New Legislation- SFAB Transparency and By-Law Amendments

It gives me great pleasure to announce the passage of two new pieces of legislation upon which I served as a primary sponsor. The first deals with the perpetually contentious issue of transparency in the allocation of YOUR Student Activity and Club Sports Fee. Last year I worked to ensure that allocations would be posted online for general consumption and now I am proud to announce that we have opened up the allocation process even further. From this point forth SFAB is required to record the vote of each member on every allocation request. Then, the number of SFAB members voting for and against each allocation will be posted online along with the information about the request on sfab.cua.edu. Furthermore Student Organization Executives (in most cases a President) now have the authority to request a list of those members who voted in favor, against, and abstained from voting on the allocations for which their organization is a direct sponsor or cosponsor.

This new process will better allow organization leaders to improve their skills in requesting funding from SFAB as well as facilitate a conversation between Organizations and the SFAB membership that funds them. It is also my distinct hope that this will encourage students to take an even greater interest in the Student Representation process here at CUA and help ensure fiscal responsibility on SFAB, as well as protecting the interests of our Student Orgs.

The second piece of legislation was an overhaul of the Student Association bylaws reflecting name changes in liaison offices, authorizing the inclusion of SFAB's by-laws, and correcting minor inconveniences.

If you have questions regarding either bill or the operation of the General Assembly please contact me at 60winn@cardinalmail.cua.edu

Show Me the Money- SFAB Allocations as of 10/6/09

So the question I field most frequently from students and student organizations is where does my money go? I encourage everyone to stay up to date on the activities of SFAB on sfab.cua.edu (under the allocations tab).

To date $183,660.56 has been allocated to Student Organizations. For a complete breakdown of these funds, as well as explanations why money was, or was not allocated please visit: https://cua-sfab.campusgroups.com/web_page.aspx?order=5&id=5165

Please keep in mind that each semester SFAB only has about $202,000 to allocate for student programs and activites. As we move closer to the final amount for this semester I will be keeping an extremely close watch on any spending that is out of the ordinary or inapropriate. Should any discrepancies be located I will bring a motion in the General Assembly to suspend this funding immediately.