[Vision2020] Turf

[Donovan Arnold]

Heather,

Dedicated funds can be undedicated. The trouble is that people only agreed 
to pay those funds for the purpose of that project. If we establish a habit 
of undedicated funds we create distrust.

When I was in ASUI we voted to take dedicated funds that were suppose to be 
used to fix the soccer ball field and used them to establish the wireless 
internet system at UI, but only for a one year time frame. Personally, I 
think that was a wise decision to vote that way because I think it overall 
benefited the University in a more academic way. We also asked the students 
first who paid those monies. However, I think doing that all the time 
eventually means that people do not want to pay fees to certain causes 
because they distrust that they will be used for that purpose and we lose 
the ability to raise funds for other needed projects.

In essence, it is lying when fees are undedicated for the purposes in which 
they were taken. I think if we wanted to use funds for another purpose it 
should be discussed and voted on first by the students that paid into it.

I am not saying this because I agree with funding that turf, I do not 
personally. However, it is the money of the students and they should be the 
ones that decide how their money is spend. To collect and say it is going to 
be spent on A but it is spent on B instead, is not a good idea.

Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold


>From: <hayfields at moscow.com>
>To: <rforce at moscow.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Turf
>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 04:12:33 GMT
>
>Pardon me Ron,
>Although I hate to quote the Argonaut, the Tuesday, March 29th edition
>quotes Tom McGann (Kibbie Dome Manager) as stating  the money would come
>from the Kibbie Dome Turf Replacement fund.   Mr. McGann also proposed a
>$5 fee increase to reestablish the Outdoor Recreation and Athletic Field
>fund, which the ASUI turned down.  Mr. McGann stated theat "he recently
>discovered that the Dome management had $1.4 million in the Kibbie Turf
>Replacement fund.  And here is what I consider the kicker.  "$200,000 is
>transferred into the fund annually from debt reserves, which are funds
>set up as a safety net to campus budgets".  Right- which budgets?  The
>article goes on to state further that as the indoor turf will not need to
>be replaced for at least 5 years (by which time the fund will have
>swelled to $1 million with the annually replaced money)they
>felt"comfortable" allowing the project to go forward.  And that includes
>the wrought iron gates! So if you can dedicate debt reserve money to a
>project, clearly you can "undedicate it" . If the fund currently has
>enough money to replace the INDOOR turf (the project that it was
>originally intended for) why not move that 1.4 million into getting the
>trash emptied and not slapping dedicated workers in the face?
>
>The beacon of the north is slowly being extinguished for the sake of the
>neon lights of athletic glory.
>
>Heather Jordan
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