inursday, June 9, 1977 The Tar Heel 3
Economic uncertainty prompts
suspension of Graphics' funds
By LARRY TUPLER
Staff Writer
Prodded by what many persons have
termed long-standing Uncertainty' over the
economic viability of Student Graphics,
Inc., the summer Media Board voted last
week to suspend Graphics' budget, effective
June 30.
Bill Moss, president of Student
Government (SG), corroborates Turner on
these points, stating, "Student Graphics is
incapable of making a large enough profit to
maintain itself."
A large part of both Turner's and Moss'
evidence comes from a report compiled by
Gregory M. Kapfer, an MBA candidate at
UNC.
In his report Kapfer states that though
. . Graphics is a pain. "
Patti Turner
Media Board Chairperson
The Board also opened negotiations with
University Printing and Duplicating (UPD)
to discuss the UPD's subsumption of
Graphics' services in the near future.
According to Patti Turner, chairperson of
the Media Board, the decision to freeze
Graphics' funds was reached because
Graphics has long been operating in the red.
She cited a lack of operating guidelines,
accounting problems and inadequate
support from Campus Governing Council
(CGC).
"We (the Media Board) have given them
(Graphics) almost $10,000 in loans this past
year," she said, and added, "Graphics is a
pain."
Graphics resolved at its inception in 1971
"not only to be self-supporting, but... to
combine with other Student Government
services to eliminate student fees," such has
failed to occur.
Kapfer adds that the failure stems from:
a lack of leadership and planning within
Graphics;
the presence of alternative printing
establishments in this area;
deficient knowledge of business and
accounting procedures on the part of
Graphics' management, and
high turnover rates in Graphics' board
of directors, CGC and other groups to which
Graphics is accountable.
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Kapfer concludes his report with the
prognosis that Student Graphics is incapable
of maintaining a profit in the long run.
In response to the claims of Turner, Moss
and Kapfer, Steve Gould, general manager
of Graphics, claims that the Media Board
has been callous in its handling of the
situation.
"There are actual real-life people whose
lives are affected by the actions of the
board," Gould said: "They have not been
taken into consideration."
Gould further said that he was not
consulted by the Board before they made the
funds decision last week. He feels there has
been "a strange undercurrent of happenings"
in the situation. He cites the fact that in April
the regular Media Board resolved to extend
Graphics' services for another year, but that
the present summer Media Board rescinded
suddenly on its April commitment. Gould
questions the summer Board's power to alter
the policies of the regular Board.
Moss said Tuesday that Gould was not
consulted about incorporation under UPD
because "there was a lot of sentiment in the
Media Board not to keep Steve Gould (as
manager of Graphics). Also, if you already
know how your management feels, why go
through the formality of asking?"
In response to Gould's allegation that
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Moss and his board appointees contravened
the Media Board's April decision, Moss said
he was unaware of the April meeting.
Moss also says that since Graphics fiscal
year extends from July 1 to June 30, the
summer Board has the power to suspend
Graphics' funds.
Gould has said that Kapfer did not talk to
him personally about management in
compiling the Graphics report, but rather
took up the history of Graphics prior to
Gould's arrival as manager. Gould
maintains that since that time, "far from not
being economically viable, Student Graphics
has made a profit, which is what we're
supposed to do, while at the same time
providing service that the students need."
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