MEETING START TIME: 4:00 pm

ATTENDANCE:   Nowinowski, Murphy, Boiteau, Weinreich, Stewart, Sit

Studley – late

COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:

 

Fencing Capital Improvement – $825

• Equipment – $825
• Rules for Foil has changed
• The lower point of the bib is considered a target
• We need new masks for Foil events

o   Without the updated masks, we cannot compete

• Some equipment has degraded and we need new ones to replenish stock
• We need actual quotes not just a spreadsheet
• Bring a print out of the price of the seller

o   Committee requires quotes

• Finance provided money for maintenance of equipment last year
• Instruction Costs
• Fencing is the only group that does not charge members
• Other groups have dues
• Fencing : looking into fundraising in the Spring

o   Worried that dues will reduce membership

o   Monthly organizational meetings

• Spent lots of money on capital improvements for them last year
• No passage – waiting next week for new

 

Senate Cosponsorship

• Photobooth for Halloween Dance
• Asking for $695
• Discounted rate by David Pickard
• Approved 5-0-1

 

5 Cent Cigar

• Budget category transfer moved to Advertising to pay for MediaMate
• $1000 from printing & $750 from delivery

o   Savings from running the paper less days per week

• $200 from office supplies
• MediaMate provides the national ads

o   Not very much worth it

o   Probably discontinuing MediaMate

• Provides less revenue than it costs
• No single line is transferring more than $1000
• Passed 6-0-0

 

5 Cent Cigar Covering the Basketball Team at Mohegan Sun – money to cover hotel

• Sports Editor has been covering 4 years of sports
• Not a conference but is bringing stuff back to campus

 

 

• If a hotel can be found for less money, then even better $189.75
• Trying to get two beds for another editor for more coverage
• $94.875 rounded to $95 to cover

 

WRIU – Trying to send a pair team to cover the event

• Last Year Senate paid money for capital improvements to provide remote coverage
• WRIU – Station meeting tonight to talk about it
• More people per room is better than just 1 in the room
• Come with WRIU to see what’s going on
• e.Less than $500 just needs Finance Chair Approval
• Finance Chair Approval after meeting with WRIU

 

Sign Language – Hypnotist – November 29th 2012

• Alcohol Free Grant
• Requesting up to $1400 for Hypnotist and 2 ASL interpreters event
• Security cost can be removed as that comes from the security contingency

o   Except not, since money made from the show will go back to the security contingency

• Alcohol Free grant money can cover even non-Senate recognized groups
• Dan LaRosa
• $10 admission
• Normally costs $3000 but will charge $1000 because of relationship between President and Dan
• Not really much speaking but lots of visual
• Thinking about using 1 interpreter with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing moving to a side of the auditorium or Projected copy image
• Saves money
• Restricts freedom

o   2 Interpreters are totally fine

• Other Sources
• SEC – depends on how well they do after the next event
• Office of the President – application only completed recently
• Diversity Fund – Not a diversity event, more a fundraiser and entertainment
• Disability Services – not something required
• Cover Half from the Alcohol Free and see if they can get money from other sources
• If no money can be gotten from other sources, return and ask for more money
• Status of the Alcohol Free Grant Fund
• Current money in the Grant Fund $1103
• Not sure how much Student Affairs have for us or how much we’ll get
• Usually all the grant money is spent on 1 event since there’s rarely any money in the grant
• Passed $600 from the Alcohol Free Grant
• 7-0-0

 

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 4:46 pm