Planet of the Arts The Board Meets The interesting thing about Board Meetings, besides the free coffee, is the high level of concern the board members have for the students’ education at this college. However, as the Board meeting proceeds, student representation and interest appear to be virtually non-existent. The message the Board receives from the row of empty chairs is that the students at this college don’t care about the decisions and issues regarding their future. Any sort of student interest in the proceedings would be welcome, as such meetings are one of the few opportunities for the Board to hear firsthand what issues concern students. After all, these meetings were designed to serve the interests of all students and staff at the college. Board meetings; such as the one held on December 2, 1987, are meetings where relevant internal college issues are discussed, administrative reports are given, the progress of various individuals and committees is examined, and matters of impor- tance both for the college and the students are aired. After the public meeting the Board proceeds to another room for a closed session to discuss items in depth. One of the many duties is to approve or disapprove any financial undertakings by the college. The board members represent various private organizations, and are appointed to the board by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Job Training. They bring with them their professional experience, guidance, and interest in the fine arts in helping the college achieve goals of “educational excellence.” At this particular meeting, Alan Barkley briefly summarized his 2-week goodwill trip to Japan, Hong Kong and Canton. He mentioned that he was going to look into the possibility of having ECCAD media students study film in Peking and developing an international exchange of students. This possibility, of course, would all depend on the availability of funding. Moreover, he reported that he was following up on requests for a degree-granting status for the college with various officials. It was brought to the attention of the members that talks were continuing with the Granville Island Trust organization on acquiring a building on the island. The purpose of this is to bring the painting annex closer to the main campus. The discussion here was positive. A board member, who belongs to the AIDS committee at this college, briefly spoke on the progress the committee was achieving in formulating an AIDS policy. The proposal will be presented at the next board meeting. A major topic of discussion at this meeting was the bursar’s report on the Five Year Plan, in particular the status of funding for the 1988/1989 school year. Basically, it was reported that, using the figures supplied in the Five Year Plan as a scenario, the college would not be able to maintain its operating budget and would go deeper into debt with the present form of funding the college receives from the provincial government. It will probably be known at the next board meeting what alternative plans of action the administration will be taking. Afterwards, the floor was open for questions from the public. Other than the token staff representation voicing some of their concerns, no further questions were asked by the tiny group which constituted the public. This is an opportunity for students to participate and voice their concerns, ask questions, and influ- ence board members. The next Board meeting is on January 27th at 12:00 noon in room 260. The coffee will be warm and waiting. Kevin Louis Data-ism “GLAZED APPLES, AND SIXTEEN ZILLION COLOURS...” (This is the part about The Glazed Apple:) There’s been a lot of buzzing and bustling going on in all aspects of the ECCAD computer resources this last month, so I’m going to get right down to it. First, | would like to report on the progress of some of the 3-D staff, (most notably T.A. Gail Carney) who have been stepping through a chemical analysis program on the Apple Macintosh called “Insight”. In the past, a lot of clay or glaze recipe analysis for 3-D students and staff was done by trial and error or previous experience. “Insight” was designed by a professional ceramics chemist, to alleviate the drudgery of doing it all by hand. What Gail and all have been doing is entering recipes from their books, some being slight variations on others, and using “Insight” to break them down into their basic elements; doing percentage and molecular comparisons, and testing new recipes for dependabil- ity. All of this valuable information will be compiled and printed for staff and student use. Gail said that at the speed at which “Insight” calculates, it might be possible to calculate enough recipes for an entire semester in one day! | sure hope they get to that point, since from what I’ve seen, there’s a lot of work involved in doing it by hand. Gail is not a big computer user, but she says she is finding the program to be more useful all the time. Now for the monthly Computer Committee meeting. (This is the part about The Sixteen Zillion Colours.) The December 7 meeting started off with a request from Paintings’ Bill Featherston for 2-D to have access to an AT & T computer graphics work- station. (It’s actually a very powerful graphics card, which goes inside an IBM computer, which | suspect, we would also need to buy to make it work.) The purpose of the request was to provide Painting students with a larger range of colours than is presently available on our best graphics computer, the Commodore Amiga. The Amiga can display up to 4,096 colours at one time, and our Atari ST’s, up to 512 atatime. The AT & T system can provide a colour palette ranging in the millions, permitting much subtler variations in colour and tone. However, this is not a small expenditure, so it was recommended that some research be done into cheaper systems that will acheive the same or similar results. A report on the committee’s findings should be ready by late Febru- ary. 2 One purchase which has been given approval by the committee however, was one made by Gary Lee- Nova, for two Forty Megabyte Hard-Drives for the Commodore Amiga computers. The average three and a half inch floppy disk holds about eight hundred eighty K’s of information, so having two forty Mega- byte (Mega meaning million) drives is advantageous for storing long computer animation and video sequences during production. It was suggested by Gary - and seconded by Dennis Vance - that as our needs for more complex animation, sound, and video software increases, so will our memory requirements, and the students should have access to this extra “working” memory, and become more familiar with data storage and retrieval concepts and procedures. The last thing to mention is the tour of computer resources taken by the Computer Committee on Friday, January 8. The purpose was to evaluate the hardware and software possibilities of each of the four types of computers currently in student use. Unfortu- nately, | wasn’t able to attend most of the tour, so there isn’t much to tell, except | can say that the Amiga’s new Video Genlock station was up and running, and may be ready for regular student/use. Anyway, I'll get more information on the tour and any decisions related to it at the next meeting. (For those of you who don’t know, the Video Genlock station allows you to combine computer graphics and video imagery from two sources into one signal, and record it to tape. Uses: Special animated effects, Video Titling, etc.). E. John Love 4 = Vol. 3 Number 4 a ee ta Ae eT cera gpemaestcet pent Gt tt TORO The Five Year Plan Five years from now it can be expected that students at this college, enrolled full time in the day program, will be paying approximately $1,642.00 for tuition fees. At present, full time students are paying $932.00 for tuition fees. The tuition fee increase, among other projections and plans, is contained in a document called The Five Year Plan. It was drafted by the College’s administra- tion and sent to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Job Training in Victoria, in response to a regular call from the Ministry for institutional plans every five years. The plan was drawn up primarily as a financial strategy to meet specific government requirements and to enable the college to outline specific depart- mental objectives, such as the purchase of new equipment, increasing staff and faculty , and enhanc- ing the work environment. In addition to meeting the predicted financial shortfalls in the college’s operating budget, it is hoped that the Ministry will assist in the funding of a new building on Granville Island which will bring the Painting Department closer to the main campus. Moreover, new dollars are needed to assist the college in building a modest expansion of current programs. The tuition fee increases are inevitable. At the moment, student fees account for 9.5% of all reve- nues to keep the college operating; the Ministry accounts for the rest. In the Five Year Plan a progres- sive fee increase will be implemented. Students shall see their fees cover 11% of total expenditures in 1988/89, so that the cost of going to this college in that year will be $1,029.00. In the years to follow there will be an increase recovery by 1% per year to 15% by 1992/93. The fee increases reflect the rising costs of keeping the college operating. : The Five Year Plan attempts to show the Ministry that with their present funding formula the college stands to go deeper into debt as much as $945,601 in 1992/93 even with the tuition increases. In addition to this possible future scenario, and as most students and staff are keenly aware, the college is operating with a known deficit (approximately $85,000 this = year). The Ministry will be shown in the plan that this college is being underfunded. Meanwhile, the administration must find additional monies to rectify the deficit problem. The Five Year Plan is ambitious in scope. E.C.C.A.D. must compete with 16 other colleges and institutions for a share of the Ministry’s funding pie. The Five Year plan, which considers the set list of priorities issued forth by the Ministry, contains five major objectives which will enhance the college’s chances for increased funding. One of these objec- tives is the expansion of programs which would provide or improve vocational opportunities for E.C.C.A.D. students. In this scenario the college has proposed two additional senior programs to comple- ment the present Graphic Design Program: Industrial Design and Electronic Communication Design. The Ministry looks favourably to colleges which provide career access needs, and this objective fulfills that priority. It is hoped that the Ministry will recognize the potential in having E.C.C.A.D. as a leader in design education. Having these two new options will comple- ment the design program at the school and contribute significantly to the economic development of the province as a leader in marketing, product develop- ment, and corporate communications. The most negative aspect of the Five Year Plan is that without the generous aid of the Ministry there will have to be a planned reduction to services, to ac- cessibility, and to courses. Even if the Ministry_ provides modest annual increases to fund the college there will still be great pressure on the operating budget to sustain the range of programming and program services, and to maintain the quality of education in fine arts and design. The next five years, starting with this year, will have a consequential effect on what direction - what sacrifices or positive changes - the college will be taking. The Five Year Plan is, after all, only a plan, a strategy, and it does not mean that everything proposed in it, including the proposal to have a progressive tuition fee increase, will be implemented or funded. Nonetheless, it is hoped that the Ministry ’ will recognize the unique needs of Emily Carr College and its students and will support the level of produc- tivity currently being achieved. Kevin Louis . Planet of the Arts The Board Meets isthe high level of concer the board members have forthe students’ education at this collage. However, asthe Board meeting proceeds, student representation and interest appear tobe virtually non-oxistont. The message the Board receives from the row of empty chairs i that the students a this collage don’ care about the decisions and issues regarding their future. Any sort of student interest in the proceedings ‘would be welcome, as such meetings are one of the {few opportunities for the Board to hear fisthand what issues concern students. Afar al, these meetings ‘wore designed to serve the interests of al students and staff at the college. Board moetings, such asthe one held on December 2, 1987, are meetings where relevant internal colloge issues are discussed, administrative reports are given, the progress of varous individuals ‘and commit ind matters of impor- tance both fr the colege and the students are aired ‘After the pubic meoting the Board proceeds to another room fora closed session to discuss items in depth, One of the many duties isto approve or disapprove any financial undertakings by the college. ‘The board members represent various private crganizations, and are appointed tothe board by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Job Training. ‘They bring with them their professional oxperionce, ‘guidance, and intrest inthe fine arts in helping the collage achiove goals of “educational excellence.” A this particular meeting, Alan Barkley briefly ‘summarized his 2-week goodwill tip to Japan, Hong Kong and Canton. He mentioned that he was going to ook into the possiblity of having ECCAD media students study fim in Peking and developing an international exchange of students, This possibily, of ll depend on the availabilty of funding. Moreover, he reported that he was following up on requests fora degree-granting status forthe colege with various officals. It was brought to the attention of the members that talks were continuing with the Granvile Island ‘Trust organization on acquiring a building on the {sland. The purpose ofthis is to bring the painting ‘annex closer tothe main campus. The discussion here was positive. ‘Aboard momiber, who belongs tothe AIDS Committee at this college, bristly spoke on the progress the commitee was achieving in formulating an AIDS policy. The proposal wil be presented at the nxt board meating ‘Amajo topic of discussion at this meeting was the bursar's report on the Five Year Plan, in particular the status of funding for the 1988/1989 school ye Basically, twas reported that, using the figures supplied inthe Five Year Plan as a scenario, the collage would not be able to maintain its operating budget and would go deeper into debt withthe present form of funding the college receives from the provincial government. It will probably be known at the next board mosting what alternative plans of ‘action the administration willbe taking. ‘Afterwards, the floor was open for questions trom the public. Other than the token staff representation voicing some oftheir concerns, no further questions ‘wore asked by the tiny group which constituted the public. This is an opportunity for students to participate and voies their concerns, ask questions, and infu ence board members. The next Board meeting is on ‘January 27th at 12:00 noon in room 260. The ‘coffee willbe warm and waiting. Kevin Louis + (This isthe part about The Glazed Apple: Data-ism “GLAZED APPLES, AND SIXTEEN ZILLION COLOURS... Thore's been a lot of buzzing and busting going on in all aspacs ofthe ECCAD computer resources. this last month, so fm going to get right down to First, would ike to report on the progress of some ofthe .D staf, (most notably T.A. Gal Carney) who have been stopping through a chemical ‘analysis program on the Apple Macintosh called “Insight. In the past, alot of clay or glaze recipe analysis for 3-D students and staff was done by tral and error or previous experience. “insight” was designod by a professional caramics chemist, o alleviate the drudgery of doing it allby hand. What Gail and all have boon doing is entering recipes from their books, some being sight variations on others, and using “insight to break thom down into the basi eloments; doing percentage and molocular comparisons, and testing new recipes for depondabil- ity. Allo this valuable information willbe compiled and printed for staft and student use, Gall said that at the speed at which “Insight calculates, t might be possible to calculate enough recipes for an entre semester in one day! | sure hope they gat to that Point, since from what Ive seen, there's alt of work involved in doing it by hand. Gailis not a big computer User, but sho says she is finding the program to be ‘more useful alte time Now for the monthly Computer Commitee mating. (This isthe part about The Sixtean Zilion tng started off with a request from Paintings’ Bill Feathorston for 2-D to have access to an AT & T computer graphics work- station. (its actually a very powerful graphics card, Which goes inside an IBM computer, which | suspect, we would also need to buy to make t work.) The purpose of the request was to provide Painting students with a larger range of colours than is ‘presently available on our best graphics computer, the Commodore Amiga. The Amiga can display up to 4,096 colours at one time, and our Atari ST's, upto S12 at atime. The AT & T system can provide a colour palette ranging in the millions, permiting much subtler variations in colour and tone. However, this is. not a small expenditure, co itwas recommended that some research be done into cheaper systems that wil acheive the same or similar results. A report on the ‘committee's findings should be ready by late Febru- One purchase which has been given approval by the committee however, was one made by Gary Leo- ‘Nova, fortwo Forty Mogabyte Hard-Drives forthe ‘Commodore Amiga computers. The average three and a half inch floppy disk holds about eight hundred eighty K's of information, so having two forty Maga- byte (Moga meaning milion) drives is advantageous {or storing long computer animation and video ‘sequences during production. t was suggested by Gary - and seconded by Dennis Vance - that as our 1ne@ds for more complex animation, sound, and video ‘software increases, so will our memory requirements, land the students should have access to this extra working” memory, and become more familar with data storage and retrieval concepts and procedures. ‘The last thing to mention isthe tour of computer resources taken by the Computer Committee on Friday, Janvary 8. The purpose was to evaluate the hardware and software possibilties of each ofthe four ‘types of computers currently in student use. Unfortu- nately, I wasn't able to attend most of the tour, so there isnt much to tll, except I can say that t ‘Amiga’s new Video Genlock station was up and running, and may be ready for regular student‘use. ‘Anyway, I'l gat more information on the tour and any decisions rolated tit at the next meating (For those of you who don't know, the Video Geniock station allows you to combine computer ‘graphics and video imagery trom two sources into one ‘Signal, and record it to tape. Uses: Special animated ‘offects, Video Titling, etc.) E. John Love 4 Vol. 3 Number 4 The Five Year Plan Five years from now it can be expected that students at this college, enrolled fulltime in the day program, will be paying approximately $1,642.00 for tuition fees. At present, fulltime students are paying {$992.00 for tution foes. ‘The tuition fe9 increase, among other projections and plans, is contained in a document called The Five Year Plan. t was drafted by the College's adminstra- - tion and sent to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Job Training in Victoria, in response to a regular call from the Ministy for institutional plans every five years. Tho plan was drawn up primarily as a financial strategy to mest specific government requirements ‘and to enable the college to outline specific depart- ‘mental objectives, such as the purchase of new ‘equipment, increasing staff and faculty , and enanc- ing the work environment. In addition to mosting the predicted financial shortfalls in the college's operating ‘budget, tis hoped that the Ministry will assist in the funding of a new building on Granville Island which will ring the Painting Department closer to the main ‘campus. Moreover, new dollars are needed to assist the collage in building @ modest expansion of current programs. ‘The tution fee increases are inevitable. At the ‘moment, student feos account for 9.5% of all ro ‘ues to keep the college operating; the Ministry accounts forthe rest. In the Five Year Plan a progres- sive fee increase will be implemented, Students shall foes cover 11% of total expenditu 1988/89, so that the cost of going to this college in that year will be $1,028.00. In the years to follow the willbe an increase recovery by 1% per year to 15% 35 refloct the rising costs logo operating. ‘The Five Year Plan attompls to show the Ministry that with their present funding formula the college stands to go deeper into debt as much as $945,601 in 1992/93 even with the tuition increases. In addition to this possible future scenario, and as most students, {and staff are koonly aware, the collage is operating with a known deficit (approximately $85,000 this year). The Ministry will bo shown in th collage is being underfunded. Meanwtile, the administration must find additional monies to rectly the defct problem. ‘The Five Yoar Plan is ambitious in scope. E.C.C.AD. must compote with 16 ot institutions fora share of the Ministry's funding pie ‘The Five Year plan, which considers the set Ist of Protos issued forth by the Ministry, contains five ‘major objectives which will enhance the college's ‘chances for increased funding. One of these objec- tives is the expansion of programs which would ‘provide or improve vocational opportunites for E.C.CAD. studonts. In this scenario the collage has [proposed two additional sanior programs to comple ‘ment the present Graphic Design Program: Industrial Design and Electronic Communication Design. The ‘Ministry looks favourably to colleges which provide Career access needs, and this objective fulfills that Priority. tis hoped that the Ministry will recognize the potential in having E.C.C.A.D. as leader in design ‘education. Having these two new options will comple: ‘ment the design program at the school and contribute significantly tothe economic development of the province as a leader in marketing, product develop- ‘ment, and corporate communications. The most negative aspect ofthe Five Year Plan is that without the generous aid of the Ministry there will have to be a planned reduction to services, to ac- ccossibilty, and to courses. Even ifthe Ministry provides modest annual increases to fund the college there will still be great pressure on the operating ‘budget to sustain the range of programming and ‘program services, and to maintain the quality of ‘education in fine arts and design. ‘The next five years, starting with this year, will hhave a consequential effect on what : sactfces or positive changes - the collage will be taking. Tho Five Year Plan is, after al, only a plan, a stratogy, and it does not mean that everything proposed init, including the proposal to have a progressive tution fee increase, will be implemented ‘ funded. Nonethaless, its hoped thatthe Ministry will recognize the unique needs of Emily Carr College and its students and will support the level of produe- tivity currently being achieved, Kevin Louis