laugh at ourselves among ourselves and we believe that it is an important job
for someone now and then to poke fun and deflate our self importance a bit

(not to mention, entertain us). It is altogether too easy to get caught up in
our own problems or politics and lose perspective of how little importance we

really have in the world.

The Information Services department does not exist to try and make
things look good. It is our job to help exchange information within and
without the college, to try and improve our performance and efficiency and to
maintain credibility with our audience. Naturally we are going to emphasize
what is positive about our college, but it is also healthy to discuss what isn't

going right, or what could be improved.

The INFORMER is unique in being the first internal college-wide
publication at Capilano to last more than a few issues, and it has been greeted
with everything from glowing compliments to furious complaints, but at least
we've had reactions. A complaint tells us two things: first, that someone has
read the issue, and second, that they think someone else will read it too.

Good.

Capilano College has long been in the ludicrous and embarassing situation
where not only distant, but even neighbouring segments of this institution
frequently know nothing about what is happening outside of their own smal]
areas and are unable to or uninterested in making improvements on that
situation. The sole purpose of the INFORMER is to facilitate communication
between all those segments of the college: the people (faculty, students, staff,
and administrators) and the areas (Sechelt, Squamish, Downtown, Premier St.,

and even the north and south campuses).

The INFORMER has attempted to fill this communications gap in an

informative and informal way and we feel that we've done a good job within our

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Donna McMahon

limitations. Do you?