Administrators and Student Union officials continued talks Thursday on reforming the way club sports are funded. Although no details of the coming proposal, which comes in response to a Union proposal calling for $55,000 of funding from the athletics department, have been made public, Director of Athletics Sheryl Sousa said she and Union officials have met twice.

"We're trying to work on it together," she said. "It's a collective process."

No formal date has been set to release any new proposal (see corrections p.2).

Class of 2008 Senator Noah Haber, who is working on the proposal with other senators and is a member of the ultimate Frisbee club, told the Justice last week, "There is a 50-50 chance" the proposal would be made public last Thursday after a meeting with athletics officials.

However, Haber said Monday it's still under discussion because issues came up during Thursday's meeting.

"We're getting it done," he said, "[But] there's very important details that we need to work out."

Union Director of Social Affairs Edgar Ndjatou '06, Senator for Massell Quad Senator Jacob Bockelmann '09, Vice President Jacob Kim '06 and Haber submitted a proposal to the athletics department last month requesting the department and the Board of Trustees absorb $55,000 of their budget to cover safety equipment, hiring coaches and safety personnel.

The Finance Board is currently the only source of funding for club sports, groups that generally account for half of the panel's allocations. Haber said proposed changes would take strain off the F-Board and leave more money for other clubs.

Although he declined to comment on the specifics of continuing discussions, Haber said he is pleased with the way things are panning out.

"Club sports will be in a much better position than it has in past years."

Sousa said she doesn't know when they'll be finished, but they will keep meeting with Union officials until they're done.

"It's reaching an end point," Haber said. "Everyone's on the same page.