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Frisbee golf proposal turned down
Apportionment Board turns down additional nine-holes to existing golf course
Kayleigh Zyskowski/Staff Reporter
Issue date: 4/24/09 Section: News
The Apportionment Board voted against the Frisbee Golf Course proposal during Thursday night's meeting.
The proposal was for the request of an additional nine holes to the existing nine-hole course.
The Student Government sent three resolutions back to the AB to look at again after Paul McCann, interim vice president for business affairs, explained the circumstances of the student activities reserve account during Wednesday night's meeting.
McCann said the account is less likely to be depleted than the AB originally thought.
The proposals sent back were the $15,000 Frisbee Golf Course proposal, the $7,447 University Board Productions proposal and the $1,500 Apportionment Board Computer proposal.
AB Chair Tiffany Turner agreed with the actions the Student Government voted on.
"With what came up last night, I think it was important that it came back to (the) Apportionment Board, so we all were completely in the loop, and they had the information up to date, so they knew that it wasn't urgent anymore," Turner said. "It changed the perspective on a lot of things, and I think it showed through the vote tonight."
The AB failed the Frisbee Golf Course proposal with a vote of 1-0-9.
AB member Pat Lindstrom voted against the proposal, but he said he is not opposed to Frisbee golf, but he disagrees with the timing of the proposal.
"I simply think it is a large sum of money to spend right now when we're not sure how much money we will have next year," Lindstrom said. "Next year, when we know the sum we have to work with, they can come back, and we can make a more educated decision."
Orion Buckingham spoke to the AB about the UB Productions proposal. The UB made adjustments prior to the AB meeting and cut $1,194 from the initial request.
"We only have two speakers with enough sound to fill a room the size of the University Ballroom, and if those fail, that pretty much puts any event going on hold for the next two weeks or longer," Buckingham said.
The AB passed the revised proposal containing two Public Address speakers, six radios with accessories and one CD player at a total of $6,253.
The AB Computer proposal was dropped at the request of Laurel Fuqua, the Student Activities Center secretary. The computer would have replaced the one currently in her office.
Fuqua said she originally requested a new computer only when she thought the money had to be spent.
In other business, a line item transfer from the Student Government was passed after being divided into five different sections.
Speaker of the Senate Drew Griffin said these transfers were requested after McCann suggested the best thing for the organizations to do would be to spend down their individual accounts.
The line item request passed at $3,821.
This was the AB's last meeting of the semester.
Kayleigh Zyskowski can be reached at 581-7942 or at kzyskowski@eiu.edu.
The proposal was for the request of an additional nine holes to the existing nine-hole course.
The Student Government sent three resolutions back to the AB to look at again after Paul McCann, interim vice president for business affairs, explained the circumstances of the student activities reserve account during Wednesday night's meeting.
McCann said the account is less likely to be depleted than the AB originally thought.
The proposals sent back were the $15,000 Frisbee Golf Course proposal, the $7,447 University Board Productions proposal and the $1,500 Apportionment Board Computer proposal.
AB Chair Tiffany Turner agreed with the actions the Student Government voted on.
"With what came up last night, I think it was important that it came back to (the) Apportionment Board, so we all were completely in the loop, and they had the information up to date, so they knew that it wasn't urgent anymore," Turner said. "It changed the perspective on a lot of things, and I think it showed through the vote tonight."
The AB failed the Frisbee Golf Course proposal with a vote of 1-0-9.
AB member Pat Lindstrom voted against the proposal, but he said he is not opposed to Frisbee golf, but he disagrees with the timing of the proposal.
"I simply think it is a large sum of money to spend right now when we're not sure how much money we will have next year," Lindstrom said. "Next year, when we know the sum we have to work with, they can come back, and we can make a more educated decision."
Orion Buckingham spoke to the AB about the UB Productions proposal. The UB made adjustments prior to the AB meeting and cut $1,194 from the initial request.
"We only have two speakers with enough sound to fill a room the size of the University Ballroom, and if those fail, that pretty much puts any event going on hold for the next two weeks or longer," Buckingham said.
The AB passed the revised proposal containing two Public Address speakers, six radios with accessories and one CD player at a total of $6,253.
The AB Computer proposal was dropped at the request of Laurel Fuqua, the Student Activities Center secretary. The computer would have replaced the one currently in her office.
Fuqua said she originally requested a new computer only when she thought the money had to be spent.
In other business, a line item transfer from the Student Government was passed after being divided into five different sections.
Speaker of the Senate Drew Griffin said these transfers were requested after McCann suggested the best thing for the organizations to do would be to spend down their individual accounts.
The line item request passed at $3,821.
This was the AB's last meeting of the semester.
Kayleigh Zyskowski can be reached at 581-7942 or at kzyskowski@eiu.edu.
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