{"id":16533,"date":"2020-11-03T20:25:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T04:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=16533"},"modified":"2020-12-03T21:18:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T05:18:15","slug":"ifc-deliberates-the-winter-term-fee-and-another-million-dollar-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/ifc-deliberates-the-winter-term-fee-and-another-million-dollar-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"IFC deliberates the winter term fee and another million dollar deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Incidental Fee Committee meets to discuss budget and fee proposals for winter term\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

Sydney Carpenter<\/strong> | News Editor<\/span><\/p>\r\n

During the summer, the Board of Trustees determined the Incidental Fee Committee could not apply their fee to students taking online classes in the fall.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Currently, members of the IFC are discussing their plans for the upcoming winter term in Zoom meetings they host every Thursday. In the three meetings attended, starting on Oct. 15, the committee has established a 50% budget for each funded area. For fall term, the IFC received 52% of its funding after ASWOU President NJ Johnson and Western President Rex Fuller made a million dollar deal. However, the deal was made with the intent to fund the IFC only for fall term.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe online course fee is not designed, as a general proposition, to supplement incidental fees,\u201d said Fuller. \u201cDue to the unique situation of fall 2020 being almost 95% online, I offered to ASWOU a $1M allocation of online course fee revenue to ease the revenue shortfall to support student services funded by incidental fees.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the IFC\u2019s third meeting hosted on Oct. 29 however, it was revealed by Johnson that after the IFC\u2019s second meeting held on Oct. 22, he and President Fuller met to discuss potentially receiving another one million dollar stimulus package. From the third meeting\u2019s transcript, Johnson explained that a stimulus package was possible but could not answer affirmatively. IFC Chair Juliana Cameron and Johnson plan to meet with Fuller to solidify the deal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In addition to the million dollar stimulus, the IFC intends to apply their fee this term.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe should charge a fee, not just to keep service and staff, (but) to give students a say. We should charge as little as possible,\u201d said sophomore political science major and IFC member Quentin Kanta.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Cameron affirmed with Kanta, voicing potentially applying a $25 fee for winter term. All members were in agreement that the fee should be kept low. Before the IFC can apply their fee, the decision to give the IFC power to define a fee-paying student \u2014 made by the Special IFC in the summer \u2014 must be approved by the Board of Trustees.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

All funded areas must present budgets reflecting 50% funding and include money left over from fall term. All fee proposals, budget outlines and stimulus agreements must be submitted to the Board of Trustees by Nov. 18. The IFC is not being required to go through a subcommittee this time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As more information is released this story will be updated.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Contact the author at howlnews@mail.wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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