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Funding Guidelines for Wittenberg Student Senate Organizations

This document shall be handed out along with the Philosophy of Funding of the Wittenberg University Student Senate to all student organizations.

  1. Obtaining Funds From Student Senate

 

New Club Recognition and Funding—

All student organizations must be “recognized” by Student Senate.  For official recognition protocol, see Student Senate Organizational registration Guidelines.  Recognition of an organization does not guarantee funding.  In order to receive funding, student organizations must adhere to the funding guidelines set forth below.

Funding Process for Recognized Organizations—

  1. All recognized organizations must attend Treasurer’s Workshop in the fall semester or half of their fall allocation shall be revoked.
  2. The Treasurer of Student Senate shall notify each student organization four weeks before the scheduled date that budget hearings begin.  This notification shall include a copy of the Funding Guidelines and Philosophy of Funding as well as a budgeting time-line for the remainder of the year.
  3. The Treasurer of Student Senate will assign student organizations a time for a Finance Committee Budget hearing annually.
  4. At the end of the fall semester, the funds not spent that were allocated for fall expenses as well as programming, will roll back to the Student Senate general activities fund.
  5. Organizations must be represented by an executive officer (however representation by both the President and the Treasurer is preferred) at the Finance Committee budget hearing.  The organization must explain their budget for the semester at this time.
  6. Organizations that fail to adhere to this process will not be considered for Senate funding during the budget allocation process and must petition the Senate Finance Committee at a later date.
  7. At the completion of the budget hearings, the Finance Committee will submit a proposal for funding to Student Senate on behalf of the organization.  Student Senate will review this proposal and make any changed deemed necessary.  The Treasurer of Student Senate will then send copies of the approved budget through campus mail or email to the organization’s President or Treasurer.

 

  1. Budget Request for Committee Hearings

Organizations must present the following information to the Treasurer of Student Senate and Finance Committee during their scheduled budget hearing.

    1. Two copies of a list of the club’s current officers.
    2. Sixteen Copies of the proposed budget request—this should be structured according to a line item format (see sample budget below).  If the organization received funding during the preceding year for a similar purpose, the amount received should appear next to the current request.  Furthermore, all anticipated organizational revenue must be subtracted from the total annual request.
    3. Two copies of the organizational constitution and mission statement.

 

 

Sample Budget Request

WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB

 

Fall Semester 2008

 

Speaker (Ian Smith)

 

 

 

 

 

Fee      

 

 

500.00

 

Advertisement

 

 

100.00

 

Security

 

 

30.00

 

Hotel

 

 

200.00

 

 

Speaker Total:

 

830.00

Memberships

 

 

 

 

 

Council for Equestrian Studies

 

 

1,100.00

 

Windy Knoll Polo Club

 

 

800.00

 

 

Memberships Total:

 

1900.00

Misc. Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

Office Supplies

 

 

30.00

 

T-shirts

 

 

400.00

Estimated Income

 

 

 

 

 

Ticket Sales

 

 

100.00

 

 

Income Total:

 

100.00

TOTAL FALL EXPENSES

 

 

 

2,830.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Semester 2009

 

Competitions

 

 

 

 

 

Regional Tournament

 

 

150.00

 

National Tournament

 

 

475.00

 

 

Competitions Total:

 

625.00

TOTAL SPRING EXPENSES

 

 

 

625.00

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL BUDGET REQUEST

2008-2009

 

 

3,455.00

 

 

  1. The Budget Format

 

Wittenberg University Student Senate, in an effort to ensure consistency in funding decisions, requires specific, denotation of all budget requests.  Therefore, an event such as a speaker must be listed according to the various expenses associated with the event.  For instance, while the budget heading is speaker, actual expenses must be attached to a specific item such as fee, security, advertisement, or transportation.  Furthermore, all estimated income must be attached to a specific item such as fee, security or transportation.  All estimated income must be subtracted from the organization’s total budget request.
            Often, an organization’s approved budget exceeds the actual expenditures for that budget semester.  This excess money “rolls over” into Student Senate’s general budget and will be available to reallocate the following semester.  Organizations may not, under any circumstances, retain excess funds from the previous semester unless they have rolling accounts.  Rolling accounts may be established by making a written request to the Student Senate Treasurer.  Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis with the Senate Finance Committee bringing recommendations to the Student Senate for approval.  Organizations that violate the funding guidelines set forth in this section may be subject to the penalties described in the Philosophy of Funding of the Wittenberg University Student Senate.  Further penalties may be imposed at the discretion of Student Senate.

 

  1. Appealing Student Senate Funding Decision

Any problems with funding can be brought to Senate’s attention.  A new budget can be proposed, and additional monies may be allocated.

  1. Reclaiming Organizational Funds from Defunct Organizations

 

Organizations that have become defunct due to absence of membership or lack of organization may have their budgets for the current year reclaimed through the following procedure:

 



 
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