The Climax Budget Spring 2009

Meeting Information

 * Meeting Frequency: weekly
 * Number of Meeting: 17
 * Projected Attendance:25

Meeting Expenses

 * Total Food: $ 300
 * Advertising: $ 5
 * Magic Board: $ 0
 * TOTAL: $305

Publication Information

 * Name: The Climax
 * Issues: 1500
 * Description: Hampshire's official college newspaper.

Publication Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 4000

Equipment Information

 * Name: Nikon D40 digital SLR camera
 * Description: $409 on Amazon.com for Nikon D40 kit. Kit includes Camera body, 18-55mm lens, 2 gig memory card and camera bag. Shipping and handling makes price $445.00.
 * Purpose: Recognizing that photography is an integral part of journalism, The Climax has rapidly increased the number and quality of its photographs of Hampshire life  in the paper. Photography became a much higher focus in the previous semester,   with a new photo editor position. Students who had never worked for The Climax  previously now started taking photos for the paper.    Photography and photojournalism are popular fields of study at Hampshire, and  The Climax is a perfect opportunity for students to use the skills they are  learning. To attract students, we want to have equipment to offer for use, and  we don’t want to limit the potential pool of interested photographers to those  who own a camera.    The Nikon D40 digital camera is an low-range SLR camera that is very easy to  use, but can also be used with manual settings. Photographers with more  experience are able to take more control over their images, but those who have  not studied photography can also capture great images.    The primary goal of The Climax is to create a bi-weekly newspaper, but it has  also been a great way for students to improve their writing skills with  one-on-one work with editors, There is an opportunity for The Climax’s  photography to improve dramatically, but also, as the photography department  becomes more established with more experienced students, The Climax can also  improve the skills of its photographers.	Nikon D40 digital SLR camera (comes standard with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II lens)  2 gigabyte memory card  Nikon camera bag
 * Storage Location: Publication office, Merrill Basement

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $445.00

Equipment Information

 * Name: The Chicago Manual of Style-Online subscription
 * Description: A one year subscription, at the cost of $30.00.
 * Purpose: The Chicago Manual of Style is a necessary tool for our copy editors, a reference for all stylistic and grammatical conundrums. Furthermore, the manual gives the Climax a consistent style, making the paper a more cohesive and recognizable publication. At the moment the Climax has one hard copy of the Chicago Manual of Style. This is useful, however, only one editor can use it at a time. An online subscription would allow any of our copy editors, writers, or staff to use it at any time.	The Chicago Manual of Style is a reference, in print and online, for writing and citation style. It is widely used and recognized as the standard in writing style by professional publications, and was one of the first of it's kind.	This is an online edition and will be stored on the internet
 * Storage Location:

Equipment Expenses
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 * TOTAL: $30.00