KIM TO VISIT: Prime Minister Kim Campbell's tour of this part of Ontario will include a visit to the University of Waterloo on Monday morning (Aug. 16). Tentative plans call for the PM to arrive about 10 a.m. at the Davis Centre. She is to meet with youngsters from UW's day camp programs and talk with several researchers. Also on the tentative agenda is a round-table discussion with co- operative education and graduate students. Campbell will leave about 11:30 a.m. to address a meeting of the Confederation Club at the Valhalla Inn at noon. James Downey, UW president, issued the following memorandum today: "The Prime Minister, the Honourable Kim Campbell, will be on campus on Monday, August 16, beginning at approximately 10 a.m. She will visit the Davis Centre Great Hall for a general meeting, and to see several displays, before moving on to a private session with some co- op and graduate students. "Inasmuch as such a visit is rare, I would encourage you to permit any member of your staff who wishes to do so the time to witness the public portion of this event at the Davis Centre, which is expected to last about 30-45 minutes." SOCIAL CONTRACT: The University of Waterloo and the UW Faculty Association have reached a three-year "social contract" agreement on faculty salaries. A memo by UW president James Downey on the agreement was released this morning. "It takes into account the university's financial difficulties, faculty agreements at other Ontario universities and the importance of the selective increase program in rewarding and retaining the university's outstanding teachers and researchers," Downey says in his memo mailed to faculty members. The agreement, reached Tuesday night, awards full 1993-94 selective increases, effective Sept. 1. Half selective increases will be awarded May 1, 1994 and May 1, 1995. No scale increases will be provided before April 1, 1996 - when the government's social contract legislation is due to expire. "The cost of these selective increases," Downey says, "will be fully offset by savings from additional unpaid days and by salary savings when faculty members who retire or resign are replaced at lower salaries." Under the agreement, faculty will have to take five unpaid days off in the current 1993-94 fiscal year, ending April 30. And up to eight unpaid days off in both 1994-95 and 1995-96. "Further information about the handling of unpaid days off will be forthcoming," Downey says. Also, the agreement holds out the promise that if the university's financial picture brightens significantly in the next two fiscal years, "a portion of the additional income will be used to increase the amount allocated for selective increases in those years." The agreement notes that the two-per-cent scale increase previously scheduled for last May 1 will be deferred until April 1, 1996. However, it will be enacted only if there's "a sufficiently large increase in 1995-96 income," as specified in the agreement. If those faculty pay increases are awarded, Downey says the university will reopen discussions with the UW Staff Association aimed at "providing comparable increases at that time." FULL TEXT: Here is the text of Dr. Downey's memorandum re: the faculty salary agreement: "I wish to report that a 3-year agreement has been reached between the University and the Faculty Association under the terms of the Social Contract Act, 1993. It takes into account the University's financial difficulties, faculty agreements reached at other Ontario universities, and the importance of the selective increase program in rewarding and retaining the University's outstanding teachers and researchers. "The Agreement provides for full 1993/94 selective increases to be implemented September 1, 1993. Half selective increases will be awarded on May 1, 1994, and on May 1, 1995. There will be no scale increases prior to April 1, 1996. The cost of these selective increases will be fully offset by savings from additional unpaid days and by salary savings when faculty members who retire or resign are replaced at lower salaries. "The number of unpaid days for regular faculty members will be 5 in 1993/94 and up to 8 in each of 1994/95 and 1995/96. Unpaid days will be converted into a percentage salary reduction to be applied uniformly over the remaining 8 months (September to April) of 1993/94 and over the full 12 months of 1994/95 and 1995/96. Further information about the handling of unpaid days will be forthcoming. "The Agreement also specifies that, if there are significant improvements in the University's operating income in 1994/95 and/or 1995/96, a portion of the additional income will be used to increase the amount allocated for selective increases in those year. The 2% scale increase previously scheduled for May 1, 1993, will be deferred to April 1, 1996, and will be implemented only if there is a sufficiently large increase in 1995/96 income, as specified in the Agreement. "If the conditional increases described in the preceding paragraph are awarded, the University will reopen discussions, as provided for in the Staff Agreement, with a view to providing comparable increases at that time. The full text of the Agreement is available from my office or from the Faculty Association." BANKS NAMED ASSOCIATE PROVOST: Prof. Robin Banks of the Department of Psychology will serve as associate provost, academic affairs, for one year beginning Sept. 1, Jim Kalbfleisch, vice-president, academic and provost, said in a memorandum. "Professor Banks brings to the position a wealth of administrative experience as chair of the psychology department from 1971 to 1979, dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1979 to 1991, and acting vice- president, academic and provost in 1987/88. He will be of great assistance to President Downey and me during the challenging year ahead," the memo said. "This one-year agreement is consistent with plans to review the administrative structure at the University of Waterloo, as previously indicated by President Downey. It is likely that the position of associate provost, academic affairs, would be affected by any major administrative restructuring. "I am grateful to Prof. Banks for agreeing to help once again, and to the psychology department for altering teaching and administrative assignments on very short notice. I am confident that all members of the university community will give Prof. Banks their full co- operation and support in his new position," Kalbfleisch's memo concludes. >From Jim Fox, John Morris, UW News Bureau Information and Public Affairs (519) 888-4444/885-1211, ext. 6047