CFRC funding drive exceeds $17,000 goal
For the third year in a row, CFRC campus radio station exceeded its annual funding drive goal.
In its second year without a University grant, the station raised about $18,400. Operations officer Eric Beers said the office of advancement told the station a significant amount of money has yet to be processed. The station will get an updated number on Monday.
“We had set a goal of $17,000 so we were hoping to raise that, so of course to exceed that is great news,” Beers said. “Clearly for us to be able to grow in any of our funding is going to help stabilize the station.”
He said the drive’s success is a measure of the station’s presence on campus.
“We wouldn’t have such strong results if not for here,” he said. “For the people that are aware of us I think we’re very well appreciated, but I think spreading the awareness of, CFRC and what its does and that its been here a long time and that it’s an integral part of the Queen’s community is a big part of it.”
The drive is also a good experience for staff and volunteers, Beers said.
“A lot of what we do is fairly lonely work so this is just great we get people on the phone who just chit chat and ask them why they donate and you get such a range of reasons.” Beers said the stations will continue to push its fundraising goals.
“I think that we’ll set [the bar] a little higher again next year. It’s a gauge of and the has materialized in the last few years and that’s very encouraging.”
—Erin Flegg
Incoming AMS executive completes extended council hiring
Incoming AMS executive Radcliffe-Wang-St. Clair finished hiring the AMS extended council Feb. 14.
Laura Railey, ArtSci ’10, is the new human resources officer; Yvonne Wu, CompSci ’09, was hired as IT manager; Anna Tombs, ArtSci ’08, is sustainability co-ordinator and Leslie Yun, ArtSci ’10, is communications officer.
“We’ve had one or two council meetings already and the council’s really good and I really look forward to working with them,” said AMS Vice-President (Operations)-elect Ken Wang.
The new executive also hired the AMS Media Services Director, a position that wasn’t filled when the other AMS Council positions were hired early February.
Chris Gusen, ArtSci ’09, who was RWS’s campaign manager, was hired for the position on Feb. 13.
—Kerri MacDonald
The Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) held its election and referendum results last night but wouldn’t release the results by press time.
Please see the March 7 issue of the Journal for details.
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