Committee Minutes, Saturday, February 6th 2010

President Pro Tempore Jackie Smith submitted the following report to the Student Senate on Wednesday, February 10th 2010, on behalf of the Committee on Appropriations, and pursuant to its Saturday, February 6th 2010 recommendations:

Attendance:

There were nine (9) members (Baughman, Demanovich, Goldsmith, Harrelson, O'Donnell, Robinson, Jackie Smith, J. Tucker, Walsh) present.

There was one (1) non-voting member (Lamm) absent.

The following officials were also present: Beeninga, Bryson, Center, Crabtree, Skeeter.

A quorum was present.

Meeting Overview:

Spring 2010 - Appropriation Minutes
Friday, 2-5-2010
8:00 PM - Motion to allocate $6,500 from initial funds of $75,207 to appeals - Consent
Committee adjourns at 8:12 - Reconvene at 1PM Sat, 2-6-2010
Saturday, 2-6-2010
8:04 PM Consent on accepting all Start-up except AR 48 in block
1 - Hookah Club - Not SORC Registered - No funds
2  - Colleges Against - ( 5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 100 lights, 250 porta-potties, 300 generators 
3 - Korean Conversation Club - (6 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain) 125 fliers & fundraising, 85 lodging
4 - Eta Kappa chapter of Delta Gamma - (6  yes, 1 no, 1 abstain) 1,200 for ads, 600 Tshirts
5 - MAITRI-Indian Graduate Student Association - (6 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain) 270 for ads, 1,000 for food
6 - Horticulture Club - (4  yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 1,500 registration
7 - A.E.G.I.S. - (6 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 1300 for exhibit
8 - Fiber, Apparel, Art, & Design - CANCELLED - No funds
9 - Women's Club Ultimate Frisbee - ( 7 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain) 300 tournament fee, 550 hotels
10 - Truth Ministries - consent - 300 in start up funds
11 - Dancing With Wolves Ballroom Dance Team - (8 yes,  no,  abstain) 1,450 triangle open registration fee
12 - Art to Wear Fashion Show - (6 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 2000 for venue 
13 - Interfraternity Council - (6 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 150 for publicity, 150 food, 250 consultant (please appeal with a more itemized budget for appeals) (statutes caps paying consultants at 250)
14 - Ratio Christi - ( 4 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain) 200 honorarium 
15 - Ratio Christi - consent - 300 in start up funds
16 - Delta Epsilon Chi - (4 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 1,440 Conference fee
17 - Veterinary Business Management Association - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 700 for printed educational materials, 50 for marketing material, 250 for name tags, 
18 - Theta Tau - (4 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 400 registration
19 - Women Empowering Society Together - (4 yes, 0 no, 4 abstain) 280 for decorations, 100 for ads, 100 for fliers, 
20 - Women Empowering Society Together - (5 yes, 1 no, 2 abstain) 100 fliers, 100 publicity
21 - The Kappa Xi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated - (6 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 300 decor, 150 food, 150 fliers, 100 equipment
22 - Campus Christian Fellowship - (8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain) 144.25 4 tables and bagels, 144.25 Van rental
23 - Campus Christian Fellowship - (5 yes, 3 no,  abstain) 478 for food water and shelter 
24 - Alpha Kappa Psi - ( 5 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain) no funds distributed - large profit shown in organizational budget - large checking and saving account
25 - Chinese Undergraduate Student Association - (7 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain) 115 room rental, 200 food, 300 game booth
26 - Society of Manufacturing Engineers - (6 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain) 
27 - Sigma Alpha Professional Agricultural Sorority - (5 yes, 0 no, 3 abstain) 200 ads, 400 tshirts
28 - Network of Enlightened Women - 300 in start up funds
29 - Fiber, Apparel, Art, & Design - (6 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain) 50 button making equipment, 100 screen printing equipment, 100 art to wear sponsor
30 - Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Student Association - consent - 520 registration, 480 hotel
31 - DanceVisions - (5 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 600 ads, 400 rental space
32 - N.C. Skate - (6 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 60 two tents, 25 caution tape, 20 tape
33 - Wildlife, Avian, Aquatic, and Zoological Medicine Club at the College of Veterinary Medicine - (7 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain) 208 zoo tickets, 895 Manatee tour
34 - Krispy Kreme Challenge - (8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain) 1,000 fixed fee timer, 390.59 cones
35 - Air Force ROTC Wolfpack Warriors - (4 yes, 2 no, 2 abstain) 550 room audio and visual
36 - NCSU Women's Lacrosse Club - Not SORC - no funds
37 - Veterinary Student Public Health Corps - no funds - group cancelled request
38 - Veterinary Student Public Health Corps - consent - 220 hotel
39 - Wolfpack Clogging Team - (4 yes, 1 no, 2 abstain) 1,500 for dance mat
40 - Silver Wings - (4 yes, 3 no, 0 abstain) - 900 registration
41 - Aerial Robotics Club - (4 yes, 3 no, 0 abstain) 500 registration, 200 hotel
42 - Wolfpack Bhangra - (4 yes, 1 no, 2 abstain) 350 team registration
43 - Wolfpack Energy Efficient Locomotion - (6 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain) 1,000 for lofted platform
44 - Wolfpack Motorsports - (4 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 1,500 carbon fiber components, 100 exhaust system
45 - Club Water Polo - (7 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain) 980 pool rental, 
46 - Teach for America - 300 in start up funds
47 - Triangle Youth Leadership Services - (  yes,  no,  abstain)
48 - Sigma Gamma Tau - (6 yes, 1 no,  0 abstain)
49 - Triangle Youth Leadership Services - (6  yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 500 website, 500 printing
50 - Men's Ultimate Club - (6 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 1,500 for tournament entry fees
51 - Native American Student Association - (4 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain) 500 tshirts for fundraising, 500 carmichael gym rental, 300 printing
52 - Game Pak - 300 in start up funds
53 - Ski and Snowboard Club at NCSU - (4 yes, 3 no,  abstain) 450 snowshoe expenses
54 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers - (4 yes, 0 no, 3 abstain) no funds - possible statute violation over trip being required for class credit, as members said during interview - encouraged to go to appeals
55 - Alpha Zeta - (7 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain) - 1295 tent rental
56 - Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry - (4 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain) 200 gift, 50 ads
57 - Deer Park Campus Fellowship - (7 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain) 1200 court rental, 400 equipment, 200 band
58 - Club Golf - (5 yes, 3 no, 0 abstain) 1,100 NCGA tournament fees
59 - Engineers Without Boarders - (4 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 320 registration
60 - Pi Tau Sigma - (5 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) - 55 registration
61 - NCSU Provisional Chapter Kappa Alpha Order - 300 in start up funds
62 - American Institute for Aeronautics & Astronautics - (7 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain) 700 tables and chairs
63 - Women's Club Softball - ( 7 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain) 640 for practice fields, 360 for field fees
64 - Society of Afrikan American Culture (SAAC) - (4 yes, 2 no, 2 abstain) 250 speaker (per statutes), 100 speaker, 150 Tally equipment, 50 hotel, (note - first class travel is not the most cost effective method of travel)
65 - Chinese Student and Scholar Friendship Association (CSSFA) - (7 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain) 100 ads, 100 Tally cleaning fees, 100 Lee field rent, 500 food
66 - Mi Familia - (4 yes, 2 no, 2 abstain) 1,000 Stewart Theater
67 - Chinese Student and Scholar Friendship Association (CSSFA) - 5-2.9c in statutes - no funding 
68 - Institute of Industrial Engineers - consent - 102 for registration
69 - Industrial Design Society of America NCSU Student Chapter - (5 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain) 1,000 registration
70 - Delta Sigma Iota - (5 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 800 for Fletcher hall, 250 for technical supervisor
71 - International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers - (4 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 200 wall of fame
72 - Turkish Student Association - (6 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 200 ads, 750 tshirts for fundraising, 250 raffle prizes for fundraising
73 - Omega Phi Alpha Colony - 300 in start up funds
74 - CARE at NC State - 300 in start up funds
75 - CARE at NC State - (3 yes, 2 no, 3 abstain) 70 for handbills, 10 for outdoor paint
76 - CARE at NC State - (7 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain) no funds dispensed - no information found on care's parent website 
77 - Herpatology Club - (5 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 70 for parking and admission
78 - Hindu Students Council - consent - Ganesh Chathurthi (100 audio, 200 yoga), Independance Day (50 audio, 25 ads), Vasant Utsav (800 food), Classical Music and Dance (300 Audio lighting, 200 performers expense)
79 - Latin American Student Association - LASA - (6 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 100 speaker, 250 workshop, 50 handouts
80 - PRSSA - (4 yes, 2 no, 2 abstain) 500 food, 575 McKimmon Center
81 - The Movement: Ending Interpersonal Violence - (6 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain) 300 lock boxes
82 - Minority Association of Pre-Health Students - (5 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain) 700 registration
83 - TECA - (5 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain) 500 hotel
84 - NCSU Ice Hockey Club - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 1047 for hotels
85 - TECA - (6 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain) 150 for t-shirts for fund raising
86 - March of Dimes Collegiate Council - 300 in start up funds
87 - The North Carolina State University Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects - ( 4 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain) 1,500 for publications
88 - Sustainability Club - 300 in start up funds
89 - P.A.C.K. Peers - statues prevent funding b/c of funds matching rule.  Recommended to edit request and apply for appeals
90 - NCSU Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Student Chapter - (8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain) 150 honoraria 
91 - Wakeboard and Waterski Club at NCSU - ( 5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 400 registration, 500 hotel
92 - Student Chapter of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - 300 in start up funds
93 - Student Mentor Association - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 160 speaker stipend, 140 books
94 - NCSU Teaching Fellows Program - statutes prohibit from funding because of funds matching rule.  Recommend to edit and apply for appeals. 
95 - Collegiate 100 of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. - consent - 50 for gas, 50 for materials
96 - Peers Entering Accepting Toward Christ Eternally - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 250 speaker
97 - Peers Entering Accepting Toward Christ Eternally - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 265 moon walk, 125 fliers
98 - NC State Dance Team - (5 yes, 3 no, 0 abstain) 1500 for registration 
99 - Underwater Robotics Club - (7 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain) 600 for shipping
100 - Men's Lacrosse - (6 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain) 500 entry fees, 600 for equipment
101 - Textile Entrepreneurship Club - 300 in start up funds
102 - Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences - (5 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain) 500 for registration
103 - Collegiate 100 of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. - statutes prevent us from funding social events
104 - Hillel - (7 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain) 147 cultural events, 358 educational events
105 - Student Mentor Association - (3 yes, 2 no, 3 abstain) 200 decoration, 50 utensil, 150 awards
106 - Collegiate 100 of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. - (5 yes, 3 no, 0 abstain) 100 for pins
107 - Student Chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 250 speaker, 200 printing, 200 signs, 50 food
108 - NCSU Student Veterans Association - consent - 236 for conference costs
109 - Acappology 101 - (5 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) no funds.  It appears that this same project received funds in the fall.
110 - Philosophy Club Journal - statutes prevents funding b/c of funds matching rule - encouraged to pursue addition revenues and apply for appeals 
111 - Campus Farmers Market at NCSU - (6 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain) 125 publicity, 200 for educational, 120 for buttons
112 - Sube ritmo - consent - 100 male costumes, 100 female costumes
113 - National Society of Black Engineers - ( 3 yes, 2 no, 2 abstain) 1300 registration
114 - Muslim Student Association - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 150 fliers, 50 posters, 100 for video, 150 skit materials, 100 program guide, 20 name tags, 500 Stewart Theater and stage decoration, 250 presenters
115 - Delta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity - (5 yes, 3 no, 0 abstain) 500 Stewart, 700 Karaoke
116 - Operations Research Graduate Student Association (ORGSA) - statutes prevent us from funding food for regular meetings
117 - SATELLITE - (4 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain) Opinion of majority that they should not receive funds b/c already received funds in the fall, little funds go towards current NCSU students, program participants are housed off campus.
118 - Trident Society - 300 in start up funds
119 - Collegiate 4-H - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) poor information provided in request.  Encouraged to come to appeals and provide more information.
120 - Statistics Club - (6 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) 80 for off site, 20 for meeting supplies - not to be used for food.  If meeting supplies are not purchased, return money to student government.
121 - DanceLife - (6 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain) - 400 for Stewart
122 - Wolfpack Student Car Club - (4 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain) 250 for staff, 250 for equipment.  Encouraged to go to appeals and provide more detailed itemized list of expenses.
123 - Self Knowledge Symposium - (8 yes,  0 no, 0 abstain) 100 speaker, 75 ads
124 - Arnold Air Society - consent - 900 registration
125 - Student Chapter of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners - consent - 465 for Stewart
126 - Wolfpack Environmental Student Association - (5 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain) 400 hostel
127 - African American Textile Society - (7 yes, 1 no,  abstain) 600 for Stewart
128 - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers - no funds - no receipts - to appeals 
129 - Plant Pathology Graduate Student Association - (4 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain) 200 McKimmon, 200 Catering
130 - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers - no funds - no receipts - to appeals
131 - Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority - (5 yes, 1 no, 2 abstain) 250 Drumstrong, 100 Speaker - The group's potential max request was reduced to 495 b/c of matching rule
132 - Agricultural Institute Club - (3 yes, 1 no, 3 abstain) 1,200 for scholarship
133 - Alpha Gamma Rho - 300 in start up funds
134 - Phi Psi Professional Textile Fraternity - consent - no funds distributed - encouraged to go to appeals with a revised budget
135 - NCSU Swim Club - (5 yes, 3 no, 0 abstain) 750 pool facility fee
136 - Alpha Sigma Phi - No Tax ID, No funds
137 - Alpha Sigma Phi - No Tax ID, No funds
138 - Servants of the Son - 300 in start up funds
139 - NCSU Swim Club - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 200 meet fees, 300 charter bus
140 - Sigma Nu - (5 yes, 3 no, 0 abstain) 800 tshirt for fundraiser
141 - Agricultural & Extension Education Club - ( 5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 60 for programs and workshop supplies, 140 gift bags and t-shifts to be used as fundraisers
142 - Judo Club - 300 in start up funds
143 - Order of Omega - No Tax ID #
144 - Genetics Graduate Student Association - (5 yes, 1 no, 2 abstain) 100 for advertising and fliers, 125 for symposium programs.
145 - Deer Park Campus Fellowship - (4 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 100 banner, 20 flier and poster, 10 name tags, 100 equipment rental.
146 - NCSU Table Tennis Club - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 160 hotel
147 - NCSU Photography Club - (4 yes, 1 no, 3 abstain) 400 exhibit gallery
148 - NCSU Habitat for Humanity - (5 yes, 1 no, 2 abstain) 600 collegient fee 
149 - Cross Country and Track Club - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 530 fourth entry fee
150 - Wolfpack Western Riding Club - (5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) 
151 - Two Cents of Hope - 300 in start up funds
152 - Cricket Club - (4 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain) 125 grounds fees, 50 first aid kit, 250 tournament fee, 200 protective gear
10:13PM Saturday 2-6-2010
Move $200 from general appropriation funds to appeals
A percentage cut is applied to each category to reduce the amount of funds distributed to ~$68,507.
10:17PM Sunday 2-6-2010 - Committee dismissed