Chancellor David Ward will set the budget for the Multicultural Student Coalition, after an Associated Students of Madison Conference Committee voted Monday against taking up the budget.
In an e-mail following the meeting, Student Services Finance Committee Chair Neibart stated she will be writing a letter to Chancellor Ward outlining her recommended course of action. Neibart suggested Ward remand the budget decision to the next SSFC session or minimally fund MCSC according to ASM bylaws.
“There are obvious concerns with having a new session take up the budget because of the inconsistency between sessions,” Neibart said. “I am also incredibly concerned students were not given a say on the allocation of their student fees which they have the primary responsibility of in student life, services and interests.”
Several ASM representatives said the short notice left representatives unprepared to make a decision, but Neibart said the meeting was allowed to occur under short notice in ASM bylaws.
ASM Rep. Hannah Somers said that a posted notice of the meeting 24 hours prior would increase the amount of student input on the issue.
“This room is empty and I don’t think that if this meeting were posted with 24 hours in advance it would be,” Somers said. “I think we’re leaving a huge number of students out."
