0 ctC \ VOLUME 2 : NUMBER 24 : JUNE 15, 1984 JUN ?. 13 1984 CAR POOLING The Student Association has set up a "RIDE BOARD" (given and needed) for the duration of the bus strike. Everyone is invited to participate! The board is located outside the Student Association Office. VCC-VANCOUVER VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE LIBRARY MR LIBRARY FILMS June 19 (11:45 in the Library Screening Room) PEEGE A dramatization which shows how a young man who comes home from college for the Christmas holidays is able to break through communication barriers and reach his grandmother, who has become isolated by age and failing mental and physical capabilities. LEARNING TO COPE Offers positive suggestions on avoiding stress and individual responses to it. Dr. Hans Selye - Canada's "Mr. Stress" - provides insights on our unique abilities to handle the problem. CONFERENCE ROOM AND ASSEMBLY ROOM BOOKINGS . Effective Monday, 1984 06 18, all requests for bookings of the conference rooms and assembly hall will be handled by Helen Soldao, Clerk Steno, located in the Dean of Administrative and Student Services area, first floor Cambie. Helen can be reached at Local 434. TRRM CONGRATULATIONS I am sure everyone will join me in congratulating Sam Lewindon on his appointment as Chairman of the Training and Development Division at the King Edward Campus, effective 1984 July 01. The V.V.I, wishes him the best of luck in his new position. MNCOUVm COMMUNITY Vancouver Vocational Institute SWITCHBOARD HOURS OF OPERATION Effective 1984 June 18, the switchboard will close at 20:00. After 20:00, Security can be reached by contacting the Health Services Department, local 227. Nightlines will be supplied to key areas for emergency incoming calls, and once the nightlines have been connected, the departments will be so notified. JV REGISTRATION SERVICES HOURS OF OPERATION The Registration Services Department will be closing at 17:00 on Friday, effective immediately. These new closing hours will be reviewed in early September. JV A VISIT FROM THE MINISTER At the invitation of the VIA, the Honorable Jack Heinrich will be visiting the VVI Campus on Tuesday, June 19 between the hours of 11:30 and 15:00. During this time he will be touring the instructional areas, lunching at JJ's and attending a VIA reception at 14:00 in Room 240. We encourage all VIA members to attend the reception to meet with the Minister. FR JOB OPPORTUNITY CONTINUING EDUCATION - Employment Placement Coordinator. This is a temporary position from 1984 July 23 to 1985 July 12 with an extension for up to another two years subject to funding approval. Previous applicants still wishing to be considered should contact the Personnel Office. Closing date for applications is 1984 June 22. VIDEQCASSETTES - INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA SERVICES Because tapes available on a "loan" basis have not always been returned, the following charges will be made for tapes not returned to Instructional Media Services: 1/2" VHS Videocassettes T 30 (0.5 hour) $ 8.02 T 60 (1.0 hour) $ 8.56 T120 (2.0 hours) $10.57 SUMMER I.D. COURSES Courses scheduled this summer in the I.D. programs are: I.D. 102 July 3rd - July 15th or July 16th - July 27th I.D. 103 July 3rd - July 15th or July 16th - July 27th I.D. 104 July 16th - July 20th or July 30th - August 3rd All of these courses will be held on the campus at U.B.C. and please register for any of these courses as soon as possible to guarantee the attendance of a minimum of 12 participants per class. All courses are $235.00 and cheques should be made payable to the University of British Columbia. Fees and registration should be mailed to: Instructor's Diploma Program Centre for Continuing Education 5997 lona Drive Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2A4 For further information contact Laura Ware at 222-5220. Application forms for both the Spring and Summer courses are available from Dr. Lamoureux. ALLOCATION OF EMPLOYEE PARKING POLICY: A.l The V.V.I. Parking Pool is intended to serve, on a break-even basis all permanent and certain contract people working at 250 West Pender Street. A.2 Only standard size automobiles will be allowed parking privileges. A.3 (i) Only permanently employed and twelve (12) month contract persons at the V.V.I, may be members of the Parking Pool. (ii) Part time College employees may, if space is available, for the term of their instructional contract, obtain parking in the evening (16:30 - 22:00) or on Saturdays in the V.V.I. Parkade at a prorated daily rate. A.4 In house parking will be allocated according to the V.V.I, "seniority list". A.5 The Dean of Administrative and Student Services ("Dean") and/or his delegate shall be the only person/s to assign parking spaces. A.6 (i) Part-time Evening and Saturday employees are not assigned to a specific stall in the V.V.I. Parkade. (ii) Auxiliary employees replacing regular members while absent for short periods because of illness or other approved leave may use the regular member's stall if one is assigned within the V.V. I. Parking only. A.7 Parking Pool members do not have the privilege to use a parking stall beyond a reasonable period (1 hour) before and after their scheduled working hours. Parking stalls assigned to a member will, as practical, be reassigned to another member during vacation periods and will hence not be available for the regular assignee. A.8 (i) Full-time Parking Pool members shall pay for all twelve months a year regardless of vacations. (ii) The payment of parking fees shall be by payroll deduction for parking pool members and cash payment in advance for all others. (iii) The authorization given by a member for the payroll deduction of monthly parking fees shall be considered to allow adjustments in the monthly rate to meet costs. (iv) The prorated daily parking fee for part time employees shall be 1/20 of the current monthly rate regardless of length of the daily parking period. A.9 All vehicles used by the Parking Pool Members must carry the currently valid decal or parking sticker. A.10 Parking pool members found in violation of this policy may be denied further parking privileges. A.11 No parking on entrance aprons or in the courtyard is permitted by pool members. PROCEDURES: B.l A new parking pool member shall direct his request for parking to the Dean or his delegate, who shall: (a) record the vehicle(s) license number(s); (b) assign a parking sticker and record the sticker number; (c) receive a written authorization from the College employee for payroll deduction of the monthly parking fee or a written agreement to pay cash each month from non-permanent College employees; (d) determine and advise where the parking space shall be assigned. B.2 The parking stalls shall be assigned according to the VVI seniority first in the V.V.I, parkade, then the Queen Elizabeth Parkade and at Downtown Parking Corporation. B.3 The parking at the Queen Elizabeth Parkade shall be used only for members leaving before 18:00 hours. B.4 The Dean or his delegate may reassign members from Downtown Parking Corporation, the Queen Elizabeth Parkade to the V.V.I. Parkade in order to obtain maximum utilization of the stalls in the V.V.I. Parkade and to reduce the overall cost to members. B.5 Parking spaces vacant during vacation shall be reassigned to others by the Dean or his delegate. It shall be the responsibility of the parking pool member to inform the Dean of a change in vacation schedule to prevent reassignment. This information should be supplied at least one (1) month prior to original vacation start date. B.6 Auxiliary instructors, replacing regular members only while absent for short periods (not to exceed 5 days) due to illness or other approved leave, and assigned within the VVI Parkade, shall make arrangements with and receive a temporary parking permit from the Dean. B.7 Part-time and full-time College evening (16:30 - 22:00) and Saturday employees shall park in the V.V.I. Parkade, but shall not have a specific space assignment. B.8 Parking pool members shall ensure that a valid parking sticker or permit is prominently displayed on or in their vehicle. Should you require clarification of your parking status,' please contact Dick Strachan at Local 432. WORDS OF WISDOM A man owned a small store and sold hot dogs. His sales were good. Everyday he listened to the radio and everyday he read the newspapers. He knew there was supposed to be a depression on, and he didn't believe it. So he took out a loan from the bank and expanded his store. He bought the latest equipment. He increased his meat and bun orders. He brought his son home from college to help him. But then some things happened. . . He began to notice that more and more people were passing by his store or merely looking in the window at the roasting dogs. "The growing army of the unemployed," said his son. "Window shoppers," said the man; but he cut down his meat and bun order. He noticed people taking broken dogs and smashed buns from his garbage container. "Even with the food bank some people don't get enough to eat," said the son. "Too cheap to buy really good hot dogs," said the man; but his sales were down so he cut back his meat and bun order again and lowered his prices. On Monday morning he was mugged going to work and on Wednesday two men with knives robbed his store. "Desperate times breed desperate acts," said the son. "You're fired," said the man who couldn't afford to pay him his wages anyway. That Friday he got a notice from the bank informing him that he was late with his loan payment. Two months later he was bankrupt. Unemployed, he sat with his son on a park bench. "It's not your fault," said the son. "Thousands of small business' are going bankrupt and even large corporations have closed down whole factories like U.S. Steel did in Pittsburgh." "I know its not my fault, and I know what's happening," said the man. "People are just saving all their oney to spend at Expo 86!"