EDITORIALS EDITOR
The Student Budget Advisory Committee gave away an additional $6,404.50 Friday, awarding at least part of the funds requested to nine of the ten organizations that appealed for them.
BACCHUS, the organization previously known as BARtenders, lost the money they had been awarded in the initial recommendations because their status as a chartered organization was called into question.
Senior Graham Goodrich, the chairman of SBAC and the Student Government treasurer, said, "BACCHUS is gone, and for the simple reason that, unbeknownst to us, they had changed affiliations."
Because they had changed affiliations, BACCHUS's charter as their former organization, BARtenders, was void. Therefore, they were considered an unchartered organization and had their funding revoked.
"I think their goals are the same ... until that is confirmed, I wouldn't want to fund them," Goodrich said.
The money awarded to BACCHUS, which totalled $1,648, was returned to the SBAC fund to help in the appeal process.
Out of the ten organizations that appealed for more money, only WAKE TV did not receive any more money.
"Their presentation didn't convince us that the money they needed was essential," Goodrich said.
Karen Hillenbrand, the station manager of WAKE TV, said, "I was disappointed that we didn't get any money in the appeal. I feel that everything we asked for in our budget is needed to make WAKE TV a quality station. I don't feel that the SBAC allocation has allowed us to progress at the rate I feel WAKE TV should. Eventually, I think WAKE TV's financial needs will not be able to be met by the limited funds that SBAC has available to give us."
SBAC awarded six decision packages to organizations, totalling $6,840. No decision packages had been awarded during the preliminary rounds of funding.
"We really tried to prioritize and look at which organizations really needed their decision package," Goodrich said.
SBAC also injected additional money into the allocations of four other organizations including Amnesty International, the Old Gold and Black, Student Government and WAKE Radio, which received a decision package as well. The additions to the three organizations totalled $1,612.
Goodrich said, "I think the best part (of the allocation process) is the appeal process. ... It's trying to assess the essential needs of the organization."
The final budget allocated $333,801.50. That is $169.50 less than the $333,971 that SBAC had to give away.
According to Goodrich, the difference went into the contingency fund. It did not go to an organization because it was not enough money to fulfill any of the specific needs of an organization.
Goodrich will meet with John Anderson, the vice president for finance and administration, next semester to discuss a contract that will determine the amount of money SBAC will have available to give to student organizations next year.
"It is my hope that we can attain that 10 percent increase every year. ... I think we're very lucky to have what we have, but my angle to John Anderson will be, `Look what we're doing with it,'" Goodrich said.