ASFLC Report: Budgets and Elections
By: Becca Day
The Associated Students of Fort Lewis College met to discuss the Student Activity Fee Budget, the Memorandum of Understanding with KDUR, and the MOU with the Environmental Center on Wednesday evening.
Students had the opportunity to voice their opinions during the public participation portion of the meeting which doubled as a forum to discuss the FLC presidential candidates.
ASFLC also discussed the position of Financial Allocation Board Director and their Ideas for Innovation Forum.
ASFLC will have its last meeting of the year April 18.
Student Activity Fee Budget
The student activity fee budget for 2018-2019 was finalized by ASFLC.
The budget provides funding for the contract with the Durango Transit, Registered Student Organizations and Student Sponsored Organizations.
There will be $10,000 in the grant budget, which RSO Is can apply for, next year, Jacob Wolfe, Financial Allocation Board director, said.
Wednesday evening was the last night to finalize the budget, Dustin Fink, ASFLC president, said.
Before the budget could be finalized, ASFLC determined that the Environmental Center will be funded as an RSO III until the director of the EC signs the Memorandum of Understanding between ASFLC and the EC regarding the EC’s transition to a Student Sponsored Organization.
ASFLC elected to consider the EC as an RSO III as a safeguard in case the agreement was not signed, Fink said.
ASFLC approved a MOU between itself and the radio station, regarding the radio station’s transition into a SSO.
After discussing the agreements ASFLC has with the radio station and the EC, it was able to finalize its budget.
ASFLC wrapped up the budget process thoroughly after this as its been working on it for a while now, Wolfe said.
FLC Presidential Candidates
ASFLC held a public student forum regarding the FLC presidential candidates.
No students participated in the public forum, Rebecca Judy, ASFLC senator said.
After the forum, ASFLC entered into executive session to discuss the FLC presidential candidates in private this will allowed them to not be forced to worry about saying negative things about a potential president, Fink said.
Financial Allocation Board Director and Elections
ASFLC must to begin the process of hiring a new Financial Allocation Board director for the next academic year, Fink said.
The FAB director is an involved position in the ASFLC, and the director needs to be trained over the summer, he said.
According to ASFLC’s constitution, the new executive team of ASFLC traditionally hires the FAB director, Evan Wick, ASFLC senator, said.
President and vice president of ASFLC have not yet been confirmed for the 2018-2019 academic year.
Applications for FAB director will be sent out on Thursday, Fink said
If Wolfe, ASFLC presidential candidate, is not elected president of ASFLC he intends to reapply to be the FAB director, he said. ASFLC has yet to announce the results of the student body election.
The application process will accomodate Wolfe’s position and allow him to apply for the position, Fink said.
Transit Contract
ASFLC voted to allow the director of the Leadership Center to secure the contract between ASFLC and the City of Durango regarding the Durango Transit.
ASFLC has a verbal agreement with the City of Durango, but final changes to the contract might not be complete until the summer, Wick said.
The director of the Leadership Center, Mark Mastalski, may secure the contract as long as there are no substantial changes to it, Wick said.
ASFLC unanimously approved the resolution.
Ideas for Innovation
ASFLC discussed Ideas for Innovation, a forum for students to talk about what they wanted from the school, Walter Potter, ASFLC senator, said
Potter heard some ideas from students that the table may work on in the next year, he said.
These include some ideas about potential new RSOs, bringing more food options to campus, updating athletic facilities, providing safe transportation for intoxicated students and getting better technology at FLC.