FiCom Semester Additional Funding Requests October 2008

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= Thursday 23rd =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  please see FiCom Meetings, Fall 2008 Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Mixed Nuts Co-op
 * Account No: 731
 * Contact Name: Jamie Moody
 * Email: jalm06@hampshire.edu

Equipment Information

 * Name: Cash Register
 * Description: One cash register, low-brand but new. http://www.internationalpointofsale.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=84&amp;products_id=1553&amp;osCsid=db2847fa64174d3c7b40b1edba7f0771
 * Purpose: Tally and record individual and daily sales.
 * Storage Location: Mixed Nuts Co-op

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 180.00 The register is $149.00, and with shipping costs around $31.00 shipping from NJ, total cost is around 180.00.

= Wednesday 22nd =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: email sent 10/22/08 holding MJ
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: HUA
 * Account No: 675
 * Contact Name: Quincy Saul
 * Email: qms05@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Showing of Beyond Elections and discussion with directors
 * Performer: Sílvia Leindecker and Michel Fox
 * Description: Bringing the Directors of "Beyond Elections" to Hampshire college. Michael's and Sílvia's first full length documentary film "Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas" is set to be released in September 2008. It takes viewers across the Americas to attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time: What is Democracy? The movie Beyond elections Directed By Silvia Leindecker and Michael Fox is a documentary about the true meaning of a democracy. Observing Venezuela, and Brazil's participatory frameworks, in communities, in workplaces, the movie explores the essence of a democracy. Bringing the movie to Hampshire is a unique opportunity especially since it involves bringing both directors who will have a Q.A at the end.
 * Attendance: 50
 * Date: 10/29/08

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 50
 * Advertising $: 6.00
 * Magic Board Budget $: 0
 * Food $: 0
 * Sound and Light $: 0
 * Security: $ 0
 * Honorarium $: 600.00
 * Miscellaneous : $ 50.00 transportation back and forth for the directors of the movie
 * TOTAL: $656.00

= Monday 20th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Denied,  please see FiCom Meetings, Fall 2008 Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Alternative Music Collective
 * Account No: 607
 * Contact Name: Jeff Striker
 * Email: jss06@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Belly Boat concert
 * Performer: Belly Boat
 * Description: Small concert at the Tavern. Open to the Five College community Description of Performer (if applicable): Belly Boat is a quiet, acoustic duo from Santa Cruz, CA.
 * Attendance: 30
 * Date: 11/07/08

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 30
 * Advertising $: 0
 * Magic Board Budget $: 10.00
 * Food $: 20.00
 * Sound and Light $: 150.00
 * Security: $ 0
 * Honorarium $: 450 .00
 * Miscellaneous : $
 * TOTAL: $ 630.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: email sent 10/20/08 holding MJ
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Students for Justice in Palestine
 * Account No: 642
 * Contact Name: Kanya Lianne D'Almeida
 * Email: kld06@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Mock Separation Wall of West Bank
 * Performer: Students for Justice in Palestine
 * Description: Students for Justice in Palestine will be putting up a mock separation wall, as exists separating the West Bank from Israel, to raise awareness about the oppression of Palestinians that exists in Israel and to show solidarity for Palestinians. The wall will feature an artistic display of pictures, stories, and poetry of Palestinians and the challenges they face because of the wall that imprisons them within the West Bank and impedes such daily activities as work and trade. We will have a table in front of the wall to distribute pertinent information. It will take place on the library lawn, so as to attract as much attention and as many students/visitors as possible.
 * Attendance: 300
 * Date: 10/25/08

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 300
 * Advertising $: 30.00
 * Magic Board Budget $: 0
 * Food $: 0
 * Sound and Light $: 0
 * Security: $ 0
 * Honorarium $: 0
 * Miscellaneous : $ 45.00 The $30 will go towards materials needed to erect and decorate the wall, such as plywood, nails, wire, twist ties (for imitation barbed-wire), and markers.
 * TOTAL: $75.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: email sent 10/20/08 holding MJ
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Building Awareness Across Bars (BAAB
 * Account No: 774
 * Contact Name: Jeff Deutch
 * Email: jsd07@hampshire.edu

Other Expenses

 * Description: HALA! was denied group recognition this semester. When group members met with Stephen Pereira earlier this year, Stephen told us we could still receive funding through another "sympathetic" group, such as BAAB.

We are requesting this money to pay for public documents requested under the Massachusetts Open Records Act. Specifically, 116 8x11 pages of daily care sheets and six (6) animal use protocols which according to Paul Kostecki, the Vice Provost for Research at the University of Massachusetts, will cost "in excess of $500 per protocol". I would like to point out that FiCom has a history of paying for HALA!'s public records requests. Last Spring I was personally reimbursed parts of these same requests. It is of vital importance that these public documents, (that is, documents taxpayers are funding) be received in order to ensure the success of our group. Thank you in advance, Jeff Deutch


 * TOTAL: $3500.00

= Friday 17th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: email sent 10/17/08 holding MJ
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: James Baldwin Scholars Program
 * Account No: 647
 * Contact Name: Reynaldo Ortiz
 * Email: ro06@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Baldwin Scholars and Source Students Brunch
 * Performer: N/A
 * Description: A celebration of the achievements of Baldwin Scholars and Source students at Hampshire College.
 * Attendance: 60
 * Date: 10/26/2008

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 60
 * Advertising $: 0
 * Magic Board Budget $: 0
 * Food $: 400.00
 * Sound and Light $: 0
 * Security: $ 0
 * Honorarium $: 0
 * Miscellaneous : $ 0
 * TOTAL: $ 400.00

= Wednesday 15th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: email sent 10/17/08 holding MJ
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Queer Community Alliance
 * Account No: 659
 * Contact Name: Rance Palmer
 * Email: rjp06@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: The Shondes Show
 * Performer: The Shondes (taking their name from the Yiddish word for "shame" or "disgrace") are a band from Brooklyn, NY whose dramatic brand of rock music has been compared to Sleater-Kinney, Patti Smith and The Raincoats. Their instrumentation includes drums (Temim Fruchter), bass (Louisa Solomon), guitar (Ian Brannigan) and violin (Elijah Oberman) and vocals (primarily Solomon).
 * Description: The Shondes will come to play along with a few Hampshire performers. This will be a queer community building event along with an excellent way to combine politics, identity, and music. The Shondes are known for their melodic rock sound and a live show that explodes with energy. Their music draws from feminist punk, classical and Jewish music, which combine to create songs that are often both heartbreaking and hopeful. They bring an infectious urgency to their live performances that gets audiences on their feet and singing along.
 * Attendance: 50
 * Date: 10/30/08

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 50
 * Advertising $: 10.00
 * Magic Board Budget $: 0
 * Food $: 0
 * Sound and Light $: 50.00
 * Security: $ 100.00
 * Honorarium $: 1000.00
 * Miscellaneous : $ 0
 * TOTAL: $ 1160.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: email sent 10/17/08 holding MJ
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Hampshire Quiz Bowl
 * Account No: 643
 * Contact Name: Evan Silberman
 * Email: ejs07@hampshire.edu

Trip Information

 * Name: ACF Fall Tournament
 * Attendance: 8
 * Date: 11/8/2008
 * Destination: Brandeis University
 * Description: Compete in the ACF Fall quiz bowl tournament at Brandeis University. I already applied for funding for one team to travel to this tournament. Interest in the team is growing, and I'd really like to be able to bring two teams to this tournament.
 * Event Upon Return: Recap of tournament results at subsequent practice.

Trip Expenses

 * Fee per Person: $ 0
 * Gas: $ 38.00
 * Lodging: $ 0
 * Other: $ 120.00
 * Description of Other: Entry fee for an additional team at ACF Fall. Note that this request is in addition to the funding for one team that has already been approved.
 * TOTAL: $ 158.00

= Tuesday 14th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: email sent 10/17/08 holding MJ
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Hampshire Mental Health Awareness/Learning Disability/Disability Rights Group
 * Account No: 645
 * Contact Name: Stephanie Chase
 * Email: snc06@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Lizzie Simon: DETOUR: My Bipolar Road-Trip in 4-D
 * Performer: Lizzie Simon
 * Description: Mental Health Activist, Lizzie Simon will be speaking at Hampshire about her dealings with Bi-Polar disorder, and her new book, "DETOUR: My Bipolar Road-Trip in 4-D."
 * Attendance: 40
 * Date: October 21, 2008

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 40
 * Advertising $: 10.00
 * Magic Board Budget $: 10.00
 * Food $: 50.00
 * Sound and Light $: 20.00
 * Security: $ 0
 * Honorarium $: 1000.00
 * Miscellaneous : $ 0
 * TOTAL: $1090.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: no email sent - per Jessica Gifford request done verbally @ FiCom meeting a while back- no notations on FiCom meeting minutes - told her to request again in writing - here it is - since request was before hold - no email sent regarding hold...MJ
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: CAs
 * Account No: 616
 * Contact Name: Elizabeth Buchanan
 * Email: sueb05@hampshire.edu

Other Expenses

 * Description: To purchase 5000 "Got Consent?" stickers from www.buttonsonline.com to put on condoms to raise awareness of consent. (Gaia came to a FiCom meeting and was told it was okay, but we thought the form was already submitted and it wasn't).
 * TOTAL: $ 359.95

= Wednesday 8th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  please see FiCom Meetings, Fall 2008 Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: 10/08/08

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Red Scare Ultimate Frisbee
 * Account No: 731
 * Contact Name: Emma Brewster
 * Email: ejb05@hampshire.edu

Trip Information

 * Name: Mixed Sectionals
 * Attendance: 18
 * Date: September 20-21
 * Destination: Hanover, NH
 * Description: Mixed sectional tournament
 * Event Upon Return: team meeting

Trip Expenses

 * Fee per Person: $ 0
 * Gas: $ 0
 * Lodging: $ 318.20 Hotel: Econolodge in White River Junction, VT
 * Other: $ 0
 * Description of Other: 0
 * TOTAL: $ 318.20 This is an application for additional funding. We anticipated being housed by students at Dartmouth, but that did not occur, and we ended up staying in a hotel.

= Tuesday 7th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  please see FiCom Meetings, Fall 2008 Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: 10/15/08

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Local Foods Initiative
 * Account No: 753
 * Contact Name: Tobin Porter-Brown
 * Email: tp05@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Local Foods Feast
 * Performer: N/A
 * Description: Dinner banquet of local foods, hosted by the Local Foods Initiative. It will be the Dining Commons meal of the night, so any students who are on the meal plan will be attending, in addition to any other student of Hampshire or the other four colleges, because it will be free of charge.
 * Attendance: 1400
 * Date: 11/7/08

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 1400
 * Advertising $: 0
 * Magic Board Budget $: 0
 * Food $: 4,000.00 - $4000 goes to dining services for food, linen, drinks, bioware, and other expenses pertaining to the meal.
 * Sound and Light $: 0
 * Security: $ 0
 * Honorarium $: 0
 * Miscellaneous : $ 0
 * TOTAL: $ 4,000.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  please see FiCom Meetings, Fall 2008 Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: 10/08/08

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: The Climax
 * Account No: 670
 * Contact Name: Kendell Richmond
 * Email: kdr06@hampshire.edu

Equipment Information

 * Name: The Chicago Manual of Style Online (annual subscription)
 * Description: This is an online version of the Chicago Manual of Style, the style guide that the Climax uses to guide its editing procedures. More information is available on the website, Chicagomanualofstyle.org.
 * Purpose: The Climax owns a paper copy of The Chicago Manual of Style, but to improve ease of access for all editors to this essential reference manual, we would like to also subscribe to the online edition. One-year subscription to The Chicago Manual of Style Online, to be renewed annually.
 * Storage Location: N/A, accessible online

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 30.00

= Monday 6th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Denied,  please see FiCom Meetings, Fall 2008 Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: October 6th.

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Hampshire Quiz Bowl
 * Account No: 643
 * Contact Name: Evan Silberman
 * Email: ejs07@hampshire.edu

Equipment Information

 * Name: Buzzer system
 * Description: A lockout buzzer system designed for playing quiz bowl and similar trivia games.
 * Purpose: Conduct quiz bowl practices on an actual buzzer system instead of slapping the table. Buzzers can also be brought along to tournaments in order to receive discounts on entry fees.
 * Storage Location: I have no idea what sort of storage space could be used for this. Possibly it could be stored with media services and checked out with their equipment?

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 450.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  please see FiCom Meetings, Fall 2008 Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: October 6th.

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Bart's Arm
 * Account No: 609
 * Contact Name: Jake Mazonson
 * Email: jlm05@hampshire.edu

Equipment Information

 * Name: Drawing and Painting supplies for communal use in the art barn
 * Description: Drawing and painting supplies       Turpenoid = $19.98 2 Gallon Gesso = $12.98 Newsprint Pad = $6.98 Gloves = $35.97 Beautiful Decay Magazine = $5.36 Juxtapoz Magazine = $4.49 Art News Magazine = $5.40 Art in America Magazine = $4.50 5/8 inch Aluminum Tacks = ($7.64) X2 5 LMGRPH Drawing Pencil =$4.45 6 Grum Vine Charcoal Soft 3pk = $8.95 3 Nitram Charcoal Med HB 30bx = $7.15 4 Dust Free Vinyl Eraser = $1.80 4 Double Pencil Sharpener = $6.80 3 Design Artgum Eraser Small = $1.05


 * Purpose: The equipment is to be used for communal use in the art barn.
 * Storage Location: Drawing supplies are available during figure drawing sessions and everything else is stored in public accessible places in clear view around the art barn.

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 157.84

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Denied,  please see FiCom Meetings, Fall 2008 Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: October 6

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Hampshire Quiz Bowl
 * Account No: 643
 * Contact Name: Evan Silberman
 * Email: ejs07@hampshire.edu

Trip Information

 * Name: ACF Fall Tournament
 * Attendance: 8
 * Date: Nov. 8, 2008
 * Destination: Brandeis University
 * Description: Compete in the ACF Fall quiz bowl tournament at Brandeis University. I already applied for funding for one team to travel to this tournament. Interest in the team is growing, and I'd really like to be able to bring two teams to this tournament. This would require an exception to the first-semester group funding cap.
 * Event Upon Return: Recap of tournament results at subsequent practice.

Trip Expenses

 * Fee per Person: $ 0
 * Gas: $ 65.00
 * Lodging: $ 0
 * Other: $ 120.00
 * Description of Other: Entry fee for an additional team at ACF Fall. Note that this request is in addition to the funding for one team that has already been approved.
 * TOTAL: $ 185.00

= Thursday 2nd =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Mythos
 * Account No: 690
 * Contact Name: Yonatan Schechter
 * Email: yts07@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Halloween Costume Workshop
 * Performer: none
 * Description: We will be running a costume workshop complete with sewing machines, costume patterns, and a movie in the background.
 * Attendance: 25
 * Date: 10/19/08

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 25
 * Advertising $: 3.00
 * Magic Board Budget $: 0
 * Food $: 70.00
 * Sound and Light $: 0
 * Security: $ 0
 * Honorarium $: 0
 * Miscellaneous : $ 50.00 Cloth, patterns, hot glue sticks, thread
 * TOTAL: $123.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: AMC
 * Account No: 607
 * Contact Name: Jeff Striker
 * Email: jss06@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Michael Dessen Trio
 * Performer: Michael Dessen Trio
 * Description: Announcing a FREE CONCERT of exploratory jazz and improvised music by the MICHAEL DESSEN TRIO featuring Michael Dessen - trombone, computer, composition Tyshawn Sorey - drums Christopher Tordini - bass A former resident of Amherst and Hampshire College professor, Dessen now lives in California and makes this first return to the Valley in two years. The concert is free of charge and open to the public. With a unique blend of adventurous improvisation, intricate compositions, spacious electro-acoustic soundscapes, and polyrhythmic flow, the Michael Dessen Trio charts a fresh path through the currents of contemporary music. Led by California-based composer and improviser Michael Dessen on trombone and laptop, the trio also features two phenomenal young musicians, Tyshawn Sorey on drums and Christopher Tordini on bass. On Between Shadow and Space, their 2008 release on Clean Feed Records, the trio uses departure points from poetry, visual art, and politics to catalyze intense introspection alongside exuberant blowing. Dessen made his leader debut in 2007 with Lineal, an album of original compositions that featured veteran improvisers such as Mark Dresser, Susie Ibarra, and Vijay Iyer. Having studied with Yusef Lateef, George Lewis and Anthony Davis, and with sideman recording credits that include Yusef Lateef among many others, Dessen is also a member of the collective Cosmologic quartet, whose three releases and international tours have been been praised by critics for their unique sound.
 * Attendance: 30
 * Date: 8pm, Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - Please advise on the date:  thanks Marie  -   Reply -  Actually this is for an event that took place on 9/17/08. Apparently the funding request did not go through the first time.

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 30
 * Advertising $: 0
 * Magic Board Budget $: 0
 * Food $: 0
 * Sound and Light $: 0
 * Security: $ 0
 * Honorarium $: 400.00
 * Miscellaneous : $ 0
 * TOTAL: $ 400.00

= Wednesday 1st =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  please see FiCom Meetings, Fall 2008 Minutes for more details.


 * Date of Decision: Obtober 1st.

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Community Garden
 * Account No: 636
 * Contact Name: Tobin Porter-Brown
 * Email: tp05@hampshire.edu

Other Expenses

 * Description: Flower bulbs for the general beautification of the community garden. We want to replace the old bulbs (they only last a few years) near the entrance of the garden and along the pathways. We also want to do another garlic planting. Bulbs= 20 units: $52 Garlic= 12 units: $48
 * TOTAL: $ 100.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  please see FiCom Meetings, Fall 2008 Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: October 1st.

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Fencing
 * Account No: 625
 * Contact Name: Christopher Thomas
 * Email: cdt07@hampshire.edu

Equipment Information

 * Name: Jackets, Masks, Foil lames, saber lames, epee cords, gloves, sets BPs, Banyonet cords, LH non-ins. grips, mask cords, sabre blades, sabre grips, sabre pommels, team bag, tube glue, test boxes.
 * Description: All of this equipment is needed so that the Hampshire fencing team can restore everything that has been broken or is unsafe to use after a year of not having funding.
 * Purpose: The purpose of the fencing jackets and masks are so that Hampshire students can fence. Those two things are necessary for the game to be played. The cords, grips, pommels and glue are so that the fencing team can build swords. This is needed since many of the Hampshire blades are broken. The BPs or breast protectors are so fencers can fence more safely. A new bag is needed so that the team has a place to store the blades. and the lames are so hampshire students can compete in the scrimmages that we have scheduled.
 * Storage Location: The equipment will be stored with the rest of the fencing equipment in the RCC.

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 1263.00 Description of Expenses: We need funding because of a mix up that occurred last year in which we were given no funding. SInce then many blades and lames have broken and the hampshire fencing team has not been able to give its members the opportunities that we would like to.

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Hampshire Fencing Club
 * Account No: 625
 * Contact Name: Christopher Thomas
 * Email: cdt07@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Big One
 * Performer: 
 * Description: The "Big One" is a huge New England fencing tournament that Hampshire has always participated in and has won 3rd place. We would like funding in order to help our fencers pay for the entrance into the event.
 * Attendance: 15
 * Date: November first

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 15
 * Advertising $: 0
 * Magic Board Budget $: 0
 * Food $: 0
 * Sound and Light $: 0
 * Security: $ 0
 * Honorarium $: 200.00
 * Miscellaneous : $ 185.00 here is a fee for hampshire, and hampshire fencers will pay for their own entrance fee. But the funding is to help give students scholarships.
 * TOTAL: $385.00