Getting bread for higher ed
Conference examines lobbying efforts
By Richard Burr
Of the Emerald
A power shift during the second special
session of the Legislature means students will
have to expand their lobbying focus, the special
assistant to the Chancellor said Friday
Wil Post told an audience of about 20 people
attending the ASUO/Oregon Student Lobby
conference that during last year's sessions the
traditionally powerful Ways and Means Commit
tee lost much of its clout to the Revenue Commit
tee
Because of that development, student lob
byists should shift their focus from Ways and
Means legislators to all legislators, he said
The Ways and Means Committee usually
takes the whole session to decide on budget
allocations, thus holding a "gun to the head" of
homesick and weary legislators, pressuring them
to approve their proposed budget before they can
go home, Post said.
But during the second special session, the
committee issued a 'hit list" of budget cuts to the
Revenue Committee, he said According to Post,
the Revenue Committee viewed the "hit list" as an
opportunity to take control of the budgetary
process, and took advantage of the opportunity
Ways and Means plans to change last year's
budget process to restore its former power, but
each legislator still remains powerful. Post said
"All legislators are now important and each
must understand the problems and issues facing
higher education," he said
Student lobbyists must keep strict goals in
mind and avoid pursuing other interests, or higher
education will suffer, Post added
Besides the goal-adherence obstacle, lob
byists also sometimes have trouble identifying
who's who in the budgetary process, said Ted
Hughes, of Ted Hughes and Associates, a Salem
lobbying company.
For this reason, lobbyists should carefully
identify the various players in the budget process
who may cause difficulty, and concentrate their
efforts on them, Hughes said
Student lobbyists should probe the minds of
legislators and their staff, state agency personnel,
Photo by Mark Pynes
Wil Post, special assistant to the Chancellor, told
an ASUO Oregon Student Lobby conference
Friday that changes need to be made in the way
lobbyists ask the Legislature for money
the executive and his staff, and committee staffs
to determine the attitudes toward higher educa
tion, Hughes said
After identifying the obstacles, lobbyists can
plan strategy to clear the hurdles, he said
Some legislators are campus-haters,"
Hughes added. "But they don't hate people."
Post added that the conversion of opponents
is not necessarily the goal of lobbyists
“You don't have to turn them around," he
said "You just neutralize them so they don't
lobby against you. "
VP quits, cites ASUO disorder
The ASUO has suffered an
other personnel loss early in
Pres C J Balfe's administra
tion
Citing a lack of organization
in the ASUO, Ann Portal, vice
president of state and academic
affairs, resigned earlier this
month The resignation became
effective last Friday
Portal is the second member
of the ASUO administration to
leave office since the new ad
—
ministration came to power at
the beginning of summer term
Legislative Director David Berns
was fired by Portal during the
summer.
Balfe announced that Debi
Lance, currently the director of
academic and university affairs,
will become acting vice pre
sident
According to Balfe, Lance
has "a real solid background",
and was active in the ASUO this
summer, which he hopes will
result in a smooth transition.
Portal will also help with the
transition, he added
Portal will return to a job as a
secretary for the Chemical Phy
sics Institute, a job she held
prior to her involvement with
ASUO.
"I'm losing a super person,"
Balfe said. "Ann is organized,
thorough, and is going to go
places.”
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