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