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Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Student's Newspaper. Volume 31, Number 5. April 2 1968

Management Committee

Management Committee

Sir, —There has been discussion in your recent editions on increasing the student representation of Management Committee, culminating in a somewhat emasculated report of the appearance of three of its members before the Executive. The lack of knowledge, and seeming past reluctance to obtain it, was a most notable feature of the current Executive. The Executive gave no indication that current student members were not representing Association views adequately, or that Management Committee had done anything with which the Executive disagreed. Why then are there such strong demands for an increase, or even a change in representation? If the Executive has views to be put towards improving the machinations of Management Committee, surely the first step would be to lobby current members on future proposals. As a member of the Committee, and elected by it only because of the unusual presence already of the two previous Presidents, I should be pleased to put forward and discuss any reasoned point of view placed at my disposal. The fact that the current Executive has no direct appointee on the Committee is a valid and seemingly rectifyable matter, but proposers of the idea have not made clear what they hope to gain by increased student representation which cannot be acheived under the present system. If a vague predeliction for more power can be called a point of view, then in the words of your reporter 'I do not feel bound by the view of the Association'.

[I presume this letter was written by C.J. Robertson, whose name was typed at the bottom. —ed.]