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SA continues conference request funding

February 22, 2013 by Josh Garcia

After heated and raucous debate, the Students’ Association granted $1,331 of the total remaining $4,724 in the conference request fund budget in their meeting on Wednesday.

The conference request fund is a portion of the SA budget specifically set aside for student groups taking trips this semester. The total amount for the fund began at $6,500; last week, Congress granted $1,776 to three groups.

This week, in an argumentative and lengthy session, Congress helped fund five trips being conducted by three groups.

The Alpha Chi National Honor Society was granted $499 of its requested $1,724 for the Alpha Chi National Convention in Nashiville, Tenn. on April 4-6 by a narrow vote.

The Student Association for Nutrition and Dietetics was granted $300 of its requested $3,706 for the Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition in Austin on April 11-14.

ACU Wildlife Society was established last semester and officially recognized this semester. It asked for funding for three different trips through two request forms. It was granted $212 of its requested $592 for its camping trip to the Kerr Wildlife Management Area in Leakey on April 12-14 and a day trip to Tolling Plains Quail Research Ranch in Roby on March 23. It was granted an additional $320 of its requested $2,414 for the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, which began Feb. 20.

SA meetings  are conducted Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building Room 114. Meetings are public and anyone is welcome to attend.

Absent members:

Gabe Elorreaga, senior class vice president

Maria Martinez, Sikes Hall representative

Chris Singleton, off campus representative

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Budget, SA

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About Josh Garcia

Joshua Garcia is a sophomore convergence journalism major from Lexington, North Carolina and managing editor of the Optimist.

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