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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 9. May 4 1981

President

President

Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson

You may have noticed last week's notice from the Executive inviting members of the Association to participate in Executive discussions regarding the future of Student Travel Bureau Ltd — what steps VUWSA should take in the light of the present debt situation STB is in, and VUWSA's $40,000 maximum guarantee to the BNZ over STB's overdraft.

Because the problem is very complex and of a delicate nature, the Executive has been reluctant to broadcast to students the details of STB's current position. On the advice of the Association's lawyer to take caution, we took the attitude that while students have the right to know where their money goes, the risks involved through information being divulged before the facts were known outweighed that consideration.

Therefore, the Executive's response to the SRC motion passed two weeks ago directing it to disclose to students as a whole all information on the operations of STB, and further information as it came to light, was that it was an impossible request and one that it carried out could result in misinterpretations or distortions appearing outside the student environment. Vic students would pay very dearly; but we did ask for interested students to participate in our discussions.

The Executive has been accused from some quarters as being undemocratic and acting in a secretive manner but I believe it took a responsible attitude. On full acquaintance with all the relevant facts the Executive, in close consultation with our lawyer, has made decisions that we believe will be in the best interests of Victoria students and of NZUSA as a whole.

Students will be informed of our decision and the background to it, and can judge from there how responsibly we have dealt with the matter.

Have a good holiday. See you in two weeks.

Virginia