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...have been amazed by the dedication and leadership that HDAG has demonstrated for the cause, culminating last week with a new fundraising plan. HDAG, in conjunction with students at many of Harvards graduate schools, began online circulation of a petition last week that would enable students to donate leftover BoardPlus and Crimson Cash to support peacekeepers in Sudan. It is called Swipe for Darfur, and its gathered a few thousand signatures already. Swipe for Darfur is a valid and genuinely well-meaning plan, but alas one that has not been fully developed, nor adequately explained to the Harvard community...
...problem lies in the structure of student billing accounts and the way in which students money almost exclusively funds HUDS operations. Under the current system, the BoardPlus surplus goes back into HUDS annual budget; it is money that has already been counted on in planning board budgets. The money from BoardPlus, which amounts to $100 per student per year, is expected to funnel into HUDS either through spending at HUDS-operated cafes or through the surplus. If the surplus money were to be directed elsewhere, HUDS would be running on a deficit. The obvious result would be an increase...
...endeavors that seem to be not fully considered. We caution the greater community to not be overly hasty in donating this unused money. While on the surface it seems as though the funds will disappear if they are not redirected to this very worthy cause, the Swipe for Darfur BoardPlus plan will actually divert much-needed funding from HUDS, funding that effectively is being used already...
Hadfield said that he hopes for a University-wide decision on how to let students use Crimson Cash and BoardPlus...
...BoardPlus, unlike Crimson Cash, is reset to zero at the end of the school year regardless of surplus funds. Leftover money is deposited into HUDS’s reserves...