Daily Bulletin, Monday, December 12, 1994 TODAY IS Poinsettia Day, it says here -- not just because the seasonal plants are everywhere (although the one in the Information and Public Affairs outer office seems to have withered over the weekend) but because Joel Roberts Poinsett, who introduced the plant to North America, died on December 12, 1851. Trivia lives. GOVERNORS WANTED: The university secretariat is -- for the first time ever -- formally asking for suggestions of future members for UW's board of governors. Here's a notice that will appear in this week's Gazette: Consistent with the Protocol for the Appointment of External Board Members which was approved by the Board of Governors in April of this year, the Board would invite the University community to submit, for consideration, nominations of individuals to serve on the Board for three-year terms beginning May 1, 1995. Three Community-At-Large and three Lieutenant Governor-in-Council positions are to be filled. Nominations are to be received in the Secretariat by January 31, 1995. Prospective candidates must be Canadian citizens, experienced in governance at a senior level, with expertise in finance/investment, law, marketing, fund-raising or major construction, and with commitment and knowledge of UW. They must also be able to make the commitment of time necessary to do the job. Copies of the Protocol for the Appointment of External Board Members, information about the Board of Governors and nomination forms are available from Mary Lou Klopp, University Secretariat, Needles Hall ext. 6125. NEW BUILDING: The engineering faculty council meets today (3:30, Carl Pollock Hall room 3385). On the agenda, besides the usual business, is a presentation on the planned Environmental Science and Engineering building, by John Greenhouse of the earth sciences department, who's chairing the planning committee for the building. SNIFFING AROUND in UWinfo, I like to look at the "access statistics" to see what's been being read. The perennial favourites are the weather forecast and this Daily Bulletin (it's down to about 400 readers a day through UWinfo, now that classes have ended), but demand is widespread for everything from Sophocles to gay liberation. And in six days last week there were 39 calls for ancient Gazette articles about the Karla Homolka murder case and its presence on the Internet. Also frequently read, for some reason, are a pair of "Flash" items issued a year ago to warn the campus that a rabid skunk was at loose. If anybody can explain why a long-dead skunk is still of interest to UWinfo readers, I'd certainly be glad to hear about it. Chris Redmond Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo 888-4567 ext. 3004 credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca