FiCom Semester Additional Funding Requests February 2009 - Week of 23rd to 28th

= Saturday 28th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Denied,  please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: 03-08

Group and Contact Information

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

Other Expenses

 * Description: Cost for four curling uniforms. The uniforms are white polo shirts with the Hampshire College Curling Club logo on the front and the player's name on the back. Each shirt costs $19.99, plus a charge of $8.50 for standard shipping.
 * TOTAL: $ 88.46

= Friday 27th =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  for $705, please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: 03-04

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Connoisseurs of Cheesey Comestibles
 * Account No: 619
 * Contact Name: David Axel Kurtz
 * Email: dak06@hampshire.edu

Other Expenses

 * Description: The Connoisseurs of Cheesy Comestibles, or "Cheese Club," is a student group that holds weekly, public meetings. Our mission is to discover new, interesting and diverse cheeses, in an educational, enjoyable and social environment. Due to active recruiting, our club is now larger ever. We have nearly 60 students on our mailing list, and this number keeps growing. We often have 30 students in a single meeting, sometimes more. Our activities and our policies are set by the group. Our group is larger than ever. But due to economic and agricultural factors, cheese is now more expensive than ever. Last semester we spent 1800 dollars holding cheese-related activities and presentations. We still had to balance our budget very carefully. Now, in order to have the same quality of activities for our group, higher attendance and higher costs means that we will need a higher budget. We'd like to request this budget from FiCom, so that we can continue holding our meetings. The $400 we have so far will cover our non-cheese expenses for the semester. This includes bread, crackers, and other “carriers” honey, jams, and other interesting “adjuncts” drinks dishwashing liquid and sponges, to clean our reusable equipment These things will all come to around $15 per meeting. Now we just need the money to buy the cheese itself. If 30 people show up to a meeting, which is not at all uncommon, we need to have at least half an ounce of each cheese per person. This means we need to buy a pound of each cheese. Each meeting, we offer cheese from three categories. Simple cheese, used to show off adjuncts &amp; preparations More interesting, diverse and exotic types of cheese, to be appreciated alone Really exceptional. We try to have one example of this cheese per meeting. The first category of cheese is the least expensive, but we also need the most of it. It includes Mozarella, Feta, Queso Bianco, Gouda, and fresh Brie. These are usually $6.99 - $10.99 per pound. We try to get about five examples of this per meeting, coming to an average of $40. The second caterogy of cheese is more expensive. These are our main educational cheeses per meeting. Some examples include: Humboldt Bleu from California ($8.99 for a 4oz wheel) Oaxaca Queso Bianco from Mexico ($14.99 per pound) Seeded String Cheese from Armenia ($6.99 per half pound) Bleu Shropshire from England ($20.99 per pound) and various other cheeses from around the world. To make sure everyone has a taste of these cheeses, we need to buy a pound of each of them. If we buy 3-4 of these cheese, that is around $60 per meeting. Finally there is the third category of cheese. We only ever buy one of these cheeses per meeting, as they are very strong, and very expensive. These cheeses showcase incredible diversity, both of culture. They include Coronella from Piemonte, Italy, which is dusted in truffles and clove ($36.99/#) En Croute“Haystacks” from Anjou, France, which are cured in ash ($14.99/6oz) Humboldt Fog from Humboldt County, California which is dusted in fennel pollen ($12.99/4oz) Paladin Sans Peur from Burgundy, France which is wild-fermented ($19.99/10oz) ...and many others, depending on what is available. In order for everyone to get a taste of this cheese, we need to buy one pound of it per meeting. This costs us an average of $40 per meeting. Between these three sorts of cheese ($40, $60, and $40) we are asking for $140 per week to fund our group. With 13 weeks in a semester, this comes to $1820. This is $20 more than last semester. In addition to the money we have already been awarded, this will allow us to continue to function as a group throughout the semester. Therefore we request additional funding of $1820 from FiCom, so that we can keep our group alive!
 * TOTAL: $ 1820.00

= Wednesday 25th =

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: QCA
 * Account No: 549
 * Contact Name: Jess Kahn
 * Email: jesk05@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Queer Boot Camp Work Out
 * Performer: Jerome Robinson, Personal Trainer and Owner of the Daily Grind in Philadelphia
 * Description: Gyms and work out spaces are usually spaces of white heternormative hypermasculinity and hypersexuality. This boot camp style work out hosted by the QCA will provide a space to feel comfortable, have fun and still get a great work out. This 3-day boot camp will talk about challenging images of physicality within the queer community and the stigmas and pressures around our bodies as hyper sexualized, hyper masculine and hyper feminine. Although we will be working out we will also be talking about taking care of our bodies beyond working out. This weekend work out, including a 3-day boot camp style work out which we will address fitness, nutrition and health. It will be lead by Certified Personal Trainer and Owner of the Daily Grind in Philadelphia, Jerome Robinson. This event happened last semester and went over very well. However, there are still a lot of conversations left open and more learning about our bodies to be done!
 * Attendance: 810
 * Date: need - not in email mj answer: the date is either march 6th or the following week. Not positive yet

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 810
 * Advertising $: 20.00
 * Magic Board Budget $: -0-
 * Food $: 250.00
 * Sound and Light $: -0-
 * Security: $ -0-
 * Honorarium $: 4000.00
 * Miscellaneous : $ 300.00 Other costs are travel costs
 * TOTAL: 4570.00

= Monday 23rd =

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

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

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Amnesty International
 * Account No: 610
 * Contact Name: Rebecca Thomas
 * Email: rlt07@hampshire.edu

Other Expenses

 * Description: Money to be used for advertising (printing posters through Duplications)
 * TOTAL: $ 20.00

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: Greenhouse
 * Account No: 623
 * Contact Name: Tobin Porter-Brown
 * Email: tp05@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Design Meetings
 * Performer:
 * Description: These are design meetings to get the Enfield Greenhouse rebuilt. Our meeting food budget covers the food but we need funding for some materials for the meeting and to print out a few large maps of campus. There are two main design meetings, one on Feb 27 and one on March 27th.
 * Attendance: 15
 * Date: Feb 27th and March 27th

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 15
 * Advertising $: -0-
 * Magic Board Budget $: -0-
 * Food $: -0-
 * Sound and Light $: -0-
 * Security: $ -0-
 * Honorarium $: -0-
 * Miscellaneous : $ 60.00 Large format color prints and collaborative design materials such as newsprint, pens, markers, and such.
 * TOTAL: $60.00

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: Enfield Greenhouse
 * Account No: 623
 * Contact Name: Tobin Porter-Brown
 * Email: tp05@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Pruning Workshop
 * Performer: Pruning specialist: probably John Berryhill from the Smith College Arboretum
 * Description: A workshop to teach people how to prune apple trees and to prune the apple trees to the south of enfield.
 * Attendance: 20
 * Date: March 6th

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance:20
 * Advertising $: 10.00
 * Magic Board Budget $: 5.00
 * Food $: 50.00
 * Sound and Light $: -0-
 * Security: $ -0-
 * Honorarium $: 200.00
 * Miscellaneous : $ -0-
 * TOTAL: $265.00

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

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

Group and Contact Information

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

Trip Information

 * Name: 2009 National College Curling Tournament
 * Attendance: 4
 * Date: 3/13/09 -3/16/09
 * Destination: Chicago, IL
 * Description: The National College Curling Tournament is the highest level of competition for college curling. We will represent Hampshire and compete against teams representing other colleges from across the country, including Boston University, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, and Northwestern.
 * Event Upon Return: Our group will host an open house for new college curlers at the Petersham Curling Club, as well as a film screening on campus.

Trip Expenses

 * Fee per Person: $ $375.00 ($375.00 x 4 = $1500.00)
 * Gas: $ $39.17
 * Lodging: $ $474.00 The cost to reserve 2 rooms for 3 nights in the tournament hotel, the Marriott Courtyard. Each room costs $79 per night at the reduced rate for teams in the tournament. See: www.collegecurling.org
 * Other: $ $613.00
 * Description of Other: $240 to cover food expenses for the trip, allowing $5 per person for each meal. During the 4 days of the trip we will need 12 meals in total (3 meals a day). - $100 to cover the tournament entree fee ($100 per team). See: www.collegecurling.org/ - $44 to cover parking fee for four days in Long Term Lot 1 at Bradley International Airport. The fee is $11 per day. See: www.bradleyairport.com/Parking/rates.aspx - $70 to cover round-trip taxi cab expenses between the airport and hotel. Google Maps lists the hotel at 12.1 miles away from the airport, which would take approximately 20 minutes to drive. The Carriage Cab Company is a local cab business and their rate is determined as follows: $2.25 for the first passenger and $1 for each additional passenger (3 extra passengers), plus $1.80 per mile (12.1 miles) and $2 per 6 minutes (20 minutes). According to that formula, each trip should cost about $35. See: www.chicagocarriagecab.com/rates.asp - $159 to cover round trip taxi cab expenses between the Marriott Courtyard hotel and the Chicago Curling Club for the 3 days of the tournament. The curling club is 8.1 miles away from the tournament hotel, which would take approximately 16 minutes to travel. By the formula above, the cost would be about $26.50 each ride, thus $53 per day (two rides per day), and $159 during the 3 days of the tournament.
 * TOTAL: $2626.17

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  for $550, please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: Feb 25

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Community Gardens Student Group
 * Account No: 636
 * Contact Name: Graham Jeffries
 * Email: grj06@hampshire.edu

Equipment Information

 * Name: Stepping Stones and Lumber
 * Description: One pallet of Berkshire flagstone. Lumber (posts) for trellises and signposts. Wire for trellises.
 * Purpose: The stones and lumber will be used to further develop a brand-new garden which surrounds Donut 1 in the Greenwich mods. The garden is a community resource for Permaculture education and fresh foods. The garden is under the perpetual care of Woodland Steward Interns. Stepping stones will be used to create permanent access within the garden that will minimize compaction and maximize growing areas space. Lumber will be used to create sturdy trellises for vine crops and a message board that will allow interns to communicate what foods are in season to the public.
 * Storage Location: Greenwich Forest Garden

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 600.00 One pallet of Berkshire Flagstone costs $400. $150 spent on cedar posts will buy 24 7ft. posts, which will provide for all of the garden's trellis and signage needs.

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

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

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: HALA (Hampshire Animal Liberation Advocacy)
 * Account No: 694
 * Contact Name: Emily Brinkerhoff
 * Email: erb08@hampshire.edu

Meeting Information

 * Meeting Frequency: weekly
 * Number of Meeting:  10
 * Projected Attendance: 15

Meeting Expenses

 * Food per Person: $ 12.00
 * Total Food: $ 180.00 (15 X $12.00 per member - mj)
 * Advertising: $ 5.00
 * Magic Board: $10.00
 * TOTAL: $ 195.00