Sponsored by: Former President Thomas Benjamin Ford

WHEREAS: The Florida State University Panama City Campus (FSU PC) is a public institution of higher education which is mostly comprised of, and operates in service to its students and,

WHEREAS: The registered student organization S.P.E.A.R. (Students Pursuing Engineering Applications in Robotics) is a representative organization of good standing of the students at FSU PC, and

WHEREAS: The Student Government Council was able to procure $500,000 of Capital Improvement Trust Funds (CITF) from the State of Florida. These funds are available for each individual campus in the state and the money is generated from the students’ tuition that they pay each semester (the students in the SPEAR organization are members of the campus having provided tuition). The main purpose of gathering this money was to use it for the benefit of the student body, and

WHEREAS: These funds were procured in order to provide improvements to the Barron Building to benefit the entire student body (including Registered Student Organizations). These funds were planned to be used to renovate both the 3rd and 1st floors of the Barron Building. Initial plans have already been proposed to both the Student Government Council and the Department of Finance and Administration/Physical Plant, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATION SPEAR

We, the students of this campus, oppose improvements of the Barron Building that do not directly effect the student body as a whole. As stated in prior meetings with University Administration, The Student Government Council, and the Department of Finance and Administration/Physical Plant, the original intentions for renovation to the Barron Building were to benefit the student body as a whole. Furthermore, no plans should be made for the Barron Buildings renovation without the official concurrence of the FSU PC student body.