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Comunicado de prensa: Los estudiantes BIPOC piden al Consejo de Administración de la WOU que atienda las necesidades de los estudiantes

Estudiantes negros, indígenas y de color de Western explican su propuesta global al Consejo de Administración de WOU

Makana Waikiki | ASWOU IFC Chair

Para publicación inmediata

3 de abril de 2021

La propuesta de los estudiantes negros, indígenas y de color de la Western Oregon University pide al Consejo de Administración y a la Administración de la WOU que atiendan las necesidades de los estudiantes

Monmouth, OR - Los estudiantes negros, indígenas y de color de la Western Oregon University han lanzado una propuesta integral a la Junta de Síndicos de la WOU que presentarán en la reunión de la Junta del 21 de abril de 2021, llamando la atención sobre las necesidades de los estudiantes a través de la financiación y la reevaluación de las necesidades que la WOU y su administración no han proporcionado a los estudiantes, el personal, el profesorado y la comunidad.

La propuesta se divide en dos categorías de necesidades de los estudiantes de la WOU: fiscales y de reevaluación. En los últimos años, los estudiantes de WOU han compartido su frustración debido a la falta de apoyo a través de los recursos de la administración. Los estudiantes de color siguen siendo algunos de los grupos de estudiantes más afectados en este campus y han estado abogando por un centro en el campus que los reúna, que sea un espacio seguro y que promueva y celebre la diversidad y la riqueza de sus culturas. La primera demanda fiscal es financiar el Centro de la Libertad, un espacio creado por estudiantes BIPOC para estudiantes BIPOC en WOU. Este espacio proporcionará salas de estudio, tecnología y un lugar al que los estudiantes de color puedan acudir en busca de apoyo, recursos y, lo que es más importante, un entorno seguro en este campus.

Nuestra propuesta también aborda la grave necesidad de una educación post-secundaria en WOU que sea asequible, accesible y proporcione a los estudiantes los recursos que necesitan para tener éxito. La tasa incidental es una importante fuente de ingresos que financia servicios vitales, programas, recursos, como la despensa de alimentos, y las oportunidades de empleo para los estudiantes y el personal. Estos servicios y programas necesitan ser financiados, sin embargo, está ligado a la matrícula y con la disminución de las tasas de matrícula que seguimos presenciando deja áreas que proporcionan servicios esenciales y recursos insuficientemente financiados. Estamos pidiendo a la Junta de Síndicos que subvencione los recortes que el Comité de Tasas Incidentales (IFC) tuvo que hacer este año (~$203.000) para que todas las áreas financiadas por el IFC que benefician a los estudiantes estén totalmente financiadas en el próximo año académico.

En las audiencias abiertas del Comité de Tasas Incidentales, los estudiantes deportistas expresaron su preocupación por la necesidad de nuevos uniformes y equipación. Es necesario invertir para apoyar a los estudiantes deportistas de nuestro campus, que ayudan a reclutar nuevos estudiantes. Pedimos que se asignen $122.000 a los estudiantes deportistas para sus uniformes y equipaciones. Esta asignación duplicaría el presupuesto de cada deporte, ya que están gravemente infradotados.

Este último año hemos sido testigos del aumento de los ataques dirigidos contra las comunidades de color y de cómo esto ha afectado al bienestar mental y físico de los estudiantes de color de nuestro campus. Esta universidad quiere enorgullecerse de sus valores fundamentales de diversidad y respeto afirmando que "la equidad y la inclusión son una base fundamental en la diversidad humana" y, sin embargo, los estudiantes de color son los que exigen y trabajan para crear el Centro de la Libertad. Los estudiantes no deberían ser el único grupo de personas de nuestro campus que quiera crear un entorno seguro y acogedor; esta debería ser una misión por la que todos nos esforzáramos. La Junta puede tomar medidas para ayudar a abordar esta cuestión mediante la financiación de un Director de Equidad e Inclusión. La financiación para este puesto sería de 2 años y sería contratado por un comité de estudiantes, profesores y personal BIPOC. Este puesto se ocuparía de los casos de injusticia racial y social sistémica, y apoyaría a los estudiantes, el personal y el profesorado de color en la consecución de sus objetivos en WOU.

El Consejo de Administración también debe reevaluar cómo se contrata al profesorado y al personal. Hay una falta de representación BIPOC en la administración, el profesorado y los puestos del personal. El Presidente Fuller debe preparar un plan para establecer una nueva política de contratación de profesores y personal, y un plan que incluya la representación de no menos de un estudiante BIPOC, no menos de un miembro BIPOC de la facultad, y no menos de un miembro BIPOC del personal, para la próxima reunión de la Junta de Síndicos. Además, la Junta de Síndicos debe reconsiderar nuestro plan sobre la reapertura del campus para el período de otoño en su próxima reunión de la Junta de Síndicos, con un punto específico del orden del día con 30 minutos de comentarios públicos sobre el asunto. La junta también debe colaborar con ASWOU para llevar a cabo una serie de foros públicos el próximo otoño 2021, en el que los estudiantes, profesores y personal será capaz de proporcionar información sobre los siguientes temas: Seguridad pública en el campus, racismo en el aula por parte del profesorado, Centro de Salud y Asesoramiento Estudiantil, instituir una clase de competencia cultural y racismo sistemático de primer año para que todos los estudiantes de WOU la tomen en su primer año, instituir un currículo cultural en todas las clases ofrecidas para Licenciaturas y Posgrados en consulta con el Director de Equidad e Inclusión, y la Respuesta COVID-19.

Esta propuesta integral de los estudiantes BIPOC en WOU aborda las principales preocupaciones que los estudiantes de WOU han expresado durante años e instamos a la Junta de Síndicos a tomar medidas mediante la aprobación de nuestras peticiones presupuestarias y recomendaciones de reevaluación. Nos hará falta a todos: estudiantes, profesores, personal, la administración y la Junta de Síndicos para salvar nuestra universidad y restaurar el nivel de confianza, transparencia, responsabilidad, inclusividad y, lo que es más importante, nuestro sentido de comunidad.

Para más información, póngase en contacto con la presidenta de ASWOU IFC, Makana Waikiki, en mwaikiki18@mail.wou.edu.

Anexo

11 de abril de 2021

"Como comunidad, hemos depositado nuestra confianza en personas y sistemas que no la merecen. Nos estamos poniendo en peligro cada día que nos levantamos y tratamos de obtener una educación aquí en WOU. Con el aumento de los crímenes de odio, la falta de recursos para las comunidades marginadas, y el aumento en el precio y la dificultad de la educación superior, necesitamos que la Junta de Síndicos priorice nuestras necesidades. Los estudiantes de WOU están presentando esta propuesta, de nuestras necesidades fiscales y de reevaluación que WOU y su administración no han proporcionado a sus estudiantes, personal, profesores y comunidad. Es hora de cambiar".

- Makana Waikiki (ella/ellos) Líder estudiantil y defensora de los derechos de los estudiantes

IFC y ASWOU Senate ultiman los planes presupuestarios para el próximo curso escolar

La Junta de Síndicos aprobará los planes del IFC para 2021

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El Comité de Tasas Incidentales ha concluido sus audiencias abiertas y ha finalizado las asignaciones presupuestarias y la aplicación de tasas para el próximo curso escolar.

En sus decisiones preliminares, el IFC dispuso un total de 34,77% de reducción presupuestaria para las 15 áreas financiadas, y 27% de la reducción se tomaron de la financiación del departamento de Atletismo. Sin embargo, 100 estudiantes ⏤ principalmente atletas ⏤ asistieron a las audiencias abiertas abogando por una reducción en el recorte presupuestario de Atletismo. 

En los planes finales, las reducciones presupuestarias para Atletismo se redujeron y parte del peso se repartió entre otros departamentos. En la reunión de finalización, los jefes de departamento manifestaron que estaban dispuestos a tener mayores reducciones en sus propios presupuestos personales. En total, seis áreas se ofrecieron voluntarias para tener reducciones presupuestarias: Associated Students of Western Oregon University con 2%; Campus Recreation 0,5%; Creative Arts 3%; Student Engagement 1%; SE: Leadership, Inclusion, Activities 2%; Student Activities Board 1%; Student Media 0,5%.

Debido a que otros departamentos asumieron la carga de reducir sus presupuestos, el presupuesto del departamento de Atletismo sólo refleja actualmente un recorte del 13,5%. La Directora de Deportes, Randi Lydum, no ha puesto por escrito qué tipo de recortes sufrirá el departamento con este presupuesto.. 

Los estudiantes pueden anticipar que verán una tasa fija de $355 en su factura para el año 2021-22, independientemente de la modalidad. Según las previsiones actuales, el IFC prevé recaudar $4.106.640 de la tasa el año que viene, y sacará $373.781,09 de las reservas para hacer frente a las necesidades presupuestarias.  

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IFC concludes spring term discussions and moves on to the next school year

The IFC has finalized spring term and are working on next year’s budget

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Western’s Incidental Fee Committee has completed their process for establishing fee and budgetary allocations for spring 2021.

During their Feb. 5 meeting, seven IFC members voted to approve the motion of allocating all budgetary requests from all 15 funded areas while one member abstained. For the money allocation, the committee supplied three areas with additional funding: Student Media received $2,750; the Creative Arts department, $1,500; ASWOU, $81.

For spring term, the committee opted to lower the $150 fee students saw on their bill this term due to lower budgetary requests, according to IFC chair Makana Waikiki. From the meeting transcript, it was revealed by IFC member Quentin Kanta that only one student voted on the fee preference option and voted for a $125 fee to be charged on student billing next term.

The operating costs for spring term total $585,886.67. Under the current proposed fee, the IFC anticipates collecting $502,750 and supplying the remaining funding using money from their $800,000 worth of reserves. The difference between winter and spring term’s operating budgets is approximately $330,000 less. The difference is due to the athletics department not making any budgetary requests for spring due to sufficient funding from their winter term requests.

The IFC is also working on drafting budgetary allocations and fee proposals for the 2021-2022 academic year. All funded areas have been asked to pitch 10%, 20% and 30% cuts. The reason for this request is due to the uncertainty of enrollment for the upcoming year and the unpredictability of COVID-19.

At this time, only 11 of the 15 areas have proposed their budgets for the upcoming school year. All areas were supposed to finish their proposals on Feb. 12, but the IFC chair cancelled the meeting because of the ice storm, and anticipate resuming proposals on Feb. 19.

For students that are interested in the IFC’s process, the committee holds their meetings via Zoom every Friday starting at 9 a.m. All committee meetings are open to the public and the link to the meeting can be found at their website wou.edu/ifc/. For all other inquiries regarding the IFC, students can email the IFC chair at ifcchair@mail.wou.edu.

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IFC moving towards final fee decision for next term

IFC announces preliminary budgetary plans for spring 2021

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The Incidental Fee Committee has announced preliminary decisions for spring 2021.

In an email announcement sent out on Jan. 21 by IFC Chair Makana Waikiki, the committee provided a spreadsheet of budgetary allocations and two variations of the IFC fee for next term.  During the Jan. 15 meeting, the IFC narrowed down the spring term fee to $115 or $125, to be voted on by students in a survey due Feb. 4. The budget sheet shows that the committee has opted to lower the $150 fee students saw on their bill this term due to lower budgetary requests, explained Waikiki in an open hearing on Jan. 27. 

Under the current proposed fee options, the IFC anticipates collecting either $462,500 or $502,750, depending on the fee option that is chosen. During fall term, the operating expenses from the 15 areas funded by the IFC totaled around $580,000 ⏤ about $400,000 less than last term’s operating budget. For the money allocation, the committee supplied two areas with additional funding: Student Media received $2,750; the Creative Arts department, $1,500.

At this time, the IFC is projected to finalize budgetary evaluations for spring term by Feb. 5. 

For students that are interested in the IFC’s process, the committee holds their meetings via Zoom every Friday starting at 9 a.m. All committee meetings are open to the public and the link to the meeting can be found at their website wou.edu/ifc/. For all other inquiries regarding the IFC, students can email the IFC Chair at ifcchair@mail.wou.edu.

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Approved IFC fee application makes historic changes for student run committees

ASWOU and WOU administration debate over IFC fee application leads to new Oregon Legislation proposals 

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The Associated Students of Western Oregon University and Western administration have concluded their debate over fee application for winter term. 

As a result of the actions of administration, ASWOU is working with Oregon legislators to improve the current Oregon statue that is supposed to protect and guarantee student autonomy over incidental fees.

“Much of the problem is that the law as written now provides the opportunity for an institution to ‘pocket veto’ the student fee through inaction and enough delays,” said Oregon Student Association Executive Director Andrew Rogers in an article written by Oregon Public Broadcasting. 

During the discussions fee revision, ASWOU President NJ Johnson reports delayed action and staling of IFC processes by President Rex Fuller.

“We had sent the fee request on Nov. 25,” said Johnson, “ We needed … for him to respond to the fee request by Dec. 9.”

At the time President Fuller was sent the request, he had no authority to approve the fee in its entirety. However, in an emergency Board of Trustees meeting held on Dec. 8, the committee gave Fuller temporary permission to approve the IFC fee. According to President Johnson, President Fuller was asked to approve the fee by 1 p.m. on Dec. 9, and reports receiving a response around 12:34 p.m that day. Instead of approving the fee Fuller questioned aspects of the proposal.

“He had two weeks to ask questions,” said Johnson, “All of the questions asked were just meant to stall our process so that a potential HECC appeal would have been nullified. We’d be in a position where we have to accept the university’s offer for another stimulus. A stimulus that wouldn’t be able to sufficiently fund the programs that we needed to.”

At that time, ASWOU was in the process of filing a second appeal to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to have a third party evaluate the administration’s rejection of the IFC fee. 

The first appeal was written in September after the IFC was denied consultation with the Board of Trustees to discuss formatting their fee so that it reflected a campus attending classes 95% online. The appeal was ultimately withdrawn by ASWOU after Fuller stated that the IFC would receive a negotiated million dollar deal on the condition they withdraw their appeal to HECC. ASWOU filed their second appeal later that afternoon on Dec. 9, after their discussion with Fuller.

Following the HECC appeal, Johnson received an email from Fuller saying he would charge the IFC fee.

“For the IFC it seemed that we appealed and there was an attempt to stall us, but we didn’t let it stall us,”  said junior communications major and IFC chair Makana Waikiki. “The president then realized that we were very serious and prepared to move along with the HECC appeal.”

Waikiki explained that it appeared the administration didn’t want ASWOU to make the HECC appeal, so they agreed to charging the IFC fee. Never in Western’s IFC history has a fee established for the year been changed in the middle of that fiscal year. Although a monumental moment for student autonomy, Johnson expressed how disappointed he was that the fee was only accepted after legal action was taken.

“It’s a disappointment that so much effort and time has to go into retaining our rights as students,” said Johnson.

For the upcoming term, regardless of modality and amount of credits being taken, all students will see an flat rate IFC fee of $150 on their bill in comparison to their previous two tier fee system approved back in Apr. 2020. This fee charged students over $200 depending on course load.

In a press release issued on Dec. 16, ASWOU calls for students to participate in the new legislative process taking place within Oregon law. To be involved in the statewide student effort to pass legislation which regulates student fees, contact Oregon Student Association at andrew@orstudents.org to learn how to advocate for student voices.

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Press Release: IFC fee autonomy is a win for student voices

President Johnson outlines IFC’s success against obstruction and clears up misinformation about the Incidental Fee

NJ Johnson | ASWOU President

Dear Campus Community,

The ASWOU Incidental Fee Committee will be charging a flat student incidental fee of $150 for winter term to all WOU students and President Fuller has confirmed that this will be collected by the University. This fee funds vital resources and programming such as the food pantry, student government, multicultural groups, and activities-based clubs which, during this pandemic, remain just as essential to the success and well-being of WOU students as ever.

I would like to thank the hundreds of students who took part by giving feedback in this process. While our campus community is a vibrant and diverse group of individuals with different perspectives, the overwhelming sentiment we heard was that students wanted us to protect funding for student jobs, access to the food pantry, multicultural groups and resource centers, student government, and activity-based clubs.

Just as they did earlier this year regarding Fall term’s incidental fee, President Fuller and his office attempted to obstruct this student led, democratic process this term. We filed an appeal with the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, and soon after, Administration officially recognized ASWOU’s fee autonomy regarding our right to fund these student led programs and resources. Amidst a host of other attacks on the rights of our faculty, staff, and students coming from President Fuller, this acknowledgement of the student voice is a huge win for this year.

Given some of the false information that President Fuller’s staff has been directed to spread to students, we wanted to provide some factual context regarding the student incidental fee.  First, this fee is less than the original fee that the vast majority of students would have paid were it not for social distance learning.

Second, while administration has targeted graduate students with the false assertion that this is a change to the structure of fees that Graduate students pay, the fact is that there is no change to whether graduate students take part in paying the incidental fee and are able to benefit from these paces and services it provides. Graduate students are often exploited by administration both as students and as workers, we acknowledge this unique circumstance and reiterate that we as ASWOU are here to fight for your rights and interests.

Third, this fee is the only amount of money you pay into WOU that students have democratic control over. We share the student body’s concerns regarding the cost of tuition and fees at WOU; a large amount of the work ASWOU does is in advancing legislative initiatives to combat the cost of attendance at WOU. Because of our commitment to fighting to keep the cost of attendance at WOU down, we have directed the Oregon Student Association to introduce legislation which will increase transparency and regulation around all fees that students pay, both the incidental fee and the large host of other fees which students currently have no democratic control over.

We encourage students to get involved in the incidental fee process in the upcoming terms through attending our hearings, filling out the survey forms we send out, and contacting ASWOU officials, whose email addresses can be found here. Information and updates can be found on ASWOU social media and wou.edu/ifc. We also ask students interested in more transparency around the large amount of fees charged to students at WOU to get involved this winter in working to pass state-level legislation which would better regulate student fees at public universities and colleges in Oregon. If you would like to be involved in the statewide student effort to pass legislation which regulates student fees, please contact Oregon Student Association at andrew@orstudents.org for info on how to do so.

Make no mistake that more work lies ahead to protect the legal autonomy students must retain in the process of assessing and distributing incidental fees. The overwhelming majority of students have expressed to us the importance of protecting the areas funded by the incidental fee and the rights students hold over this process. ASWOU will continue to ensure that students are kept updated on these matters and encourage every student to engage in the process for Spring 2021 and the 2021-22 academic year. Remember that when students are heard, students win.

For more information, contact ASWOU President NJ Johnson by emailing at aswoupresident@mail.wou.edu or by phone at (503) 838-8555

ASWOU makes a million dollar deal with WOU administration

Administration denies ASWOU the ability to collect IFC fees, instead offering a one million dollar stimulus

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Across Oregon, many universities are converting a majority of in-person classes to online due to COVID-19, Western is one of them. On Aug. 18, a group designated as the “reopening committee” voted in favor of Western holding 95% of its classes online. 

Based on the Tuition & Fees for the 2020 to 2021 academic year, student governed fees — such as Incidental Fees — could not be applied on the fall bill. At the time of approval, fee application was dependent on course delivery. If a student does not attend an in-person class on campus, then the fee would not be applied to their bill.

As a result of the online conversion, the Incidental Fee Committee estimated collecting only 5% of their anticipated 1.9 million dollar budget for fall term.

“I was on the committee … designed to reopen campus in a safe way, but I was the only student on that committee,” said senior public policy and administration major and ASWOU President N.J Johnson, “When we were putting together the email announcement…about classes being online I had expressed my concerns.” 

Johnson stated that the email indicated online students wouldn’t be paying a fee. He went on, saying he voiced to the reopening committee that the IFC was not consulted. Johnson said he was outvoted by other members of the reopening committee, resulting in no online students being charged incidental fees.

In the days following the email announcement, the IFC Steering Committee — a group tasked with reviewing and changing IFC bylaws — met on Aug. 31 to take action in response to the reopening committee’s decisions.

“We made two amendments to the bylaws,” said junior communications major and IFC member Makana Waikiki. “One of them was to allow a Special Committee to meet and it also specified who would be a part of the committee.” 

Waikiki voices how the committee felt it important to have more than one student in a room making decisions.

The second amendment gave the IFC control over defining what a fee paying student is. It is considered by the committee to be a historic change.

“We haven’t had the power to define a fee-paying student (until) recently,” said junior philosophy and English double major and IFC Member Nick Denning, “which is absolutely integral in us charging online students.”

After the bylaws were passed by the Steering Committee, the newly formed Special Committee sent out a petition to the student body, asking if they wanted to have a fee applied on the fall bill to fund the 15 programs covered by the IFC. On Sept. 2 the Special Committee convened to discuss applying applying a flat rate fee of $250. During the meeting Denning revealed the petition sent out by the Special Committee received over 300 signatures. Currently Western has 4,164 students registered for classes. 

On the same day of the Special Committee’s first meeting, Johnson reported he was contacted by President  Rex Fuller.

During their discussion , Fuller offered a one million dollar stimulus from the $53 per credit online tech fee approved back in April. According to the Business office the online tech fee is not new. In April when the Board of Trustees were finalizing billing, they took the difference of online tuition  — $228  —  and Oregon residency tuition  — originally $176 before the 4.55% increase in April — increased it by $1 and made it a separate fee for bill transparency.  According to Fuller, the $53 was originally intended for Western’s new Learning Management System called Canvas. However due to COVID-19, Western  entered a contract with Canvas that is funded by the CARES act until the end of 2020.

“Due 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,” Fuller explained.

After talking with Fuller, Johnson said that he told the Special Committee about the million dollar deal immediately. However, the minutes from the Special Committee’s first gathering discussed applying a temporary flat rate fee of $250, and did not mention the conversation between President Fuller and ASWOU President Johnson. 

Although they were offered a million dollars, Johnson explained the fee application was still requested.

“We had two reasons we wanted to apply a fee,” said Johnson, “The first reason is to have a recognized student government.” 

The second reason Johnson cited for fee application was precedence.

“It’s about having your decision … through (the) proper process as stated in the IFC bylaws. We thought it was important … that those decisions were recognized.” he stated.

On Sept. 23, ASWOU posted a press release claiming the Board of Trustees were asked to meet in September to review the fee being discussed by the Special Committee. However, the Board affirmed they wouldn’t meet till Nov. 18.

“Chair Komp and President Fuller said it wasn’t advisable at the time. Because we have the million dollars from the tech fee that would buy us enough time to solve this problem collaboratively,” recalled Johnson.

In order to work with the Board of Trustees, ASWOU lowered the original $250 fee to $50 because the million dollar offer funded more than 51% of the IFC’s budget. Even so, ASWOU still wanted to establish precedence and the student body government as a legitimate power on campus.

Johnson went on to say that the Board of Trustees still did not want to meet, citing that they felt it would be better to apply a fee in the winter and spring. 

After being denied consultation, on Sept. 14 ASWOU submitted an appeal to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, requesting a third party to evaluate the administrative rejection process of ASWOU’s request to collect incidental fees. 

Negotiations regarding the million-dollar agreement spanned two days following the Sept. 14 HECC appeal.

On Sept. 16, ASWOU and WOU admin reached an agreement; the three terms of the agreement were not released to the IFC funded area heads until Sept. 17. In the joint email sent by Fuller and Johnson, the three conditions of the agreement were as follows.

First, the University will assess fall term fees based on the course modality of classes offered. For remote/online classes, a technology fee will be assessed while the incidental fee will be assessed on all face-to-face courses. 

Second, the university will provide one million dollars from the tech fee and the remaining funds will be drawn from student reserves. 

Third, ASWOU would drop its appeal to HECC.

ASWOU complied to secure the million-dollar stimulus for the IFC funded areas. After the deal, the IFC received 61% of their projected funds. 

Currently, all areas are being funded 25% or more and the IFC does not intend to apply fees this fall. 

Johnson says that the full IFC will be meeting to discuss what took place this the fall in preparation for winter and spring term. More information will be released when there are developments in the story.

UPDATE (OCT. 28TH, 2020 @ 2:09PM)

For fall term, students did not see an Incidental fee on their billing statements. As a result, IFC was not able to fund the areas it covers until ASWOU President N.J Johnson and Western’s President Rex Fuller made a million dollar deal giving the IFC 52% of their previously anticipated $1.9 million budget. However, the deal was made with the intent to fund the IFC for fall term.

“The online course fee is not designed, as a general proposition, to supplement incidental fees,” said Fuller. “Due 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.”

The IFC met on Oct. 22 to discuss plans going forward. The committee decided to make decisions only for winter term due to the money being unknown so far in the future, feeling it was better to take it term by term, and being able to effectively allocate funds to what best serves students. Currently, all seven IFC area heads are being asked to be prepared to present a 50% budget proposal at their next meeting on Oct. 29.

For the budget proposal, areas are being asked to base 50% funding off of last year’s allocation. In addition to running cost estimation, each department is being asked to present a brief presentation on where the money is going and what has been prioritized in their budgets. The IFC did not give the areas restrictions on what the budget can or can’t be used for.

At this time, President Johnson and President Fuller are revisiting the definition of a fee-paying student — a power the IFC implemented to their amendments in September, but not fully recognized by the Board of Trustees at the time.

All decisions regarding budget proposals and definition of a fee-paying student must be finalized before the first subcommittee meeting for the Board of Trustees, which meets around Nov. 11.

The story will be updated as more information is released.

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