constitution 'as it relates to election procedures, budget allocation and balance of power,' and complete the elections that were supposed to have taken place April of 2001." Although a Constitutional Committee was established, the inconsistencies in the Polity governing documents were not addressed. Citing the failure to meet established requirements, V.P. Preston placed the SAF money under temporary receivership relieving Polity of its obligations to disburse the SAF. This was done to give Polity the opportunity to concentrate on reforming the internal structure and governing documents without the burden of appropriating SAF money to student clubs and organizations. The administration then appointed students to the Student Activity Interim Planning Committee which would disburse SAF money to ensure there was no disruption to student clubs on campus. President Lawrence established a second Constitutional Review Committee which met consistently over the summer between the Spring and Fall 2002 semesters. A finished revision of the Polity constitution had been created by the committee and was submitted to the Senate for approval. After Senate approval the constitution was supposed to be placed on the ballot for a special election. However the Senate amended the constitution reintroducing inconsistencies that the revised constitution was supposed to have removed. On October 3, 2002, SPA President Akelia Lawrence sent a letter to Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny requesting help from the administration since Polity was "out of options and very tired [of] trying to make a dysfunctional government function." Kenny released a memo dated October 11 stating that the Student Polity Association had been decertified following the direct appeal from the SPA President 8 days earlier. Transition Period With the decertification of Polity, it ceased to be recognized as the student government on campus able to distribute the student activity fee. Polity however had not been allowed to distribute the SAF since May since it had been placed in receivership and this was more of a formality to begin the process of forming a new undergraduate student government. Legally, Student Polity Association, Inc was still a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization operated by the elected officials of the Polity Council and could have remained a student organization on campus. Many members of the Polity Council were chosen by the university administration to run the interim student government in order to minimize the disruption to clubs/organizations as well as event planning for the undergraduate community. The interim government was