Students lack info on IFC
By Lori Lleberman
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The ASUO Program budget
tor 1981-82 is about $510,000,
yet students have virtually no
way of knowing where their dol
lars go
This lack of knowledge is due
in part to an ASUO decision to
discontinue the use of computer
cards containing the Incidental
Fee Committee's distribution of
funds Instead, the allocations
were published in the Program
Guide which was not widely
distributed, says Alan Contrer
as, acting ASUO vice-president
“Few people got the Guide,
so we were going to supplement
it with an ad in the Emerald
containing the IFC allocations
We haven't done it as of yet, but
now would be a good time to do
it," he says
In the past, the information
was printed on computer cards
which were inserted in the
registration packets The prob
lems with this method, accord
ing to IFC member David Gib
son, were that the cards were
expensive, got tossed on the
floor and because of holes
punched in the cards, were hard
to read
A half page ad in the Emerald,
which will appear late next
week, is the suggested alterna
tive
"People will see the ad at a
time when they are not in a
hurry. There will be no holes
and it will be easy to read. The
ad will reach more people and
people might look at the alloca
tions out of curiosity," Contrer
as says
The purpose of the ad, as was
the purpose of the computer
cards, is to develop student
awareness, he says
"The problem is awareness
Students are not aware that a
big portion of the budgeting
process is under their control,”
Contreras says
He suggested that concerned
students call the IFC, send a
letter, run for the IFC or attend
the hearings
"The entire year ! was on the
IFC, we received no calls, no
letters, and the students have a
reason to call. The IFC repre
sents them and if they are not
pleased, they shouid call - just
as they would call their legisla
tor,” he says
"Students should come to the
meetings Their input is con
sidered - it's the only input we
have," Gibson says
IFC scrutinizes budgets
By Dane Claussen
Of the Emerald
Hearings for six groups will
kick off the Incidental Fee
Committee's annual series of
ASUO program budget hear
ings Tuesday, with seven fol
lowing on Wednesday
Those groups to be heard
Tuesday, beginning at 3 30
p m are Otf-Campus Hous
ing. Political Science Student
Union, Survival Center, Mortar
Board, Pre-Health Sciences
Center and the campus Amer
ican Civil Liberties Union
Starting at 4 p m Wednes
day, hearings will be held for
Alpha Kappa Psi. Under
graduate Economics Associa
tion, People and the Oregon,
Coast. Solar Energy Center,
Teacher Education Graduate
Student Organization, Women
in Communication, and
AVENU. the newspaper of the
Architecture School
Budget hearings are held
each year to determine the
budgets of more than 70
ASUO-funded organizations,
including the ASUO Executive
itself, the Student University
Affairs Board, some parts of
the EMU budget, and the
student body's subscription to
the Emerald
The budgeting process
begins with groups submitting
goals Based on the results of
the goal hearings, present
activities, and future plans, the
organizations were asked to
submit itemized budgets by
Jan 18
The ASUO Executive issued
preliminary budget recom
mendations Monday, with an
itemized budget recommen
dation document being pub
lished Wednesday
The IFC is not bound by the
executive office's recommen
dations. but the recommenda
tions are based on a group's
past and present perfor
mance, approved goals, and
the overall predicted level of
incidental fees for the next
year
The IFC budget is subject to
vetoes by ASUO Pres. Rich
Wilkins, but the committee
may override his veto with a
vote of at least 5-2 The bud
get, once approved by the IFC
and Wilkins, goes to University
Pres Paul Olum for his con
sent
Incidental fee income is tied
directly to the number of
students enrolled, and the es
timated enrollment for next fall
— 15,500 — is used as a base
enrollment for the year. Fall
term enrollment this year was
predicted to be 17,400
Incidental fees are currently
$45 per student per term
This drop prompted the
ASUO Executive to recom
mend a decrease for two
thirds of the groups requesting
funds, with the average cut in
funding asked for by the ex
ecutive being 34-percent.
Budgets are expected to be
scrutinized this year because
of limited funds
New IFC policies on new or
ganizations, academic unions,
and organizations not defini
tely controlled by students are
seen as possible ways to curb
funding
Even if the IFC does institute
a proposed 50 cents per term
increase in the fee and limits
budgets to the $461,000
recommended by the execu
tive office, the committee will
still need to cut at least
$37,000 off the budget for next
year
The ASUO Executive
recommended increased
funding for only five
organizations, the current
level of funding for 11 and no
funding for 10 groups
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