Student Service Finance Committee Chair Matt Manes revealed his new plan for the committee's budget Monday.
According to the budget plan, the SSFC would tentatively institute a College Student Council and a Campus Service Fund.
According to Manes, the CSC would be an ""umbrella"" for registered student organizations, promoting collaboration and professional involvement.
The CSF would be a method for ASM to determine that a service has importance on campus and should be provided for.
In his plan, Manes touted the success of prior restructuring, but said there was a need to ""fill in the holes,"" describing the current system as having been put together ""piecemeal.""
""[The current system] never dealt with the broader issue of ‘What does the best possible system look like?'"" Manes said. ""I think we need to ask this question.""
Manes said his main goals were to meet a greater student need with broader depth, and to stay true to the entire campus constituency.
Manes also spoke about the need for fiscal responsibility to control segregated fee spending.
""We as SSFC are stewards of the segregated fee account,"" said Manes. ""We are entrusted and elected by you to represent your general interest. We have the power to take care of these things on your behalf and we need to exercise it.""
Some session attendees questioned the role of minority voices if the SSFC was the sole body deciding funding allocation through the CSF.
A former student who chose to remain anonymous voiced concern over such a small group deciding who gets funding, suggesting that the system could silence the minority voice.
""I don't think that's fair,"" she said.
Manes said the SSFC plans to solicit campus input as much as possible through polls, town hall meetings and members' open office hours.
Council member Tim Fung agreed.
""Listening to some students, they just want to make sure that their voices don't get shut out,"" said Fung. ""[The concern] is just making sure that there's a way their voices can be heard.""
Manes will continue discussion of the budget plan Thursday.
