FiCom Semester Additional Funding Requests February 2009 - Week of 2nd to 8th

= Sunday 8th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: Pending  Approved,  please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: Feb 23

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Hampshire College Curling Club
 * Account No: 649
 * Contact Name: Richard Smith
 * Email: rrs05@hampshire.edu

Other Expenses

 * Description: Group rate for 1-year college curling membership to Petersham Curling Club in Petersham, MA. This facility is the closest location where the Hampshire Curling Team can practice. The group membership allows for any number of additional members to join the Hampshire College Curling Club and be allowed to practice during designated sessions.
 * TOTAL: $ 1600.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: Pending  Approved,  please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: Feb 18th

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Hampshire College Curling Club
 * Account No: 649
 * Contact Name: Richard Smith
 * Email: rrs05@hampshire.edu

Equipment Information

 * Name: Replacement curling broom pads
 * Description: Synthetic pad made from cordura nylon.
 * Purpose: The synthetic pads on curling brooms need to be changed every few months.
 * Storage Location: Robert Crown Center Equipment Room

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 40.00 Cost for two replacement broom pads from Balanceplus.com

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: Pending  Approved,  please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: Feb 18th

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Hampshire College Curling Club
 * Account No: 649
 * Contact Name: Richard Smith
 * Email: rrs05@hampshire.edu

Equipment Information

 * Name: Curling brooms
 * Description: The brooms are about 4' long, made from carbon fiber, with a synthetic pad attached to a swiveling head at the end to brush the ice.
 * Purpose: One broom is needed for each player on a curling team, with four players on a team. Players use the brooms to control the path of the curling rocks while in motion. This equipment will be used at practices and also brought to all tournaments the Hampshire Curling Team competes in.
 * Storage Location: Robert Crown Center Equipment Room

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 640.00 Cost of four curling brooms from Balanceplus.com

= Thursday 5th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  COCA,  please see COCA Meeting Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: Feb 25

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Counselor Advocates
 * Account No: 616
 * Contact Name: Julia Partington
 * Email: jbp06@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Active Listening Skills Workshop
 * Performer:
 * Description: The CAs will be facilitating a workshop on developing active listening skills. The workshop will be open to the entire Hampshire community, but it may be of special interest to students in facilitator or leadership positions, such as residential life interns and student group signers. The lecture portion of the workshop will take place over dinner. Then the participants will split into small groups or pairs for role plays to practice what they have learned.
 * Attendance: 25
 * Date: April 2

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 25
 * Advertising $: 5.00
 * Magic Board Budget $: 10.00
 * Food $: 200.00
 * Sound and Light $: -0-
 * Security: $ -0-
 * Honorarium $: -0-
 * Miscellaneous : $ -0-
 * TOTAL: $215.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Denied,  please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: Feb 16th.

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Film Cooperative
 * Account No: New group - number not assigned yet
 * Contact Name: Jennifer Saparzadeh
 * Email: Js07@hampshire.edu

Screening Information

 * Title: Cecile Ravel
 * Location: Film and Photo Building
 * Description: We will screen the super 8 films of present day filmmaker in France, Cecile Ravel.
 * Projected Attendance: 10

Screening Expenses

 * Food: $ 20.00
 * Rental: $ 100.00
 * Advertising: $ 10.00
 * Other: $ -0-
 * TOTAL: $ 130.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision: COCA will approve
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Film Cooperative
 * Account No: new group - number not assigned yet
 * Contact Name: Jennifer Saparzadeh
 * Email: Js07@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Dance and Screen
 * Performer:
 * Description: I anticipate a dance that will take place in the red barn. There will be music, drinks, and films screened. As this is a new club, this would be the introduction to it for people to know what it is about and if they want to join. I would like both students and professors to be able to attend. People should be able to have a nice evening and be introduced to this new club.
 * Attendance: 30
 * Date: February 10, 2009

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 30
 * Advertising $: 20.00
 * Magic Board Budget $: 5.00
 * Food $: 35.00
 * Sound and Light $: 65.00
 * Security: $ 50.00
 * Honorarium $: -0-
 * Miscellaneous : $ -0-
 * TOTAL: $175.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details. We approved $902.00; we will not be funding the $130.00 for food.


 * Date of Decision: Feb 16th

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Contra Dance Collective
 * Account No: 712
 * Contact Name: Maya Bauer
 * Email: mab05@hampshire.edu

Trip Information

 * Name: Dance Flurry
 * Attendance: 11
 * Date: Feb 13- Feb 15
 * Destination: Saratoga Springs NY
 * Description: Dance Flurry is an incredible event in the heart of Saratoga Springs NY that brings together musicians and dancers and families. 5000 people gather to experience 600 events: it is educational, participatory, and mixes ages and dance proficiencies. There are concerts, music jams, and dance and music lessons. lots of info: http://www.danceflurry.org/festival/media.html
 * Event Upon Return: A written article for the climax, as last year, explaining the events and significance of community and dance/folk traditions. It will allow the students who went on the trip to communicate their experience and appreciation of traditional music and dance with the rest of the student body. Please only include name and last name: Alana Vehaba Julia Mattes Justin Baldwin Omri Bernstein Emily Skoff Carol Campbell julia Partington Dana Ouellette Maya Bauer Jiemin Liao Rob Liota

Trip Expenses

 * Fee per Person: $ 75.00 admission (not per person) total
 * Gas: $ 94.32
 * Lodging: $ 732.60
 * Other: $ 130.00
 * Description of Other: food to be purchased through Mixed Nuts to offset food costs for the dancers during the 3 day event.
 * TOTAL: $ 1031.92

= Wednesday 4th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details. approved $190.00


 * Date of Decision: Feb 16th

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: GNU+Linux Users Group
 * Account No: New - not assigned yet
 * Contact Name: Niko
 * Email: niko@ornia.hampshire.edu

Meeting Information

 * Meeting Frequency: weekly
 * Number of Meeting:  14
 * Projected Attendance: 15

Meeting Expenses

 * Food per Person: $ 12.00 pp
 * Total Food: $ 180.00 (MJ - took 15 X $12.00ea) ?
 * Advertising: $ 5.00 per meeting - 14 X $5.00 = $70.00
 * Magic Board: $ 5.00
 * TOTAL: $ 255.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Denied,  please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: Feb 16th

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Alternative Spring Break
 * Account No: New group - not a recognized student group
 * Contact Name: Laura Mansfield
 * Email: lcm06@hampshire.edu

Trip Information

 * Name: Alternative Spring Break
 * Attendance: 12
 * Date: March 14-22
 * Destination: Guatemala
 * Description: This is a service-learning trip through an organization called Encoutour. We will be working with a local non-profit based in Guatemala. The focus of this volunteer trip will be on sustainable development, viewed primarily through the lens of agriculture.The trip will combine volunteering in agricultural communities with educational discourses on the topics of agriculture and sustainable development. Medical insurance is already taken care of. This is an opportunity for environmental, economic, and spanish students.
 * Event Upon Return: We will hold de-briefing meeting to talk about our experiences after we have had time to reflect once back in the United States.

Trip Expenses

 * Fee per Person: $ $450
 * Gas: $
 * Lodging: $
 * Other: $
 * Description of Other:
 * TOTAL: $5400.00