The Student Services Finance Committee denied the Campus Women's Center the right to an appeal Thursday by a margin of one vote.
The CWC lobbied for an appeal citing ""vagueness"" in the SSFC's first decision, in which they were denied funding, and a misinterpretation of their application materials.
The CWC said their ""Condom Crawl"" activity was in fact a ""direct and tailorable student service"" and not an ""event"" as originally classified by the SSFC. A change in the Condom Crawl's classification would have put the CWC agenda at the minimum percentage necessary of direct services to be eligible for General Student Service Funds.
Four SSFC members voted ‘yes' on a resolution stating their committee had not violated any rules in the earlier denial of CWC, with three members voting ‘no' and two voting ‘present', essentially denying CWC's appeal.
Supporting Peers in Laid Back Listening presented their case for an appeal decision on Monday, claiming they were wrongly classified by the SSFC as ""crisis management"" counseling, but SPILL believes they are classified as ""peer support"" service.
According to the SSFC, crisis management is a service already provided by University Health Services. SSFC guidelines state that groups seeking GSSF appropriations must provide a unique service not already present on campus.
The SSFC will decide SPILL's funding at the meeting Monday.
The Madison chapter of Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow also presented their appeal, further clarifying their organization for the SSFC guidelines and explaining the violations they had incurred over the previous year. Their status will be voted on Monday.
According to SSFC Secretary Matthew Manes in an e-mail, the group Student Tenant Resource Center was given a closed session re-hearing, following Monday night's SSFC meeting, due to a mistake by the SSFC accusing the group of dispensing funds while not being a registered student organization, which was false.
The STRC was also denied funding in the closed session hearing. according to Manes' e-mail.
UWisLit , an English as a Second Language mentoring program, was also denied funding based on their failure to submit a budget plan.
The SSFC also granted the Multicultural Student Coalition a $259,000 budget in a unanimous vote.
