The SGA formed an Audit Committee in order to audit RSOs that the Committee on Student Interests (CSI) believes to have committed a budgetary violation. The CSI will then inform the Audit Committee of its decision, and the committee will then begin to conduct an audit. The committee will examine the activity of the RSO, its future potential to remain an active organization, and whether or not it is following the rules set for it by the SGA. Once the auditing period is complete, the findings of the committee are passed on to the CSI and the Office of Student Life. The CSI then creates a punishment for RSOs found in violations of their duties. After this, the punishments are then presented to the SGA and voted on.
The committee will consist of five SGA senators, including Committee Head Liam McMurty. According to McMurty, the committee was created in order to provide real guidelines for auditing RSOs. “The SGA always had the ability to audit clubs, but there was no definitive procedure in place to do so.” McMurty wanted to take the lead on the committee because he was interested in filling holes in SGA procedure.
“The goal of the Audit Committee going forward is to be as fair and objective as possible,” McMurty said. He wants the committee to basically function as another set of eyes for the CSI and SGA in order to make life easier for everyone. With regard to RSOs, he hopes to keep a positive relationship between clubs and the committee, saying, “We definitely don’t want to be feared.”
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