Clubs & Student Involvement
2006-07 Assembly Funding Policy
Clubs are highly encouraged to do their own fundraising and are expected to be self-sufficient. It is the responsibility of the individual club or organization to raise needed funds. They should never at any time become dependant upon the Assembly for funding.
The Assembly funds are limited. With this in mind, there are two ways in which the Assembly will help clubs monetarily:
- Funds allocated by the Assembly through bills.
- Money earned by the club through the merit money system.
- Allocated Funds
- In order to come before the Assembly, clubs are asked to meet the following set forth guidelines:
- This activity/equipment is beneficial to the goals of the club.
- The club has done all they could do to try and earn the money themselves.
- Assembly will not help any club that has made no effort to fundraise the money.
- The club is putting forth at least 60% of the cost of the event/equipment.
- This includes, but is not limited to
- Fundraising
- Donations
- Personal funds from club members.
- When traveling, 5 or more active members of the club as well as the advisor are attending. In extreme cases when a club doesn’t meet this guideline consideration for allocating funds will be made on a case-to-case basis.
- The following items will not be funded by the Assembly:
- Personal meals
- Plane tickets
- Individual or Personal items
- T-Shirts
- Activities not approved by Activities Vice President
- Items/events the Assembly deems not worthy of funding
This is because the funds are intended to benefit all students and the said items generally don’t.
- Merit Money
Clubs have an excellent opportunity again this year to receive money based upon their performance. This type of funding is referred to as merit money.
In order to qualify for merit money each club must complete an approved activity listed on the Merit Money Breakdown. They must completely fill out the accompanied Merit Money Form. This form must be received within 14 days after the activity in order to receive funds.
To receive the funds, clubs must provide the following information on the Merit Money Form: an on campus account/index, or name of the club to have a check written to. No checks will be written out to students or advisors.
Because money is being allocated to each club based on what they do and not just through bills, the amount requested from bills is expected to drop significantly.
Funding Request Form
