[160] in UA Senate
Re: 41UAS2.3: Bill to Authorize the Treasurer to Reallocate Money
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Catherine Olsson)
Mon Oct 19 22:13:38 2009
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:13:32 -0400
From: Catherine Olsson <catherio@MIT.EDU>
To: Alexandra Jordan <amjordan@mit.edu>
CC: Ted Hilk <thilk@mit.edu>, Alex Dehnert <adehnert@mit.edu>,
UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <D41043A2-A076-4A55-8934-4B9431986010@mit.edu>
Just a thought - since I can't think of very many relevant officers
besides committee chairs, it might be nice to see specific enumeration
of which officers the bill is referring to. Normally I wouldn't suggest
such specific language, because then the bill is left without enough
generality to still apply when situations change, but this bill will (as
written) expire after a set amount of time so it may be more appropriate.
Just a thought,
- Catherine
Alexandra Jordan wrote:
> Ted's second comment was addressed with an amendment to the bill to
> clarify that only committee chairs or officers of the relevant offices
> can make such decisions.
>
> Alex
> Sorority Senator
>
> On Oct 19, 2009, at 9:48 PM, Ted Hilk wrote:
>
>> That the Treasurer may reallocate funds from one part of the UA
>> budget to the pool of funds that
>> the Finance Board helps allocate to student groups for the next
>> funding period;
>>
>>
>> Regarding this pool: if the applicable committee chair later decides
>> that this decision was made in error, is there any way for it to be
>> reversed? Given that the money is allocated to a "pool of funds"
>> rather than directly to the groups (hence implying some time delay
>> before the money is actually out of UA's control), shouldn't such
>> reversal be an option? If not, why not?
>>
>> That such reallocations must be approved by the committee chair
>> or other officer in charge of the
>> budget area losing said funds;
>>
>>
>> Would it be possible to clarify, in the text of the bill, which
>> specific positions are allowed to do this for which specific budget
>> areas? I feel that the existing wording is a bit vague, given the
>> powers involved.
>>
>> That the Senate, Finance Board, and [a]affected Chair must be
>> informed of each such reallocation;
>>
>>
>> Is there a reason why this line does not say "by the next meeting of
>> the Senate"? While understanding the importance of delegation, I
>> believe that timely information is necessary to allow for review of
>> the decisions.
>>
>> Finally, I would like to note that I'm not by any means opposed to
>> the principle of this bill. I agree that leftover money from our
>> operations should go to student groups. I just want to make sure that
>> Senate exercises caution in doing so, and more time for discussion
>> was necessary to meet this aim.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Ted Hilk
>> EC Senator
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Alex Dehnert <adehnert@mit.edu
>> <mailto:adehnert@mit.edu>> wrote:
>>
>> Since we postponed this a week...
>>
>> If you have questions: Please ask them explicitly. Otherwise, no
>> guarantee that you'll get an answer... I'm not psychic.
>>
>> I'll probably put together some more information shortly, but I
>> encourage some discussion to happen here besides that.
>>
>> ~~Alex
>>
>>
>> Alex Dehnert wrote:
>>
>> I wrote a bill which is available at
>> http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS41/2/moving-money/moving-money.pdf.
>>
>> The bill authorizes the treasurer to:
>> * reallocate funds from a committee to the pool of funds that
>> the Finance Board helps allocate to student groups for the
>> next funding period; and
>> * Requires that such reallocations be approved by the
>> committee chair losing said funds; and
>> * That the Senate, Finance Board, and affected Chair must be
>> informed of each such reallocation; and
>> * That such authorization shall expire at the end of the
>> 2009–2010 fiscal year unless renewed by Senate.
>>
>> I'm happy to answer any questions that you have. It would be
>> awesome if we can get most questions out *before* Senate, so
>> that Senate can be short without being much less effective.
>>
>> ~~Alex
>>
>>
>>
>
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