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Tuesday, November 28, 1995

More meetings to go to

Department heads got a memo yesterday inviting them to a meeting with UW's president and provost on Monday morning, "in order to discuss the budget situation and the early retirement program". That's one day before the "town hall meetings" the provost and president have called to discuss similar topics with the campus at large. Monday's meeting will start at 9 a.m. in Needles Hall room 3001.

Tuesday's town hall meetings are in the Theatre of the Arts, at 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. They're mostly aimed at faculty and staff members, but students are welcome too if they're interested, says the president, James Downey.

All these events are driven by the Ontario government funding announcement that's expected tomorrow afternoon. Downey's "letter to the UW community", issued on October 19, gives background to the situation and is available on UWinfo under "Documents".

Meanwhile, the UW staff association will hold its annual general meeting next Tuesday at noon -- Downey's speaking at that one too -- and the faculty association holds its general meeting Wednesday, December 6, at 2 p.m.

And the senate finance committee will meet Wednesday, December 13, at 3 p.m. to talk about the government announcement and next year's budget for UW.

When's payday coming?

The payroll department has announced some adjustments to pay dates because of the Christmas and New Year's holiday:

Monthly salaries that would normally be paid December 29 will be deposited Wednesday, December 20. The January 26 pay will be deposited Wednesday, January 24. It's back to normal after that: Friday, February 23.

Bi-weekly pay that would normally come December 21 will be one day early, on Wednesday, December 20. Other dates are unchanged.

Casual salaries will be paid Friday, December 15, as scheduled; the December 22 pay date will be Wednesday, December 20, instead.

Briefly noted on Albania's national day

The computer store (which has a new presence on UWinfo) is sponsoring a product fair today, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Davis Centre room 1304. Products featured include "the new performance leader in workstations", says manager Jim Dodd, "the UltraSPARC and a SPARCstation 20 running HotJava. Everybody is invited to come, enjoy a cup of coffee, and test drive these new products."

An invitation has appeared for a special event at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery on Thursday, December 7: "the official opening of Ceramics Israel and the launching of The Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Waterloo". Sponsors: Pamela and Donald Bierstock, the Gallery, and UW, "in cooperation with the Consulate General of Israel". The event runs from 7 to 10 p.m., with "opening remarks" at 8:30.

Added to UWinfo yesterday was the Memorandum of Agreement between UW and the faculty association that provides the framework for faculty salary settlements.

More about preventing theft

Yesterday's Bulletin had a note about keeping money under lock and key, and out of sight. That drew an e-mail note from someone whom I think I won't identify: "It might be worth noting that there has been some theft of vehicles on campus lately (speaking from a victim's point of view). It might be wise for people to keep their vehicles locked and to keep watch for any suspicious activity around other people's vehicles."

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca

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