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The '''Interim Governing Body''' (IGB) was a transitional funding organization that existed during the [[1997]]-[[1998]] academic year and was created by a coalition of the undergraduate [[student council|student councils]] and [[Student Development and Activities]].  It was created to remove the burden of funding the over one hundred student organizations at the time from the councils. In the following year, it would be renamed the [[Activities Board at Columbia]].
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The '''Interim Governing Body''' (IGB) was a transitional governing body that existed during the fall of [[1998]] and charged with the development of a constitution for a new funding board following the collapse of the [[Union of Student Activities]] the previous spring. Later that semester the [[Activities Board at Columbia]] was inaugurated as the culmination of IGB's work.
  
The acronym should not be confused with the [[Interschool Governing Board]] (also IGB), which was established almost ten years later in 2006.
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The acronym should not be confused with the [[Interschool Governing Board]] (also IGB), which was established almost ten years later in 2006 to represent student groups with significant graduate student participation.
  
 
===Board Composition===
 
===Board Composition===

Revision as of 00:51, 25 June 2013

The Interim Governing Body (IGB) was a transitional governing body that existed during the fall of 1998 and charged with the development of a constitution for a new funding board following the collapse of the Union of Student Activities the previous spring. Later that semester the Activities Board at Columbia was inaugurated as the culmination of IGB's work.

The acronym should not be confused with the Interschool Governing Board (also IGB), which was established almost ten years later in 2006 to represent student groups with significant graduate student participation.

Board Composition

  • Representatives: Carissa Byrne, Cristina Cue, Rushin Desai, Claudia DeSimio, Cindy Huang, Fahd Khan, Ben Kornfeind, Julia Lam, Vikas Mittal, Beth Morales, Sherrie Stewart, Owen Tran