The President's Abuse of Democracy

I would like to discuss several points raised by Andy Tees in last weeks issue of Salient. He seemed to be asking us on the one hand to turn up at a bursaries march, yet, on the other hand, he was criticizing us for wanting to protest about a 'secret' German delegation who have come here for 'industrial negotiation' (cheap power?)

Maybe there is a line that we are not allowed to cross-politics until here, but after that, it's 'bullshit'. We are either a political organisation or else we are not. We are either concerned about our standards of living, the quality of our lives, and the way we can preserve or improve it or else we are not. What's it to be?

He also states that the German industrialist motion got passed at the very end of the meeting when only the political die-hards were there. I would like to let him know that there is a thing called a procedural motion, which may be used to change the order of the agenda i.e. bring a motion forward so it can be discussed earlier than originally proposed.

I would also like to inform Andy that I have never been a member of either the PSA or the SAI. What's more, neither had many of the people sitting around me. The most important point, is, of course, that SRCs are open and any student of Victoria University can move, speak, or vote on motions. This is to ensure that all points of view are represented.

As for the 'limited cross section of student opinion', if the rest of the students are so apathetic that they can't be bothered giving two hours a fortnight to make sure their opinions are represented, I don't think it's fair to say people are trying to shove ideas down their throats. They obviously have their mouths open quite a lot of the time,