Student Assembly

Rationale of the Committee

The Committee appreciated meeting with ALANA and felt its leadership had made great strides in beginning to refocus the mission of ALANA towards more intercultural community building. As a result of the recently proposed Umbrella Programming Fund as a part of ALANA, the organization refocused its byline funding request to reflect a $1.50 desired increase. The Committee felt that the UPF proposal was a good way to begin addressing issues of resource allocation in the community of color as well as for umbrella organizations. Committee members expressed a desire that the entire increase ($1.50) go towards the UPF as well as an additional part of ALANA’s existing funding, an amount to be guided by future community discussion. Finally, committee members understood that due to the UPF proposal, the original request for MCFAB expansion plans had to be delayed and the Committee encourages ALANA to work closely with the SA to foster this program in the future.

Vote Totals

The Committee votes down, from the highest number proposed to the lowest, to give the group the advantage. The vote totals from the Committee were as follows:

Respectfully submitted,

Adam Nicoletti ‘12
Vice President for Finance, Student Assembly