[MLUG - DISCUSSION] so guess who gets *all* of the MU 2003 budget cut

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>From today's Tribune:

> Computing services to absorb MU cut   
> Published Tuesday, March 4, 2003
>
>The computing services arm of the University of Missouri-Columbia will 
>absorb a $2.12 million state appropriation withholding.
>
>The campus announced Friday that Information & Access Technology 
>Services funding reserves would be used to compensate for the 
>withheld amount. 
>
>According to MU, computing services already had postponed capital 
>expenditures and upgrades to its technology infrastructure in 
>anticipation of a withholding this fiscal year. 
>
>Its current operating budget will not be affected, the campus said.
>
>The $2.12 million withholding was announced last week as MU's 
>contribution to eliminating a state budget shortfall.   

OK, the label "funding reserves" makes it sound like some kind of
accumulated surplus, but the description ("according to MU...") makes
it sound like they just merely deleted the capital spending account
for the year.  Now, that's reasonably harsh...I don't want to *think*
about next year at this rate. :-(

jking
    

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