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Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Volume 31, Number 17. July 23, 1968

Proposal for paid president

Proposal for paid president

The President of the Students' Association, Doug White, is to propose a yearly honorarium of $400 be paid to the President of the Association, at the SGM on Tuesday, July 30.

"The role requires so much time and responsibility that an honorarium should be paid to him," Doug said.

"It normally involves 30 hours per week."

Doug listed the aspects of student affairs for which the President was responsible.

"Because he represents the Association in the University and in the community he must have a full knowledge of Association matters.

"The ever-changing nature of student concerns, requires that he devote time to obtaining information and preparing cases."

"Only then will he be in a position to represent in a reasonable way the interests of the Association both inside and outside the University."

"The necessity to have student views properly presented will become even more important should Students' Association involvement in University affairs be increased as a result of recommendations made by the Joint Committee.

"Apart from that possibility, the responsibility of representing students will become more onerous in a growing University.

"Secondly, the President acts as the official spokesman for the Association through the news media.

"It is trite to say that experience is needed to utilise the channels of the news media to our best advantage.

"Obviously the President should have the opportunity to do this to the best of his ability."

Doug said, "The President initial and co-ordinates policy. Too often student claims collapse because they are made without any appreciation of the background to a problem or the circumstances surrounding a particular decision in the University."

The President should be able to ensure that policy is based on reasonable facts, presented in the right place, and followed up where necessary.

"As Chairman of the Association, he assists members of the Executive in their portfolios, he is responsible for the administration of the Association, and he needs to be available to se estudents and act on justified complaints.

"To do this he needs to be on campus much of the time: day and night.

"Finally, the President is responsible for presenting Vuwsa's views and protecting our interests in Nzusa, The national student organisaion."