The Student Services Finance Committee voted to approve a budget of $92,279.84 for the UW-Madison student organization Sex Out Loud Thursday, but voted to postpone the budget decision for Greater University Tutoring Services until Monday's meeting.
The committee removed several hundred dollars from Sex Out Loud's budget intended to pay for airfare for speakers before approving the final budget amount by a 5-0 vote.
Although committee members decided to postpone the final budget decision for GUTS until Monday, they removed several line items requested to fund new computer hardware from the organization's budget, which currently stands at $161,082.39.
SSFC Vice Chair Michael Romenesko said he wanted to remove the items because he felt they were not fiscally responsible since GUTS can easily rent new equipment at various places on campus.
The Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group and Badger Catholic also presented their budget requests Thursday.
Badger Catholic requested nearly $5,000 more than the organization received last year.
Badger Catholic Chair Nico Fassino said the money will go to various speakers, programming and events to increase awareness of the organization on campus.
Following the hearing, some SSFC members said they were concerned about Badger Catholic's request for funding for food at meetings and said they would make the final budget decision Monday.
WISPIRG Board Chair Scott Thompson presented the organization's budget request, saying the organization needs funding to pay for new positions, to act on their public interest goals, to pay their Public Interest Research Group dues and to cover their administrative costs.
SSFC members brought up concerns about the necessity of funding for certain administrative costs and for the creation of new positions.
Thompson said because WISPIRG is growing, the need for new positions has increased as well.
SSFC also plans to make WISPIRG's budget decision at Monday's meeting.
