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Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:57:30 -0400 From: Alex Dehnert <adehnert@MIT.EDU> To: Alexandra Jordan <amjordan@mit.edu> CC: UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <0A3FADE8-88EB-4283-A7C1-EF44F72CED0F@mit.edu> Alexandra Jordan wrote: > Hi Senators. > > I would like to submit two points for you to consider before we discuss > this bill at the next meeting: > > 1. Approving this bill would allow Committee Chairs and the Treasurer to > completely eliminate certain line items from the budget. If the Senate > approves $800 to Committee A for a project, then that means Senate has > placed value in this project and expects it to at least be attempted, if > not completed. I believe that this possibility, of eliminating line > items for entire projects, is distinct from simply transferring over > excess funds from completed projects. I do not think that two people > should be able to change the budget in this way without the approval of > Senate. In my opinion, if the committee chair doesn't intend to complete the project, then they probably won't --- forcing them to hold on to the money seems unlikely to change anything. Between that and the explicitness with which overruling is now allowed, I don't really think any action is needed here. ~~Alex
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