SGA’s new budget allocation request forms are being processed for the first time.
Student organizations seeking funding from SGA handed in the new request forms Thursday, Sept. 30.
The SGA reshaped the paperwork required for organizations to receive funding, hoping to make them easier to understand according to Garrett Fontenot, history junior and SGA Senator-at-Large.
“We’re trying to do a much better job of letting people know exactly what were looking for and what we want done,” Fontenot said.
One of the new features meant to simplify the allocation process is the automatic calculations that are done on the electronic forms.
The electronic form should help students by estimating travel costs and performing basic calculations according to Fontenot.
Michael Morin, SGA vice president, said that the help with calculations has reduced errors that had prevented some organizations from receiving allocations.
“A lot of people got funded, more than had been in the last two budget allocation meetings I’ve been in,” he said.
Janece Bell, mass communication junior and representative of the student run organization Sunday Cook Day thinks the changes made the process better overall.
The first major change for groups looking for funding was the President’s council meeting, a mandatory meeting where groups gathered to have the new process explained to them.
“It was successful in my opinion,” Bell said. “It was very informational and it was really great for co-programming.”
SGA met their goal of making the form easy to understand, Bell said, “I think the process was tedious, but straight forward,” Bell said.
“That’s the way it should be in my opinion because it’s the students money and they’re trying to give it back in the most correct way they see fit.”
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