turned up no references against the accumulation of funds. Instead, there were references to the contrary. Itjust goes to show that we need a way of transmitting in- formation and traditions from one year’s council tothe next without relying on the administration. I think that student council affairs are things that students should work out amongst themselves. The student council should be an in- dependent organization within the college, not one riding (on the administration’s coat-tails. Thave a modest proposal that I feel would make a con- ‘rete step towards making the situation more manageable: we should change the date ofthe student council executive lection from September to January. Septemberis the worst of all possible months to elect the student council execu- tive, Consider: posel —None of the previous year's graduated executive is ‘around to explain to the new executive what's going on ‘or how to run the election Tt takes a month to get the election over, and thet cording to the Constitution, another month to get the budget process together. This means that budgets for things Tike the student paper can’t get settled until the end of October. By then a quarter of the yearhas gone by too long. This year things were so chaotic that no-one ew that there was a budget process! —Elections in September mean that a significant number of voters, maybe a quarter or more, are new to the col- Tege and are uninformed about the concerns of the stu- dent council. So we are saddled with situations where half ofthe student council executive have just arrived a ike last year) Consider as well the advantages of. Potential candidates would have the fall term to go round the college talking to people, making themselves, ‘and their concems known to the student body. This ‘would make us less liable to vote for those with the nicest posters and more likely to vote for those whom we think «an do what we want them to do. — The new executive would be in office forthe spring te with the old executive still in the college to advise them, —By September, the new executive would (presumably) know what they were doing enough to organize an effec- tive and fair budget process in the fall, so that other stu ‘dent organizations could get off to an early stat. Tewould give students new to the college a chance to. informed votes during their first year at the college. duating students, whose work load is particularly hheavy, would not be on the council in the spring. This way, graduating students would still be among us in the spring to give advice. It would not be hard to change the date ofthe election. ‘The election dates linked to the date ofthe Annual General “Meeting, which is when the candidates are nominated. Ba- sically, we need to hold a general meeting of the student body, pass a resolution changing the date of the Annual General Meeting, and then inform the Registrar of Com- panies ofthe change. We would also need to pass aresolu- tion specifying tha the budget process stata the beginning ‘of September, rather than two weeks after the executive election asthe current constitution specifies, I was speaking to Shon Franks (the student council sec- retary) about this, and he agreed that the election date should be changed, though he had in mind a shift to March, with the addition ofa fifth executive member to be elected from the Foundation class inthe fall, [liked my idea better, (biased as Tam), but L was happy to see that L wasn't alone i feeling that there was a better time to have an election than ‘September.