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Mo Money Mo Problems

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Congratulations to all of us for a successful awards ceremony and a good job to all of those who helped to present the awards. I know for most of the semester we all anticipated our work done after the final vote and the ceremony. That's not the case anymore. We're very lucky to have been given the extra $2,000 but with this money, comes more decision making.

It was during our final votes on operating and programming grant that discussion of spreading the wealth was brought up. Many had advocated for TruthPharm to receive the operating grant, but after they already reviewed the programming grant, many flipped their decisions to ensure that the ACA also received a grant.

Now that we have this extra money, will we continue to stick to our view that we should spread the wealth, or would the class be open to donating to one of the final recipients again. While $2,000 is much less than $7,500 and could possibly be seen as supplemental money, it almost matches the price of the operating grant of $2,500. So will we perceive this extra money as supplemental money or will be go ahead and view it as a whole other grant consideration of its own?

I look forward to hearing what the class has to say about this issue and seeing what decision we make at the end!

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  1. Chloe CarlsonMay 11, 2019 at 5:53 PM

    Hana,
    I had a very similar reaction to the announcement that we had won the additional $2,000. When we met today, I was really glad that we decided to split it between two organizations, even though the $2000 is basically almost the same amount as the $2500 operating grant. I think that us perceiving the extra money as additional funding instead of a whole grant on its own was beneficial to deciding who to administer it to.
    I was surprised that we chose the ACA even though they received the operating grant, I was thinking that maybe people would move towards the other organizations like STAP, HCA, and Meals on Wheels. I personally voted for STAP and Meals on Wheels. I voted for STAP because I really liked and supported the identity center and it's mission and believe that it serves a very important role in the Binghamton community. Additionally, I think that they are effective at budgeting and using resources wisely (they had a detailed plan for how they would spend the grants. Additionally, I was supportive of Meals on Wheels receiving the other half of the $2000 because I think it would have helped their problem of increasing prices. Meals on Wheels provides a valuable service to the Binghamton community and for them to have more stable prices would allow more people to be serviced by MOW.
    All in all I am happy with how the money was distributed and I am happy we were awarded extra funding to donate.
    -Chloe

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