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October 12, 2004
HUSC spends hefty rollover
Over the summer, HUSC spent over $10,000 for campus improvements, the majority going toward Internet wiring in Manor basement.
The funding for such a project came from the executive board summer contingency fund. The fund is made up of rollover from the previous year, HUSC president Shona Ramchandani said.
The process goes as follows: At the end of the year, any money left in HUSC accounts and student organization budgets gets pooled and rolled over to the next year.
Sixty percent of the excess moves to the BER capital improvements fund, 20 percent to HUSC’s reserve funds, and the final 20 percent to the executive board’s summer contingency fund.
HUSC by-laws mandate the summer contingency fund “be used in the best interest of the university student body and provide a benefit for the university community.”
The by-laws also require the summer spending to be reported at the second HUSC general assembly meeting in October. This was done initially during HUSC’s general assembly on Oct. 5. From there, the fund was posted outside the HUSC office. During the Oct. 12 general assembly, the signatories must defend their decisions.
While there is no method besides impeachment to hold those who misuse the summer contingency fund responsible, the summer contingency fund “sets precedent for how spending will be considered in the upcoming year,” said HUSC treasurer Shanelle Evens.
Any money remaining after Sept. 30 is shifted into the general contingency fund.
Both chartered and unchartered student orgs, along with individuals, have access to the contingency fund, which is designed for unbudgeted, unexpected expenses.
Currently, the HUSC general contingency fund contains $7,807.63, less $90.95 that was approved during the Oct. 5 general assembly.
At the meeting, continual quorum questions (a minimum of 21 of 40 persons on HUSC roll-call must be present to continue a general assembly meeting) twice brought the meeting to a halt.
Towards the end of general assembly, only 21 HUSC members remained. Unfortunately, nothing could have been done by the chair, vice president Mike Pesko, to speed the meeting along.
The speed of the meeting was not aided by multiple parliamentary inquiries and several restatements of the question on the floor. While the cause of this is unknown, it significantly hampered the meeting.
HUSC approved first-year Dax Young as technology coordinator, replacing Graham Lampa.
Young was relieved of his duties as the CLA student representative on the University Technology Advisory Committee.
Posted by msveum at October 12, 2004 11:03 AM
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