2008 Woodie Awards
The process of requesting funds from Senate revealed
Karim Ali
Issue date: 4/8/05 Section: Features
Are you trying to start a new club? Get more money for an existing club? Attend a conference? Need money? Ask the Community Senate.
The Community Senate gets its funds from the student activity fees - over $350,000 expected for 2005-06. Their funds exist to finance student activities and campus interests.
No, a nude tree-climbing club does not qualify! But if you do have legal activities for which you need money, you may petition Senate. However, be advised that the process is time consuming and quite tedious.
So be methodical in your formulations and show persistency. Who knows, that trip to the Bahamas may be courtesy of your local, neighborhood Community Senate.
Below I outline the basic procedure to get any proposal approved:
1. Submit your proposal to Steering
Email your proposal to senate@guilford.edu. Your proposal will get forwarded to Senate's Steering Committee, which consists of the chairs of the different committees on Senate (Academic, Budget, etc.). Once your proposal is forwarded to Steering, they will discuss it briefly in their weekly meeting. From there they will forward your proposal to appropriate committees for greater scrutiny.
Steering will go over your proposal at the next available meeting, after receiving recommendations and further insight from the committee's review. It will then make recommendations/stipulations as to how to improve your proposal.
2. Proposal is forwarded to Budget Committee
The proposal, with suggestions, is sent to the Senate Budget Committee. The Budget Committee reviews and makes recommendations based specifically on the budget allocations that you request.
They determine if your request is feasible and check the items on which you plan to spend the money. They also determine whether they have the money that you are asking for left in their budget. The Budget Committee may make suggestions, and/or cuts to your budget total.
The amended proposal, containing both the recommendations of the Budget and Steering Committees is returned to the submitter.
The Community Senate gets its funds from the student activity fees - over $350,000 expected for 2005-06. Their funds exist to finance student activities and campus interests.
No, a nude tree-climbing club does not qualify! But if you do have legal activities for which you need money, you may petition Senate. However, be advised that the process is time consuming and quite tedious.
So be methodical in your formulations and show persistency. Who knows, that trip to the Bahamas may be courtesy of your local, neighborhood Community Senate.
Below I outline the basic procedure to get any proposal approved:
1. Submit your proposal to Steering
Email your proposal to senate@guilford.edu. Your proposal will get forwarded to Senate's Steering Committee, which consists of the chairs of the different committees on Senate (Academic, Budget, etc.). Once your proposal is forwarded to Steering, they will discuss it briefly in their weekly meeting. From there they will forward your proposal to appropriate committees for greater scrutiny.
Steering will go over your proposal at the next available meeting, after receiving recommendations and further insight from the committee's review. It will then make recommendations/stipulations as to how to improve your proposal.
2. Proposal is forwarded to Budget Committee
The proposal, with suggestions, is sent to the Senate Budget Committee. The Budget Committee reviews and makes recommendations based specifically on the budget allocations that you request.
They determine if your request is feasible and check the items on which you plan to spend the money. They also determine whether they have the money that you are asking for left in their budget. The Budget Committee may make suggestions, and/or cuts to your budget total.
The amended proposal, containing both the recommendations of the Budget and Steering Committees is returned to the submitter.
