Oregon daily emerald., November 01, 1972, Page 3, Image 3

Act meets with officials
Negotiation policies presented
By RICK WORTHINGTON
Of the Emerald
Members of the Amazon
Cooperating Tenants (ACT/
presented University officials
with a formal proposal for
policies on negotiations with
married students housing res
idents Tuesday. There was also a
lively discussion at the meeting
of the University’s removal of
skirtings and insulation from
some of the buildings at Amazon.
Ten members of ACT were
present at the meeting.
Representing the University
were Vice-President for Student
Services Gerald Bogen, Director
of Housing H.P. Barnhart,
Director of Married Students
Housing John Thorpe, and legal
representative David Frohn
mayer.
ACT steering committee
member Greg Hartman, who
made the presentation, empha -
si zed that the proposals were
written to clarify ACT’s ex
pectations of the University’s
role in future negotiations. He
stated that ACT expects a re
sponse from the University
outlining its expectations of
ACT’S role in negotiations.
The proposal states:
“Subjects of good faith
negotiation shall include but not
be limited to: rent; changes in
policy; plans and proposals
relating to the housing project;
lease terms; conditions of
residency; personnel and
management; grievance
procedures; tenant participation
in management and operation.”
Also listed in the proposal are
guidelines pertaining to what
parties shall be included in
negotiations, requirements for
establishing representative
tenants organizations, and
elaboration of the meaning of
“good faith negotiations.”
Prior to presenting the
document to the University
representatives, Hartman listed
a number of grievances which he
said substantiated the need for a
more formal relationship be
tween ACT and the University.
Hartman claimed that access
to University officials has
presented a serious problem for
ACT. He cited the repeated at
tempts of one ACT member to
contact Thorpe for purposes of
setting up a meeting, saying that
“Eleven phone calls—three of
which were supposed to be re
turned but weren’t—were made
before a member of ACT could e
ven talk to someone.”
Hartman added that once ini
tial contact is made, further
response is still delayed He
claimed that response to are
quest for new budget figures
made early this fall still has not
been received by ACT
Hartman also mentioned the
skirting issue. He said that ACT
was forced to resort to legal
pressures to obtain University
documents relating to the
University’s plans for replacing
the skirting.
“As of this time,” Hartman
said, “we have no idea when and
if the skirting will be replaced
and we have no idea when and if
any engineering studies will be
made.”
Last Tuesday Thorpe told the
Emerald that the skirtings would
be replaced within a few weeks.
At the meeting, Thorpe said,
“We’ll be starting on that right
away. I’ll have to check with the
Physical Plant, but I would say
that we will be replacing the
skirtings in ten days.”
The discussion of the skirting
issue at times was heated. One
Amazon resident who is the
father of an eight month old baby
claimed that the cold floors in his
apartment (due to drafts under
the building and lack of in
sulation) present a serious
problem for infants.
“I don’t want my baby
crawling around on a floor that is
too cold for me to stand on in bare
feet,” he said.
Asked why these repair
problems had not been an
ticipated, Thorpe said “We don’t
know why it happened. He (John
Kahininue of the Physical Plant)
thought that our original proposal
would be accepted by the State
Board and it wasn’t.”
Current University plans call
for replacing the skirting in the
near future, removing them
again in the spring, and
proceeding with necessary
repairs at that time.
“The result,” said Carol Reich
of ACT “is that tenants will have
to pay extra money for un
necessarily removing the skir
tings and insulation because the
job was not done all at one time.”
Filing deadline for
candidates Friday
By GORDON MacCRACKEN
Of the Emerald
“I see the ASUO Senate as a remarkable forum for student in
terest,” said ASUO vice-president Fred Loveys, himself a former
senator, in a recent interview.
Students at the University will have a chance to take part in that
forum this month as fall term elections for the Senate are scheduled.
The deadline to file for election is 4 p.m. Friday. Students wishing to
run for the Senate should report to Room 308 EMU.
Twenty-seven seats will be up for election when the primary takes
place Nov. 13 and 14 and the general election is held Nov. 20 and 21.
The election will be the first held under the new reapportionment plan
fashioned by Loveys.
Three class seats — freshman, junior and graduate — are
available. Living organization positions up for election include one
sorority seat and four off-campus spots.
Academic area seats up for election include four liberal arts
positions and one seat each for education, business, law, journalism,
music and community service and public affairs.
Also available are one seat each for Supportive Services, foreign
students, Black Students, Chicano students and Native American
students. Four at-large seats round out the spots up for election this
fail. An OSPIRG delegate and sophomore vice-president are also
needed.
The only qualifications, according to Loveys, are “A concern for
student interest, enthusiasm, commitment to get involved, con
sistency and initiative.”
Loveys feels that it is important that students know how the
Senate is spending incidental fee money — funds that come directly
from the pockets of students. “It’s time for students to get involved in
the process,” he said.
Loveys praised ASUO Senate President Cliff Zukin, who is up for
re-election this month, and the present Senate for showing a sense of
responsibility in their work to date.
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