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Salient. Victoria University Students' Newspaper. Volume 39, Issue 10. 24 May 1976

McAleer's Balls-Up

McAleer's Balls-Up

Viee President Steve Underwood told the meeting that the raft race, another capping activity, cost the Association a fortune. (Approx $450.00). There were many matters to be cleared up with the race organiser Mr McAleer who was not present at the meeting.

The question facing the executive was how to have enthusiastic student participation without the risk of some degree of organisational chaos following.

They didn't accept any of the applications for Capping Controller but decided to appoint a Capping Commitee made up exclusively of exec members. No doubt this was done in the interests of students but if they wished to give students some real say why didn't they appoint one or two students to the Capping Committtee?

As it was, they allowed students to run some activities which would have improved their image by partially dissolving the suspicion of dictatorship.

Most of the activities went off well but the executive, whilst rightly encouraging students to be involved should assist them and have some form of supervision which is not too heavy-handed.

The implication from the raft race debacle is not only that Mr McAleer did not fully realise the complexity of the operation he undertook but that also the executive must take some responsibility for the costs.