Monday, October 25, 1993

MY THANKS to Martin Van Nierop, who wrote Friday's Daily Bulletin in
my absence.  There were some legibility problems for some users, caused
by the transfer of a Microsoft Word file to a Unix system; they have
been corrected in the permanent copy of that Bulletin kept on UWinfo.

CANADA VOTES today -- for the second year in a row, in the wake of a
Blue Jay World Series championship.  The polls are open until 8 this
evening.  By federal law, employers are required to allow their employees
to have four clear hours to vote; that means that someone whose working
hours at UW are 8:30 to 4:30 must be permitted to leave at 4 today, 
although it's hard to imagine that there are many people at UW who would
need four hours to get home and cast a ballot.

As for the Blue Jay championship, well, I'd be glad to hear from someone
who was at Federation Hall on Saturday night and can describe the scene
there when Joe Carter hit his game-ending home run.  Such a description
would be worth quoting in this week's Gazette.

CHANCE TO RETIRE:  UW's early retirement programs, under the heading of
"faculty and staff renewal", are about to expire.  The deadline for
eligible staff and faculty members to apply is a week from today: Monday,
November 1.  Who's eligible?  Automatically, faculty and non-union staff
who will be aged 60 or over, with 20 years of UW service, on January 1,
1994.  Also, faculty and staff (union or non-union) who will be aged 55
or over, with 15 years of UW service, on that date, if their retirement
can be used by their department as an opportunity to reorganize and 
reduce the continuing budget.  Anyone who needs last-minute information
should get in touch with Linda Bluhm of the personnel department, phone
ext. 2046.

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs
credmond@watserv1    ext. 3004