Thursday, March 15, 1984
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Daily Ncbraskan
Board addresses 1984-85 issues
Off The Wire
By Jonathan Tcylor
The policies, goals and issues of the 1034-85
Nebraska Union Board were discussed Tuesday
night in the board's first meeting led by newly
elected president, Mary Marcy.
In an effort "to explain my style of running things "
Marcy reviewed meeting criteria, parliamentary
procedure and a list of "norms" established at the
Union Board retreat Feb. 17-18.
Location of the bookstore and culture center,
improved handicap accessibility to the union and
university policy conformity were some of the issues
in which the board plans to progress. The board also
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discussed its operating policies and the appoint
ment of a parlimcntarian to deal with any discre
pancies in parlimcntary procedure.
Marcy also said the Union Doard had acquired
space in the union office. Through regular office
hours, board members will learn the operational
procedures and get to know the people in the union
office, she said.
Possible union ownership of the union vending
machines presently operated by University Vending
Systems also was discussed by the board.
In Marcys presentation, she said the income from
the machines could be used to reduce student fees
or provide additional services. She said the vending
machines are in direct competition with the food
services in the union.
But, if the union operated the machines, she said,
the prices would have to rise because the union
vending system would be smaller.
Todd Knobel, board vice president, urged com
mittee chairmen to begin selecting their non-union
board committee members. Knobel said the selec
tion of these 'at-large' committee members "gives
everyone a chance" to be active in union business
and not a select few who know somebody, he said.
Planning committee member Brigid CNeil gave
her report on the Handicapped and Disabled Stu
dents Organization and their accessibility to the
union. She said the relatively new group criticized
the Nebraska Union for lack of handicapped access
to the restrooms and no access to the proposed
computer room if it is converted to a 24-hour area.
Group members also said they were concerned
about whether the electronic ramp door in the
Nebraska Union would operate during a fire and the
possibility of an alternate exit.
In other board action, the decision to allow the
Recreation Department bulletin board space was
tabled until the next meeting March 20.
The board also passed motions to allow all stu
dent groups 50 percent off the union room rental fee
if the space is used for blood collection, and to allow
'at-large' committee members only two unexcused
absences before they are dismissed.
Sara Boatman, director of Campus Activities and
Programs also spoke to the board, introducing her
self and her organization to the new members.
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