2008 Woodie Awards
Differing budgets
John C. Osborn
Issue date: 4/25/07 Section: Campus
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The proposed budget the University Budget Committee recommended differed from what Presdient Rollin Richmond announced Thursay at a press conference.
Saeed Mortazavi, co-chair of the committee, said the committee received no explanation for Richmond's decision, and has asked him to share his reasons.
The committee, who advised Richmond on budget issues, recommended where cuts should be applied across university divisions.
Mortazavi said that strict deadlines restricted the committee's ability to investigate the budget.
"The [University Budget Committee] is not designed to micromanage," he said, "but such a force needs to exist."
The Academic Senate passed a resolution on October 24, 2006, to create a task force to work with the University Budget Committee to reduce the budget - Richmond rejected the resolution.
President Alexander Gonzalez of Sacramento State created a budget task force, consisting of faculty, staff, students and administrators, in December 2006 to find the causes of their university's budget deficit.
When asked why Humboldt State had no similar task force, Richmond said at the press conference that was the job of administrators and the committee.
"I do not believe that (a task force) would be more effective than the system that we already have in place," he said. "I think we do a pretty good job of managing the budget."
Saeed Mortazavi, co-chair of the committee, said the committee received no explanation for Richmond's decision, and has asked him to share his reasons.
The committee, who advised Richmond on budget issues, recommended where cuts should be applied across university divisions.
Mortazavi said that strict deadlines restricted the committee's ability to investigate the budget.
"The [University Budget Committee] is not designed to micromanage," he said, "but such a force needs to exist."
The Academic Senate passed a resolution on October 24, 2006, to create a task force to work with the University Budget Committee to reduce the budget - Richmond rejected the resolution.
President Alexander Gonzalez of Sacramento State created a budget task force, consisting of faculty, staff, students and administrators, in December 2006 to find the causes of their university's budget deficit.
When asked why Humboldt State had no similar task force, Richmond said at the press conference that was the job of administrators and the committee.
"I do not believe that (a task force) would be more effective than the system that we already have in place," he said. "I think we do a pretty good job of managing the budget."
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