1700, Friday, June 18th, 1999

PRESENT

Tara, Annette, Emmanuel, Meghan, Rupinder

BANKRUPTCY ACT (Meghan)

* Students get a loan because they have no assets; they cannot declare

bankruptcy because judges know that

they don't have assets; students have to work.

* BC5 - 2year limit and BC36 -10year limit are fundamentally the same bill

* Most are willing to say that it is discriminatory (i.e. judges, NDP and Reform, Libby Davies has appealed it)

*Aside on the divorce act: if husband goes to medical school, wife cannot say that she put him thru it because education *doesn't* count as an asset.

OFFICE DOOR

* Tara to stick a combo lock with key inside on the door to make it accessible to everyone.

CHARITABLE STATUS (Emmanuel outlined...)

* Advantages (i.e. no income tax...) and disadvantages (i.e. must be doing charitable activities...all profits to charity, only 20% can be allotted to unrelated items...);

* Things we need (preliminary budget and list of directors)

* SLFS needs to decide which category it falls under (Education or Beneficial to community - probably latter) and state why.

* The entire process takes approximately one year.

* Emmanuel to clarify SLFS responsibility for providing or not providing T4s.

LITIGATION COMMITTEE

* Official motion passed to have April Lee, David MacFarlan, Jason Farrer and Meghan Whittaker-Vandusen on SLFS litigation comittee.

* Tara to talk to Jaime about possibly organizing their getting together with Amir and Susan.

TENANTS' ISSUE

* Tara to meet Boyd Piper ( Tenant's Rights Action Coalition) and Chris Gawronski on Mon. 930am.

* Chris has written a letter.

* Response to Chris' letter by Herald who basically said that there is no reason to pass a motion like this because it is already the law...it's redundant to ask us to obey the law.

* SLFS will write a letter after the AMS has.

Meeting adjourned at 1740.

Minutes by Rupinder Sohal.STUDENT LEGAL FUND SOCIETY