Budget and Finance Committee

The St. Lawrence University Student Activities Fund (SLUSAF) was established in 1988 to coordinate financial management of the Student Activities Fees collected from every full-time matriculated undergraduate and graduate student. Every semester each student pays a $100 fee that goes into SLUSAF. SLUSAF funds are monitored and dispersed by students. SLUSAF allocates funds to support campus organizations, clubs, and students in their pursuit of programs of an educational, social, cultural, spiritual and recreational nature.

The role of the Budget and Finance Committee is to:

1. Be responsible for the distribution and management of SLUSAF funds, as prescribed in the SLUSAF By-Laws.
2. Be responsible for monitoring the health and management of all SLUSAF Constitutions.
3. The Budget and Finance Committee has the responsibility to, with a two-thirds vote, revoke as it sees fit some portion or the entirety of an organization’s funds for acts of fraud, misuse of funds or other acts that it deems necessary.
4. Review contingency requests before they are brought before the Senate. The Committee will act in an advisory role to the group or person(s) requesting funds, ensuring that the guidelines for proposals are followed. If necessary, the Committee members will make recommendations to the petitioning group or person(s) in order to strengthen the proposal. Approval of a proposal within the Budget and Finance Committee takes place by majority vote and is subject to the proposal's compliance with Constitutional guidelines, rather than to committee members' ideological viewpoints. The Committee shall consult with the Vice President of Senate Affairs to ensure that requests do not violate the Thelomathesian Society Constitution.

	Chair SLUSAF Central Treasurer Alina Miska E-mail: almisk07@stlawu.edu
	Assistant Chair Paul Tranby E-mail: patran07@stlawu.edu