Organizations and clubs can uncross their fingers now; post allocations are finally over.
The Budget Allocations Committee went back to the drawing boards for the last time to allocate money to organizations and clubs that wanted another chance to win big.
“In the past, about 10 to 12 organizations would apply for post allocations,” said Brian Gibbons, SGA director of finance and finance junior. “This semester, we had a few more, but the amount requested wasn’t much higher than before.”
The committee allocated $13,159.97 during post allocations, which collectively totals to a sum of $84, 506.66 being allocated to 48 out of 51 organizations and clubs that requested funding for fall 2011.
“SGA is constantly looking for the balance between the fairest way to allocate funding to each of the organizations and the most equitable use of student fees,” Gibbons said.
Once the process was over, the committee learned that money was not the only thing of value.
“It is clearly evident that there are some changes and modifications that need to be made to the core of the allocation process so that funds get allocated to organizations more equitably and efficiently,” Gibbons said.
Gibbons said that the concern of fairness will be, without a question, a top priority of SGA.
As for the few that did not receive any funding, there is always hope for next semester.
Sable Lefrere can be reached at [email protected]
