Six-member faction emerges
in recent Co-op Board election
As a result of the recent Co-op
board elections a new six
member faction will make its
presence known on the ten
member board in the near future.
Mike Doran, a third year
graduate student in geography
serving for a second year on the
board, sees the group not so much
as a faction but rather as a
“group of people possessing a
similar set of ideas” concerning
the Co-op.
Other members of the group
include Pieter Diekman and
Marie Hartman, graduate
students in geography. Brian
Mahoney, Jamie Harris, and
Peter Hall round out the faction:
all are under graduates.
Included in that similar set of
ideas is a desire to increase the
number of students hired on a
part-time basis by the Co-op.
Doran said that firing present
employees would not be ac
ceptable. Rather, a gradual
replacement of many full-time
non-student employees by part
time student employees, or
student wives on a part-time
basis as a second choice, would
be acceptable, he said.
Gerald Henson, manager of the
Co-op argues that as many
students are hired as is feasible.
He explained that “in the school
year 1970-71 92 students worked
for the Co-op on a part-time basis.
They drew a payroll of $44,000. In
addition, 11 student wives worked
part-time.” Doran questions the
amount of money paid to full time
employees in comparison to that
of part-time students.
“In the last year a resolution
was passed by the board in which
students first, student wives
second and all others last would
be hired. The resolution was not
obeyed by Henson,” Doran said.
“At a later meeting the board
repudiated the resolution and in
essence told Henson that he could
do as he damned well pleased,”
said Doran.
The liberal group also sees a
need for increased com
munication between the Co-op
and the University community.
As an example of the lack of
communication Doran cites the
last meeting of the general
membership at which a total of
five members, aside from board
members, were present. The co
op has a membership of 4,000.
To improve communications
Doran suggests that all board
members establish office hours
during which they wculd hear
problems and suggestions
brought forth by any member of
the University community.
He mentioned that a suggestion
box already exists but that “in
the past months it has been used
very little.” Doran leveled
criticism at the Co-op
management saying, “the
manager is the reason for the
store being what it is: good for
being in the black, bad for
communications.”
Another area of concern for the
group is that of prices. Doran
charges that prices are too high,
adding that in the near future a
survey to compare prices of the
Co-op with other retail outlets in
the area will be conducted to find
where the “rip-offs” occur.
According to Doran, John
Wish, associate professor of
marketing and also a co-op board
member, will lead the study
which will concentrate in areas
such as art supplies and elec
tronic equipment, including
records.
Co-op management on the
other hand argues that most
prices, other than those of text
books, must remain relatively
high if the store is to remain
profitable.
The Co-op does not determine
text book prices, according to
Henson. Prices are rather dic
tated by the many publishers.
And, he said, even at those prices
money is lost, the result being the
relatively high prices of other
items.
Doran said “the actual price
may be suggested but it is set at
what the manager wishes.”
Also on the agenda for change,
says Doran, is the procedure
followed for determining the
amount of rebate which is due Co
op members at the end of each
year. According to Doran, at
least half of all receipts, from
which rebates are determined,
are lost or misplaced through
carelessness. He had no plan to
remedy the situation, but said
that something must be done
soon.
To Doran’s accusation Henson
replied, “He’s out of his head,”
and went on to say that only one
such incident had occured in fifty
years, and will not happen again
in 100 years.
Henson added, “We have not
deprived anybody of anything.”
Also under consideration by the
group is the allotment of $50,000
which would determine the
feasibility of a computerized pre
registration system. Pre
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the exact number of text books
needed and thus save money.
Diekman, another member of
the group, expressed concern
over the fact that the Co-op has
gone the way of all businesses,
that is, it has become self
generating and self-perpetuating.
Diekman feels that “a Co-op is
established for a group, in this
case the students of the
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