FundCom Meeting Minutes Fall 2015

Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
Attendance: toni, mike, shivani, shelley, jordan, anya, christian, caitlyn, synk (late), marquis

Absent: Joseph, Guests: Isaiah Mann, Viviana Alvarez, Nick Lee, Sara Turner, Mouhamadou Diagne, Anevay, Erika

Miranda, Tim Raxworthy,

Non ZoHo Things:
 * HSAMI Conference
 * HSAMI is organizing a conference and they're here to pre-plan with finances before putting in

a request since it's early. They've been asking for money from various offices. They want $8k

from the SAF. They are planning have having 12 workshops, 2 days, 6 a day, they're planning on

spending $500 per workshop. They want some money in case there's more people pre-registered and

they need to use the RCC or have more workshops. They're planning to invite the Five Colleges

and local community. They want it to be free to the community. But they want to accept donations

or have a "pay-what-you-can" system. They also want to try to use crowdfunding platforms. Is it

possible to use those with student group accounts? Toni will look into it.
 * Hoodies
 * We're going with Colin's design with the frog. Toni proposes black and gold for the design.

Tim proposes UMass's school colors. Anya suggests burgundy and yellow. Marquis suggests

Lavender. Jordan suggests "the color of Marquis's hoodie, this light blue color." Anya rephrases

her suggestion as "ketchup and mustard." Caitlyn suggests teal and white. Tim withdraws his

suggestion for UMass Red.
 * Teal & White: 5 OK
 * Black * Gold: 5 OK
 * Burgundy & Yellow: 3 OK
 * Blue & Black: 1 OK
 * Lavender & White: 7 OK.
 * So we're getting Lavender & White hoodies.


 * Submitted Requests
 * Semesterly Budget Requests
 * SISTERS
 * Very detailed, itemized budget. Very well planned. They've counted out having 15 meetings,

they might only have 14 if they don't meet during spring break. They're having Sister Outsider

at CLPP Conference. Three Women of Color Brunches. They want to screen a movie at some point,

probably early march. They want to go on a trip to the Women of Color Conference at Mount

Holyoke. - $2,955 Approved Unanimous
 * VIBE
 * They have a history of mismanaging funds. Declined Unanimous
 * JSU
 * They have leftover money which means this is actually less than the budget on zoho. - $3,775

Approved Unanimous
 * Contra Dance Collective
 * It's consistent with prior semesters. 3 in favor, 1 opposed, 4 abstain - $5,750

Approved
 * Cutest Little Freaks
 * in the past, they didn't have media services. They aren't very sure of their events. The

budget would be helpful for weekly meeting food and publicity. 9 in favor, 0 opposed, 3 abstain

- $1,200 Approved
 * The Lilith
 * no email or visit, disqualified. They can just submit a regular publications request at the

beginning of the year. Declined
 * Equestrian Team
 * It costs a lot but they kinda need it. It's $9700 for lessons. They also have registration

fees to start being competetive. The ballot rule actually applies to this because of how their

budget works. We're making an exception because it would be impossible to hold them to this and

for budgets it's a new process. It's expensive but it's also an opportuity a lot of people

wouldn't be able to do otherwise. However is this something worth funding? They have not broken

any SAF guidelines and this follows all rules. 3 in favor. 4 against. 2 abstain. Discussed SAF

history. Revote: 4 in favor, 2 against, 3 abstain. - $11,570 Approved
 * The Reader
 * no email or visit, disqualified.They can just submit a regular publications request at the

beginning of the year. Declined
 * First Scholars
 * The total on zoho is off. They're so responsible. - $3,465 Approved Unanimous
 * UMOJA
 * Two trips. Black Solidarity Conference. Lion King on Broadway. Twelve meetings with meeting

food. $10 for Posters. There are events they are not requesting money for because they're

unsure. This is an anticipated additional funding request, and not because of not having planned

enough. - $6,618 Approved Unanimous

= Monday, December 7, 2015 =

Attendance: Toni, Synk, Mike, Shivani Absent: Shelley Guests: Tim, JSU Signers, Equestrian Signer, HSAMI Signers

Non ZoHo Things ZoHo & Funding
 * Fundcom voted two members into the voting members of Fundcom.
 * Fundcom called a vote to fund Collegiate Link unamious vote to fund Collegiate Link.
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * HSAMI discussed that they will be having a conference in the spring.
 * Submitted Requests
 * Misc
 * Semesterly Budgets
 * Equestrian Signers came into discuss their budget. They detailed that they will now be a competitive team which is why their cost has gone up. Signers discussed the show fees for the team.
 * JSU submitted a budget and we discussed that their budget will be the same as last semester. We discussed that we foresee no problems with the budget.
 * Contra Dance: Contra Dance Collective signer submitted a budget for their Red Barn dances and two festivals that they will be attending in the spring.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Attendance: toni, shivani, synk, joseph, shelley Absent: Guests: Caitlyn Cournale, Michael Tedesco, Jay Tilden, Jordan Keating, Lucy R, Marquis,

Christian Lee, Anya Uzo, Elias Pagnani, Maxfield Sabal

Non ZoHo Things:
 * Figures about the SAF
 * The end of semester report isn't ready yet
 * Collegiatelink
 * It sounds super useful but also expensive
 * Budgets
 * The email about budgets went out
 * We still need to actually publish the semesterly budget request form.
 * We really don't know how much we have next semester yet, what the bills are going to be. We

don't know the preliminary costs because they change every year. We don't know how many students

are paying the SAF yet.
 * We can estimate that next semester after prelimenary costs we'll probably have $196,287.
 * We're estimating $43,000-$88,000 will go towards conferences.
 * We'll probably have $65,193 in discretionary.
 * We have the gross amount, we don't know what's coming out of it yet.
 * Motion to raise committee size from 3 officers and 9 members to 3 officers and 12 members.

Passed Unanimously

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Trips
 * Circus
 * Risk assessment is done. 3 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain. Approved
 * Frisbee
 * The ballot results came in. they got enough votes. They haven't done risk assessment.

Still Pended
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food

No more for this semester
 * Submitted Requests

Monday, November 30th, 2015
Attendance: Toni, Synk, Shelley, Joseph Absent: Mike, Guests: Shivani Kapadia, Jordan Keating, Jay Tilden, Anya Uzo, Christian Lee (they're all here to potentially join)

Non ZoHo Things:


 * Lumpsum Budgets
 * Criteria for getting a budget should go out before break. If they're interested they should send us an initial budget, but we won't make decisions until next semester. They should come in and meet with us or send a detailed email. If their budget is detailed enough is very important. Conference budgets would also work this way.
 * Proportion out a chunk of the SAF for lumpsum budgets and another chunk for rolling funding.
 * Trying to estimate costs, we end up with $90,000-$100,000 for budgets, which exceeds how much we normally even have to spend on events and stufff. None of these are costs we haven't had in the past?
 * We may have to table this discussion until we have Mike.
 * Have signers fill out the zoho form we made. Make it live after Toni emails the signers about it.
 * Let's have a Budget Training for Budget Managers so they know how to do it.
 * Hoodies
 * Only UMOJA and two other people actually submitted hoodie sizes for the hoodies.
 * Bug signers about hoodie sizes with the budgeting email.
 * Another Demo
 * No OrgSync, we might go for CollegiateLink. We're going to do another demo for more people besides Fundcom so if we make a decision it's informed by other Hampshire community members than just us. It's this Friday 12-1, IT Training Room. Mention the demo in the email.
 * Do we want to increase the SAF?
 * We could increase it to $210?
 * Honestly it's just so much :/
 * Not A Student Group

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Trips
 * Circus
 * No updates.
 * Frisbee
 * Their ballot totally goaded answers. It said "No, I don't want them to play frisbee" when it should have said "No, I dont want to approve this amount of money to be spent from the SAF for this purpose." Otherwise, it's still not on the tracker so it doesnt seem like risk assessment has happened. Still Pended
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Last time, we pended a publications thing, but it's gone? I guess Still Pended
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food

'''None! Amazing!'''
 * Submitted Requests

Monday, November 23rd, 2015
Attendance: Synk, Joseph, Shelley Absent: Toni (is Sick), Guests: Forrest Jackson (for Frisbee), Hannah Perkins (for Circus), Tim Shay (for Circus),

Joseph Goldin (for Circus), Alex Leff (for Frisbee),

Non ZoHo Things:


 * There is now a form on Zoho for requesting semesterly budgets!
 * Who made it go live? Shelley hadn't published it and before when she had been working on it it

wasn't visible to the public.
 * There's a town meeting about halloween. Mike will make an appearance.

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food


 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * James Baldwin Scholars
 * Annual JB and Friends Holiday Party. ERF Approved. Approved $400
 * Trips
 * Red Scare Ultimate Frisbee
 * Annual Spring Break Tournament. This is a request for next semester. They do this every

year. They're going to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. They want $10,250. This exceeds $8k. But

they actually want $8,150, because a lot of that is expecting a security deposit that would come

back. They need to get their house booked earlier than spring semester, because last year they

were funded in spring and got stuck in a really bad housing situation. It's also cheaper if they

do it earlier. Right now, they'd need 45 net positive votes for this. Because the rules might be

revised soon we might make some exceptions. Pended For ballot and risk assessment
 * Circus Folk Unite
 * Turbo Fest in Quebec Canada. Isn't the college closed during this? Can't the hampshire vans

not cross international borders? How did they do this last year? Do we have the money? Risk

Assesment doesn't appear to be finished, there was only a "initial meeting". They've done this

in the past. Pended for Risk Assessment
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Cutest Little Freaks
 * Posters, Again. They still have the money, don't they? Pended It seems like they

already have the money. But they keep re-submitting.
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
Attendance: toni, joseph, shelley Absent: Guests: Anevay Zapata

Non ZoHo Things


 * After this week Shelley will consistently be 5-10 minutes late on Wednesdays and probably won't

have as much prepared in the minutes.
 * HSU/HYPE Retreat invitation.
 * Toni will act as representative. Toni is pretty cool. We have full confidence in her.

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Michael Jackson Appreciation Night
 * We got an ERF receipt from Xavier via email, even though it's still not recorded on

spreadsheet. Approved $150
 * Quick Brown Fox / Reader Event?
 * Signer says they definitely submitted the ERF under the same group and name. Brooke has

since updated the tracker so it says Quick Brown Fox so this was a mistake on CLA's end. Approved $200
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food


 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * Gin & Tonics
 * Winter concert. ERF approved Approved $100
 * ISN
 * Screening #1. ERF Approved. Approved $200
 * Screening #2. ERF Approved. Approved $350
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Cutest Lil Freaks
 * Poster money (did they spend it all?) Denied They still have plenty of money.
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Not A Student Group
 * Michael Jackson Appreciation Night to... where? What's the account number.
 * Meeting Food
 * MOCA Approved $375

Monday, November 16th, 2015
Attendance: mike, synk, shelley Absent: Toni, Joseph Guests: Shivani Kapadia, Sara Turner, Marietta Mendler

Non ZoHo Things

Synk won't be here next semester. But!! We have two people here to join.

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * James Baldwin Events
 * They're withdrawing their requests because they're getting funding elsewhere.
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Design Conspiracy - Nothing Changed, will be approved when they can
 * Health Professionals Club - Nothing Changed, Nothing Changed, will be approved when they can


 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * Mythos
 * "Tavern Scene" in Faculty louge. Just money for food. ERF approved. - Approved - $200
 * Not A Student Group (Isaiah Mann)
 * GlowLime Games meeting. They just want some food money. ERF approved. - Approved -

$100
 * Not A Student Group (Xavier Torres de Janon)
 * Michael Jackson Appreciation Night. Just food money. ERF Needed (Zoho says it was submitted

though?) Pended Please submit ERF or show us receipt of your submitted ERF
 * Contra Dance Collective
 * Red Barn Contra Dance. We can just barely afford this. ERF Approved. Approved $1100
 * Quick Brown Fox/The Reader?
 * "Reading Expo". This event is on the tracker but under a different group and signer name.

ERF is approved though. - Pended - Which group is this? Please clarify
 * HSU Stand-Up
 * Stand-Up show celebrating graduating comediennes. ERF Approved. - Approved - $110
 * The Yurt
 * Open Mic. ERF Approved. - Approved - $100
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Not A Student Group (Isaiah Mann)
 * Posters for the GlowLime Games meeting. (shouldn't this be in the event request?)

Denied This money will be tacked onto your event transfer.
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * SISTERS - $500 - Approved
 * Hispanohablantes - This is actually an event request. They submitted as meeting food because

they aren't utilizing media services, which isn't really how things work. Event is not in

tracker. Denied Please resubmit as an event request. We still don't have all the necessary

info even if you aren't utilizing media services. You still need to submit an ERF.

Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
Attendance: toni (at 6), mike, joseph, synk, shelley Absent: Guests:

Non ZoHo Things

something came up and Toni had to miss the first half hour. Not much happened though so, no big

deal.

Toni has arrived:


 * Halloween
 * They went $6600 over the budget according the budget. It was spent with a credit card so this

is $6600 of debt on a college credit card. We are not giving them that money. They'll have to

figure it out for themselves.
 * They sold $4800 in tickets.
 * Contingency Fund
 * Mike suggests taking out $7k for administrative costs.
 * Toni suggests taking out $10k, 7k for administrative and 3k extra for zoho requests. '''We're

going with this one'''
 * We could take out more money and tell signers we have more money. But we could also Not.
 * We could use contingency fund money to pay for a new system that replaces Zoho
 * This wouldn't be sustainable.
 * CollegiateLink would be around $8k/year, compared to the $60.00/year we pay for Zoho.
 * Lunch on Friday
 * Toni has picked up the posters, and is going to poster after the meeting.
 * Mike might have to leave early. They have something at 2pm and might have to drive there. Also

can't make it to OrgSync earlier that day.
 * We need to say why FundCom is important to us, why do we stay invested, why don't we quit.

It's nice to organize things and see things play out and help things happen. Why do we like to

see things happen on campus. This is a lot of money and there are good ways to spend it.
 * PO has been Done. Let's get Naan and other indian food.
 * CollegiateLink
 * CollegiateLink costs $6k~13k a year. 25% implementation fee during first year. There's a 4%

annual increase.
 * When you log on and tell them your interests, it recommends student groups and activities for

new students. This could be helpful.
 * It can integrate with Shibboleth. This makes sense.
 * When you sign in you see things specific to you.
 * It could get people outside hampshire to see flyers for what's happening at hampshire. There

are flyers and corkboard. There could be CEL-1.
 * You can have co-curriculur transcripts. Central Records wouldn't agree to this.
 * Integrates with social media. (why?)
 * Students can see how much is in their account. Definitely good.
 * They have consultants that would help us set it up. For 3 years.
 * Living documents can be hosted on it. (so like, hampedia)
 * There's a mobile app.
 * It would also digitize all the CLA paperwork.
 * This is too expensive and not sustainable to come out of the SAF. But it could significantly

combat isolation on campus and reduce the bureaucracy and need for employees. Without the

pricetag it would be really good for Hampshire, and it would be easier. But it's really

expensive. If the dean of students paid for it it'd be cool.
 * This gets more and more expensive every year and it's unsustainable. It could be good for 3

years but then what.
 * Let's see how OrgSyn is on Friday.
 * Meeting Food for Us
 * Mike Merzel, Financial Director of the Funding Committee of Hampshire College lost the PO for

our meeting food. We'll put in a PO for next week.

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * James Baldwin Scholars
 * No ERF yet
 * No ERF yet
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Received email from signer with slightly more specific estimates which still clearly aren't

exact research prices. Their estimates combined exceed the requested ammount. We explicitly

asked them to research and give us specific numbers, rather than estimate. Should we partially

approve this? 1 no, 2 yes. Approved $400
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food


 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Design Conspiracy - Request is lower than $5/person but it seems intentional - Approved

$348
 * Health Professions Club - Request exceeds $5/person limit, modified from $300 to $240 -

Approved $240
 * Mosaic - Request is lower than $5/person - bumped up from $320 to $400 - Approved $400

Monday, November 9th, 2015
Attendance: mike, synk, joseph, shelley Absent: toni Guests: Jamie Feiler, Lucas Opsina

Non ZoHo Things

We have more money than we thought. And could possibly pull if needed. Things are not as dire as last meeting.

Toni went to the Collegiatelink demo, neither mike nor shelley could make it. since toni isn't here we don't know what happened yet.

This friday is our lunch. 12:30pm in the Merrill Living Room. Mike will handle the PO. Toni has a plan for the lunch.

Shelley has made a very quick rudimentary poster. It has been sent to dupes.

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * QIPOC
 * "Denied" on tracker, signers have not responded to emails, event is presumed cancelled. Denied You can always resubmit
 * JB Scholars
 * Thanksgiving Dinner. No ERF yet. Also just realized this is in a mod? Find somewhere else. Maybe GE living room? Still Pended
 * Traditional End of Semester Dinner. No ERF yet. Still Pended
 * Trips
 * DMC
 * Trip date has passed. Denied
 * CYL
 * Trip date has passed. Denied
 * D.I.G.
 * Risk assessment is complete. Approved $250
 * Climate Justice Leage
 * Risk assessment is complete. Approved $25, in the future please do research and some math, and fill out the forms correctly.
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Climate Justice League
 * We asked the signer to give us an itemized, researched, breakdown of costs. Signer sent back an email asking how to get the request approved. Another signer sent another email which did not actually give an itemized breakdown of costs. For equipment requests, we require exact itemized costs. Exactly how much is being spent on specific items. The prices listed by the vendor you are purchasing the items from. Still Pended
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * The Yurt
 * Open mic. ERF approved. They just want food. Not submitted 2 weeks in advance. Denied Feel free to resubmit for a later date.
 * Not A Student Group (Nirman Dave)
 * Duplicate request. Denied
 * Resubmitted with the correct date of the event. ERF Approved. They just want food. Submitted 2 weeks in advance. Apparently this is a "hackathon meeting" according to CLA. Approved $120
 * The Reader
 * Reception for a gallery show in Liebling. Tracker said no ERF, signer came in with ERF receipt. Submissions are being handled Omen-Style (all are accepted.) Approved $200
 * Animal Rights
 * Talk on animal rights and intersectionality with queer theory and ecofeminism. ERF approved. Submitted 2 weeks in advance. "Other Costs" is actually just part of the honorarium. Approved $446
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Circus Folk Unite!
 * Flash drive. To store "circus materials" Approved $31 (combined with other requests)
 * Body Alignment for Straight Handstands Video. This is the circus materials to go on the flash drive. Denied money is being included in the first request
 * Balancing the Equation pdf ebook. To go on the flashdrive. Denied money is being included in the first request.
 * Cutest Lil Freaks
 * Manual on how to do longform improv comedy. Would be stored in library? (shouldn't the library just buy this then?) Approved $25
 * Art Exposure Committee
 * Silk Screening supplies. They're including tax, but we are a tax free institution, so we're giving them $20 less than requested. Approved $142
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * "Recognized_Student_Group", when the form was fixed it said QCA? This is probably Raíces...
 * To transfer funds for SOURCE Wipeout to CC. Mike will fix this. Deleted
 * Meeting Food
 * GRN Approve $220, BUT cannot be transferred until wednesday because it's 2 days off from being 4 weeks.
 * Raíces Approved $300

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
Attendance: Toni, Mike, Synk, Joseph, Shelley Absent: Guests: Nirman Dave, Xavier Torres de Janon, Marietta Mendler, Googie Daniels, Gabe Shapiro

Non ZoHo Things

Xavier is here to begin talking about the budget for the New England Latino Leadership Conference next semester.

We just learned Conditional Groups are being asked to get two funding requests approved.

Googie is here from ASL and is inquiring about how much meeting food money they have. For Googie's Div 3, she's doing something on the lack of relationship between the hearing and d/Deaf communities. As part of that she's hosting a d/Deaf Studies Conference. She was hoping a student group would fund an event of their own as part of the conference. We discussed the complications of this with rules around academics. If the ASL collective hosts it then it's not just Googie's div 3 and we could fund it as an exception.

We reviewed our budget. We can't afford to fund everything on ZoHo.

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * QIPOC
 * Junoon
 * ERF Approved, remind Junoon to find a new location Approved $550
 * Hampshire Food Advocates
 * ERF Approved. We can't afford 6 panelists and food. We can fund less panelists or each panelist for less. Approved $1500
 * Not A Student Group
 * ERF Approved. We can't afford to fund this in full. We can match what all the other offices have given combined. If you need more, the other offices should be able to give you a lot more than they have already pledged. Approved $1300
 * Trips
 * We can't approve any of these, none of them have been risk assessed.
 * DMC
 * CYL
 * D.I.G
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * Not A Student Group
 * ERF Pended. This event does not have 3 organizers, and has been not been submitted 2 weeks in advance. Denied
 * D.I.G
 * All checks out good. We could afford this. 2 in favor. Approved $1400
 * HSU (the Hampshire Stand-Up one)
 * Two comediennes from the local community. Emily Butler and Laura Fattaruso. Approved $200
 * ERF Approved
 * JB Scholars x2
 * No ERFs/not in the tracker yet so we don't know. Pended
 * Trips
 * Climate Justice League
 * Trip to Boston Pended We need to hear from CLA via tracker on TRFs and risk assessment
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Climate Justice League
 * This is actually an equipment request. It would be tentatively stored in the CLA basement. Art supplies. Pended We need an itemized breakdown of costs.
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * CYL, still has some food money in their account. Approved $45
 * UMOJA Approved $500

Monday, November 2nd, 2015
Attendance: Mike, Synk, Joseph, Shelley Absent: Toni Guests: Art Exposure Committee/VIBE, HSAMI

Non ZoHo Things

Zoho has started referring to every single student group as "recognized_student_group", shelley knows what's wrong but can't figure out how to fix it. No idea why this started happening, all shelley changed was asking signers to make sure the same names are on the ZOHO request as their ERF.

We can not approve things that were submitted enough in advance as long as an ERF has been submitted, and not yet approved.

CLA feels overwhelmed and wants more time to process events, check 2 weeks rule more.

ZoHo is very mad at us for replacing Pam's name with Gretchen's apparently and everything is breaking.

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Animal Rights
 * Their ERF is now approved. And they only want $250 now. Approved $250
 * QIPOC
 * It doesn't look like they've found a new time/place yet.
 * Aurelis Troncoso
 * No ERF. Another version was resubmitted Denied Duplicate request
 * VIBE/Art Exposure Committee?
 * ERF approved. They came in. 1 abstain, 2 yes, 1 no. Approved $750
 * FundCom
 * Approved on spreadsheet. Approved $100
 * Trips
 * DMC
 * Shelley may have fucked up by not putting the November 5th trip date on the tracker. CLA thinks the trip date already passed. It doesn't seem like DMC had spoken to CLA regardless though?
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * DMC
 * This is the request from last meeting. It's November 2nd now, they wanted to see it on November 1st. Denied Event time has passed
 * Raíces
 * 4th Annual SOURCE WIPEOUT. ERF Approved. Approved $650
 * Junoon
 * Diwali celebration. No ERF submitted. Pended Please submit ERF on AdAstra
 * Hampshire Food Advocates
 * Panel of 6 speakers. No ERF submitted. Pended Please submit ERF
 * Animal Rights
 * Duplicate request Denied
 * Cutest Little Freaks
 * Upright Citizens Brigade show. ERF approved. Approved $150
 * Hampshire Food Advocates
 * Indoor vegetable growing workshop. ERF approved. Approved $400
 * Not A Student Group
 * Resubmission of Aurelis Troncoso's last request, which we pended. There are now 3 distinct signers. The amount requested is the same and there's still no ERF. Pended No ERF, get the administration to give more money
 * HSAMI
 * Two part panel discussion with criminal justice lawyer and a local activist. ERF Approved. Approved $1100
 * Trips
 * DIG
 * Trip around Virginia and West Virginia to visit sites of major colonial events, unpacking Thanksgiving along the way. Not on tracker yet. Pended Submit ERF, get risk assessment
 * CYL
 * Trip to Masquerade Bowl hosted by the Hampshire County Big Brothers Big Sisters. Pended Submit ERF, get risk assessment
 * Equipment
 * GAB
 * Paint for Hampshire Halloween? This was submitted too late to be considered. Denied Event has passed
 * Publications
 * Cutest Little Freaks
 * Poster money. Didn't we already give them $10 for posters? Approved for Use $0 You already have this money.
 * Misc
 * Climate Justice League?
 * This is two trip requests and possibly equipment, not misc. Denied Please resubmit separate requests in proper categories.
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * HSAMI Adjusted slightly lower Approved $300 is correct adjusted amount.
 * The Lillith, looks like they submitted this wrong. Adjusted lower Approved $192
 * Cutest Little Freaks Approved $192
 * ASL Collective Approved $400
 * DMC Approved $500

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
Attendance: Toni, Mike, Synk, Shelley Absent: Guests: Viviana Alvarez, Joseph Dromboski, Yesenia, Langston Sanchez, Gabby Garcia

Non ZoHo Things

Viviana is here to represent RAs. RA Staff meetings might want meeting food? That would come from the Student Life budget, not the SAF, since being an RA isn't an open group.

In order to recruit new members, we're going to have a FundCom Info Session. Friday the 13th at 12:30pm in a dakin or merrill living room. Advertise on daily digest. Synk will put up posters. Toni will make posters. Shelley will put it on the daily digest (once . Toni has an agenda for how to run it.

Yes, Red Scare's leftover funds can cover their overdraft because of the US-CAD conversion rate.

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Raíces - Healing Workshop - OK'd on Spreadsheet Approved $1700
 * D.I.G - Second Annual Indigenous Resistance Event - OK'd on Spreadsheet Approved $2700
 * Yesenia came in asking for an extra $400. Approved - $400
 * Film Society - Barbara Hammer Screening - Appoved OK'd on Spreadsheet $500
 * Animal Rights
 * Vegan Thanksgiving - "Held" on spreadsheet due to waivers (why "held" and not denied?") Still Pended
 * QIPOC
 * Decolonize the dancefloor. "DENIED" on spreadsheet because another event is already happening in the Red Barn at that time. (Why is this denied and not just held?) Still Pended
 * ISN
 * Unclear if this is same as Intersecting Identities event? Which has been OK'd on spreadsheet. There are confusing complications and contradictory information in a buncha emails. Approved $3600
 * Excalibur - Deathfest - OK'd on Spreadsheet Approved $900
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * Not a student group - Aurelis Troncoso's Event
 * A lecture with Dr. Williams (first name?) Aurelis is the only student organizer listed, listed in all 3 fields. Requesting $2240 from SAF (amount listed in request is wrong) to complete $3390 budget. $200 has come from President's office, $250 from Office of Diversity, and 500 from Antiracism fun, so that's $950 from the administration. "NO ERF" on spreadsheet. Pended Needs 2 additional student organizers besides Aurelis Troncoso. Also, the administration needs to pay for more of this please? Support it more?
 * Art Exposure Committee
 * Three experimental bands playing in saga. Listed as VIBE on spreadsheet, but otherwise OK'd. Are they just trying to get around the limit we set on their shows? Pended We are done funding VIBE shows unless you come in and ask for an exception. Only one of the organizers is a signer for Art Exposure Committee.
 * DMC
 * Renting Amherst Cinema twice to screen a movie twice. This is actually a trip. They're renting the theater because the theater said selling a certain quantity of tickets is basically renting the theater. This is 3 days from now. It has to go through Gretchen so it would be. Which sucks. Hopefully Byron can pay for it? Or we could reimburse the Cultural Center if they fronted (but the Cultural Center has a very tiny budget). Getting them to come to campus would be way too expensive to cover out of the SAF.
 * FundCom
 * Luncheon to recruit new members. Pended ERF Approval, hearing back from the area coordinators.
 * Trips
 * DMC
 * This will work if Gretchen approves it. Pended Pending Risk Assessment
 * Equipment
 * Art Exposure Committee
 * Silk screening kit for a "student art event" where participants learn to operate a silk screen and design an image to silk screen. Would be stored in art bart. Is this actually an event, and not equipment? If it is an event, it's not on the spreadsheet. When is it? Where? Denied Please resubmit as an event.
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * First Scholars - Approved $500

Monday, October 26th, 2015
Attendance: Toni, Mike, Synk, Shelley Absent: Guests: Lucas Ospina. Gustavo Pina, Mika Gonzalez, Joseph Dromboski, Camila Neira, Max Carter

Non ZoHo Things

Shelley needs to fix the pending view so it shows food and other.

Lump sum budgets:

How do we decide how much is reasonable? How much have you been spending consistently. We should just have an application with certain information and what the cost for each is for each thing you want to spend money on. We give them the rules. They submit to us every month onto a spreadsheet that says how much they're spent so far.

Budgets are only for groups who know what they want, and if they aren't so sure then they just keep using rolling funding.

What are groups we expect would get budgets?: Sport Co-Op, Frisbee, JSU, Omen, VIBE,

Do we not know how much is in the SAF at the beginning of a semester? When do we how much is in the SAF? We know in August. We then know how much money have by the time we're considering budgets.

There are certain things in Spring we usually always fund: ASK, QueerConf, Latino Leadership Conference, Spring Jam.

It doesn't seem like anything complicates budgets. Only a few groups, which are consistently consistent and responsible, would ask for budgets, at the beginning of a semester, based on a group's history and what we're expecting coming up.

We can keep talking about this on Wednesday if we want.

We'll get to other things on on Wednesday.

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Grant's Event
 * "Denied" on spreadsheet (CLA can deny events now? For reasons besides risk assessment?). CLA cannot deny events, by the constitution of the college. But, we want to deny this anyway. Denied But only beccause we're doing that.
 * Raíces
 * It says "event not approved due to waivers" on the spreadsheet, again, who is CLA to "deny" events? CLA cannot deny this. We will keep this pended until they fill out waivers. Still Pended
 * D.I.G
 * It says "No ERF/Adastra request, approval held" on the spreadsheet. CLA requested we hold this until Wednesday because it needs a big space, we are choosing to honor that request. Still Pended
 * Film Society
 * Lucas Ospina is here. The part about watching Div 3s was proposed but wasn't definitely a part of it. If the event is just Barbara Hammer screening her own films and having a discussion it's OK. It's not on the spreadsheet. Still Pended Talk to CLA
 * Silicone Frogs
 * Approved on spreadsheet. Approved $120
 * Animal Rights
 * There are two copies on the spreadsheet? One says approved another says held for waivers? They revised their expected attendance to 50, and adjusted ammount. Still Pended Get waivers.
 * QIPOC
 * Nothing changed on spreadsheet.
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * ISN
 * Panel of undocuented perspectives. This is slightly ($200) over the honorarium cap. We're making an exception. Not on spreadsheet. Pended Talk to CLA and then we'll fund it.
 * First Scholars
 * Speaker series of first gen staff and faculty telling their stories. Not on spreadsheet. This is in a living room. Funding approved, 2 in favor, 1 abstain. Approved $150
 * Edu.Kink?
 * Discussion on role playing. It doesn't look like they're asking for any money? Not on spreadsheet. It's in the CFF though. Denied No money requested.
 * Tabling in SAGA, does this need to be on the spreadsheet? They want candy and posters. Approved $30, also re-categorized as misc
 * Excalibur
 * Deathfest. CLA says event pending approval due to lack of waivers. Pended Go get the waivers
 * Contra Dance Collective
 * Contra Dance in Red Barn. Approved on spreadsheet. Unclear how to update spreadsheet as line item is for every contra dance at once. 2 yes, 1 no Approved $1100
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * DMC
 * Chart paper/Easle things. Approved $50
 * Publications
 * GRN
 * Posters Approved $10 (cuz you can't request less than $10)
 * The Omen
 * Color issue Approved $860
 * Misc
 * Contra Dance Collective
 * Subsidies for students to attend contra dances in Amherst. Approved $200
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
Attendance: Toni, Mike, Shelley Absent: Synk Guests: N/A?

Non ZoHo Things:

Join FundCom. we need to recruit. If you're someone reading these minutes, join FundCom!!

Hoodies! We want a black hoodie this year. Let's send out an email on November 9th asking for submissions for hoodie designs.

Ideas from Gretchen to discuss:

Do we want to formalize exceptions for identity groups? If we formalize it some students might try to go through identity groups just for the higher cap. Informally making exceptions for identity groups seems to be working fine.

Do we want to put further policies on who joins FundCom/how we recruit, or make some policy about being unbiased? We have a hard enough time getting new members. People who do join don't really seem to be too biased.

Do we want to change how Not A Student Group works / get rid of it? From the FundCom end of things, there's no problem with it. CLA can change policies for them on their end if they want.

ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Grant's Event
 * Yellow on spreadsheet
 * Anastatia's Event
 * Sarah Jane Young isn't in the directory because they're on field study. As long as they aren't paying for a private event and make most of the visit from Noel'le open to all students, whether or not they're an art student, then it's fine. Approved $500
 * Raíces
 * Not approved on spreadsheet, can't get money because they need waivers Still Pended
 * Buddhist Student Group
 * Paperwork wasn't completed on time, and since the event is on friday, it cannot funded through us. Denied
 * Climate Justice Leage
 * OK'd on Spreadsheet Approved $1085
 * Amy Oestreicher
 * Student confirmed that this is a Div 2 project, the SAF does not fund Div 2 projects. Denied
 * The Cutest Little Freaks in the Universe
 * OK'd on Spreadsheet Approved $500
 * Xavier's Event
 * OK'd on Spreadsheet Approved $200
 * DIG
 * Not approved on spreadsheet, can't get money because they need waivers Still Pended
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * Film Society
 * Barbara Hammer critiqueing Div 3 films. Pended We do not fund academic projects, this appears to be initiated by a faculty member. This should be funded by HACU if this is the case.
 * Silicone Frogs
 * Smash Tournament. Not on spreadsheet Pended Needs CLA Approval
 * Animal Rights
 * Approved on spreadsheet. $640 is too much for 80 people (should be 400) and the Prescott Tavern can only hold 50 people. Pended Please find a larger space.
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Climber's Coalition Approved $400
 * Junoon Approved $560 (adjusted)
 * FISH Approved $480 (adjusted)

Monday, October 19th, 2015
Attendance: Toni, Mike, Shelley, Synk Absent: Sasha Guests: Tony Santacruz, Chiara Forrester, Karina Rosenstein, Yesenia

Non ZoHo Things: Students from the community came and expressed dissatisfaction that the FundCom Office Assistant's salary comes out of the SAF.

We want to renew Zoho subscription to help with transitioning to a new system.

Karina Rosenstein is here from the Creativity Center to invite us to come to meetings and talk to the APL Renovations people about their renovations. Probably Thursdays at 3pm but that doesn't work very well. And give feedback.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOODIES SOON!!! ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Grant event
 * Unresponsive to CLA contact.
 * Anastatia Spicer
 * We got an email back. It did not address any of our concerns, such as that Sarah Jane Young is not in the directory and that, given studio visits, this seems like an academic event which should be funded by HACU or IA and not us. Events can't be for Div 3 artists.
 * Raíces
 * Yesenia is here. The presenter's name is La Loba Loca. LA-based queer indigineous holistic healer and leads workshops. Honorarium includes travel from LA. Part of the honorarium was actually costs for materials. Still Pended - CLA approval needed
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Sports Co-Op
 * Chiara is here from sports co-op to talk about the budget. There had been discussion of changing to annual budgets, but funding is needed sooner. Note: put sports co-op exception back into guidelines at next revision. 1 in favor, 2 abstain, 0 against, Director breaks tie: Yes. Approved - $20,812.25
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * Buddhist Student Group
 * Kirtan observance. Group is fully trained. Merrill Living Room cannot hold the expected 40 people. Also, is the food too expensive? Not in *The Spreadsheet.* We got an email from Gretchen saying it really can't be approved. Pended - Talk to CLA about finding a larger space or be completely organized by Spiritual Life directly.
 * Climate Justice League
 * Screening of Alex Leff's feature documentary. JLash is supposedly attending along with 250 people. Screening followed by panelist of three speakers from Arise, Climate Action Now, and No Fracked Gas in Mass. Alex Leff is a Div 3 student and one of the organizers. Pended - *Not Appoved In The Spreadsheet, Talk to CLA*
 * Not a Student Group
 * Amy Oestreicher resubmitted with two other student organizers and a clarification that this is a wellness center event. Student has own website about the performance, which apparently is something they tour around to various colleges and get paid to do. Why are we being charged to use the recital hall? We have conflicting information on whether this is a Div 2 related event. Pended - This still is academic? You shouldn't have to rent a campus space?
 * Cutest Little Freaks in the Universe
 * Haunted House on Hampshire Halloween. Sounds cool. Makeup would be stored in CLA. CLA is fine with it happening on Halloween. We can't approve cuz CLA needs to approve on the spreadsheet. Pended - CLA approval needed
 * Not a Student Group
 * SNL Screening Pended - *Not In The Spreadsheet* Talk to CLA
 * D.I.G
 * Second Annual Indigenous Resistance Event: Panel discussion with UMass Prof. Sonya Atalya and UOKlahoma Prof. Ashley McMcray. This sounds perfectly good. Pended - Needs CLA Approval.
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Circus Folk
 * Aux Cable, Denied - Duplicate Request
 * A book. Approved - $25
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Raíces
 * Sending a cheap <$1 piece of chocolate to every self-identified Hispanic student on campus. Approved - $158
 * EPEC
 * Semesterly budget. Artist visits is a budget for a grop. Glass blowing EPEC always gets tools and supplies this way. Gases is also glass blowing. "Online resources" is buying Webinars for Glass. Yarn spinning wants yarn spinning supplies. Approved - $4373
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Design Conspiracy - Approved $348
 * Shake & Bake - Approved $192
 * Health Professions Club - Approved $240

Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
Attendance: Toni, Mike, Synk, Shelley Absent: Sasha Guests: Lena Abraham

Non ZoHo Things ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Circus - Approved - $811 - Event has been cleared with CLA
 * Not a student group (Mia Seiva) - Denied - Event was cancelled by organizer
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * QCA
 * Approved - $300
 * Not a Student Group (Anastatia Spicer)
 * Pended - Sarah Jane Young does not appear to be a current student, this event appears to be organized by HACU as the speaker is being asked to visit Div III's studios.
 * The LilithVIBES Mini-Ladyfest
 * This is a big event in the RRH. Approved - $1100
 * VIBE
 * Experimental bands Approved - $500, We are considering this the cap of VIBE's budget. You will have to appeal for more concerts.
 * Hamp History
 * Haunted tour of campus. No ERF is needed as it's outside. Money is for props. Approved - $300, please save the props for next year somewhere.
 * Raíces
 * It looks like the description got cut off somewhere. It doesn't say who/how many presenters there are. Pended - Please send us more information. Sorry.
 * Duplicate request Denied
 * Not A Student Group (Amy Oestreicher)
 * Jordan Perry and Larry Berger are not students. This appears to be part of an academic project. Denied The SAF cannot be used for academmic projects, and all student events must have 3 student organizers.
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Cutest Little Freaks
 * We have to round up to $10 - Approved $10
 * The Yurt
 * Yurt is making a magazine. - Approved $115
 * Misc
 * Sports Co-Op
 * Semesterly Budget - Pended Please come in to talk to us
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * MOCA - Approved - $500
 * James Baldwin - Approved - $544
 * Cutest Little Freaks - Approved - $192
 * DIG - Approved - $168
 * GRN - Approved - $240
 * Wool People - Approved - $240
 * QCA - Approved - $300
 * Sexperts - Approved - $400
 * Edu.Kink (Conditional) - Approved - $200, 2 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain.

Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
Attendance: Toni, Mike, Synk, Shelley Absent: Sasha Guests: Sophie Facher-Yarin

Non ZoHo Things: ZoHo & Funding
 * A lot of confusion and frustration about speadsheets.
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Film Society
 * CLA has non-yellowed it on the spreadsheet??? - Approved - $391
 * RRHousekeepers
 * The event has to be approved today for it to happen. Since the Roos-Rohde House is controlled by students, we don't think we should wait for CLA approval even when it would cause an event to get postponed. Approved - $300 2 in favor, 1 abstain.
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * Film Society
 * Additional money for Emulsion Workshop for a hotel room for the presenter - Approved $100
 * Red Scare
 * Additional food funding for bi-annual home tournament due to more teams coming than expected - Approved $99.00
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * The Yurt
 * Yurt Magazine,
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * HampMUN Approved - $300
 * ASL Collective Approved - $400
 * Unitarian Universalists Approved - $420

Monday, October 5th, 2015
Attendance: Toni, Sasha, Shelley, Mike

Absent: Kwasi, Synk, Gabby

Guests: Mia Pan, Gabe Shapiro, Lena Abraham, Nicole Hohenstein, Alexa Wolf, Kate Bakkala

Non ZoHo Things: Because of a belated start endtime is 6:45 instead of 6:30 ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * VIBE
 * Signer is here. Unsure about what pended for CLA approval means. Approved - $800 - CLA approval was obtained
 * EMTs
 * EMT Bootcamp. There are 20 EMTs. Attendance was estimated at 50. There are 6-7 mock scenes with 3 volunteer actor-patients each who are also being fed. There are also makeup artists who are being fed. Three alumni come who are fed. The total attendance does come out to 50. Approved - $250 - Concerns about attendance were addressed
 * Not a student group
 * Still pended because needs CLA approval
 * Film Society
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Special Semesterly Food
 * Misc
 * Equestrian Team
 * New ballot exceeds the amount needed. Approved - $9,450
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * Hampshire Halloween
 * The votes are in. 385 votes, 40 Nos, capping the halloween budget at $23,250. Barricade has been cut. Music budget has been cut to $1630. Security quote is still not in from Ray LeBar, but it should hopefully be cheaper. Ray LeBar says not all the EMTs need to be working but the EMTs are still insisting they all work. But if that might also get the budget under $23,250. Gretchen proposed not considering the security costs as part of the budget that was voted on. Halloween Committee managed to get it cut down to ~$28k. We want to be able to approve the full budget even though it goes over the ballot cap, but it feels sketchy to suddenly change the rules. Revenue from tickets could offset the cap.
 * Proposal to consider security costs as separate from budget Passed 2 in favor, 1 abstain.  - $12,000 (This is money that would be spent on the 7th anyway if the Halloween budget wasn't approved. We expect not all of this will be spent because it will be a safer event)
 * Budget Proper: Approved 3 in favor. - $20,000 (We're budgeting over to accommodate unexpected costs, and we are expecting money to come back so $20k isn't the full loss in the end)
 * An EMT is here about the EMTs wanting to work all together. There was a misunderstanding. Volunteers would still be volunteers. Paid EMTs would all be paid. The budget from last year was because the EMTs were promised 2x Minimum Wage but only were paid minimum wage and the DSO ended up filling the difference. A contract was made with Gretchen for how it would be handled in the future. EMTs still aren't sure leaving only 4 experienced EMTs is a good idea since they still don't know what the call volume will be. EMTs are OK with the idea of not working at all if Halloween Committee thinks they don't need them.
 * Raíces
 * Alicia Anabel presentation & documentary screening. The honoramium cap is all-inclusive $1000, but they want $2150 as the honorarium. Approved - $2370 2 in favor 1 abstain
 * RRHousekeepers
 * Door-Opening Celebration Pended - Needs CLA Approval
 * Circus
 * Three workshops on handstands and flexibility. It's not in the CLA trackers. - Pended Needs CLA Approval
 * Film Society
 * Additional funds for hotel room for speaker from previously approved event. Pended Still needs CLA approval
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Circus
 * AUX cable for music Approved - $10 (we're not allowed to give you less than $10)
 * Wool People
 * Yarn Approved - $23
 * Publications
 * Misc
 * Salsa & Tango Club
 * Money for an instructor Approved - $1680 (Money can't go to a student)
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Hampster Wheels Approved - $168
 * Raíces Approved - $300
 * Raíces Denied - Duplicate request, incorrect money per person ratio. (don't worry, your other request gets you more money anyway)
 * SISTERS Approved - $500
 * FundCom Approved - $144
 * Wool People Approved - $240
 * Mixed Nuts Approved - $480
 * Rehamping Approved - $200
 * UMOJA Approved - $400

Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
Attendance: Toni, Shelley, Sasha Conley, John Synk, Mike Absent: Guests: Mia Pan, Gabe Shapiro, Victor, Sekai, Connor

Non ZoHo Things ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Events
 * Not A Student Group
 * Noisy Techno/Dance Concert is now $1212 with all included costs. This is only $38 cheaper than we thought it was originally. Declined - Too expensive for a concert in saga on a sunday night which is very noisy. There's not enough time to advertise.
 * Trips
 * Anime Club Trip Approved - $2552
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Special Semesterly Food
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * Submitted Requests
 * Events
 * Ad-Hod Hampshire Halloween Joint-Planning Committee
 * Hampshire Halloween
 * Budget is not finalized, the ballot closes on the 4th and then we'll know how many votes they got. Mia, Sekai, & Gabe are here to explain what they have of the budget so far. The ballot has been getting about 100 votes a day. 330 votes so far. 15-20%ish have been no, estimated. The amount the EMTs want was underestimated. Current draft of budget is $31,263.00. 626 net positive is needed. There's been some problems with getting the ballot into the daily digest every day. The ad-hoc committee says they are being overwhelmed by additonal figures being given to them by CLA about non-negotiable costs which aren't clear as to why they are non-negotiable. They're anxious about being able to cut down the budget if they don't get enough votes. They're choosing bands tonight. Committee says the EMTs told them either all the EMTs work or none of the EMTs work, which makes it more expensive even though there are less people. Committee is confused about funding the EMTs, even though that's technically a violation of guidelines to pay students EMTs, but that's historically always been an exception. Committee is still trying to make revenue from guest tickets.
 * Film Society
 * Handmade Emulsion 16mm Workshop.
 * It's unlikely there would be leftover materials. If there are leftovers, we just want them to keep them for the future. Approved - $391
 * EMT Training
 * We're unsure of if the attendance and costs are accurate Pended
 * ??? Mystery group Account #2204420?
 * Not a student group without 3 organizers and they need to talk to CLA Pended
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Roos-Rohde Housekeepers
 * Clicker counters, felt protector, VPFPs Approved - $39.37
 * Publications
 * We don't know when to consider the color issue? Let us know!
 * Misc
 * Fund Transfers
 * Meeting Food
 * The Omen Approved - $480
 * Film Society Approved - $480 ($4/person at 30+ people)
 * Animal Rights Approved - $240
 * Ping Pong Club Approved - $300
 * Silicone Frogs Approved - $132 (btw you can get more than this because of low attendance)
 * Francophones Approved - $480 ($4/person at $30+ people)
 * EMTs Approved - $500
 * Francophones Approved - $480 ($4/person at $30+ people)
 * EMTs Approved - $500

Monday, September 28, 2015
Attendance: Toni Stone, John Synk, Shelley Rosen, Mike Merzel Absent: Gabby Garcia, Kwazi Brooks Guests: Sasha Conley, Charisse DelVechhio, Kate Bakkala, Alexa Wolf, Dylan Welch, Eleni Makkas, Lena Abraham, Deja Carr, Victor Gray

Non ZoHo Things ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Trips
 * Red Scare x2
 * Approved - $1645 (1400 + 245)
 * Equipment
 * Climber's Coalition
 * Dylan from Climber's Coalition clarified that the request for climbing shoes are in a special box only for Climber's Coalition members and are not general RCC equipment. - Approved - $1,140 - 2 in favor 1 opposed.
 * Publications
 * Meeting Food
 * Special Semesterly Food
 * Fund Transfers
 * Events
 * VIBE
 * VIBE has filed to be "Conditional Status Group" so they're filing through Not A Student Group. FundCom explained our concerns that the shows were too close together, too expensive, and that VIBE wasn't a student group anymore. VIBE says they are more organized now, and it isn't all the same organizers on the shows during the same week. That the days the shows are on are the only times those bands could do. VIBE clarified that they haven't promised bands money before they get approved. VIBE wants to do 7 shows this semester. VIBE will send Toni a budget they have for themselves. Some events are going to be co-hosted, such as ladyfest, which will be co-hosted with the Lillith. - Approved - $1,050
 * We want Eli to get their noise show cheaper. - Still Pended
 * Red Scare
 * Approved - $400
 * The Reader
 * Approved - $500 (No SAF Money can go to alcohol so we gave less money)
 * Misc
 * Equestrian Team
 * Three members of the Equestrian Team are here to show us the votes on the ballot for their request. Some members and community members were concerned that the ballot did not say how much money students were voting on allocating, which it should have. However, we were also unsure of if a second attempt at the ballot would be feasible because people would think they had already voted, and would be confused as to why they're being asked to vote again. There were also concerns that they had been tabeling in saga, so people voting were being looked at and could be biased. They only need 29 votes for the amount they asked for, so we decided that they need to do another ballot, since that should be feasible. Still Pended
 * The Yurt
 * Website Redesign Approved - $150 - 2 yes, 1 nay, 1 abstain
 * Submitted Requests
 * Trips
 * Anime Club
 * Trip to Another Anime Convention - Pended - Pending CLA Approval
 * Equipment
 * The Yurt
 * Grill for BBQ - Denied - Duplicate Request
 * Publications
 * Meeting Food
 * Climate Justice League
 * Approved - $520
 * FISH
 * Approved - $600
 * Junoon
 * Approved - $700 (Please do a headcount before the next request)
 * Cutest Little Fresks
 * Approved - $192
 * CYL
 * Approved - $500
 * First Scholars
 * Approved - $500
 * Roos-Rohde Housekeepers
 * Approved - $240
 * DMC
 * Approved - $500
 * Design Conspiracy
 * Approved - $348
 * Anime Club
 * Approved - $600
 * The Yurt
 * Approved - $200
 * Fund Transfers
 * Events
 * VIBE
 * Three bands and a Hampshire band in RRH. Pended -- Pending Space & Contract Confirmation
 * The Yurt
 * Community BBQ - Approved - $413
 * R&B Concert and the expenses to record the concert - Pended - Pending CLA Assessment
 * Misc
 * Equestrian Team
 * Showing fee for IHSA - Approved - $250

Monday, September 21, 2015
Attendance:Toni Stone, Shelley Rosen, Mike Merzel (via internet) Absent: John Synk, Gabby Garcia, Kwasi Brooks Guests: Eli Shurberg

Non ZoHo Things ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Meeting Food
 * Special Semesterly Food
 * Fund Transfers
 * Events
 * Misc
 * Submitted Requests
 * Trips
 * Red Scare
 * Trips to Wesleyan & McGill for tournaments - Pended - Grop does not have 3 signers who have attended signer seminar at this time
 * Designe Conspiracy
 * Makerfaire trip - Denied - Was not requested in time
 * Design Conspiracy
 * New England Builders Ball - Approved - $37.20
 * Equipment
 * Climber's Coalition
 * They want 20 pairs of $57 climbing shoes to store in the RCC - Denied - OPRA should pay for this. (tho we aren't totally against it if it's really necessary)
 * Publications
 * The Omen
 * Semester's B/W Budget - Approved - $1280, we'll talk about color later (when we have more people)
 * The Lilith
 * Manuals for how to make issues - Approved - $132, on the stipulation that these manuals must be kept somewhere and passed down to future generations as long as possible.
 * Meeting Food
 * All is A-Okay
 * Special Semesterly Food
 * Fund Transfers
 * Events
 * Red Scare
 * Bi-Annual Home Tournament - Pended - Does not have 3 signers who attended signer seminar at this time.
 * The Reader
 * The Reader wants to host three feminist poets for a reading, and wants to pay for a bartender to serve alcohol. - Pended - Does not have 3 signers who have attended signer seminar at this time
 * "VIBE" (not a student group)
 * Denied - Duplicate request as The Reader
 * "VIBE"(not a student group)
 * Whip Appeal and Lucy concert - Approved - $200
 * "VIBE" (not a student group)
 * Denied - Duplicate Request
 * "Not A Student Group" (VIBE)
 * Very expensive concert on October 4th. Pended - We don't feel comofrtable voting on something so expensive with so few members here.
 * "VIBE" (not a student group) x2
 * There were 2 more concerts requested by VIBE, altogether would be $1150, in addition to the $600 we've already given them for their other events. The 2 concerts are on the same weekend and within 7 days of the Whip Appeal concert we already approved. Pended - We ask that they come in and talk to us about this. We don't think it's doable to organize 3 shows in 7 days.
 * Relaxation Club
 * It's their semesterly training to learn how to give massages safely and goodly. - Approved - $350
 * Silicon Frogs
 * They want food for their game - Approved - $50
 * Imigrant Solidarity Network
 * Denied - Event was canceled by organizers
 * Not A Student Group
 * Noise Rock Concert on October 1st - Approved - $500
 * Misc
 * The Yurt
 * They want money to build a "more versatile platform" - Pended - This is too vague, we want them to come in and explain what's wrong with the current website.
 * Equestrian Team
 * Various stuff - Pended - Must come talk to us

Monday, September 21, 2015
Attendance:Toni Stone, Shelley Rosen, John Synk Absent: Mike Merzel, Gabby Garcia, Kwasi Brooks Guests: Mike D'Aquila, Jake Lichter, Bea Corfman, Sasha Conley

Non ZoHo Things No quorum was reached, so we couldn't do anything on ZoHo. We talked with a student from VIBE about their unrecognized status and budgeting their shows for the semester. We discussed how it's hard to say what is and isn't a VIBE-sponsored show because of their unrecognized status. We discussed a trip proposed by the Design Conspiracy which was too soon to be able to fund in time. We discussed another trip from the Design Conspiracy which possibly could be funded but it would be close and we can't make any promises because we don't have quorum. We also discussed funding the propane tank for the Blacksmith's Guild through the Design Conspiracy even though Blacksmith's lost recognition. The propane tank is exclusive to student group use, not for use by classes. We said we could probably do that once we're able to fund. The Editrix of the Omen showed us copies of a proposed F15 budget, and we decided we would talk with the CLA about being able to give the Omen a lump budget. We discussed possibly having a special meeting this week in order to get funding on a roll sooner. It would be difficult because Tueday Night through Wednesday Night is Yom Kippur. ZoHo & Funding
 * Pending Requests
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Meeting Food
 * Special Semesterly Food
 * Fund Transfers
 * Events
 * Misc
 * Submitted Requests
 * Trips
 * Equipment
 * Publications
 * Meeting Food
 * Special Semesterly Food
 * Fund Transfers
 * Events
 * Misc