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2009-2010 ApplicationASG Financial Vice President
Dear Applicants:Thank you for applying for the position of ASG Financial Vice President.Completed applications are due by
5pm on Wednesday, February 11
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via email toSevarodnyansky2009@u.northwestern.edu. You will be contacted shortly thereafter toschedule an interview on
Friday, February 13
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Wednesday, February 18
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for a confirmation hearing and vote. TheSelection Committee will be chaired by the outgoing Financial Vice President, who willonly vote in case of a tie. There will be 6 voting members on the committee: The ASGPresident, the ASG Speaker of the Senate, the most veteran member of SAFB who hasserved as a Senator, the most veteran non-Senator member of SAFB, the SAFB advisor,and one Senator elected from Senate.Along with the application please include a letter of reference (1-2 pages) from anindividual who can comment on your ability to be the next Financial Vice President.This individual should not be a member of the selection committee.Please answer the following questions and case study questions to the best of your ability in a maximum of fourteen pages double-spaced. Utilize your resources. If youhave any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at 952.240.6289 or byemail at the address above.1)
 
Please list your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, year, school, major,and student group affiliations (past and present).
 
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Describe any relevant financial experience you have. This may includeemployment inside and outside the university community, as well as interactionswith SOFO and/or SAFB. What skills and abilities would you bring to the position of Financial Vice President?3)
 
Discuss the relationship between the ASG Senate, SAFB, and the A-StatusStudent Organizations. How do they interact currently? In your opinion, whatwould be the ideal situation? How would you achieve this?4)
 
Explain how you intend to run the board. Discuss the dual nature of the AccountExecutives as both financial supervisors as well as voting members of thecommittee responsible for guiding ASG fiscal policy. How will you organize the board to fulfill both its facilitation and investigatory roles?5)
 
What changes would you make in how SAFB “works”?6)
 
In your view, what should SAFB’s role be in regard to the ASG funded studentorganizations? What is more important, maintaining rigorous fiscal responsibility
 
 
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and standards, or “empowering” student groups? To what extent should SAFB beinvolved in the oversight and planning of the events that are funded by ASG?7)
 
What is the role of the Financial Vice President on the ASG Executive Board?What would be your relationship, as an Executive Board member, with the ASGSenate?8)
 
What should the role of the SAFB advisor be?9)
 
Describe what the ideal relationship should be between the Financial VicePresident and Speaker of the Senate. Include a description of the current speaking policy in Senate for the FVP and if any changes should be made.10)
 
Describe what the ideal relationship should be between the ASG President and theFinancial Vice President. What are instances in which they absolutely need todiscuss an issue/situation?11)
 
In your opinion, who is the Financial Vice President accountable to, and why?12)
 
Rank the following in order of importance and justify your order:a.)
 
Credibility with Senate b.)
 
Cohesiveness within SAFBc.)
 
Understanding/Respectful relationship with Student Groupsd.)
 
Consistency in enforcing the SAFB Guidelinese.)
 
Flexibilityf.)
 
Persuasiveness
 
 
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Case Studies
 
Situation 1:A current Student Group Senator, who is very popular with the entire Senate, askspermission to address the floor directly before Spring Funding. His request isgranted, and he proceeds to make a very eloquent 15 minute presentation, includinga letter (signed by 15 Student Groups), and a petition signed by 500 undergraduates,all detailing why the current SAFB Guidelines and funding process is inadequate indealing with Cultural Student Groups. He effectively argues (at least in the eyes of Senate) that the current SAFB Guidelines and funding process is biased towards“Entertainment Student Groups” and events that are only “superficially” concernedwith high attendance numbers. After he is done speaking, you can clearly feel thatthe tone of the room has changed, and that even your Account Executives, most of whom have not gone through a Spring Funding cycle before, are very nervous.Immediately, following the first Senator’s presentation a second senator makes apoint of inquiry asking you to respond to the presentation. (Ramesh Srinivasan 00-01)What do you do?Situation 2:The Student Activities Finance Board and its financial operating procedures areconstantly being challenged by University Officials, powerful student leaders, ASG-insiders and many other hidden sources. All student groups have come off of stellarprogramming years. Even with the SAF increase, there was not enough money tomeet the desires of student groups. Spring Funding has just ended and several of thelarger student groups on campus are not happy with their SAF allocation. Neitherare some key university officials and advisors. You are under extreme pressure tochange the funding structure, and some of your fellow Executive Board memberswant you to have a campus-wide forum on the Student Activity Fee. At last, you geta letter from a university Vice President wanting to separate out a portion of theSAF for a programming board. What is your role in this situation? Where does theFinancial Vice President’s jurisdiction end when it comes to the SAF?(Le’Jamiel Goodall 02-03)What do you do?
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