THE INFORMER PAGE 5

OCTOBER 4, 1989

Support Staff Additions and Changes

The following is a list of new or moved support staff at the
College since June 1, 1989:

Linda Curry - Secretary II/S.I.S. - Dean’s Office (RFT)
Robyn Janssens - MCA III (RFT)

Joan Hollman - L.A.L./Social Sciences; TFT to July 31/90

Jean Classen - E.P.S. Clerk II/Labour Studies; (TFT)

Wendy Carter- Personnel Clerk; TFT to December 31/89
Yasmin NoorMohamed - Secretary I/Planning (RFT)

Lucidea Moore - Clerk Typist I/Humanities; TPT to Dec. 1/89
Katrina Watts- L.A. I/Social Sciences; TPT to April 27/90
Martha MacKay - Div. Ass’t./Office Administration; RFT
(Replacing Michele Henderson who has taken a very early
retirement!)

Dale Gagne - Sec. to Dir. of Employee Relations (RFT)

Iris Cunningham - Accounting Clerk IV/Financial Serv. (RFT)
Brenda Pickersgill - Accounting Clerk I/Financial Serv. (RFT)
Peter Robertson - Maintenance Worker I (RFT)

Phil Beck - Groundskeeper; TFT to October 31/89

Bonnie Josephison - College Receptionist/Swbrd Operator; to
RPT, (nee Buckley effective August 28/89

Jean Berry - Program Ass’t. International Studies (RFT)
Kathy Chute - Clk. Typ. III/Career Choices-Job Entry; TPT to
March 31/90

Sonia Shaw - Accounting Clerk I/Financial Services (RFT)
Susan Moore - A.V. Ass’t. ITI/M.P.C.; TPT to April 20/90
Antonia Robertson - A.V. Ass’t. ITI/A.V. (RFT)

Heike Gautreau - A.V. Ass’t. III/A.V. Equipt.; TPT to April 20
Karyn Schmid - Lib. Ass’t. IlI/Circulation (RPT)

Diane Parker - Lib. Ass’t. I/Circulation; (RPT)

Nadine Harshenin - Lib. Ass’t. I/Circulation; TPT to April 27/90
Len Clarke - A.V. Ass’t./A.V. Equip; TPT to April 20/90
Gordon Inglis- A.V. Ass’t./A.V. Equip.; TPT to April 20/90
Drena McCormack - Receptionist II/Advising; TPT to Dec. 15
Tim McKenzie- A.V. Ass’t. ITI/A.V.; TPT to Dec. 15/89
Sheila Rosen - Financial Aid Advisor; TPT to Apr. 30/90

Clearing the lines

The danger in this job, says Pauline, is that you can start to
see people as numbers. “Oh here comes 2002, or here comes
Music.”

On switchboard/reception for the past two years, Pauline’s
cheerful personality does not seem to have been affected by the
automating aspects of her job, and she manages with fellow
board attendants Jessie McCready and Bonnie Josephison to keep
the 1200 odd calls humming through our often quirky system.
“The busiest time is registration, when we handle up to 1,500
calls per day along with questions at the reception desk. We’re
the main information desk for the College. That puts us on the
front line.”

Working on campus for 8 - 9 years, Pauline began asa
pottery student, then walked into the typing pool one day and
asked Claire Day if there were any jobs. She worked there one
year then went to ABE for five years as receptionist. “I enjoyed
student contact," says Pauline, who now turns her people skills to
the constantly repetitive questions of her area.

But Pauline is much more than just a patient and pleasant
face. She has been taking courses over the past ten years and is
now entering the third year of an English degree at SFU. She has
also done several courses in art history, and she tutors English
and basic literacy at the Lucas Centre in North Vancouver, is
taking a math and computer course and spends her spare time
with her three grandchildren.

This is fairly tame compared to earlier adventures with
family boats. Pauline, who has taught swimming for 13 years,
has had several opportunities to use her aquatic talents. Besides
being dumped in the drink unceremoniously while dropping
anchor in Desolation Sound (and surfacing to a camera in her
face), Pauline has braved the murky waters of Burrard Inlet to
remove tangled line from their propellor. That time she rose out
of the water to cheering and clapping from a gallery of men who
had lined up on the wharf above to watch her. Pauline took it all
in stride. After all, keeping lines clear is just part of her job.

Give her a call, or better still, drop by to see her, so she can
put a face to the number.