WUTV Update!
We are very glad that WUTV has been mobilizing its supporters, both past and present, to show campus why it is valuable to every student. This was in response to our budget proposal for WUTV. We encourage you all to come to Treasury and Senate on Tuesday and Wednesday to participate in discussion and help with the approval of the general budget. Our goal is to provide value to every student by giving every student group the chance to put on the programming it wants. Let us know what you think!
The following is our specific response to WUTV regarding some of the things that we did not fund in their budget:
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Thank you for the information about the movies.
I would like to let you know that I understand your concern over not being
funded operating costs, but after looking at your budget again, we are
funding all that you requested minus the movies, vague repairs, and some
equipment for which the need was not clearly made evident to us through your
interview. I would also like to stress the fact that we as execs have no
intentions to “micromanage” WUTV as it would not be in your best interest or
an efficient use of our time. I’m sorry you feel that way about the appeals
account and hope that your experience with it is not such. Additionally, I
would like to remind you that while WUTV operates separately the vast
majority of the time, you are still a Student Union Executive Committee.
While I hope to avoid the SU “politics” as well I hope you understand it is
a part of our constitutional duty to oversee Executive Committees.
That being said, the items we did not initially fund in our proposal for the
general budget were things that during your interview seemed to be luxuries
rather than necessities. If this was somehow misinterpreted, then I
apologize for the misunderstanding but maintain that I cannot make changes
at this point to be fair to other groups. I would like to stress again, that
we do value WUTV as a student run station on campus. I’m also, sorry that I
cannot give you more specifics about what was and was not funded initially,
but it would again be giving special treatment to one group over others if I
were to do that.
I hope this e-mail was able to shed a little bit more light on the subject
for you and look forward to seeing you in Treasury Tuesday.
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April 24th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
I think all SU Executive Committees need to be reminded that as an Executive Committee, they are entitled to certain priveleges, but they also have responsibilities as members of Student Union. All of Student Union: Senate, Treasury, Class Councils, School Councils, WUTV, Team 31, Gargoyle, Filmboard, Executive Officers… everyone’s job here is to serve the student body. Not just to put on TV shows… but to serve the needs of students. It is extremely important for Executive Committees to begin to look critically at the types of programs they put on, what their value is to campus, and if they are serving the needs of students. Is Team 31 filling different types of student needs when they are selecting their musical performances for WILD? Is WUTV reaching out to student groups to try to find a way to work with them to film their events or film a commercial and play them on television? Is KWUR surveying the student body about the types of radio programs we desire? And it’s not just Exec Committees. Is Senate being pro-active in determining the needs of student for their issues? Is Treasury actively serving student groups and trying to help them or are they trying to govern? Everyone’s mission here is to serve the student body.
While I think WUTV’s budget is a little low, it is about time that Executive Committees are given less of a blank check. All of Student Union needs to start thinking about whether their programs are filling needs on campus and work harder to determine what those needs are.