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Today begins “a new era of transparency”, as Mike Pernick put it, with regard to the SBC and how it allocates the student activities budget. All students at Wesleyan now have the ability to view every allocation decision that the SBC has made — which groups have received funding, how much they have received, and [...] As one of the SBC’s two newest members, I thought the time would be ripe for sharing my experiences thus far on the committee with the rest of the Wesleyan community. To start, we are an extremely (and uniquely?) tight knit group. For some reason, there is a pronounced camaraderie within the SBC that no [...] Last Monday, November 9, the SBC met with many groups who came to request funds for various events and activities. However, one group came with a request we hadn’t seen before. ASHA (Aids and Sexual Health Awareness) stepped forward with the most X-rated request in recent memory, requesting 2 dildos, poster board and velcro. It’s an interesting perspective to sit on both ends of the financial process. Being both a member of the SBC and an office assistant in the WSA Office, I frequently have the pleasure of helping student group leaders transition from the “requesting” phase to the “getting” phase. Based upon this, I want to [...] A frequent complaint about organizing bodies such as the Wesleyan Student Assembly is how much red tape one must cut through in order to make any real changes within its structure. Indeed, a formal, regimented assembly such as the WSA is full of committees, subcommittees and advisory committees that each have their own set [...] Phish food ice cream What is the single best way that I can convince the SBC to allocate money to my student group? This coming Monday, September 21, at 4:15 in Exley 150, the SBC and COCo will be holding a mandatory meeting with all student group leaders. There are a number of very significant procedural changes occurring this year and it is important for all student groups to hear about them. At this meeting, COCo will discuss the [...] This year the Student Budget Committee (SBC) is taking measures to ensure that its actions and decisions are completely transparent to the student body. Since its budget is drawn from the Student Activities Fee, ultimately the money comes straight from the pockets of Wesleyan students. The budget’s final use, therefore, should be well known by [...] Traditionally the SBC has judged funding proposals based on the proposal’s quality. Is it Economical? Does it reach out to students? Will it provide a service to the student body that isn’t already provided? And for the most part, this method works fine, but with music this approach has obvious flaws. To put it simply, [...] |
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November 20, 2009, at 6:05 pm 
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