SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

The Universities Act provides for an annual report from the Board to the

Lt. Governor in Council (article 50) which is in essence a financial report,

and covers the period from April 1st to March 31st, to conform with the

fiscal year of the Provincial Government.

The Act also provides for an annual report by the President to the Board and

the Senate on the progress of the University.

As the present time, I have plans for reporting to convocation three times a

year, in the publication "Takkali" the first two issues of which have

appeared, and the third one is under preparation, and will cover our fall

semester 1965. Issue number four will report on the present spring semester,

issue number five on the summer semester etc.

These reports might be considered as the trimester equivalent of the annual

report mentioned in article 59, but on the basis of discussion with the

Heads of Departments I believe that a separate annual report would have real

merit, particularly if it was produced at the end of our summer semester,

so that it was available in print by mid-September, and would cover the

operation of the preceding fall, spring and summer semesters together with

a note on the enrolment for the fall semester in which the publication appeared.

With suitable editorial organisation the bulk of this report could be prepared

during the summer semester, and a few key parts written quickly, immediately

the registration record of the current fall semester was known.

Such a report would have several advantages over the traditional June reporting

date of this province, in that it would contain information based on a trimester

operation i.e. a complete number of semesters and would contain information of

immediate relevance to the estimates to be submitted to the Provincial Govern-

ment, approximately two months after the annual report would be available. The

report would therefore be of value to all members of the legislative assembly and

of particular value to the Minister of Education and the Advisory Board in consid-

ering our estimates and budget application.

As my annual report is specifically (article 59) Universities Act) for the Board

and the Senate, I would appreciate your consideration of the forgoing. I sought

the views of the Board of Governors. They agreed with the forgoing thoughts and

pointed out that our Academic Year" really starts in September with the Fall

semester so that this is the logical break point for the report.

P. D. McTaggart-Cowan