2008 Woodie Awards
Co-op votes to keep Taskforce funding
By Mike Mallory
Rocket Editor-in-Chief
Issue date: 3/9/07 Section: News
SRU's Co-operative Activities Board approved funding for the university's Late Night Taskforce for 2007-08, during a meeting last week. The $15,600 LNTF budget was the final approved budget by Co-op for next year.
A motion was called by Co-op representative Steve Winslow and was seconded by Student Government Association's Vice President of Academic Affairs Kurt Sterling.
Talk of removing the LNTF began several weeks ago at a Co-op meeting. Sterling highlighted the students' response in favor of the LNTF at an open forum held last Thursday to discuss its future.
Winslow, a vocal advocate for keeping the LNTF, said he is pleased with the outcome.
"I think a good decision was made today," Winslow said.
Winslow agreed with Sterling that the student sentiment was an important factor in the final decision.
"It was a good consensus," Winslow said. "We (the Co-op board) came to a consensus, and that was important."
Winslow also said a number of policies and procedures of the LNTF need to be revisited and improved in upcoming months.
"I'm a firm believer that there's always ways you can improve any organization," Winslow said.
Lack of organizational participation in late-night programming through the LNTF was recently addressed as an area of concern.
In the LNTF's three years of existence, no more than five organizations have received funding through the LNTF in the same semester.
Seven organizations received funding through the LNTF in 2006. Two of the seven organizations funded were the Student Government Association and University Program Board.
Funding for those organizations totaled $9,336, while the five remaining organizations received a total of $12,558, $3,000 more than the former.
SGA President Amie Homa said that more advertisement of the LNTF will help its future success with smaller organizations that currently don't receive funding.
During the discussion about the future of the LNTF, one point was made to let the students' voice decide what late-night programming will be funded.
In the current system, if an organization requests late-night funding, the organization's proposal must be approved by either the Coordinator of Student Activities or the Assistant Director of Intercultural Programs.
Making the LNTF a student-run project is strongly being considered, Homa said.
Co-op budget manager Cathy George said that the LNTF needs more exposure in order to be a long-term success at SRU.
"I think we need to publish the procedures better," George said.
Friday's decision took place after several weeks of debate on whether to keep the LNTF, but the SRU student body spoke up about its beliefs.
George said that she was happy that the student voice was heard.
A motion was called by Co-op representative Steve Winslow and was seconded by Student Government Association's Vice President of Academic Affairs Kurt Sterling.
Talk of removing the LNTF began several weeks ago at a Co-op meeting. Sterling highlighted the students' response in favor of the LNTF at an open forum held last Thursday to discuss its future.
Winslow, a vocal advocate for keeping the LNTF, said he is pleased with the outcome.
"I think a good decision was made today," Winslow said.
Winslow agreed with Sterling that the student sentiment was an important factor in the final decision.
"It was a good consensus," Winslow said. "We (the Co-op board) came to a consensus, and that was important."
Winslow also said a number of policies and procedures of the LNTF need to be revisited and improved in upcoming months.
"I'm a firm believer that there's always ways you can improve any organization," Winslow said.
Lack of organizational participation in late-night programming through the LNTF was recently addressed as an area of concern.
In the LNTF's three years of existence, no more than five organizations have received funding through the LNTF in the same semester.
Seven organizations received funding through the LNTF in 2006. Two of the seven organizations funded were the Student Government Association and University Program Board.
Funding for those organizations totaled $9,336, while the five remaining organizations received a total of $12,558, $3,000 more than the former.
SGA President Amie Homa said that more advertisement of the LNTF will help its future success with smaller organizations that currently don't receive funding.
During the discussion about the future of the LNTF, one point was made to let the students' voice decide what late-night programming will be funded.
In the current system, if an organization requests late-night funding, the organization's proposal must be approved by either the Coordinator of Student Activities or the Assistant Director of Intercultural Programs.
Making the LNTF a student-run project is strongly being considered, Homa said.
Co-op budget manager Cathy George said that the LNTF needs more exposure in order to be a long-term success at SRU.
"I think we need to publish the procedures better," George said.
Friday's decision took place after several weeks of debate on whether to keep the LNTF, but the SRU student body spoke up about its beliefs.
George said that she was happy that the student voice was heard.
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