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Student Budgeting Committee
Meeting Date – 04-01-2018
Present: Yin Xiao, Ibrahim Tamale, Abuhena Hares, Henrik Liu, Siddharth Ramachandran, Gus Burchell, Kanhav Thakur
Note to Students: SBC would like to urge more student groups to apply for supplemental funding. For more information please visit http://sgo.swarthmore.edu/budgeting-guide/ or email swarthmoresbc@gmail.com.
About SBC
SBC is a committee of 8 appointed representative students, headed by the SBC Chair and joined by SGO Chair of Student Organizations. They are tasked with allocating the Student Activities Fee to student groups. The committee meets once a week on Sundays in Sharples room 4. SBC also heads a separate office that consists of a Manager and three Assistant Managers who facilitate reimbursements and service payments in an office on Parrish 4th.
Supplemental Proposals
5:05PM
Men’s Badminton:
Requesting: $450
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- Requesting money for food at residential tournament
- Sid proposes full funding
- seconds
- Passes unanimously for $450 full funding requested from SBC
- 7310 – Food/Catering – $450
5:10
Terpischore
Requesting: $494.30
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- Requesting money for supplies for performance
- Sid proposes full funding
- Passes unanimously for full funding on $494.30
- 7011:Supplies – $494.30
5:15
Enlace
Requesting: $2018
- For guest speaker for La Gala
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- Sid proposes full funding
- Henrik seconds
- Passes unanimously for full funding of $2018
- 7302 – Honorarium – $1200
- 7201 and 7202 – Travel and Lodging – $718
- 7310 – Food/Catering – $100
5:20
Psi Phi
Requesting: $22
- Passes for full funding $22
5:25
Swing Club
Requesting: $758
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- For a series of advanced west coast swing dance workshops and for end of semester dance
- Sid and Aditya propose full funding
- Passes unanimously for full funding of $758
- 7204:Registrations – $600
- 7310:Food – $143
- 7014:Printing – $15
5:30
SASA
Requesting $1526
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- For What is Your Africa all campus event and for a movie screening in memory of the Rwanda Genocide
- Sid proposes full funding
- Aditya seconded
- Passes unanimously for full funding of $1526
- 7310: Food/Catering – $1500
- 7011: Supplies – $26
5:35
W+iCS
Requesting $250
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- For food for events to be held for the rest of the semester
- Sid proposes full funding
- Kanhav seconds
- Passes unanimously for full funding $250
- 7310: Food/Catering – $250
5:40
Outsiders
Requesting $1440
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- For passes to the rock gym for increased member attendance
- Aditya proposes full funding
- Kanhav seconds
- Passes unanimously for full funding of $1440
- 7204:Registration – $1440
5:45
SGO
Requesting $2500
- Tabled until a later date.
