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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 19. August 6 1979

The SRC of the 1 August

The SRC of the 1 August

Dear Sir,

I'm writing to express grave concern at events leading up to and at the SRC of the 1 August '79. Firstly, I read the Salient on 30 July and noted on page three that an SRC was to be held on Wednesday - and the agenda was specifically stated in the order as follows:
1.Election of Treasurer
2.Election of NZUSA etc.... etc.....

Believing that this was just going to be another of those boring SRC's where 2 hours of more of my time would be wasted listening to the usual band of speakers spouting on about this and that.. ...and nothing in particular, I decided not to attend, but instead to go home and spend the afternoon doing some of my numerous assignments.

I was told by one of my friends on that Wednesday evening that the SRC on that day was of great importance to every student. Firstly, as Andrew Tees had resigned for personal reasons (the definition of personal must have changed since I was at school), a new President had to be chosen to fill that position until September.

It was apparently decided that the SRC of the 1 August was the appropriate time to vote in a new President, and Caroline Massof was duly elected. This election must have simply been an on the spur action and has therefore proved to be completely undemocratic. No matter what the expense, every student at Victoria should have had a right to vote in that type of election. If there are any who would still say that it is too expensive and timely to get voting papers etc., it was It least every students right to know the SRC was going to Vote in a new president.

I would simply like to point out to you, [unclear: M] Editor, why I believe that this Presidential vote should be declared annulled.

1.At the SRC there must have been something in the vicinity of 250 students in attendance, means the stand-in President had only 4,2 of [unclear: t] people able to vote even voting at all.
2.How tar this SRC was dominated by any [unclear: paticular] groups of people.

Therefore Mr Editor I believe that the SRC of 1 August voted in a stand-in President to [unclear: ou] Association on an undemocratic basis.

Yours democratically,

Margaret.