Monday's event had a good turn-out of (10) spectators to see their officers in action. Which was a heartening sight indeed. When closed committee time came round and I got the boot they were carried from the room uninterrupted in their sleep; I hoped that the exec would turn on histrionics and a show of factionalism 'to delight their eye' — but no they bored the balls off one and all.

Bursaries.

Everyone thought this very clever and imaginative and Mike and Peter were each given a season ticket at the Roxy for their efforts. Neil Gray, however, felt that the students of this university would not support a mobilisation in a big enough way for it to be successful. Lindy Cassidy — "they would too!" Only history can tell.

Uncle Peter and the Beagle Boys.

Peter Thrush gave an account of the Easter Tournament. The sports went fine and were of a high standard. The results aren't out yet but dear old Victoria might be on the victory dais. Peter had a justifiable gripe about the poor showing by Exec members. He thanked Lindy and Kevin Swann for their help. The Ball lost money. There was a huge number of gate crashers, window crashers and an assortment of other crashes including one unfortunate falling off the roof. Peter said that on more than one occasion he went into the toilets and he found the Beagle Boys climbing through the windows — he was forced to kick them out of the bin. Peter requested that, to prevent recurrences, the Union windows have iron bars over them and the Union Building be renamed Colditz.

Arts Council

Arts Council was brought up, re-digested and brought up again. People felt it was necessary to repeat things to repeat things to repeat things. Had I not been to earlier Exec meetings I would have got the impression that they were trying to bore me to death, so I'd never return to plague them with my articles.

Steve Underwood was strongly against going into an incorporated Arts Council. Steve is grossly dissatisfied with the Arts Council performance up to date and is dubious as to whether it will improve with time. His idea is to get to hell out of it in March '78 (the earliest possible.) If it does improve — what's stopping us from applying for re-admission. Andy Moore-Jones argued for staying in and if it craps out we can drop it. If we pull out now it's likely the whole thing will collapse and then we'll have nothing to re-apply for. Steve asked if this wasn't what we've already got. He believes it would be a damn sight easier to get out at this stage than if/when we plunge into an incorporated body. Moore-Jones thought thus was rubbish but had difficulty articulating a clear argument.

Underwood: "What do we get for our $3,000 (or $2,500) — people selling us things."

As far as value for money goes, Arts Council is a bit of a disaster. We pay to be in Arts Council and then we pay again for acts like Country Joe. To Underwood it made little difference whether the set up was Incorporated or not.

The question of participation in Arts Council is a very important one and obviously one which the students should and did decide. Both sides of the argument were not presented at the exec meeting and thus they do not appear here.

Absent Olympians.

O you muses that dwell on campus tell me who was absent from exec? "Catherine Paterson." Thank you. Rob Moore-Jones told the meeting he had received virtually no help from the WVP on Education when she had been directed by the Executive to do so.

Her performance as WVP scarcely deserves a buzz bar and a bag of cafe chips, let alone $300. Her position on the executive must surely be brought into question if a more active role in student affairs does not promptly eventuate. Peter Thrush defended her poor performance by informing the meeting that Catherine was doing five units. Is that supposed to excuse her?! It can be fairly said if her workload is so heavy as to drastically impede her performance as an Association Officer she should not have stood for the position.

The meeting itself was quite amicable, which may in part have contributed to the drowsing effect it had on me. If you have trouble sleeping I would prescribe an exec meeting — it's a great sleeping pill substitute. In all honesty they are often most interesting.

All welcome. Your university. Your money. You'll hear from me soon.

— Eugene Doyle.