Although students said that financial matters and reliability concerns have been addressed, there still are administrative concerns, according to speakers at an open forum held in the Student Union.

Sarah JM Kolberg, Sub-Board I president, said that instead of the establishment of an advisory board included in the students' action plan, the corps should have a full- or part-time executive director to ensure consistency with day-to-day, as well as year-to-year, affairs.

Kolberg said her concern is not whether the service is needed, but rather if the students can operate professionally and efficiently on their own. She added that the group must "ensure a level of continuity and consistency" that she said has been lacking in the past few years.

Discussing the students' proposal for an advisory board, Geoff Green, executive director of BPVAC, said it will "ideally meet once a monthÉand allow faster resolution to problems such as this (the suspension)."

While the students have invited representatives from the Buffalo medical community to serve on the board, they have yet to invite representatives of the university, although they previously have indicated they will do so.

Concerns raised at a Nov. 4 open forum about reliability of service provided by the corps at campus events have been addressed in the plan with the creation of a 20-member BPVAC committee that will staff on-campus events and be on stand-by for at least one hour before such events.

Ron Piaseczny, the BPVAC's director of finance, indicated that the organization has used the suspension period to catch up on past bills and to research previously unexplored avenues of funding. He also said that it has found a less-expensive local emergency medical service company from which to buy supplies and thus lower operating costs.

Piaseczny also said the corps has decided to consider itself an independent corporation rather than a student organization, since this will open up more opportunities for external funding.

Bill Hooley, executive director of Sub-Board I, Inc., explained that his organization plans to "buy a service for all students" by providing $15,000 worth of funding per semester if the service is reinstated. He also said Sub-Board I wants part of this money to be set aside for the purchase of a second ambulance vehicle.

Hooley said he is concerned that the corps has not filed required reports with the Internal Revenue Service for the past three years.

John Grela, director of the Department of Public Safety and a member of the university committee reviewing whether the corps should be allowed to resume service, has indicated nine steps that the corps needs to complete by Jan. 9 to strengthen its case for reinstatement. One request is a letter recommending that the BPVAC be allowed to continue handling emergencies on campus from the corps' medical director, Raquel Martin, a Buffalo physician.

In addition to Grela, members of the committee are Barbara Ricotta, interim dean of students; Sarah Bihr, director of student health, and Joseph Krakowiak, director of residential life.

The committee is scheduled to make a recommendation on whether the BPVAC should be allowed to resume operation by the beginning of next semester to Dennis Black, interim vice president for student affairs, who will make the final decision on the matter.