ASF accounting to change
Campus Times
September 5, 1997
Following former treasurer Jose Barba's conviction for embezzling funds
from the Associated Student Federation (ASF) Forum, as well as a variety
of past incidents, the Forum has implemented two changes in its accounting
procedures.
Cash advances will no longer be allowed to members and signatures from
both ASF advisers, Don Morel and Melissa Jaunal, will be required for all
financial allocations.
In 1991, ASF was under investigation for suspected insurance fraud following
the theft of a new computer system. An investigation into the insurance
claim filed by then-president Nancy Adams revealed that budget procedures
were violated on a number of occasions, as receipts used to document expenditures
were missing and the Forum was not audited. According to the October 18,
1991, issue of the Campus Times, "After careful scrutiny of bank statements
and cancelled checks, what emerged is a picture of carelessness and confusion,
and above all, a lack of accountability."
Two years earlier, in 1989, ASF admitted it was not following the correcting
accounting procedures. Then-president Joe Fengler told the Campus Times,
"We weren't doing it properly. We weren't necessarily breaking the
law, we just were not practicing normal accounting procedures."
In both instances, the Forum changed billing procedures, intending to
create more checks and balances for its members.
