The Student Services Finance Committee met Monday to discuss adding a spring eligibility date for student services, and it heard the Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics’ budget proposal.
SSFC Rep. Todd Garon proposed allowing student groups to apply for funding eligibility in the spring. The spring eligibility would allow new groups applying for SSFC funding more time to plan a budget.
Garon said this proposal is aimed at allowing groups to apply at a more convenient time in the spring semester because more experienced group members are available to plan the budget proposal.
AHA President Sam Erickson and Vice President Cole Dreier presented a 2016 budget proposal of $63,803.69, an increase of $2,488.18 from last year.
The biggest change in AHA’s budget is the addition of a marketing chair, which would add $3,032.70 to budgeted salaries. Erickson said the new position could help reach out to the student body and combat what he said is the stigma of not following a religion.
The Memorial Union then presented its construction plans, which are projected to last until 2017. Amid strong reactions by SSFC members in response to this projection, Director Mark Guthier and Vice President of Program Administration Bill Mulligan said there are plans to include more food vendors.
The revenue generated by these would contribute to keeping segregated fees low.
The committee also requested Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán return funds to SSFC following a third wage violation. The group incurred its first and second violations when a member not enrolled in classes received pay from student fees. The third violation followed when two members logged high overtime hours.
All three violations occurred in quick succession. A fourth violation would result in a funding freeze.
Finally, SSFC made plans to rehear Sex Out Loud’s budget after it won a Student Judiciary case, alleging SSFC’s recording equipment was faulty.
