Hello campus,
We would like to use our final column of spring quarter to brief you on completed and ongoing student government projects.
Presidential Board and Student Activities Board passed the annual student government budget at our budget meeting on the night of Sunday, May 24. Each year, the student government is tasked with allocating the resources that are collected from the $100 student activities fee that every college student pays every quarter. Chelsea worked with Treasurer Palmer Aguirre to meet with every club on campus, review their budget requests, and propose a budget for the 2009-2010 school year. This budget was passed with slight modifications at the meeting. Clubs and organizations that requested money from student government have received a letter indicating the amount that their club was allocated for the upcoming school year. We look forward to seeing their contributions to the campus in the 2009-2010 school year.
The Go Bikes project is completed, and on the first day of fall quarter, you will see bikes with gold and blue handlebars and gold pedals around campus. They are free for your use! We would like to thank Campus Democrats for their work on this project.
In terms of quarter-long projects, work continues on two major initiatives. First, we are working to more fully utilize the communication tools available to us. Look for the student government bulletin board in the Concourse to be fully updated before the freshmen arrive on campus this summer. The bulletin board will have pictures and biographies of student government leaders, as well as goals for their term in office. It will also highlight the new student government website, www.principiastudentgovernment.org, and our Facebook group. There will also be a section on the board devoted to clubs, with contact information provided for each club on campus and an area for club updates. We hope that this will provide a more visible and central location for clubs to advertise their meeting times and activities to everyone on campus.
Work also continues on the proposed switch of the Out of Bounds and Bookstore locations. A survey conducted by student government came back with 213 student responses and 16 faculty and staff responses. Out of the total student respondents, 73% of students were in favor of the switch, 18% were neutral, and 9% opposed. Please feel free to contact us for more detailed survey results. From here, we will continue to work with former Student Body Vice President Kenny D’Evelyn to design the space so we can estimate the cost of the project. We will continue to keep the campus updated on our progress.
Congratulations on the near completion of the 2008-2009 school year, and we look forward to continuing to work with you in the fall.
Chelsea and Will
Student Body Presidents
