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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Student org budget requires Wiley's approval

Members of the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee and Student Council presented the segregated fees budget for 2002-'03 to UW-Madison Chancellor Wiley Wednesday. 

 

 

 

\The chancellor seemed very receptive to where we were coming from and interested in the processes and deliberations that went into each of the budgets,"" said ASM Chair Jessica Miller. 

 

 

 

If accepted as proposed, the budget would increase from an estimated $1.6 million this year to $2.6 million next year. The rise, driven by increased student group requests, raised questions about the seg-fee evaluation process. 

 

 

 

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SSFC and Student Council members expressed confidence in the current system's ability to arbitrate need. 

 

 

 

""The way that the process is set up, it is very fair to all groups,"" Miller said. 

 

 

 

Regarding the possibility of such increases becoming the norm, SSFC members saw the new budget as an exception rather than the rule. 

 

 

 

""The increases this year reflect a huge take-off cost for an organization,"" SSFC Chair Lamont Smith said. ""I don't think in the next few years we can expect such a request coming.""  

 

 

 

One criticism of the budget is that insufficient time was taken to evaluate group demands, a claim denied by those part of the process. 

 

 

 

""If we could add up all the hours we did discussion and debate on those proposals, in my honest opinion I would refute the argument that we didn't do a good job,"" said Carl Camacho, SSFC member and ASM vice chair. 

 

 

 

Wiley has a variety of options in responding to the budget. 

 

 

 

""He could remand it to the council or SSFC; I don't really know what the response of either body would be,"" Miller said. 

 

 

 

Segregated fees are funds allocated to services and groups which benefit the campus community. SSFC members see these benefits being well worth the costs.  

 

 

 

""I would like [students] to understand the opportunities that student fees provide can be just as valuable as their in-class education,"" Smith said. ""Student government is trying to provide an opportunity for students to get these opportunities ... to basically improve their package as a student coming out of this university.\

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