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PFC continued from page 4 world ... at almost no cost to the stu dents," he said. The Child Care Subsidy was next on the docket. The program is "an op portunity for student parents to get re imbursed for some of their childcare expense," ASUO Senate President Ben Strawn said. Its budget of $233,472, a 1.19 per cent decrease, was passed unanimous ly. The majority of the money directly subsidizes day care for the children of student parents who qualify. Student parent Tanya Graves ex pressed her gratefulness for the program. "1 wouldn't be able to go to school if it weren't for the subsidy," she said. PFC passed the Hong Kong Student Association's budget of $2,985 for a 24.1 percent increase. Its budget in cluded funding for an annual sports day that the club puts on with other cultural organizations. The Chinese Student Scholar Association's budget of $3,196 was passed unanimously by PFC for a 5.6 percent increase. A substantial portion of the money will go to the group's largest cultural event, a celebration for Chinese New Year. The Arts Administration Student Fomm's representatives appeared visi bly frustrated with the tedious PFC process, but its budget of $590 — a 0.5 percent increase — was passed without contest. The group said it had been haunted by past financial mis handling. "Last year's group wasn't effective, financially or otherwise," group rep resentative Jessica Capitano said. The Association of Anthropology Graduates had its budget of $300 ap proved unanimously for a 100 per cent increase to fund speakers includ ing anthropologist Dr. Bea Medicine. The International Law Student As sociation rounded off the evening. The group's budget had been previ ously tabled because of questions about the legitimacy of its fund-rais ing. The issue was settled and PFC unanimously voted to allocate the group $2,440 for a 105 percent in crease. This new increase will fund a stipend for a summer editor for its law journal. Moriah Balingit is a freelance reporter for the Emerald. SESSION continued from page 1 priately based on fiscal responsibility and stuff like that, but also to make sure that all the programs feel that this is a fair process and (a) comfortable process, or at least as comfortable as we can make it," PFC member Toby Piering said. PFC Chairman Adrian Gilmore said some issues should be dealt with outside of the committee's time. "It seems like there are issues with particular individuals," Gilmore said. "I feel that instead of bringing those to the meeting or bringing them to me and me having to bear the weight of that, just talk to that individual in the office before the committee or something like that because my life's stressful enough, and I don't want to feel the wrath that is meant for some one else." However, ASUO Student Senate President Ben Strawn said that is part of Gilmore's duty as chairman. "I'm sorry to add stress to your life, but I do think that as chair you have some responsibility ... if there's a problem with an individual or a cou ple of individuals, to address that," Strawn said. "And as chair who's tak en a fair amount of flack for various individuals at various times, I think that's just part of the job." Also during the executive session, ASUO Controller Sara Henderson discouraged PFC members from commenting on the relative value of student groups. Henderson said re marks such as "I like this group" are "completely inappropriate" during a PFC meeting. While Henderson continued talk ing, PFC's tape of the meeting ran out and was not promptly replaced. As a result, several minutes of the executive session were not recorded. place, and that's where we need to be going, and it just seems like there's so much else going on," Melton said. Gilmore responded to Melton's comment before the meeting was called into executive session. LAWS continued from page 1 Sherman said the Emerald and other groups now have full access to the meeting's minutes and will be able to report on the content. The Emerald filed a grievance Jan. 20 against PFC for calling the meeting into executive session without giving prior notice, for call ing the meeting into executive ses sion without citing the appropriate state statute and for calling the meeting into executive session for inappropriate reasons. The grievance also attested that the calling of executive session pre vented the Emerald from reporting on the meeting; state law discour ages media from covering executive session proceedings. In the griev ance Schmidt asked that the minutes from executive session be made public. Although Sherman did not specifically address which meet ings laws were violated, he said further emphasis will be placed on the statutes during the training of student leaders. Sherman also said he would rec ommend that PFC adopt language about executive sessions into its by laws to ensure that such violations do not occur in the future. PFC Chairman Adrian Gilmore could notbe reached forcomment. —AyisbaYahya Although the purpose of an execu tive session is to give governmental boards a private forum to frankly dis cuss sensitive matters, the committee and ASUO President Maddy Melton spoke bluntly before entering the ses sion. The conversation revealed some tension between the executive and PFC. "I'm not trying to be up in your business and no one else is trying to do those things, but... this is a full scale process that makes the student incidental fee what it is, and I feel like that's the process that needs to be taking "I feel that — maybe perception on my part — that there's a lack of re spect, " he said. "And I feel like, as a chair, that I have done nothing but try to extend respect to everyone, as I should extend it. 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