FEBRUARY 1, 2010
Minutes
Attendees: Mae Cubing, ASGRCC President
Dani Chang, Director of Student Life
Bob Kickner, Athletic Director
Mary Edington, Director of Financial Aid
Mika Aoyama, ASGRCC Vice President
Jamie Choe, Programming Representative
Ky Apodaca, Recreation Representative
John Tague, Performing Arts Representative
Ashley Parries, Athletic Representative
Christine McMullin, staff at large
Mae called the meeting to order at 3:10 with a welcome and everyone introduced themselves.
Mae began with a review of the timeline. The next meeting will be Thursday at 4:00.
Dani explained that because of a large increase in enrollment the projection is for a $300,000 increase. Because we know that the high enrollment we have right now will not be sustained this year we have asked for only necessary operational increases and one time supplemental requests that will only be for next year. The supplemental requests are on the last page of the budget work sheet and will be kept separate from the operational requests.
Mae said we will go over both requests beginning with Administrative line items.
Bob said there is no increase for line 1301, Athletics.
Dani said there is a requested increase for line 1303 of $1,750 for conferences and meetings as well as travel to those meetings for staff development. Mae asked Dani how many conferences this would include. Dani said that it varies each year but she has CUSP meetings three times a year and NACA as well as other opportunities that may come along.
Line 1304 - no increase
Line 1306 - no increase
Line 1307 – Dani said she is requesting $5,000 more for Leadership Training to be able to take more students to conferences such as the Leadership Institute in Wenatchee. CAP attended last year as well as increasing numbers of senators.
Line 1309 – no increase
Line 1311 – no increase, Dani explained that this position should be renamed because we don't really have an intern but it is a position that helps her with CLEO training and at other times during the year.
Line 1316 – Susan explained that she wants to make this position classified at 80% because it has made such a difference the last two years having part time employees to work there and it will be more effective having one person that can take ownership of the job.
Line 1342 – no increase
ASGRCC Control:
Line 1310 – this includes an increase of $4,000 as required by the collective bargaining agreement for cost of living increases.
Line 1311 – no increase
Line 1312 – Dani said Public Relations needs more money to promote events throughout the year rather than only the spring elections.
Line 1314 – Mary said she would like to increase the number of scholarships that they can offer to students for child care. There was discussion about using 522 funds for scholarships. Susan said it is very specific in the Financial Code that scholarships are included in the budget. There is also $12,000 in this line item for Tuition Credits which is another form of scholarship for students that are unable to pay the portion of child care that they are responsible for. There was a question about whether this pays operational costs of the child care center. Only through the scholarships, the 522 budgets only pays for the scholarships which in turn support the center.
Line 1317 – no change.
Athletics:
Lines 1318 and 1319 – no change
Bob said he has asked for increases for team sports of $700 and $400 for individual sports to provide more scholarships for the athletes. He said his goal is to provide scholarships using equal amounts of allocated money and fund raised money. There was a question about how athletic scholarships are structured. Bob said they use a combination of tuition waivers, scholarships and work grants to help student athletes pay for college.
Line 1333 – Bob said he is requesting an increase for the athletic trainer, the current trainer has given notice that this will be his last year so he would like to work out a deal with Outpatient Physical Therapy to provide services for the athletes. Titus asked if they can work something out with the physical therapy department here to use students to provide services. Bob said that is training for physical therapy assistants and they have not really been receptive to working together. He said there are also liability issues and it is preferable to have a certified trainer. Christine said their curriculum is too tight to allow time for outside work. Jamie asked if the trainer is available for practices. Bob said his circumstances have changed and he can't be on call anymore. Titus asked if this will mean more requests for increases in the future. Bob said he doesn't think that is necessarily the case, this will benefit Outpatient PT as well as Green River.
Auxiliary:
Line 1335 is incorrect in the budget notebooks, there should be an increase of $2,250 for a total of $17,750. Susan explained that their costs for printing have been increasing each year.
Line 1336 – KGRGFM, they are requesting $3,000 for maintenance for a transmitter.
Line 1337 – KENU (KGRG1 or AM) is requesting $2,000 for training and maintenance for their AudioVault system. There was discussion about changing the name of this to reflect the new name of the station. Susan said she has left it because it is less confusing than having two budgets named KGRG. Rather than using the call letters it may be better to change the names to 89.9 and what ever the designation is for KGRG1.
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