Associated Student Government Mission
The Associated Student Government (ASG) at the University of Arkansas is a student-led organization that acts as an organized voice for all students and strives to effectively represent them in the University's policy and decision making while promoting citizenship on campus and in the greater community.
ASG Executive Election and Student Referendum Update
ASG EXECUTIVE ELECTION and STUDENT REFERENDUM
The 2008 ASG Executive Election and Student Referendum was conducted Monday, April 7th through Thursday, April 10th
With record number of 3054 students participating in the ASG Executive Run-off elections
Having a vote of 54.3% to 45.7%
Carter Ford is your new President
Having a vote of 46.9% to 53.1%
Jong Shin is your new Vice President
Congratulations to
Treasurer-Elect Ben Hale and Secretary-Elect Emily Burrow andChair of Senate Jonathan Powell
Thank you to all of the candidates for participating in the election!
What is Going on in ASG Senate This Week?
Click here for the agenda for this week's ASG Senate meeting, to be held at 6:00 pm in the Reynold's Center Auditorium. To view the legislation listed on the agenda, please visit the 2007 - 2008 Legislation page. To view last week's minutes, please click here.
Please contact YOUR college's senators, listed on the Legislative Branch Homepage, to voice your opinions and/or concerns with any of the legislation on the floor. Your senators are the voice of your college, but they can only represent the voices that they hear!!!
We Want To Hear From You
Have questions or concerns regarding a campus issue? ASG wants to hear from you.
ASG is designed to be the voice for ALL students, but YOUR Executive Officers, Cabinet, and Legislature can only represent the voices that they hear.
There are a number of avenues by which students may express their ideas and concerns. Students are free to contact their college representatives, listed on the Legislative Branch Homepage; contact an Executive Officer of ASG, listed on the Executive Branch Homepage; or stop by the ASG Office, AU669, duing office hours (8-5 M-F).
The following is a letter to RSOs from Treasurer, Dick Watkins in regards to the current (April) funding round (for Fall 2008). Click to view the proposed allocations budget.
To whom it may concern:
The Appropriations Committee had 145 groups request a total of $299,151.91. As you can see, this placed a tremendous task on the shoulders of the Appropriations Committee. The Committee met for a total of 31 hours in a 3 day period in order to best allocate the funds. Despite these challenges, I believe the Committee made exceptionally educated and well-prepared decisions.
Some of the standards that the committee set this funding round:
• Max of $50.00 for Admin (To be used for office Supplies & Copying/printing)
• Max of $400.00 per organization for Conference Registration
• Max of $100.00 for 1 Recruitment Meeting
• No Funding for “Monthly Meetings”
• No Funding for Decorations at events
• Limited amounts of food for special events
• No Funding for late budgets
• No Funding for missing/not signing up for an interview with the committee
• No Funding for events that occur during the first week of classes
• No funding for events without specified date and time listed
• No Funding for T-shirts or Banners
• Max of $50.00 for advertising special events
On our home page you will find the spreadsheet with the amount the Appropriations Committee has granted each organization. Please note when looking at the Spreadsheet, the first column is the “amount requested,” the second column is the amount the Appropriations Committee has granted each organization. The third column is the amount that the organization appealed to the committee, and the fourth column includes the final allocated amount. If a budget is highlighted in RED- this indicates that the organization submitted the budget late. If a budget is highlighted in GREEN- this indicates that the organization either did not sign up OR did not attend a committee interview. Finally, if a budget is highlighted in PURPLE- this indicates that the organization is not registered with the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership.
If you would like to appeal this decision, you have until 12:00 (NOON) on Thursday (April 10th). Please re-submit your budget to (asgrso@uark.edu) along with a written request (attached using Microsoft WORD) with the reason for your appeal. Please make sure to include ALL details as to the grounds for your appeal, because you will not have another opportunity to speak with the committee. Late appeals with not be accepted for any reason.
***Please Note: Grounds for an appeal should present new information that was unavailable at the time of their decision. Please do not just simply ask the committee to “reconsider” their initial recommendation ***
• The committee will then meet Sunday (April 13th) to consider all appeals.
• On Tuesday April 22nd, all organization who received a recommendation of more than $1,000 will be REQUIRED to attend the Senate meeting in which the ASG Senate will place a final vote on the Allocations Bill. Failure to attend may result in decreased or zero funding.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either myself or the ASG office. I truly appreciate all that you do to make this University a better place, and we look forward to working with each of you in the future. Best Regards.
Dick Watkins
Treasurer
Associated Student Government
Asgtres@uark.edu
Office: 479-575-5207
Website Maintenance
If you have suggestions for this website or need further information regarding anything mentioned on the website, please contact the the ASG Webmaster at dxm001@uark.edu or the ASG Secretary at asgsec@uark.edu.
