Management reviewed

The Joint Committee on Student Participation held an open meeting on Monday last week to consider submissions on the Student Union Management Committee.

Submisions included those from the student representatives on the Joint Committee; Mr A. T. Mitchell, secretary of the Appointments Board and temporary Managing Secretary during Mr Boyd's absence overseas; Heugh Rennie. former Salient editor; and others involved or previously with the Management Committee.

Mr Levenbach said that he would be quite willing to have an acceptable student on the Dining Room Sub-committee. which reviews his accounts regularly and considers the apportionment of costs between the provision of student food during the day and the costs of evening functions.

Mr Levenbach said he had had very few complaints from students.

"I wish that students would some and see me if they do have complaints", he said.

When asked if he lost custom because of the Union liquor regulations, he gave the example of the Law Society Dinner, which is now held in town rather than in the Sub.

Opinion was divided about the value of dividing the positions of the Managing Secretary and the Director of Student Welfare Services, which at present are both held by Mr. Boyd.

Many of the Committee agreed, however, that there could be a case for putting the Mananging Secretary under the Director, and giving him a similar position to that of the Health and Appointments services.

The desirability of open meetings of the Management Committee was stressed by several speakers, and the possibility of a student chairman was put forward by Rose Booth.

The Physical Welfare Mr A. Laidler, suggested that the position of chairman should go to no particular group automatically, but be open to any of the groups making up the Management Committee.

The present membership of the Committee includes the the Vice-Chancellor, the Managing Secretary, the Physical Welfare Officer, the Student Representative on Council, a past-President of the Association and representatives of Exec, graduates, Council and the Professional Board.