[76] in UA Senate
Re: Meeting this evening - discuss!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sammi Wyman)
Tue Oct 13 20:42:47 2009
Cc: Ted Hilk <thilk@mit.edu>, Adam Bockelie <bockelie@mit.edu>,
Paul Baranay <pbaranay@mit.edu>, Rachel E Meyer <remeyer@mit.edu>,
ua-senate@mit.edu
From: Sammi Wyman <swyman@MIT.EDU>
To: Catherine Olsson <catherio@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4AD51413.40601@mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:42:39 -0400
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athletics weekend already happened.
On Oct 13, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Catherine Olsson wrote:
> Ted Hilk wrote:
>>
>> 5. The UA operating budget should be approved as it stands. Yes,
>> I am
>> concerned that we are spending so much money on PLUS and Athletics
>> Weekend, but think that should be a target for future budgets,
>> not the
>> current budget. I am glad that there are concrete plans to hand
>> off PLUS
>> next year, and would like to see this promise held to. Thus I am
>> considering authoring a bill requiring the management of PLUS to
>> be
>> handed over by next year as promised - is there support among
>> other
>> senators?
>>
>> Why delay fixing these issues, and for how long? T-shirts for
>> Athletics in particular struck me as quite expensive relative to
>> their potential benefit to the student body, and I would like to
>> hear more about this. A number of my constituents have already
>> approached me about fiscal responsibility, and I feel that more
>> attention should be given to the issue.
>
> In terms of PLUS, I don't see it as a delay in fixing the issue. The
> handoff is underway. I want to make sure it really happens as we are
> promised it will. (Jed's comments just now are reassuring).
>
> In terms of Athletics weekend, I'm suggesting we delay because we
> need to analyze the importance of Athletics Weekend, not cut it off
> as a knee-jerk reaction or haphazardly try to make a move at
> tonight's meeting with no overarching philosophy. The t-shirts are a
> large part of what get people to come out to Athletics Weekend -
> without them, our funding would be *totally* wasted. But, the
> question remains, is the event still worthwhile if we have to
> provide such strong incentives for attendance? I think possibly, but
> I'm not sure. Hence I don't feel comfortable acting *now*, and would
> rather discuss the issue of our spending as a whole at a more
> leisurely pace.
>
> If someone could provide a well thought-out plan for how to cut
> Athletics Weekend funding for this year, and present it at this
> meeting, I would consider supporting it, but I haven't seen any, and
> can't think of any right now.
>
> - Catherine
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