Despite failure to meet quorum, the Student Association Finance Committee made recommendations to deny a budget request for supplemental funding for the Muslim Student Association.

The committee didn’t have enough people to meet requirements to vote at Tuesday night’s meeting. However, they denied the Muslim student group because it violated stipulations in SA funding policies.

“It’s within our budget parameters,” said Andrew Nelms, SA Finance Committee member. “There are certain organizations we do not fund.” He said because of the religious nature, as outlined in the MSA’s constitution, it can’t be funded.

Article 2 of the MSA constitution states that the MSA “shall be a non-profit and service-oriented Islamic religious organization, Islamic in its pure form.”

During the budget meeting, the members decided on a streamlined method of examining some organizations’ budgets.

The group decided to go through some budgets – those done by people with years of experience -quickly and with little discussion.

“We’re not going to debate what we are going to fund,” SA treasurer Drew Josephson said. “Just ask, ‘Why?’”

He said he felt the group was versed enough in the budget process for the quickened pace. He cited the Office of Campus Recreation specifically as one group that would qualify for the new process.

Other student organizations up for consideration included the Chinese Student Scholars, which was asking for $2,500 to fund its Chinese New Year celebration, and N.A.T.I.O.N.S., which asked for $11,500 of supplemental funding for its second annual “All My Relatives” celebration.

Both budgets were reviewed, but nothing was voted on.

E.B.O.N.Y. Women also was asking for supplemental funding after having been denied previous funding because of misleading wording in its constitution. Wording led some SA members to think the organization had restrictions in membership, including denying men the right to join.

“We try to have men at every event,” said Shaunta Butler, vice-president of E.B.O.N.Y. She and other representatives of the student group said they talked to SA President Shaun Crisler and clarified the wording.