Student Veterans Organization Budget Tabled Until Next SFC Meeting
Nicole Gonder
Issue date: 11/19/08 Section: News
One of the most-discussed issues at the Tuesday, Nov. 18, senate meeting was the Longwood Student Veterans (LSV) organization's budget. LSV requested about $9,000 from the SGA for 2009-2010. According to the group's event planner, Dustin Meadows, "A lot of this money is not an overestimation and it will be used".
The money requested would go towards the three educational forums that LSV intends to host next year, which will be open to the public. The requested funds would also bolster the current LSV project, Operation Help A Hero. This project is targeted towards soldiers currently over in Iraq and Afghanistan who will not be celebrating the holidays stateside. Donated items will be assembled into care packages and sent to companies currently deployed.
LSV is a group meant to help veterans transition from soldiers at war to college students, and more specifically to aid soldiers coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Meadows pointed out that the closest help centers for veterans are in Norfolk or Richmond.
Although the senate vocalized their support for this organization, they decided to table discussion until LSV presented their budget to the finance committee. The main problem with the money request was that it did not break down the lump sum into line items so that the senate could see exactly where the money is going. Preparing the budget in this manner is a requirement that all student organizations must meet.
For more information about LSV , check out their Web site at longwoodstudentveterans.org. For more information about Operation Help A Hero, check out the Longwood Student Veteran Facebook group.
•Courtney Edwards, founder of the Longwood 32 group, made a presentation about her group to the senate. Longwood 32 protests the gun show loophole, which allows someone to purchase a gun at a gun show without undergoing a background check. The group intends to hold four protests next semester and will be featured in two different film projects. Longwood 32 came to the SGA to look into other ways to publicize these protests to students. According to Edwards on the group Facebook, "I lost a good friend of mine at VT (Nicole White), and because of that I have been given the drive to make some changes in our government." For more information, check out the group "Longwood 32" on Facebook.
The money requested would go towards the three educational forums that LSV intends to host next year, which will be open to the public. The requested funds would also bolster the current LSV project, Operation Help A Hero. This project is targeted towards soldiers currently over in Iraq and Afghanistan who will not be celebrating the holidays stateside. Donated items will be assembled into care packages and sent to companies currently deployed.
LSV is a group meant to help veterans transition from soldiers at war to college students, and more specifically to aid soldiers coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Meadows pointed out that the closest help centers for veterans are in Norfolk or Richmond.
Although the senate vocalized their support for this organization, they decided to table discussion until LSV presented their budget to the finance committee. The main problem with the money request was that it did not break down the lump sum into line items so that the senate could see exactly where the money is going. Preparing the budget in this manner is a requirement that all student organizations must meet.
For more information about LSV , check out their Web site at longwoodstudentveterans.org. For more information about Operation Help A Hero, check out the Longwood Student Veteran Facebook group.
•Courtney Edwards, founder of the Longwood 32 group, made a presentation about her group to the senate. Longwood 32 protests the gun show loophole, which allows someone to purchase a gun at a gun show without undergoing a background check. The group intends to hold four protests next semester and will be featured in two different film projects. Longwood 32 came to the SGA to look into other ways to publicize these protests to students. According to Edwards on the group Facebook, "I lost a good friend of mine at VT (Nicole White), and because of that I have been given the drive to make some changes in our government." For more information, check out the group "Longwood 32" on Facebook.
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A member of the student body you are NOT governing properl
posted 12/01/08 @ 10:53 AM EST
SGA...do work!
Disclaimer: I am an involved student on campus and I am about to voice many frustrations and concerns that I feel a good amount of the student body also have. (Continued…)
B. J. Johnson
posted 12/04/08 @ 9:53 PM EST
Calling SGA "stingy" is not entirely accurate -- "Selectively Generous" may be a more accurate description of thier funding approvals. I noticed that funding seemed entirely based on "who you know" instead of on WHO YOU ARE SERVING. (Continued…)
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