Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 403 Operating Funds and Operation Methods

By the time Manager Traud got to the point of this explicitness, the negotiation was pointless.

The conflict of fundamental contradictions makes the idea of ​​the Yale Council trying to use the market to attract services fall into emptiness.
"Melinda, I remember you seem to say that the council has an operating fund, right? Can you apply for a part of the fund to coordinate the bus service? I mean, if it is really needed?"

On the way back to Yale, Carter looked at the sad girl beside him and asked tentatively.

"The council has funds, but they can't use them in this way, because the funds are not much, and they are even decreasing year by year. You just heard what Troud said. The situation in New Haven is not good, and the situation in Yale is actually not good. No. If you are interested in looking through the history of the school, you will know that we had a long period of confrontation with the New Haven city government until 72 when our school and the New Haven city government jointly promoted community building That’s what eased the situation.”

"But the long-term confrontation has made the environment here very bad. Just now, Troud didn't say something. Not only did many local citizens move out, but even our Yale professors, many people chose to leave. New Haven. They’d rather drive two hours a day to work than settle here.”

Melinda forced a smile, she didn't want Carter to feel disappointed because of the failure.

"In the evening, if you are free, you can go to Hill House Street. The offices of professors, and many of the subject offices are on that tree-lined street. Hill House in the evening The street is lively, but the excitement is short-lived. Within half an hour, a large number of professors will drive away.”

"So it's not our fault, and of course, it's not your fault. In the board of directors, there are many projects that we want to promote to benefit Yale teachers and students, but not all of them can be successful, which is normal! I hope This will not affect your enthusiasm, maybe what we can't do this year, what can you do?"

"We always try our best to get a good result!"

"Of course, I'm thinking about the solution to the problem. Melinda, you just said that operating funds are decreasing. Why is that? Also, is the source of this funding coming from school grants?"

Looking at the depressed New Haven outside the bus, Carter smiled and gave Melinda a reassuring smile.

This week, Carter has barely left the Yale campus.Even if it is going to the Nathan Hale Camp in West Haven to study and train, but at that time.Around four o'clock in the afternoon, it is the time for most American schools to go home after the children have played a little.
The short-term noise caused by the students fell into the eyes of Carter and Rick, who were in a hurry every time, and never attracted their attention.Naturally, Carter did not expect the situation in New Haven to be so dire.
I just remember that at the time, it seemed that I heard Goodman say that the situation in New Haven was not good.But at that time, more attention was paid to safety issues, just like now, a fifth-generation Toyota Land Cruiser is unhurriedly hanging behind the bus.
After arranging the security situation, Carter didn't know more about the situation.Goodman may know a little bit, but he may feel that it is useless to talk too much with Carter about the situation in this northern city. Anyway, he didn't have an in-depth chat at all.
"This question is just a curiosity. I was thinking that the essence of the problem of coordinating bus routes is to ensure the safety of Yale teachers and students, right? So is there any other way that can be used, and the other is, how much money can we possibly mobilize to do this? matter, if it is really necessary!"

"It doesn't matter, your idea is very good! Before thinking about the solution, it is a good habit to investigate the scope of your ability first!"

Carter's performance in such a "good way" gave Melinda, who advocated recruiting Carter into the board of directors, a shot in the arm.That's right, she was the senior sister who went to the B-5 dormitory to recruit new students.

Facing the newcomers she recruited and believed to have great development potential, Melinda did not hold back at all:
"The source of funding for our council is not school funding, but in the tuition fees of students, there is a charge called activity and project funds. The current charging standard is 4.2 US dollars per academic year. This money is the source of operating funds for the council .”

"Based on the current size of undergraduate students, we can have an average of 8 to 4 US dollars in activity funds per year. The postgraduate and professional students are not under our control. They have the Graduate Senate as a management body. You can It is understood that we are the government of Yale undergraduate students, and the Graduate Senate is the government of graduate students. This activity fund is our source of taxation. We can receive a fixed amount of tax every year and use this money to support campus activities and some clubs Support for the establishment of the school, and even increase the content of campus services and so on.”

Undergraduate Student Government.
Good guy, it's really an image!
Carter decided to participate in the rotc project too early, and Carter, who knew that the US military would pay for his tuition, did not pay attention to the payment list.When I heard about this situation for the first time, my surprise was like an endless river, one wave after another.
It seems that since I entered Yale, I have never been surprised by anything.
But after being surprised, Carter's brain turned:

"Melinda, you just said that the club is preparing to support. This reminds me of last week, it seems that there are some music clubs, drama clubs, those are, for example, a drama club, they perform at the Yale Theater for a fee, and we buy tickets to see it. After the fact, this Does the ticket revenue belong to the society?"

"Of course it is owned by the society! The members of the society have paid for their labor, and the intellectual achievements have been rewarded. They can use this money to continue to expand, or distribute it to members as salary and rewards, which is what it should be."

"That's the problem! Melinda, you just said that a part of the council's operating funds is used to support them in the establishment of associations. How is this money calculated? Should our council be a shareholder of these associations? After they make money , will it be divided into the council?"

If there is a share, then this Yale Council seems to have an additional attribute of a venture capital fund in addition to the undergraduate government functions.If you can do this, then Carter has a lot of ghost ideas
For example, that part of the money is invested in a club such as "Yale Security", and they will supplement the shortage of campus police.Similar to the auxiliary police force in China, the club members are mainly composed of students, with ROTC students as the backbone.A fee is then charged to each student who receives security services, and this money can flow back to the council in batches.

Then the council will cooperate with the security community to use the money to purchase more equipment and staff, and even simply create an independently operating security company and recruit full-time employees from the community.Cooperate with the Yale campus police to conduct regular campus patrols and expand the scope of patrols. Doesn't this also solve the security problem?

And when it becomes normalized, or the stability of law and order improves visible to the naked eye.I believe that for this safer and more comfortable environment, it is not too difficult to charge each student some Mane, right? !
However, Carter heard an unexpected answer.I saw Melinda looking at Carter very strangely, as if looking at a greedy pig on Wall Street:
"will not!"

(End of this chapter)