MEETING START TIME: 3:59 pm

ATTENDANCE:   Stewart, Nowinowski, Murphy, Boiteau, Sit

LATES/ABSENCES: Studley & Weinreich late (Weinreich – thought that the meeting started at 4:30pm)

COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:

 

External Affairs – $390 for Commuter Appreciation day

• Free Coffee – Coffee to make your morning a little bit better
• Order 30 Gallons

o   Hard to believe that 1 Gallon can feed 20 people

• Normally fixings aren’t included unless it’s a really big order

o   Will be included

• Only stays hot for an hour

o   Asking for hourly drop offs

o   Catering is on the corner

• Risk Management

o   Okay as long as Half and Half is at low enough temperature

• Getting ice buckets
• Passed 5-0-1

 

Muslim Student Association – Eid Banquet

• Came last time
• Concerns of food – Ethnic foods are priority
• Buffalo Chicken/Pizzas

o   Provided because there’s not that many Halal foods available for catering

• Food for URI Students only
• Food won’t be funded for outside of URI population
• Only about 4 students from Brown came last time
• Family and friends of URI students do attend ~ 50 outside
• Should charge a small fee for non-Students

o   Possibly a small charge

• Whole families ~$10
• Individuals ~$5
• Money would go back to Senate

o   A charge would provide precedent so that funds can’t be spent too freely in the future

• Quotes – Attached
• Only from 1 restaurant – Halal food requirements

o   Other Halal restaurants are mostly fast food

• Last Year
• Similar to this year
• ~100 people
• Signatory Powers
• The President has not yet signed signature cards
• $1,740 for Eid Festival – Henna Artist & Food Passed 5-0-1
• Contingent on President Signing the Signature Cards

 

Surf Club – Extreme Sports Caravan

• Denied earlier because of the cost of the funding
• Sponsors still are asking about it
• Greek Life (Fraternities & Sororities)

o   Pat Brown going to talk to IFC later tonight

• RedBull & other third party sponsors

o   Corporate sponsors

• Asking for $499
• Much less than $11,700 asked earlier

o   “Significantly less than before”

o   Change in Artist BadFish → Huey Mac

• SEC is charged with bringing in big performers
• Moved to Sunday – SEC is bringing someone
• Passed 6-0-0

 

Sign Language

• Comedian hypnotist
• 2 Sign Language Interpreters
• Did not go to Finance Meeting

 

Outing Club

• Waiting for them to get back for gas money for their trip

 

SOLC

• They’re an admin line (administrative line)
• Used to be a Student Org
• Taken under Senate’s wing
• Formalized funding agreement to fund for retreats

o   100% for Senate recognized groups

o   50% for nonstudent organized groups

• Funding agreements

 

5 Cent Cigar – did not come to finance Meeting

• $500 dollars for a hotel room in Mohegan Sun to cover 2 day event for URI Basketball
• We will cover half the cost per person going
• Lori: never funded Cigar for travel
• Qualifies under what Travel Contingency would pay for
• Go somewhere to bring something back to campus

 

Finance Meetings

• Fall 2012 Monday at 4pm
• Room 202 already booked
• Whenever you get your schedule, email Stewart

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 4:36 pm