Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association. Vol 40. No. 7. April 13 1977
Executive Taking us for a Ride?
Executive Taking us for a Ride?
Dear Sir,
You too can rip off your fellow students. Join the V.U.W. Student Executive and you become entitled to your share of the $6,000 plus pie that the executive pay themselves from our student association fees.
As President you rake in $3,000. The treasurer collects a $1,000 while the rest rip off another $300 each. And it's all tax free. You'd think that this would be enough for such a band of dedicated "Marxists." No way! They're out for More much more.
At the Annual General Meeting held on March 30, our association secretary was gunning for an 80% rise to $500 p.a. from his present $300. It was only the resulting student uproar that stopped the other little fat hands of our enterprising executive members from reaching out. Rather than scream down the opposition and roll through their pay rise, they cunningly decided to "refer" this matter to a Special General Meeting. At such a meeting far fewer students usually attend. There the executive anticipate an easy time in upping the levy for their services.
It is interesting to note that during the first 65 years of the student association only the President and Treasurer received money and these were small token payments. It is ironic that self appointed Marxists should change all this and institute such a pitiful exploitation from our student association fees.
It's only your vote that can stop this new round of "Marxist" executive greed. Do your best to be at the Special General Meeting that will be called in the near future.
Yours faithfully,
Sick of "Marxists."
P.S. If any of the figures in this letter are incorrect I challenge the executive to reveal the correct ones.
(As a footnote it may be worthwhile to realise that the number of Marxists on the V.U.W.S.A. exec, could be counted on the finger of one finger. — Ed.)