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In article <1v2ff5INNcm6@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca> Robert Edgar Froese,
taganov@unixg.ubc.ca writes:
In article <1v2ff5INNcm6@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca> Robert Edgar Froese,
taganov@unixg.ubc.ca writes:
>So it would probably be rude for the AMS to not ratify the selections
made
>by the Alumni association, but what hat does the Alumni Association wear?

Most likely these people will be selected from amongst the journalistic
community, in a joint effort by the AMS Selection Committee and the
Alumni Association.

>How will the two Students at large be selected? 

Via the same Selection Committee.

>How will "up to two representitives from each publication" be selected
before
>publications themselves are approved?

Each publication constituted by the Publications Board will appoint its
own two reps.

>Is this not a direct conflict of interest?  Will
>representatives from publications automatically abstain from votes
>directly relating to their respective publications?

Normally, yes they would abstain, as in other committee/board of
directors type situations. The idea is to have representatives from
publications involved in keeping an eye on publications' finances and
other aspects. A balance needs to be struck between fiscal responsibility
to the student society and journalistic credibility; the papers should
not be afraid to criticize the student society, their publisher, and the
Publications Board makes it easier for them to do so at arm's length.

>How is this whole
>damn entity responsible to students, who will be paying the bills?  What
>benefit is obtained by diluting AMS control over AMS money?

The Pub Board has a budget which is allocated by the usual Student
Council Budget Committee approval procedure. Thus, the papers are
responsible to the Board, which is responsible to Student Council, which
is responsible to students at large.

      :=:=> Derek K. Miller                 dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca    
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