Several Contracted Independent Organizations face the threat of forfeiting Student Activity Fee funding because they still have not renewed their status with Student Council.
Although Student Council sent 32 groups an e-mail last week requesting that they renew their CIO status as soon as possible, only five of those contacted have filled out the required paperwork.
Student Activities Business Manager William Hancher said if the groups do not officially register with Council by Sept. 24, they will not receive any of the SAF funds that they were allocated in the spring.
Hancher said more CIOs -- which are required to renew their status with Council each year -- are tardy with the paperwork this year than they have been in previous years.
Jamey Thompson, Council vice president of organizations, however, said some groups fail to fill out the necessary paperwork each year.
"This is a yearly process people expect," Thompson said, noting that Council began reminding groups of the need to renew their status last spring.
Council Communications Director Brooke Brower also said the problem of student groups not registering is a perennial problem.
"Sometimes [registering with Council] just slips from people's minds," Brower said.
But Council Chief Financial Officer John Finley said Council might have to cut off funding to the groups until they renew their status.
"Certainly [the groups] will not have access to [SAF funds] until their status has been renewed," Finley said.
The number of groups that have not renewed their status is small in comparison to the total number of CIOs at the University. There now are 343 registered CIOs -- not including the groups that have not yet updated their status.
One reason groups fail to renew their status on time is that some undergo transition periods during the summer and the beginning of the school year, Brower said.
Baha'i Recording Secretary Stephen Breton said the group, which was listed as one of the groups that needs to renew its status, was unaware of the problem.
Baha'i Treasurer Eric Stetson said the organization will complete the required paperwork although they are not planning to request Council funds and will receive private contributions.
The Virginia Advocate was also one of the five groups that handed in its forms after the initial e-mail was sent.
Advocate Editor-in-Chief Ryan Blackledge said the group was "awaiting signatures" over the summer and was just recently able to complete its paperwork.
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