Unmasking the mysteries of SAC
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on SAC’s role, membership, funding process and plans for the 2005–06 school year.
- The News-Letter reported that SAC funds student groups and also handles new-group creation, disputes, constitutions and advice for campus organizations.
- The paper reported that SAC’s standing committee includes a chair, assistant treasurer, student council president, eight liaisons, a secretary and two members of the Office of Student Involvement.
- The article says that groups present requests before the board discusses and votes, using the Green Book, the group’s proposal and presentation, and board members’ views; it quotes Jeffrey Groden Thomas saying, “Our standards are fairly easy.”
- The reporter writes that Groden Thomas described distributing money fairly as difficult, while Alice Li said SAC had become “shrouded in mystery” and that its funding policy confused groups.
- According to the article, the goals for 2005–06 included greater visibility, more follow-up with groups and improved accountability; Li said SAC funded “over 170-plus groups on campus.”