Planet of the Arts From the Desk of Alan Barkley FINANCING THE DREAM I. was interesting to be part of a rumour. At the beginning of November, the Student Society put on its agenda a concern that the College was going to be closed at 12:00 midnight, a reduction of three hours of regular studio access. A lot of people came to the meeting and it was a welcome opportunity for me to meet so many students at one time. While | was able to tell the group that I had no plans to shorten the student’s access to the studios in the evening, it was a reasonable rumour. Students had just received word that the College would be closed over Christmas and there has been discussion in the halls about whether or not it makes sense to keep a building open when so few people are present. . Itis neither my interest nor my intent to reduce the services of the College or make the place a less attractive environment in which students can make art, learn, and complete projects. My first plan of attack is to find more money so that the College can continue to do what it is already doing, and if possible,to be able to do more. The Five Year Plan, which was sent to the Ministry and which we are discussing within the College, is a financial strategy to enable the school to accomplish specific objec- tives that will be to the benefit of everyone. We want equipment that is up to date; we would like a new building that would bring all departments of the College close together; we would like sufficient staff and faculty to provide the help and services that students need. But, as | mentioned in the November issue, current reality has forced us to make some changes already - in our studio fees, for example - and we have to examine scenarios that might in fact trim back what we have gotten used to. Values and dollars are a gritty match. No-one likes to have a sum placed on a cherished belief. But the fact is that everything we do is financed and every new thing we add puts more strain on our ability to do what we did before. What we have to achieve is a means to look at alternatives where we are either faced with fewer dollars or new requests to do more with the same. Let me give you an example. Right now it costs us about $1,000 a day to keep both campus buildings open. That has nothing to do with faculty and the staff who are here, or the equipment used or the materials that are consumed while in operation - that is just the light, the heat, the men and women to clean the buildings, and the guards who provide a basic level of security after hours. When we extended the hours a few years ago, another half shift was required. When the-building at First and Fir was opened last January we naturally felt obliged to duplicate the same services students were used to having on Granville Island. In effect that has meant we have jumped from one shift to three in a matter of a few years. In the past month I received a letter from a student concerned about the level of security offered at the College. There have been thefts, and an objective assessment of the level of security would suggest that it would be desirable if there were two security guards instead of one in order that one could monitor the doors while the other did patrols. This would again increase the shifts - and the cost - to the operation. It is at this point that an issue like this starts to make costs rub up against desires, where the questions begin to arise as to where one should direct the limited resources of the College. One begins to ask questions about the distributiori of students in the wee hours, not from the angle of an efficiency expert meeting quotas but rather, given choices, should one direct dollars to the many or the few. 1 am not picking on hours except by way of example. Ultimately, | have to make decisions that affect both costs and values: balance the budget and make the College an attractive and vital place for students to come and learn. At the meeting with the students the message | received was clear: talk to us, let us know what the issues are so we can be involved in their solution. Over the next few issues | can raise some points that need to be discussed and can make some sugges- tions about how students can play a part in the decisions of the College. One last point. It is always good to pay attention to rumours. There is usually something in them. It is always a good idea to check. Thanks for checking. m Alan Barkley Mlessage from Student Society Cafeteria Update W. would like to pass on a multitude of thanks to Tim Buckley, Pat Oppermann, and the rest of the Vegetable Patch crew for responding to our petition for better quality food in the cafeteria. In case:you haven't noticed, the food is excellent now, fresh and very cheap.So all you vegetarians out there- you can stop eating at the market or going off- island for lunch, it's safe to return... Christmas Dance The dance will be held Saturday, December 12 in the Concourse and Cafeteria! It's a benefit towards the preservation of the Stein Valley Watershed.It also marks the first time in several years that our elders have allowed a dance to be held in the college. Thanks go out to them for sticking their necks on the line in support of what we're trying to accomplish here.Let’s hope we can show them the same respect that we expect from them.Special thanks to Uncle Tom (you know who you are, big guy!) for everything. Live entertainment will be provided by: The Hard Rock Minors; Frank Gaudet; Curious George; The Rebelz; and A Merry Cow. As usual the M.C. will be the lovely and talented Andrew Wilson. You'll also be thrilled to know that beer and ticket prices will reflect the fact that we aren't paying hall-rental or (ughh) playing ina nightclub. Beer is $1.50 for 12 oz. of Granville Island's finest and tickets are a mere $5 -that’s only a buck a band. C.F.S. General Meeting President Rich Nilson and Treasurer Samantha Burnett are in Ottawa this month for the national general meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students. Look forward to their report in the next issue of Planet of the Arts. & Richard Gordon S.S.V.P My Favourite Samaritan The United Way to Go Dear Students and Staff: All of you are terrific! On behalf of the United Way, its partner the Red Cross, and its 86 member agencies, we thank you 500, 000 times! That’s how many people benefit from your generous donations. Your camgaign objective for this year was to raise $2,050. However, you went full force and raised $2,473.00! Fantastic! As a result, Emily Carr College of Art and Design is receiving a Merit award for achieving a 30% increase over last year’s campaign. Some of the agencies you chose to support are as follows: Association of Neighbourhood Houses for Greater Vancouver $ 65.00 British Columbians for Mentally Handicapped People $92.00 Canadian Diabetes Association $1.00 Canadian Institute for the Blind $29.00 Children’s Hospital $450.00 Vancouver Food Bank $141.50 M.O.S.A.1.C. $5.00 Tools for Peace $100.00 Stein Valley $120.90 [An additional $1,500 went into the United Way General Donation Fund, to be distributed equally among the member agencies.] We would like to say a special thank you to the students who supported this year’s campaign so generously, despite not being full-time members of the work force yet. Your contributions really made a difference! Emily Carr College of Art and Design, we applaud you! Yours very truly, Sherrie Rogers Loaned Representative Chevron Canada Ltd. ECCAD United Way Campaign organizer Doug Weir also wishes to extend his personal thanks to everyone who was involved. If you donated during the campaign go to the Facilities Office to see if your name is on the list of raffle prize-winners. Also look for publicity advertising the exact date of the upcoming Concourse Gallery Lunch, to be prepared and served by Alan Barkley and Tom Kowall for raffle winners Gillian Davidson, Naomi Martin Jennifer Babcock, and Elizabeth Murray. Imagine their delight.@ B Volume 3 Number 3 December 1987 d mie i 6 mm The 1st Monthly Computer Committee ‘Meeting of the Year Wai, things are in full swing again, and it’s back to business as usual in computer-commit- teeland. Upon arriving in the spacious Administration Boardroom on November 6, 1987, for the lunch- hour meeting, | studied the list of discussion topics handed to me by Chairman of the Commit- tee, Ken Chamberlain. Unfortunately absent from this meeting due to illness was |.D. Chair Gary Lee-Nova. On the agenda for the first computer Committee meeting of the year were: 1.A statistical update of the computer courses and enrollment in such, being offered to Day and Evening students; 2. Budget update of remaining funds from the Excellence in Education Award; 3. Review of the new computer space, and any further developments or related problems; 4.A review of the current computer hardware/software situation, and any requests for new or upgraded equipment or programs. Dennis Vance brought along the enrollment totals (as of fall registration) from his Atari ST classes, and we had been provided with the number of students enrolled in Gary Lee-Nova’s and Joan Martin’s classes. As it turns out, Dennis teaches six classes for students in Photo, Media, and Graphic Design, with the total number of students in those classes reaching close to 100. Gary has two Inter-Disciplinary computer classes, with a total of around 25 students, and if | remem- ber correctly, Joan Martin (an evening instructor) has two classes on the Apple Macintoshes, each with a maximum total of eight, to make sixteen. These figures led to a brief discussion (to be re-opened in another meeting) on the future of the Commodore 64 computers, since only one class was usina them. It is planned that they be gradu- ally phased-cut, similar to the Atari 800’s, in order to accomodate future curriculum and hardware changes. Specifically speaking, the Atari ST’s will eventually become the Intro level to Intermediate level computers, and the Commodore Amigas will operate as the Intermediate to Senior level machines, with the C-64’s possibly being used as dedicated work-stations in departments that decide they could use them. As an example, a C-64 was kept for student use in room 240 (the sound room across from Photo) last year, and received a lot of use as a word processor, and as a sound source - the Commodore 64 has a dedicated sound chip which enables it with sophisticated, high-quality sound production. Anyway, these concerns were postponed, pending Gary’s return, and we proceeded with some Hardware and Software requests. Passed in principle were the purchase of: - new stereo equipment for the Amiga Sound- Digitizing station. - two 8 mm video playback and record units and memory expansion hardware to complete the Amiga Video-Genlock station. (This will allow synchronization of video signals to combine computer graphics with live or pre-recorded video material.) - a special device for more accurate documen- tation of on-screen computer images, transferable to Polaroid or 35 mm film. - a Sony CCD colour video camera, to upgrade the present Atari ST video digitizing station. This camera is similar to the black-and-white video camera being used in the Amiga room, which provides excellent results. New equipment such as this gives Media and liler-Disciplinary people better methods of transter- ring computer imagery to video, and the sound and photo-documentation equipment gives them an alternative to other, potentially over-crowded, resourses. Finally, there was some discussion about the grossly inadequate working conditions in room #275, the present home of the Apple Macintoshes. Lack of proper ventilation was the biggest com- plaint, as that room can become a real hot and stuffy place to work. Well, that may change fairly soon. Unofficially, it was thought that maybe the Macs could share the C-64 room. with about half of the present number of 64’s going into storage or being re-distributed as | already mentioned. This is also good, in that it would consolidate all the existing computer resources into one main area - the college computer area, a global resource like the library - rather than people being left with the impression that because the Macs are set-up in Graphic Design’s area they belong to that depart- ment. At the very earliest, if all goes well, these space changes won’t go into effect until the Spring term, and | don’t foresee any more major shuffling around after that. (It'll be nice to enjoy a feeling of perma- nence in the computer rooms for a change.) That’s basically that for the computer committee report for this month, but I have one more quick thing: 1 am interested in starting an on-line communica- tions for all the students working with computers to use, and | would like to hear from anyone who likes the idea of telecommunicating with other artists and institutions, as an alternate creative exchange. Leave a message for me on the student message board by admin., poke a message into locker 570 (across from the library), or call me up at 873-8922, with any ideas or comments regarding this. 8 E. John Love Planet of the Arts From the Desk of Alan Barkley FINANCING THE DREAM Havas interesting toe part ot rumour tthe tecionng of Novem, th Student Solty pt on [Sitges concen tat ne Slog wes gong be ecoed 1:00 mihigh reduton of te ese, Alot of people same weisome portunity fr wasn ew Ste bio tl the group that hed no pans to ants aeons oe saon te oestrone ‘Sidonts ha ont reeled word that he not makes sense to Keep a bulding open when 20 few people are present. itis nether my interest nor my intent to reduce the services of the College or make the place a less atiractive envizonment In which students can make far learn, and complete project. My first plan of [attack isto find more money 60 thatthe College can ready dolng, and it ‘equipment that ls up to date; we would lke a new buliding that would bring al departments of the allege close together; we would ike sufficient staff ‘and faculy to provide the help and services that Students need. ‘sum placed on a cherished boll. But the fact fs that verything we dois financed and every new thing we ‘2dd puts more strain on our ability to do what we dd before. What we have to achieve fea means to look alternatives where we are elthr faced with fewer Gollars or new requests to do more with the same. {Let me give you an example. ight now itcosts us about $1,000 a day to keep both campus buildings open. That has nothing {to do with faculty ond the staf who are her, or the ‘equipment used or the materiale that are consumed ‘while In operation - thats just the ight, the heat, the mnen and women to clean the buildings, and the ‘Guards who provide a basle level of security ater how "When we extended the hours a few years 990, nother half shift was required. When the bulling at First and Fir wos opened lat January we naturally felt obliged to duplicate the same services students Were used to having on Granvil Island In effect that has meant we have jumped from one shift to three ins matter ofa fow Years. in the pest month Irecelved a lttr trom a ‘student concerned about the level of security, offered atthe College. There have been thefts, and {an objective sssesement ofthe level of securiy ‘would suggest that it would be desirable I there ‘were two securlty guards instead of one In order that ‘one could monitor the doors while the ather did Batre, This would agaln Increase the shifts and the cost tothe operation. itis at tls pint that an Iesve ik this starts to make costs rub up agalnst desires, where the {questions begin to arise as to where one should direct the limited resources of the College. One begins to ask questions ebout the dletibutiot of ‘student in the wee hours, not fom the angle ofa ‘fflcloncy expert meeting quotas but rather, given ‘choices, should one direct dollers to the many ofthe few. 11am not pleking on hours except by way of ‘example, Uimately, {have to make decisions that Stet both costs and valuea: balance the budget ‘and make the College an attractive and vital place {or students to come and lear. "At the meeting withthe students the message | received was clear: talk tous, let us know what the Issues are so we ean be lnvoived In thelr solution, Over the next few issues I can role some pole thet feed to be dlacussed and ean meke some sugges- Alan Barkioy Message from Student Soci Cafeteria Update We wou koto pass on a multitude of thanks to ‘Tim Buckley, Pat Oppermann, andthe rest ofthe ‘Vegetable Patch crew for responding fo our petiton for bottor quay fod in the cafeteria Incase you haven’ noticed, the food is excellent ‘ow, fresh and very cheap So all you vegetarians out there- you can stop eating atthe market or gong of Island for lunch, i's safe to rum... Christmas Dance “The dance willbe held Saturday, Decombor 12 in the Concourse and Calotrial fe a benef towards the ‘reservation ofthe Soin Valley Watorshodit also marks the frst timo in sovoral years that our odors have alowed ‘ dance tobe held in the colage. Thanks go outo them for sticking thor nocks onthe ine in support of what wore tying to accomplish here La's hope wo can show ‘hom the same roxpoct that wo oxpoct rom thom Special thanks to Unco Tom (you know who you aro, big guy!) for eventing, ive entrainment willbe provided by: The Hard Rock Minors; Frank Gaudet; Curious George: Tho Fbol; and A Mary Cow. As usual tho MLC, wil bo the lovely and talented Anérow Wilson. Youll algo be thrilod to know that beer and ckat prices wil ofoct the fact that wo aro’ paying hal-ontal or (ughh) playing i ‘ightcub. Boor is $1.50 fr 1202. of Gram Islanc's finest and tekots aro a more $5 hats only a buck a band. CFS. General Mesting Prosidont ih Nison and Treasurer Samantha ‘Bumet are in Ottawa this ment forth national general ‘moating ofthe Canaclan Federaton of Studonts. Look forward to their eportin the next issue of Plant ofthe row Richard Gordon SsVP My Favourite Samaritan The United Way to Go Doar Studons and Sia ‘Alo you a toric! On bohal ofthe United Way, its parmer the Ried Cross, and its 88 member agoncies, ‘we'thank you 500, 000 tm! Thats how many people ‘benefit rom your generous donations. "Your camgaign objective for hs year was 10 raise $2050. Homover, you went fl force and raised $2473.00! Fanta! Ae a aut Emily Cart Callogo ot ‘A and Design i recoving a Mert award for achieving a 50% Inerease over last you's campaign ‘Some of tho agencies you choso fo support ar as fotowe ‘Aasoiaton of Naighbouhood House fr rotor Vancouver 65.00 Bich Columbians fr Mentally Handicapped People ‘30200, Canadian Diabetes Associaton $1.00 Canadian Instutforthe Bind $29.00, CChicrene Hospital $450.00 Vancouver Food Bank $141.50 Mosaic, $5.00 Toate for Peace $100.00, Stein Valley $12090. [An adtional $1,500 wontinto tho United Way General Donation Fund tobe cstribvied equaly among the mombor agencies ‘We would ko fo saya special thank you tothe studens who supported tis year's campatgn 50 (onerous, dospito not boing ful-ime members ofthe Work force yot Your contbutons really mado a Sitoronce! Emily Carr Cologe of Art and Dosign, we applaud you! ECCAD United Way Campaign organizer Doug \Woir sso wishes to extond Re personal hanks ‘everyone who was involved Jou donated cing tho ‘campaign goto th Faciis Oficof te your name Sontolst rae pizoweners, ‘Also lok or pubatyadvertsng the exact dato of ‘to upcoming Concourse Galery Lune, to be propaced ‘and sorved by Alan Barly and Tom Kowal orate ‘woner Gian Davseon, Naomi Marin Jonaer Baboock, and Elzabot Huray, Imagine toy Gogh. Volume 3 Number 3 December 1987 data-ism ‘The 1st Monthly Computer Committee ‘Meeting of the Year Wer, sings ae nut ving asin, nd back abuso bu comp com tien. ‘ion avng nthe apacous Admnietration Boarrcom on Rovenber 81887 fore nh ocr mesg sted te ust of lesson Toples handed to me by Salman of he Commi {chic Chemterai Untoransay sont fom {ik meng duets tinge was LO: Cha Cay Lee-Nova. On the agenda forthe frst computor ‘Committee meeting of the year were: 1. A. Evening students;” 2. Budget updat funds from the Excellence n Education Award; 8. Review of the new computer space, an totale (eof fal egistation rom his tar ST ‘asses, and wo had boon provided wih tho ‘humbet of stdentsenralied in Gary Le Novas {nd Joan Maris clanses, Ast urna out, Dons {aches ix classos for atudents In Photo, Modi, ‘td Graphic Design, with the total numberof udens In those casaes reaching close fo 100. Gary hes two Inter Disciplinary computer classes, ‘with fot of around 25 stadonto, andi remem bor corretiy, Joan Martin (an evening Instructor) tae wo classes onthe Apple Macintoahes, each with» maximum total of eight to make sston. "thoes igure ied to. brlefdlacussin (tobe re-opened in another meeting) onthe ure ofthe Commodore Gt computer, since only one cass Sie vin hem. planed tht thay be gre Uy phaved-ou similar tothe Ata! S00, ‘rder to secomodste future curloulom and farcware changes. mae ‘Specifically speaking, the Atal ST's w eventty bacone the io evel to normedate {Svel computer, andthe Commodore Armigns wit ‘porate as the Intermediate to Senlor level. ‘machines, withthe G-6's possbly beng used as {odiested workstations in department that ‘eels they could use them. Asan example, a 4 ‘was kept forstodent use room 20 (the sound received 8 Sound chip which enabes it wih sophisleste, Fiat-qally sound produston. Anyway, these concerns were postponed, pending Gary's Flu, Sn we procoeded with some Hardware end Software requests. Passed n principle were the purchase of how ators equipment for the Amiga Sound iting ston Pre 8m video playback and record unite and memory expansion haréware fo complete the ‘niga Video-Geniock station. (This wil tynchrontzaion of vise signals to combine Chinputor graphics with lve or pre-recorded video snateril) Special device for more acer inion ef onscreen computer meges,wanslerebie {o Polaroid or 38 mm fm "a Sony CCD eaour ideo camera, to upg th present Ata ST video dighzing sation, This ‘amore is similar tothe black-and-white video ‘amera being used in the Amiga room, which provides excollont resuita ‘New equipment such this gives Media snd totorDiscipinry people beter mettode of ting computer lnagery to video, andthe sound si photosdocumentaion equipment gives them an Etemative to other, potently overcrowded, the present numberof 64 ing Into storage or being re-dstibuted as. ‘leo good, in that It would consolidate al the fxlsting computer resources into one main area - the college computer area, « global resource like the {ibrar rather than people being left with the Impression that because the Macs are set-up In Graphle Design's eres they belong to that depart- ment. "Ai the very eallest, Ia goes well, these space c’changes won't go into effect unl the Spring term, ‘nd don't foresee any more major shuffling around ‘her thet (be nlee to enjoy a feeling of perma fence in the computer rooms fora change) That's Besleally that forthe computer committee report for {his month, but Ihave one more qulek thi ''am Interested In starting an on-line communica- tions forall the students working with computers to {Uso and | woul Ike to hear from anyone who likes the idea of telocommunleating with other artists and Institutions, as an alternate creative exchange. Leave a message for mo on the student messes board by admin. poke a message into locker 370 {across from the library), or eall me up at 873-8922, ‘with sny ideas or comments regarding this. E. John Love