FundCom Stipend Proposal

Proposal:

This proposal is to reinstate the stipends in place up until the 2012/2013 school year for the academic year of 2013/2014. This proposal has been brought to town meeting because the stipends offered to the officers of FundCom at the beginning of the Spring semester of 2013, the stipends under which they accepted the positions, were removed after these positions were accepted. More specifically, FundCom officers are elected in February, and the officers for this year were elected in early February 2013. The stipends were taken away in April 2013, and this was announced to the officers in May 2013. This proposal is to give the stipends that were expected to this members. The reason for this proposal is that these people were under the expectations that they would be receiving stipends, and were counting on them. One of the Co-coordinators of FundCom declined a part-time job in order to remain in this position, with the understanding that they would be getting this money. The argument under which the stipend was taken away was that more people would get involved with the student government. This would provide two outcomes; less work for all involved members, and an inability to provide stipends for all officers. This argument is no longer valid. FundCom has had to take on COCA’s responsibilities, therefore increasing the workload of FundCom. Additionally, less people have been involved in FundCom this year, which has increased FundCom’s workload even more. This argument is not only no longer invalid, the opposite is true. There are not more people and less work, there are less people and more work. The stipends would only be in place for the 2013/2014 academic year. Where is this money coming from? Give the money to something else/someone else (EMT’s/Deferred maintenance). This money is coming from the S.A.F. (Student Activities Fund). The S.A.F. must be used for student led and student organized activities. There is a set of rules and guidelines that the S.A.F. must abide by. Deferred maintenance therefore cannot be fixed with this budget. And E.M.T.’s cannot be supported with this budget according to the currently existing guidelines. However, two students (Adrianna Perry and Dina Amouzigh) are working on re-evaluating and re-structuring the entire S.A.F. funding process. If you have ideas, thoughts, proposals, discuss it with us. And keep an eye out for future events and meetings on this topic.

Powerpoint:

File:fundcomstipendsproposal.pdf