Posts Tagged ‘ allocations ’

Rather than write a piece of art of spin some rhetoric web that says a lot of things without actually offering any solutions to problems or changes to problems, I’m just going to list my top 3 priorities if I … Continue reading →
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If we want to have a serious discussion about important issues like the SA financial process, we should first take a look at how the discussion is being framed and make sure it takes on a factual tone. Here’s how … Continue reading →
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A certain chairman must be breathing a sigh of relief because in previous years, people would have been calling for his head, which unfortunately didn't happen since every organization and club got their money with the SA having so much of it to allocate this year.
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UPDATE: The liveblog will be conducted in an appropriate manner as prescribed by the George Washington University Student Association. The meeting will be at 9pm in the State Room on the 7th floor of the Elliot School building.  Supposedly more student orgs will be asking for money at this meeting than last year’s, so...
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Here’s a list of notable allocations to be handed out this year, with last year’s initial allocations in parentheses. Student Bar Association – $92, 985 ($64,050)MBA Association $50,000 – ($39,200)Jewish Student Association – $23,018 ($10,500)College Democrats – $15,000 ($10,500)College Republicans – $15,000 ($10,500)International Affairs Society – $10,000 ($5,000)Newman Catholic Center – $7,000 ($4,700)Black Student...
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…everywhere I go. Including Senator Dobson’s sparsely-attended (read: unattended by anyone except Yours Truly) office hours in the S.A. office. The official figures have yet to be determined (appeals have to be considered), so the student body of Our Fair University will have to wait until next Wednesday for the full information. Scuttlebutt, however,...
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Here’s an interesting idea to jump-start the pre-reform brainstorm session in the S.A.: ask what works elsewhere. Julie Bindelglass tells me that the S.A. Senate Finance Committee, working with S.A.C., sent out a questionnaire to 14 other Universities about their practices. A sample of the questions: Who is in charge of the student fee...
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Let me take a moment to answer two of Hunter’s four “open questions” about Senator Dobson’s bill–specifically, the third and fourth. Will it encourage student orgs to look elsewhere for funding so as to avoid scrutiny, red tape, public display of rejection, etc? We can only hope. Anyway, I doubt they’ll look elsewhere in...
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It’s come up in private conversation away from the blog and it’s been talked about extensively by Patriot writers in the past, but we have yet to actually broadcast it to our loyal readers since the semester began. Now seems as good a time as any to say it to the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed freshmen...
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Having already editorialized in favor of past (and failed) fee increase proposals, today the GW Hatchet editorial page sang the praises of the latest fee increase proposal: Life at an urban college can be intimidating and present fewer opportunities for involvement in student organizations. This is especially true when smaller organizations are left the...
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