TO ALL FACULTY

The following motion was passed at
the October General “eeting of the
Facultv Association: "...that:

(1) the Douglas Collece Faculty
Association call an extra ordinary
meeting at the earliest possible
date, the purpose of such meeting
to ciscuss the issues surrounding
the possibility of the facultv's
becoming certified under the Labor
Relations Act, and (2) to invite
all faculty members to participate
in the debate.

- It was recommended that I present
some background for the motion to
all faculty.

- The preamble to the motion, which
does not appear above, states that
several college faculties have
begun proceedings to become cert-
ified under the Labor Act (see Oct
3rd. edition of Mad Hatter).

- Now certified are: VCC Langara
and VVI. Applied for certification
are: Cariboo, %kanagan, New Caledonia
Capilano, Malispina.

- As reported by our Ombudsman

at the general meeting, the legality
of our handbook mav be binding but
its contents are open to intervreta-
tion. The faculty nepotiates with
Council by permission of council,
and only on those items that Council
chooses to negotiate: todate that's
cost of living.

- The Salarv/Welfare committee
believes there is more to be
negotiated than cost of living
increase. An agreement should

be binding for all facultv. Our
present system does not accomplish
those aims. It recommends that

a better svstem be adopted. One
alternative to the present svstem
is certification. Thus the motion
that we decuss the issue has been
presented to vou.

DOUGLAS COLLEGE LIBRARY
me Welidé 5

- I hope that the foregoing summary

has sufficiently explained the reason-

ing for presenting the motion but if

further explanation is needed please
contact me.

- One final item concerning the manner

of presentation of the issues. If you

wish to present a written statement to
accompany an oral presentation at the
meeting, I would be pleased to assist in
tvping and duplication (given sufficient
time to do same.). Proposed meeting
procedure:

A. Presentations made in the order:

- Against certification
- Uncommitted
- For certification

B. Any individual wishing to speak more
than once may do so only after other
members have taken their turn.

C. Total debating time limited to one
hour and fifteen minutes.

N. There should be an additional 15-minute
period for questions on clarification
directed to presentors.

E. There should be fifteen minutes for
presentation of motions and disussion
--if any.

- To enable fair distribution of time

to all participants, anyone wishing to

make a presentation should so inform

the chairman before noon, Friday November

23rd.
Date of Meeting:
Mon. Nov. 26th
Time: 4 to 6 P.M.

Place: Surrey
Four Room Complex

Chairman for the meeting

Steve Sharpe.