{"64540":{"#nid":"64540","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SGA Offers Students Monetary Reward for New Billing System","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn response to a series of concerns brought forth by senators and representatives in the Student Government Association (SGA), the organization passed a bill to sponsor a contest open to all Georgia Tech students to design a new SGA bill submission system. The bill allows for SGA to award $500 to three finalists, an additional $1,500 to a winner meeting the system requirements and an additional bounty of $1000 for a system that goes beyond basic expectations and features social and organizational aspects to serve as a JacketPages replacement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESenators and Representatives often sponsor bills related to the distribution of funds to student organizations across campus, making this system something that indirectly affects a large portion of the student body. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA complete list of specifications for this system and submission information is \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sga.gatech.edu\/online_bill_system_competition\u0022\u003Eavailable online\u003C\/a\u003E from SGA. Additional questions may be submitted online \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sgaonlinebillsystem@gmail.com\u0022\u003Evia e-mail\u003C\/a\u003E. Entries are due by Wednesday, March 16; after naming finalists and a winner, SGA hopes to implement a new system by July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Student Government Association (SGA) is sponsoring a \nstudent competition to create the next financial system for the student \norganization community. Current Tech students with experience in web \ndevelopment and design have the\u0026nbsp; opportunity to design and build a \nsystem used across campus and compete for up to $5,000 in prize money.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-02-24 17:45:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:15","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.sga.gatech.edu\/online_bill_system_competition","title":"More Contest Information"},{"url":"http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/","title":"Student Government Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"822","name":"contest"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166923","name":"student government association"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sgaonlinebillsystem@gmail.com\u0022\u003EStudent Government Association\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}