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SGA group-recognition hearings delayed until fall
Sarah Thompson
Issue date: 4/13/06 Section: News
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The Student Government Association's (SGA) Organization Recognition and Review Board (ORRB), which holds hearings for groups seeking SGA recognition, will not meet this semester. Instead, it will convene in the fall, SGA Vice President Samantha King announced recently.
King said she believes this is the first time the board has not met for an entire year.
As a result, fledgling organizations seeking recognition and money are having trouble finding the funding to meet their financial needs.
Lauren Johnson, president of Emerson Model United Nations and a Beacon copyeditor, said she had been hoping to get her organization recognized this spring.
"It's disappointing, because we really can't plan in advance as much as we would have liked to," said Johnson, a junior print journalism major.
Johnson said SGA funding would go toward participation in Model United Nations conferences and public diplomacy events at Emerson.
While the group still plans on attending a Chicago conference in November, Johnson said now they will not have the means to organize other events.
"Some of the diplomacy events may not happen because we won't have the financial means to do so," she said.
Although the SGA Constitution states, "the ORRB shall meet once per semester," King said that the board has been meeting only once a year in the spring for some time. King, a senior organizational and political communication major, said that the ORRB usually ends up meeting at the vice president's discretion.
"While I had hoped to meet in the spring, I have decided to revamp the system [of meeting during the spring semester]," she said. "I don't feel confident that we have the resources to recognize new student organizations."
By delaying the process until the fall, the SGA will have access to a replenished pool account, the money collected from student activity fees each year, King said.
King also said she recommended that $2,500 be placed in the SGA's operations account for new organization initiatives, and will suggest to the recently elected executive board that the ORRB meet in the fall to hold hearings for new organizations to become SGA recognized.
King said she believes this is the first time the board has not met for an entire year.
As a result, fledgling organizations seeking recognition and money are having trouble finding the funding to meet their financial needs.
Lauren Johnson, president of Emerson Model United Nations and a Beacon copyeditor, said she had been hoping to get her organization recognized this spring.
"It's disappointing, because we really can't plan in advance as much as we would have liked to," said Johnson, a junior print journalism major.
Johnson said SGA funding would go toward participation in Model United Nations conferences and public diplomacy events at Emerson.
While the group still plans on attending a Chicago conference in November, Johnson said now they will not have the means to organize other events.
"Some of the diplomacy events may not happen because we won't have the financial means to do so," she said.
Although the SGA Constitution states, "the ORRB shall meet once per semester," King said that the board has been meeting only once a year in the spring for some time. King, a senior organizational and political communication major, said that the ORRB usually ends up meeting at the vice president's discretion.
"While I had hoped to meet in the spring, I have decided to revamp the system [of meeting during the spring semester]," she said. "I don't feel confident that we have the resources to recognize new student organizations."
By delaying the process until the fall, the SGA will have access to a replenished pool account, the money collected from student activity fees each year, King said.
King also said she recommended that $2,500 be placed in the SGA's operations account for new organization initiatives, and will suggest to the recently elected executive board that the ORRB meet in the fall to hold hearings for new organizations to become SGA recognized.
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