SocComm had given SGA a new quote, valued at $2900 (compared with the previous quote of $3500 from last week) which included six new VCRs and necessary controller equipment. Apparently, purchasing six VCRs instead of the originally-requested four VCRs would have been cheaper in this situation. This caused some confusion in the SGA, which had various senators asking how six VCRs could possibly be less expensive than four VCRs.
There was another sentiment among the senators: that SocComm's request was no longer an emergency; instead, it was seen as enhancing the movie channel. However, the motion was never considered emergency funding in the first place.
In the spirit of the original motion, Senator Justin Sprague voted to keep the number of VCRs to four. He also wanted to make sure that the VCRs which SocComm was going to purchase were of good quality. With the rapid drop in quotes over the past few weeks, some senators thought that SocComm might be looking at cheaper, less reliable equipment. This thought was quickly put to rest, since the industrial VCRs don't include special additions such as glow-in-the-dark remote controllers, they instead have better motors and heads.
To work, SocComm needed four VCRs. To work well, SocComm needed six VCRs. Senator Sprague replied that "other organizations were denied [funding just to get by]." He emphasized the difference between funding to get by and funding to do well. According to him, all SocComm really needed from SGA was enough to get by, especially with a low SGA budgetary reserve of $13,579.03. To give more money to SocComm would be unfair to other organizations which came to the SGA requesting money "just to get by."
The final motion was for four VCRs, four controllers, shelves, and necessary shipping and handling charges, not to exceed $2500. The motion was also changed from capital funding to supplemental funding. The question was called, and a senator requested a roll call vote be taken, which was changed by another senator who called for a secret ballot vote. Another senator called for a roll call vote on the secret ballot, which did not happen. In the end, the motion carried, with eighteen ayes, four nays, and three abstentions.