Finance board gets tough |
Brian Wallheimer |
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Members look into money allocations
Members of the student finance board will be taking a closer look at student organizations' requests for money. Every year, organizations request money from student government to pay for expenses such as postage fees, copying and printing. The finance board decides how much an organization can receive based on its activity, needs and amount used in the past year. At the board's meeting Friday, Finance Board Chair Phil Gersman said that he wants to make sure organizations are not getting too much money. He plans to go through every application with the finance board to allocate the money. He said he wants to save money that could be used in student programs. The finance board sent three travel requests and a program request to the senate for approval. The board approved $425 for the SIUE Constructors to go to the American Concrete Institute, $425 to the Newman Student Union for the Global Solidarity/Haiti Connection annual trip, $413 to Sigma Gamma Rho for its 60th Central Region Conference and $2,532 to the Indian Student Association for India Night. The next finance board meeting will be 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, in the International Room of the Morris University Center. | |