Karen Garcia |
At the last ASUP meeting of the year, ASUP Senate will decide how to spend an $80,000 surplus. Tomorrow is the last day for clubs to submit proposals to use part of the surplus.
Each student pays the $85 fee every semester, which makes up the ASUP budget. Before the student body passed Resolution 15-01 last month and effectively replaced the Major Project Fund (MPF) with the Campus Traditions Fund (CTF), 10 percent of each student fee went toward the MPF.
The surplus comes as a result of a series of decisions made in the beginning of fall semester, when 90 percent of the MPF from the previous fiscal year was added to the fall MPF, amounting to a total of approximately $60,000.
After no MPF project was chosen in the fall, last semester’s MPF was pushed into the spring semester MPF, totaling approximately $89,000. The establishment of the CTF abolished the MPF process, leaving ASUP with a lot of money to spend and without a concrete list of ideas for how to spend it.
On Monday, $8,000 was allocated to Campus Program Board for Anchors Away, leaving around $80,000 left.
In the past, unspent money from the MPF was transferred to the ASUP endowment. ASUP Treasurer Jessie Robinson said this year, any unspent funds would be pushed over into next fall’s CTF, but that she hopes most of it will be spent before the end of the fiscal year.
“Senators have been collecting ideas, and the very last ASUP meeting is next Monday; the only time we all have to decide how to spend it,” Robinson said. “We’ll probably end up allocating it to different student organizations and needs, and to update some of our services.”
Any clubs or student organizations that want to submit a request should e-mail Jessie Robinson at robinson15@up.edu. Requests should clearly state the amount and the reason behind the request. Must be submitted by Friday, April 10 at 5 p.m.Contact staff writer Karen Garcia at garciaka17@up.edu.
