[16] in UA Financial Policy Review Committee
Re: Meeting 1 (Senate funds) results
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Dehnert)
Mon Jun 22 02:31:48 2009
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:31:11 -0400
From: Alex Dehnert <adehnert@MIT.EDU>
To: Paul Baranay <pbaranay@mit.edu>
CC: ua-fprc@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0906220146591.4471@vinegar-pot.mit.edu>
Paul Baranay wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009, Alex Dehnert wrote:
>
>> We essentially concluded, I think, that:
>> * UA Fresh Fund will be chiefly administered by the ASA, with Senate
>> approving allocations (a la Finboard)
>> * Senate Discretionary will focus on
>> * Committee initiatives & changes in budgetary needs
>> * Funding for unforeseeable (not just unforseen / un-prepared-for)
>> events by student groups (eg, an event in response to the Iran elections)
>> * Student group requests that don't quite meet Finboard
>> regulations, but are sufficiently awesome Senate thinks they should be
>> funded, generally because they benefit a huge portion of the student
>> body, or promote MIT's image in the broader world
>
> I'd amend "Finboard regulations" to "Finboard and LEF/ARCADE
> regulations," personally. I feel that LEF/ARCADE could be better
> advertised (but see below, as well).
Eh, *shrug*. This was the quick summary version --- I wrote it in like
five minutes.
>
>> Somebody needs to write a draft section for our report. Would anyone
>> be willing or particularly interested in this section?
>
> *raises hand*
>
I think I'd rather get someone who was there...
~~Alex
