The Student Services Finance Committee decided Thursday to review its eligibility criteria for student groups after several groups said it can be confusing.
Some SSFC representatives said certain student groups have struggled to understand the criteria and it is important to make the information as accessible as possible.
But Rep. Tia Nowack said it is unlikely SSFC representatives will agree on changes to eligibility criteria and she thinks the committee should focus its time on projects that it would likely complete.
“If [SSFC is] confident that we can come to some sort of a compromise on them and see about something as a group about them, that would be one thing,” Nowack said. “I honestly don’t know if I see that happening.”
Rep. Cale Plamann said at the very least, the committee could clear up confusing eligibility criteria.
“I think the least we could do is try to clear it up and make it a little easier for groups to work from,” Plamann said.
Also at the meeting, Rep. Joe Vanden Avond said Rec Sports Board Director Dale Carruthers recently told him that SSFC denying the group’s requested budget could force Rec Sports to close facilities, such as the SERF and NAT, earlier and decrease the number of machines in them.
But SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said she thinks the information is “a little bit skewed,” since Carruthers was accounting for a $250,000 decrease in funding when SSFC granted the group only $30,000 less than requested.
