Daily Bulletin, Friday, February 24, 1995

OWNERSHIP OF IDEAS:  A Provost's Advisory Committee on Intellectual
Property, set up last summer with the dean of research as its chair, is
asking for advice.  A memo is being issued today containing a draft
"Statement of Principle", and the committee also wants comments on "the
adequacy of current University policy and practice; examples of IP
situations which might/could lead to disputes; how disputes might best
be resolved".

The study of intellectual property (copyright, patents, credit for academic
writing, and so on) was "prompted by local concerns as well as by external
guidelines", the memo says.  The committee is not expected to draft policy,
but rather to advise on how the existing policies work, and on "access
to good advice and assistance" for faculty, students and staff concerned
with credit and ownership for ideas.

The draft Statement of Principle notes that "All contributors to
scholarly works should receive appropriate recognition for their 
contribution," and that if a scholarly work is commercially successful,
"all contributors to that work should be entitled to share in the proceeds
in proportion to their contributions."  It particularly notes that staff
members are included.

The full memo from the committee is available on UWinfo -- look under
"Documents of current interest" or "Office of the provost" -- and will be
printed in next week's Gazette.

IT'S MOVING DAY for two of the services that have been waiting for their
new space in the expanded Campus Centre.  The used book store and the post
office both move into their new homes today.  Other services should be
following next week.

THE WARRIORS didn't have a good day yesterday.  The volleyball "Black
Plague" lost to Toronto, 3 games to 2, in the OUAA championships, and
that ends their season.  The hockey team lost to Western 6-3 in the
first game of the league championships; the second game will be played
at the Columbia Icefield at 2 p.m. Sunday.  It's a best-of-three series.

Other sports this weekend: the basketball Warriors are at home to
Guelph at 2 p.m Saturday in the PAC main gym.  Indoor track and field
athletes, both men and women, are competing at Toronto tonight.
Curling Athenas are at the league championships at Nipissing University
(in North Bay) all weekend.

TODAY, BRIEFLY:  Job ranking forms for co-op students are available as of
10 a.m. today, and must be returned by 4 p.m.

The Student Alumni Association hosts counterparts from other universities
across eastern Canada and the northeastern United States in a conference
that kicks off tonight and runs through Sunday.  An Oktoberfest-style
buffet dinner tonight (at the downtown Valhalla Inn) is just the beginning
of the partying; working sessions tomorrow are at Federation Hall and in
the Davis Centre.  The Saturday night banquet speaker is Karyn Garossino,
a UW graduate last year who was a member of the Canadian Olympic team in
1988, skating in the ice dance competition.  She and her brother, Rod,
were Canadian champions in the sport in 1989.

Imprint, the student newspaper, holds a conference for Canadian student
journalists this weekend.  A plenary session tonight at 8:30 (in Siegfried
Hall, St. Jerome's College) is open to anyone interested.  Its topic is
"The Role of the Student Press", and panelists include five professional
and what one might call "alternate" journalists.

THE WEEKEND:  Saturday's been declared a "national day of action" for those
fighting the idea that extreme drunkenness is a good defence against charges
of sexual assault.  A recent Supreme Court decision along those lines is
"part of the current backlash against women", says a news release from
the Kitchener-Waterloo Sexual Assault Support Centre and other interested
agencies.  More information: 571-0121.

Watsfic, the Waterloo Science Fiction Club, is holding a Games Day
tomorrow starting at 10 a.m. in the "comfy lounge" of the Math and Computer
building.  Members and non-members are invited to attend, and bring any
board games they might want to play.  Says organizer Christopher Camfield:
"The Day will last, as always, until there is no one left awake who wants
to play a game."

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