The Associated Students Finance Committee held its regular meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss student government funding allocations.
The meeting was held on the second floor of the Diaz Compean Student Union and focused on reviewing financial requests from SJSU clubs and associations seeking funding approval.
Representatives from each student organization were required to present a slideshow outlining funding requests, how the funds would be used and why it could benefit the students part of the organization.
Bella Jayanti, a business administration student and president of the Financial Management Association on campus, said the club needed financing for the Finance Leaders’ Conference in New York City.
“(The) FLC is the only international conference for FMA and for undergraduate MBA students seeking finance careers,” Jayanti said.
A representative of the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club, who did not provide a name and was not available for comment after the meeting, said Alberto Juarez’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class receives about 120 students per semester and that the goal of the club is to recruit more members to further advance its training facility.
By holding weekly seminars and training sessions, the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club seeked $1500 for mat space rental, coaching, seminars being held three times a week, workshops, guest instructors and tournaments.
The club would be training three times a week for two hours per day, according to the club’s presentation.
Another representative, who didn’t introduce themselves and wasn’t available for comment after the meeting from the Social Work Graduate Student Association, requested $3,000 for educational purposes.
“The $3,000 would be to purchase $100 (to) $115 tickets to Legislative Lobby Days event (and) a California lobby event in the capital city of Sacramento that happens annually in April,” the representative said.
The representative further clarified that the students part of the organization have indicated that they don’t have the funds because of tuition and other financial responsibilities, with approval of the board’s funding for about 26 students to go to the event at the capital.
