Connoisseur's Club Budget Fall 2008

Meeting Information

 * Meeting Frequency: weekly
 * Number of Meeting: 15
 * Projected Attendance: 30

Meeting Expenses

 * Food per Person: $ 4.00
 * Total Food: $ 1800.00
 * Advertising: $ 5.00
 * Magic Board: $ 0
 * Other: $ 0
 * TOTAL: $ 1805.00

Equipment Information

 * Name: Serving utensils, plates, presentation equipment
 * Description: We would like to purchase a set of sturdy, multi-use utensils for preparing and serving our cheese. After a great deal of research we have settled upon Spooners Treenware of West Virginia as the best supplier thereof. The makers, a husband-and-wife time layed off from the coal mines, harvest all the wood by hand from the woods behind their house, and they lathe and shape it all by hand. It is beautiful stuff, it is the epitome of fair trade, and I know for a fact that it will last about forever.
 * Purpose: Last year our group relied entirely upon scrounged utensils, serving implements, and the like. We had to run back to mods at the last minute, we had to use plastic and paper plates, and almost every meeting we had to ask people to share.   Part of the problem is that this is not hygenic. Part of the problem is that this is not fun, and as you know it's hard enough to get Hampshire kids to attend a regular meeting of anything anyway. But the main problem is that THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. We can do better.
 * Storage Location: Equipment poses a significant temptation for theiving and therefore must be stored securely. I would recommend locking it in the Merril kitchen, or the Dakin kitchen if that would conflict with its new status as a Kosher kitchen. All the equipment will be used for Cheese Club public meetings and ONLY for Cheese Club public meetings.

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 220.00