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Reforms to stipend model to be discussed
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by Jobetta Hedelman | Freelance Editor
Students interested in discussing possible reforms to the model by which stipend positions, monthly compensation for leaders of ASUO groups, are awarded can express their views at a meeting Monday at 6 p.m. in 150 Columbia.
The Programs Finance Committee has been discussing possible changes to the stipend model for the past several weeks.
Prior to a Feb. 15 meeting of the PFC, Chairman Oscar Guerra sent a letter to groups informing them that the PFC would be voting on the new stipend model at the meeting.
More than 40 students packed into the Erb Memorial Union Board Room, in part because of Guerra's letter. Some PFC members argued that they had planned only to discuss the stipend model, not vote on it.
During the meeting, at which PFC members voted to have Guerra step down as chairman because they did not feel he could be objective on the issue, the PFC said they would hold a forum for further discussion.
In a letter to programs, Guerra said he wanted to assure programs that the PFC has the best intentions.
"Our hopes are to have an open discussion about stipends in general and also to clarify reasons for PFC's continuation in Stipend Model (sic) revisions," Guerra wrote.
Guerra told the Emerald that some members of the PFC are concerned with the fact that some programs have budgets that are 50 percent stipends. He said the PFC looks at stipends every year, causing some concern within programs over when stipend reform will stop.
"What we will do is compile all this information that comes out of the forum and encourage PFC next year to take that into consideration," Guerra said. "This year we were all new to PFC and we needed time to learn the process, and by the time we learned the process it was halfway through the budget season."
- Jobetta Hedelman
The Programs Finance Committee has been discussing possible changes to the stipend model for the past several weeks.
Prior to a Feb. 15 meeting of the PFC, Chairman Oscar Guerra sent a letter to groups informing them that the PFC would be voting on the new stipend model at the meeting.
More than 40 students packed into the Erb Memorial Union Board Room, in part because of Guerra's letter. Some PFC members argued that they had planned only to discuss the stipend model, not vote on it.
During the meeting, at which PFC members voted to have Guerra step down as chairman because they did not feel he could be objective on the issue, the PFC said they would hold a forum for further discussion.
In a letter to programs, Guerra said he wanted to assure programs that the PFC has the best intentions.
"Our hopes are to have an open discussion about stipends in general and also to clarify reasons for PFC's continuation in Stipend Model (sic) revisions," Guerra wrote.
Guerra told the Emerald that some members of the PFC are concerned with the fact that some programs have budgets that are 50 percent stipends. He said the PFC looks at stipends every year, causing some concern within programs over when stipend reform will stop.
"What we will do is compile all this information that comes out of the forum and encourage PFC next year to take that into consideration," Guerra said. "This year we were all new to PFC and we needed time to learn the process, and by the time we learned the process it was halfway through the budget season."
- Jobetta Hedelman
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