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ASG denies Circle K administrative funding
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Issue date: 4/29/08 Section: Campus
Associated Student Government's (ASG) student senate struck down funding national dues for Circle K Tuesday night as a part of an administrative funding cycle.
Earlier this semester, Circle K International, a student-led service club sponsored by the local Kiwanis club, requested $3,000 worth of administrative funding from ASG. Approximately $160 of the request was for office supplies and printing costs, $850 for food and $1,990 for the payment of national dues for Circle K members.
ASG's funding committee originally denied the requests for food and national dues because they are considered "gifts" that are unfair to give to some groups and not to others.
According to the ASG funding guidebook, administrative funding is the type of funding that goes to groups for office supplies, Web site maintenance and other expenses that help keep an organization alive and well on campus.
Circle K appealed the decision on funding for dues, citing that before ASG began paying their dues about two years ago, the group had struggles with finding and keeping members in the organization.
Currently, the 60-member Miami University Circle K chapter is the largest in Ohio, according to out-going treasurer Brad St. Clair.
Incoming Circle K president Yvonne Yui said in front of senate Tuesday that Circle K needs 20 members paying dues in order to be nationally recognized as a chapter of Circle K, an argument that got sympathy from a few ASG senators.
"If they don't have 20 members paying dues they're no longer recognized as an organization," sophomore senator Michael Hanley said.
Other senators said that Circle K's dues should be funded because of the service-based nature of the organization.
"This reminds me too much like Habitat for Humanity in the beginning of the year," sophomore Liz Bowe said. "They're trying to help people."
Bowe was referring to a funding appeal in October by Habitat for Humanity, who was denied funding out of precedent for two winter break trips to Mobile, Ala. and the greater Miami, Fla. area to build homes for those impacted by hurricanes.
Earlier this semester, Circle K International, a student-led service club sponsored by the local Kiwanis club, requested $3,000 worth of administrative funding from ASG. Approximately $160 of the request was for office supplies and printing costs, $850 for food and $1,990 for the payment of national dues for Circle K members.
ASG's funding committee originally denied the requests for food and national dues because they are considered "gifts" that are unfair to give to some groups and not to others.
According to the ASG funding guidebook, administrative funding is the type of funding that goes to groups for office supplies, Web site maintenance and other expenses that help keep an organization alive and well on campus.
Circle K appealed the decision on funding for dues, citing that before ASG began paying their dues about two years ago, the group had struggles with finding and keeping members in the organization.
Currently, the 60-member Miami University Circle K chapter is the largest in Ohio, according to out-going treasurer Brad St. Clair.
Incoming Circle K president Yvonne Yui said in front of senate Tuesday that Circle K needs 20 members paying dues in order to be nationally recognized as a chapter of Circle K, an argument that got sympathy from a few ASG senators.
"If they don't have 20 members paying dues they're no longer recognized as an organization," sophomore senator Michael Hanley said.
Other senators said that Circle K's dues should be funded because of the service-based nature of the organization.
"This reminds me too much like Habitat for Humanity in the beginning of the year," sophomore Liz Bowe said. "They're trying to help people."
Bowe was referring to a funding appeal in October by Habitat for Humanity, who was denied funding out of precedent for two winter break trips to Mobile, Ala. and the greater Miami, Fla. area to build homes for those impacted by hurricanes.
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