And the mover of the motion to dismiss the office manager, Steve Underwood, found that the bitterness of the students has not disappeared. During the course of the meeting he stood for two positions, and both times he was hissed and booed before being rejected in the ballot.

Association secretary, Peter Aagaard touched a nerve when he announced that the Executive had unanimously appointed present Studass Office worker Penny Booth as Office Manager, on a salary 'comparable to the starting salary of the last Office Manager'. He declined to say exactly what the salary was, saying instead that we should stop bandying the matter of salary around, instead let it remain confidential.

When he was asked why we shouldn't know, since we were all employers too, he just assured us that the SRC directive had been followed, and he was not prepared to disclose the exact figure.

Robert Lithgow appeared and said that it's easy enough to work out anyone's salary from the minimum wage scale, and our bursaries are public knowledge, so why all the secrecy? Peter adamantly refused to give any figures, saying it was fixed on the University scale and would be reviewed after six months. Since he was in the Chair in President Beck ford's absence, the meeting moved on.