Daily Bulletin, Monday, June 27, 1994

MAIL DELIVERY:  There will be only two mail deliveries a day to 
buildings on campus, from today through September 2.  Central stores
sent a notice and schedule to department secretaries last week.  Some
buildings will get mail delivery at about 8:30 and 12:30, others at
10:30 and 2:30.  The memo from Butch Shantz of central stores blamed
"the increase in vacation and reduction in budget funds" this summer.

THEY'RE STILL OPEN:  Despite the construction work on South Campus Hall,
the offices and services there are carrying on.  Big exception is food
services, where Pastry Plus has had to close until Labour Day.  The
Festival Room cafeteria usually closes for the summer anyway, Mark
Murdoch of food services points out, and had its shutdown a little early.
It's still available for special events, but people have to enter by
the exit-only door near the Graduate House.

The bookstore and the gift shop are open for business as usual (on summer
hours, 8:30 to 4:30).  Marlin Travel is also open.  And upstairs, the
offices of development and alumni affairs are still there, and you can
reach them if you try.

UNIVERSITY FUNDING:  The Ontario Council on University Affairs continues
with its study of "resource allocation" -- the way the government divides
up the money it's prepared to spend on post-secondary education.  A second
"resource allocation bulletin" has been issued, posing a number of questions
on which the OCUA wants comments.  They range from the general ("What
elements make up a quality university education?") to the detailed, such
as a rating, from high to low, of some twenty factors the government might
consider in allocating grants.

Easy links to the two resource allocation bulletins have been added to
UWinfo.  You'll find them under the main heading "Events, News, Weather"
and the sub-heading "Documents FYI".

AUTHORS READ:  As the Canadian Authors Association winds up its conference
in Village 2, some big names will be reading from their work at 2 p.m.
today in the V2 great hall.  Margaret Atwood is among them, along with
George Bowering, Lesley-Anne Bourne, Boyce Richardson, Tim Wynne-Jones
(a Waterloo graduate, by the way), Shelley Tanaka and Welwyn Wilton Katz.
Admission to the reading is free.

VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT:  The local Volunteer Action Centre reports that "just
super people" respond when available volunteer positions are announced on
this campus.  So here are a couple of current listings:

     Historian/researcher, to search archives and existing documentation
     and memorabilia and interview founders and volunteers to put
     together the history of an agency.  Time is very flexible; excellent
     writing skills can be put to good use.  Listing 017-680.

     Meal program assistant, an ideal position for a student who has
     an interest in working with seniors.  Duties include stamping and
     labelling meal bags for deliveries, photocopying, stuffing envelopes,
     washing and stacking meal carriers.  The position requires a
     commitment of two months, from 10:30 to 12:30 one day a week.
     Listing 042-926.

Anyone interested can call the Volunteer Action Centre at 742-8610.

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