2008 Woodie Awards
Sanctions expire on PEOPLE Club for fund misapplication
By Jonathan Munson
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: News
Originally published: 4/19/07 at 7:30 PM CSTLast update: 4/19/07 at 7:29 PM CST
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Discrepancies regarding a Thanksgiving party sponsored by the PEOPLE Club last semester led to the Student Activity Fee Committee passing sanctions on the group.
PEOPLE stands for People Enhancing Opportunities for All People to Live Equally.
The group was not allowed to make any requests for the duration of the fall semester, but still managed to have an April 13 party using money from their own fundraising, as well as donations from Wal-Mart, H-E-B and Starbucks.
They even received a $1,000 grant from Wal-Mart.
Donated gift certificates served as door prizes, and food was laid out on a table in the disability support services office in Chance Academic Center.
The group also had 300 custom pens created for their organization, as well as a banner that is much larger than their previous one.
The sanction situation is one that the group wants to get past, PEOPLE Club President Adam Roig said.
"It was just a lack of communication," he said. "They apologized and we apologized."
Details as to why the activity fee committee considered their Thanksgiving party a misappropriation of student funds were not given, and in fact, Roig said the committee did not offer many details to them in the first place.
The club, however, remains positive.
Elections were conducted recently for new officers in the group.
They are psychology freshman Adrian Hernandez, president; library science graduate Loree Morgan, vice president; math sophomore Sara Gabel, treasurer; human resource management sophomore Diana Herrera, secretary; liberal arts sophomore Salvador Valverde, historian; computer science freshman Andrew Sandoval, in charge of public relations, and pre-med sophomore Zane Plemmons as PR commissioner.
PEOPLE stands for People Enhancing Opportunities for All People to Live Equally.
The group was not allowed to make any requests for the duration of the fall semester, but still managed to have an April 13 party using money from their own fundraising, as well as donations from Wal-Mart, H-E-B and Starbucks.
They even received a $1,000 grant from Wal-Mart.
Donated gift certificates served as door prizes, and food was laid out on a table in the disability support services office in Chance Academic Center.
The group also had 300 custom pens created for their organization, as well as a banner that is much larger than their previous one.
The sanction situation is one that the group wants to get past, PEOPLE Club President Adam Roig said.
"It was just a lack of communication," he said. "They apologized and we apologized."
Details as to why the activity fee committee considered their Thanksgiving party a misappropriation of student funds were not given, and in fact, Roig said the committee did not offer many details to them in the first place.
The club, however, remains positive.
Elections were conducted recently for new officers in the group.
They are psychology freshman Adrian Hernandez, president; library science graduate Loree Morgan, vice president; math sophomore Sara Gabel, treasurer; human resource management sophomore Diana Herrera, secretary; liberal arts sophomore Salvador Valverde, historian; computer science freshman Andrew Sandoval, in charge of public relations, and pre-med sophomore Zane Plemmons as PR commissioner.
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