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...issues that need to be addressed more fully, the restructuring proposals on the table generally sound solid. Under the plan Mahan proposed on Sunday, the council would become more decentralized; decisions made by the Finance Committee (FiCom), which is in charge of distributing funding to student groups, would no longer need approval by the general council. A new Grants Committee would have complete control over the grants process, making approval much more streamlined because committee decisions would no longer be subject to wasteful and unnecessary parliamentary debate in the general council. In addition, the plan to give this new Grants...
Like the expansion and specialization of FiCom, we approve of the general changes in Mahan’s proposed reform, especially the integration of the Concert Commission. But we caution the council to consider the possible pitfalls of adding student group representatives to the CLC. While we approve of the impulse to make the council more accessible and to increase coordination among student groups, student group leaders are not elected in council elections. We are concerned that those who rise through the ranks of an outside organization do not necessarily have the qualifications or the student consent to serve...
Foremost among the host of organizational issues that the council will examine is the format of the Finance Committee (FiCom), which is currently responsible for distributing 67 percent of the council’s budget to student groups through the grants process...
...mail to council members Sunday, Mahan suggested that FiCom become more independent from the rest of the council, eliminating the council-wide vote on weekly grants packages, which is currently required in order for student groups to receive their money. Mahan also wrote that the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) and Campus Life Committee (CLC) could be restructured and given more autonomy as well...
Joshua A. Barro ’05, a chair of Adams HoCo and the former chair of FiCom, said that though he agreed with the broad strokes of Mahan’s ideas, it was important not to “rush the process” by implementing legislation too soon...