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Student Events may receive funding through F-Board again
by Miranda Neubauer
Senior Writer
News | 4/15/08
Posted online at 5:41 AM EST on 4/15/08
/ Last updated at 1:39 AM EST on 4/15/08
Recently announced changes to Union Treasury and Finance Board funding policies could allow Student Events to receive its funding through F-Board again, according to representatives from the Student Union and Student Events. Talks are currently underway to determine the viability of such a plan, both sides said.
Last November, Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Jean Eddy approved a proposal by Student Events to receive 17 percent of the Student Activities Fee directly from the Department of Student Activities instead of through requests to F-Board.
However, Student Events Financial Director Ben Gordon '08 said that many of the changes that Union Treasurer Choon Woo Ha '08 spoke about in his State of the Finance address April 7 were "point-by-point our problems with the Union last semester," indicating Student Events' potential agreement to switch back to the old system.
Student Events Director Lauren Barish '08 pointed to Ha's announcement that F-Board would switch to allocating general grants for events instead of line-item allocations, in which clubs request money for specific items bound to specific purposes starting next fall.
She added that Student Events also viewed the addition of Appeal Request meetings, in which groups could appeal F-Board decisions about club money requests, as a positive step.
Student Events representatives explained last semester that the change in their funding process would allow them to respond more flexibly to student wishes. Union members strongly protested Eddy's decision, calling the move unconstitutional and incompatible with the idea of student autonomy and the passage of the Student?Activities Fee referendum in 2006, after which secured groups no longer received a guaranteed percentage of the SAF but were eligible to receive a baseline amount of money at the beginning of each semester, with the option of requesting additional funds from F-Board
Eddy maintained the constitutionality of her decision, stating that she values student autonomy. She told the Justice that her intent with the decision was to improve social life and decrease rollover of Student Union finances.
Last November, Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Jean Eddy approved a proposal by Student Events to receive 17 percent of the Student Activities Fee directly from the Department of Student Activities instead of through requests to F-Board.
However, Student Events Financial Director Ben Gordon '08 said that many of the changes that Union Treasurer Choon Woo Ha '08 spoke about in his State of the Finance address April 7 were "point-by-point our problems with the Union last semester," indicating Student Events' potential agreement to switch back to the old system.
Student Events Director Lauren Barish '08 pointed to Ha's announcement that F-Board would switch to allocating general grants for events instead of line-item allocations, in which clubs request money for specific items bound to specific purposes starting next fall.
She added that Student Events also viewed the addition of Appeal Request meetings, in which groups could appeal F-Board decisions about club money requests, as a positive step.
Student Events representatives explained last semester that the change in their funding process would allow them to respond more flexibly to student wishes. Union members strongly protested Eddy's decision, calling the move unconstitutional and incompatible with the idea of student autonomy and the passage of the Student?Activities Fee referendum in 2006, after which secured groups no longer received a guaranteed percentage of the SAF but were eligible to receive a baseline amount of money at the beginning of each semester, with the option of requesting additional funds from F-Board
Eddy maintained the constitutionality of her decision, stating that she values student autonomy. She told the Justice that her intent with the decision was to improve social life and decrease rollover of Student Union finances.
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Brad
posted 4/16/08 @ 2:37 PM EST
Brian Paternostro seems to have hit the jackpot this week. His Culture X and comments on Student Events are in the same issue. What I do not understand is why he is ever mentioned. (Continued…)
Steve
posted 4/26/08 @ 8:40 PM EST
Could not agree more, thank God Brian is graduating and out of here!
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