Student Assembly Finance Commission
November 28th, 2005
5:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.
163 Day Hall

I. Call to Order

The Meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m.

II. Roll Call

Commissioners

Samuel Bendix, Adam Castle, Jeffrey Cohan, Jillian Dorans, Liz Falcone, Erica Fischer, Sorby Grant , Colin Heath, David Lederman, Brittni Levinson, Scottie McQuilkin, Kate Miller, Nadia Ormsby, Spencer Pepper, Dana Sckolnick, Caitlin Shetter, Eric Schulman, Kate-Lynn Timmermans, Evan Walker, Marissa Wilson, Soyeon-Yu, Joey Zielinski

III. Business of the Day

Introductions/Last Look at President and Treasurer’s Handbook

L. Falcone started out by asking that all the new and old commissioners introduce themselves so that everyone can get to know each other.

-Introductions are made all around

L. Falcone said that she handed out packets with all the information on all of the SAFC members and to tell Spencer Pepper if anything was incorrect in them. She then moved on to say that in the coming week there will be an SA meeting in which they approve the new e-board as well the new commissioners. She said that anyone is invited to attend.

D. Lederman said that they commission will be taking one last look at the President and Treasurer’s Handbook (P&T) before they send it to the SA for approval. He also mentioned that since the SAFC passed the new definition of what a club sport is, the commission should discuss where to place it in the P&T.

L. Falcone suggested that it be at the top of the P&T.

S. McQuilkin suggested that it be right at the beginning of the P&T.

L. Falcone also suggested that at the “masthead”, the commission should add that the SAFC is a subsidiary organization.

M. Wilson said that maybe, instead, the co-chairs could write an e-mail in the beginning of the summer to all the groups asking that they find more funding elsewhere.

L. Falcone said that we should still add the masthead change as a reminder.

K. Miller asked that “subsidiary organization” be defined so all groups understand what it means.

K. Timmermans asked if the SAFC should put in the P&T other ways groups could get funding.

L. Falcone responded with “Sure”.

D. Lederman also asked that that the SAFC include a small description saying that if a groups event is in the spring, they cannot receive funding for it until the spring semester, and cannot ask for funding in a fall budget.

L. Falcone also asked that the SAFC put a small clarification on what constitutes a price quote. She added that the definition already in the P&T was for durable goods.

S. McQuilkin added that the SAFC should add a note to the current definition saying the other types of price quotes for non-durable good are throughout the handbook.

L. Falcone asked if everything was ok with the P&T.

-No response, which means yes.

E. Fisher asked that someone put a note on the website saying that the SAFC put new changes in the P&T.

K. Miller asked that the endnotes be better referenced so less people are confused.

L. Falcone moved on to say that the SA has created a new task force to figure out whether or not the SAFC should fund publications. She mentioned that one idea the SA mentioned was to have the president, treasurers, and advisors held more accountable of what they publish. She said that putting the name of the advisor directly on the publication was one of the ideas the SA task force decided. Another idea the task force thought of was to limit the publications funding if they get too much outside funding.

D. Lederman added that the SA was thinking of adding an annual option of Co-organized events since it would make it easier on all the parties included.

S. Grant replied to SA task force’s propositions by pointing out that putting the advisor’s name directly on the publication would lead to cutting writers’ freedom of speech, since the advisor might censor certain articles.

K. Shetter also pointed out that each advisor simply doesn’t have the time to check all of the articles in each paper.

M. Wilson mentioned that this could also limit valuable parts of speech as well, not just racist, sexist, etc comments.

L. Falcone wrapped up by thanking all of the commissioners and saying that it was a pleasure to be an e-board member. She finally said that she would see everyone next year.

IV. Meeting ended at 5:30 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,
Daniel Kantor
SAFC Clerk, Office of the Assemblies