Presidential election draws attention
The Board of Trustees was held at the HUFS President's office on March 14th. Members, which represent students, faculties and staffs, had a dynamic discussion on various issues at hand including the election of new President of the school.
Faculty Council(FC) have recommended presidential candidates to board of Trustee until now. Staff Union(SU) argued for their right to participate in the recommendation of the presidential candidates. They said that HUFS is very democratic, considering that their request should be needed. And they proposed to organize a committee for recommendation of presidential candidates.
An official member of trustee board responded that the board never sought participation of SU and the three main bodies should adjust their positions about this proposed idea. FC mentioned difficulty in addressing the issue in this session. And they stressed that it will not be easy for SU to participate in the recommendation process because the election period is short, although they fuly understand the SU's passion in the matter. However, they added that they will try to reflect opinions of SU in the long term.
The General Council(GSC) mentioned the right of staffs and students on general principles but they also said further discussion will lead to more problems. GSC feel that SU's stance about matters related to trustee board is not appropriate.
And they also pressed SU and the President for expressing their opinions to innovate trustee board. GSC wanted SU and FC to make clear where they stand on all issues. And in this session, reforming status of The Tuition Fee Arrangement Committee(TFAC) was also on the table.
GSC complained about the role of TFAC saying that the proposed budget was changed by the board discretion of trustee board. They emphasized that school authorities should no longer sit idle about the retirement allowance issue.
The President adhered to his previous position that he would try to settle troubles on retirement allowance within the legal frame. And he said he expected from all.
On the other hand, FC is expected to set the timetable for the new president election in The Board of Trustees of FC on March 29th. The outcome is expected to draw exit attention as conflicts among members of three bodies.

By Lee So-jung / The Argus