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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 13. 12th June 1975

Knock-na-gree

Knock-na-gree

Dear Bruce,

Daniel Tan, in his letter last week, criticised many aspects of Vic's attitude and organisation with regard to the Overseas Students Congress. Unfortunately, his criticisms are all aimed in the wrong directions.

Regarding the $50 sponsorship allocation: Right up until the last week of term I had absolutely no information about Congress and no-one else, who might have had information, came forward. Thus I was never in any position to argue for allocation of money until the last week of term after I had written to Chew. When I did know more about Congress, I tried to get the amount allocated increased by Exec, but was unsuccessful. The amount of $50 sponsorship was not decided by Exec. but by SRC. Where was Daniel Tan when that decision was made, and why did he not speak out? The $100 voted to the Capping Piss Up was an SGM decision and therefore binding on the Exec.

Lisa Sacksen and I stressed the importance of reporting back to Victoria on Congress to all the delegates, but we cannot enforce it. We returned from Congress too late to get copy in for the first issue of Salient this term, and for the second issue, Krishna Menon wrote a report. This report, however, was written in such a way as to give an entirely false sense of what Congress was, and contained factual inaccuracies. We did not have time to write an alternative before the issue went into print, and it was last issue that thus carried my report.

Perhaps Daniel Tan can suggest, more constructively, ways that Salient can procure 'relevant and current articles rather than scouring around for shit to fill itself up'. Then perhaps his criticism will start aiming in the right direction.

Bryony M. Hales,

International Affairs Officer.