Finance Committee Passes Club Budgets By Tina Sickler Capital Times Staff Writer On Sept. 28 the Student Government Association (SGA) held their weekly meeting and voted on the recommended allo cations for club and organization budgets, which were passed by the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee, com posed of student representatives from various majors, voted on the proposed budget allocations after thorough consideration. Their recommendations for the budgets were given to SGA for final approval. SGA Treasurer and Finance Committee member Michele Myers stated, “We try to make everything as fair as possible. This process can be long and frustrating, but the Finance Committee usually votes unani- mously.” “The budgets are carefully looked over by the Committee before SGA votes. Each club or organization is given equal opportunity and awarded accord ingly for their needs,” Myers added. CLUB ACM ASL ASME ASQC BSU CCF DSU Finance Hockey IMASC lAA lEEE Integration Kappa Lion Amb. Pre-Law PSPEC PSU Photo Psi Chi Psych RCC SEE SIE VSA WPSH XGI The criteria for a budget to be approved must include a detailed account of how the money will be used. The Finance Committee takes into consideration the club or organizations needs, and decides exactly how much will be given. Some clubs may notice that due to University Policy Rules and Procedures, certain areas of the budget cannot be approved. University Policy prohibits SGA from funding for items such as food expenses solely on behalf of the organization’s member ship such as an “End of the Year Party” or a similar closed func tion. Such expenses must be paid from the club’s unrestricted account. Any copying or printing will be funded through SGA. Clothing items that will remain the property of individual stu dents also must be paid from the club’s unrestricted account. Brad Moist, WPSH Club Prfesident and Station Music Director, stated, “Overall I was happy about the money we received, but the remaining REQUESTED ALLOCATED $1,050 we asked for but didn’t get was going to be used for the students.” Moist continued, “We wanted to give T-shirts and Stickers to students on campus during func tions we disc jockey. I don’t have a problem with the Finance Committee, but I .do not agree with University Policy at all. We wanted to be able to give back to the students who help support the radio station.” Moist added, “If the other clubs are going to use the major ity of their money for the stu dents, great. We need to use the money for the student’s benefit, not just the club’s benefit.” The Finance Committe will use the remaining amount of money in the Funds Available for Allocation (FAA) for new budget proposals or when clubs must remit their budgets. This allows clubs another chance to recieve more allocated funds. Jason Lynch, Treasurer of Penn State Professional Engineers and Contractors (PSPEC) said, “I was suprised at the amount of money we received. We asked for the same amount last year and got about $l,OOO less. This was the first time the Finance Committee let us talk to them about our budget proposals, maybe that is why we got more.” Lynch commented, “We knew we would never get what we asked for, but it was a nice suprise to receive what we did.” STRESSED FROTI SCHOOL? Are You Overwhelmed? Trouble Sleeping? Sad or Irritable? Hard to Concentrate? TRY All-Natural STRESS LESS to bring you peace of mind. - St, John's Wort, Ginkgo BUoba &DongQuai- CALL: 1-877-478-0891 A student casts his vote Sept. 30 in the SGA election SGA Election ’99 Despite a low turnout and numerous invalid votes, the Fall 1999 SGA elections managed to fill several needed senator posi tions. Students were able to vote on either Sept. 29 or 30 in the main lobby of Olmsted. Roderick Lee, SGA President, explained that only 107 of the over 3,000 stu dents at PSH cast their vote. Among these 107 votes, 56 were invalid, leaving only 51 valid votes to decide the election. Although there were only 51 valid votes cast, none of the potential senators were running opposed. Most positions offered only one candidate, while the remaining positions offered a write-in option.’ Further, a write in candidate must recieve at least seven votes to be elected. No write in candidates recieved the seven votes. Therefore, there are still positions to be filled. HOW DOES $BOO/WEEK EXTRA INCOME sound to you? Amazingly, profitable opportunity. Send self-addressed, stamped envelope to: GROUP FIVE 6547 N. Academy Blvd., PMB-N Colorado Springs, CO 80918 By Bryan Kapschull Capital Times Staff Writer The- winners of the election are: Jeanine Betaudier - Junior Senator-at-Large, Fatima Siddiqui - Junior Senator Behavioral Sciences and Education, Michael Allardyce - Junior Senator Public Affairs, Chris Wood - Junior Senator Science, Engineering and Technology, and Jon Smith - Graduate Senator. The positions of Junior Senator Business Administration and Junior Senator Humanities remain unfilled. Lee reported that students should be appointed to these positions during SGA’s Oct. 5 meeting, This meeting took place after the Times’ press deadline. Additional information and pho tographs about the appointed members and the induction cere mony will be published in the next issue.
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