Signe K. Skinion and Lori D. Clark

A resolution that could change funding procedures for the Student Programming Council will be voted on tonight at the Undergraduate Student Government meeting, senate members say.

Scott Pfeiffer, USG chief of staff, said USG, which is responsible for funding the four priority one organizations, wants to earmark funding from student activity fees for SPC to cut down on confusion during SPC’s funding review.

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Pfeiffer said if the proposal passes, SPC will receive $3.60 per-student each semester from the student activity fee account instead of going through USG for funding allocations.

In the past, their (SPC’s) budget has been up and down, Pfeiffer said. An organization as large as SPC receives a different amount each year. We want to make SPC receive $3.60 from the Student Activity Fee.

Pfeiffer said if the resolution to alter the funding is passed, an advisory board of which SPC would become a member would be created. SPC members on the board would serve an advisory role without a vote.

The advisory board would be made up of seven voting members:three undergraduate students, two graduate students, one appointee from the vice chancellor of student affairs office and one appointee from Student Development. Other members of the advisory board, but without voting privileges, would include the Black Affairs Council, Inter-Greek Council and International Student Council.

Joanne Yantis, University programming coordinator, said SPC is in support of the resolution because it will allow it to hear from constituents.

They (USG) will be giving SPC recommendations on what should be done and give feedback, Yantis said.

Pfeiffer said SPC would benefit from being on the board because the council will be able to offer opinions, even though it does not have a vote on the board.

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SPC has the ability to communicate with a lot of students on campus, Pfeiffer said. We want to create something that is better, and that needed to be done for quite some time.

Pfeiffer said if the resolution passes, the advisory board would be created immediately.

The USG meeting will be at 7 p.m. tonight in the Student Center Renaissance Room.