Word: interests
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...ROTC, from its point of view, isn't here just to provide a pleasant experience for undergraduates," the President replied. "ROTC's goal is to recruit officers; they make no bones about it. Our interest is to provide an opportunity for a young man to satisfy his military obligations and remain in college...
With the rebirth of interest in the Coop's elections, the By-Laws Committee is re-evaluating the whole election procedure. According to Brown, committee chairman, three aspects of the process are under careful scrutiny: who gets to vote, how that voting takes place, and for whom the members vote. The answers to these questions pretty much cover the guts of the by-laws. "The by-laws are not an operating manual for the Coop. They basically deal with who gets to run the Coop and how do they get there," Brown said...
...ways embodies the other questions. Brown said, "We're trying to figure out a way to make our directors more representative of the entire membership. Let me put it this way, the fact that a thousand people showed up at the last meeting indicates that there is a strong interest on their part. There ought to be some representation of group as large as that, even if they are a minority in terms of the total membership. I'm worried that a thousand people showed up and got nothing for it. So we're trying to take a look...
...solutions to the Coop's voting procedure are far from obvious. In response to the sudden interest last fall, the board of directors is trying to take a long, careful look at its own structure. Brown points out that changing the by-laws is not as simple as it seems; "The by-laws are put together very tightly. If you start to tamper with any part, they all begin to come apart. By analyzing the whole corporate structure, hopefully by summer we will be able to come up with a more satisfactory method of getting a representative and responsible board...
...ownership of at least 80% is necessary before dividends can be freely transferred from one company to another on a tax-free basis. If LTV owned enough J. & L. stock, it would be able to collect about $20 million in dividends-a windfall that would help Ling pay his interest and retire some short-term debt. Thus Ling made a tender offer that expires this week. In exchange for more J. & L. stock, he will give a complicated package of LTV securities, including debentures and warrants. Last week the trustbusters threatened to seek an injunction against the tender offer...