Finance 11-5-2012

START TIME:   4:03 pm

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

COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:

 

Outing Club – Requesting $15 for Gear forms

  • Carbon Copy forms for recording people borrowing
  • $25 to get 100 forms ($10 in the budget already)
  • Requires committee approval because it is a general improvement grant
  • Passed : 7-0-0

SAWA – World AIDS Week – $485

  • Awareness for HIV and AIDS awareness
  • Money for Ribbons à Fabric to tie around trees
  • DJ – $50/hr = $150
  • Most DJs cost $300 to $400 for a 4 hour set

o   This is Cheap!

  • Speaker from Planned Parenthood for $75
  • Banner is $200 and reusable but last year’s has been stolen
  • It’s been stolen 3 years in a row
  • Last Year’s Banner Said “We all have AIDS, if one of us does

o   People stole it since it was controversial

  • This year it’s flipped.
  • Candles are not required since Senate has a whole ton
  • Chairwoman Stewart will sign after Senator Sit gets the President of SAWA’s signature at the President’s Meeting
  • Passed: 7-0-0

 

 

GSA & Uhuru SASA Halloween Dance Party

  • Reports came in saying the Halloween Party was awesome
  • President Dooley even replied with congratulations

 

 

Budget Timeline is made

  • The budgets are due February 3rd
  • Review of Requests are February 5th and 12th
  • February 4th and 11th will be going over it in committee
  • February 4th is President’s meeting
  • Penalties will be in effect after February 6th
  • Will have warning at the President’s meetings 2 days before the deadline.
  • February 11th and 18th maybe relatively lengthy meetings
  • Bill goes on the floor on the February 27th and goes to vote on March 6th
  • Annual Meeting is March 27th
  • The annual meeting and the budget meeting are not on the same night

 

Bring a $1 for a gift for Lorrie

  • She’s been with us for over 20 years
  • She’s not far – just in Bruce’s Office but she doesn’t work for us anymore
  • Bring money to Wednesday’s meeting.

Book and Schedule the room for next semester

  • Next Monday, bring your schedules
  • Try to make the meetings earlier