SAFAC allocation process begins
Janhavi Purohit
Issue date: 3/14/08 Section: News
The Student Activity Fee Allocations Committee held its annual information sessions for student groups looking to get funding from the organization for the academic year this past week.
An allocation is essentially a projection of expenses for a group for the following year; each student group is required to provide documentation for all expenses, according to SAFAC chair Dave Curlett, who is a senior majoring in business.
"If you say you want to have an event and plan on having food for 300 people, for example, you have to show that it's $7.99 per person, based on Sodexho, maybe. It's supposed to be your final guess," Curlett said.
To be eligible for funding, student groups are required to attend an information session, after which they are encouraged to contact their liaison, according to Curlett.
"I can't stress it enough," Curlett said. "[The liaison] will be their voice to answer any questions they have, and when we make our decisions, the liaison will be their representative to the board."
Curlett said student groups should keep their liaison up-to-date on the group's activities and expenses.
"Make sure the liaison knows what you're doing," Curlett said. "Otherwise, when the liaison comes to defend you, they're going to have no idea why they're asking for certain things."
According to Curlett, the process of allocation is different this year because, for the first time, SAFAC is allowing every group on campus, including religious and political groups, to apply for an allocation.
Though there are no real differences in the process for religious and political groups, Curlett says that it will be different than previous years.
"In the past, we didn't allow them to apply for allocation on the basis that they were restrictive in nature. We didn't want to create a situation where if your money is in the fund, it goes toward something you're not in support of," Curlett said. "This year is a different approach in that rather than restricting it for fear of people being offended, we're opening it so that everyone can express their own views."
An allocation is essentially a projection of expenses for a group for the following year; each student group is required to provide documentation for all expenses, according to SAFAC chair Dave Curlett, who is a senior majoring in business.
"If you say you want to have an event and plan on having food for 300 people, for example, you have to show that it's $7.99 per person, based on Sodexho, maybe. It's supposed to be your final guess," Curlett said.
To be eligible for funding, student groups are required to attend an information session, after which they are encouraged to contact their liaison, according to Curlett.
"I can't stress it enough," Curlett said. "[The liaison] will be their voice to answer any questions they have, and when we make our decisions, the liaison will be their representative to the board."
Curlett said student groups should keep their liaison up-to-date on the group's activities and expenses.
"Make sure the liaison knows what you're doing," Curlett said. "Otherwise, when the liaison comes to defend you, they're going to have no idea why they're asking for certain things."
According to Curlett, the process of allocation is different this year because, for the first time, SAFAC is allowing every group on campus, including religious and political groups, to apply for an allocation.
Though there are no real differences in the process for religious and political groups, Curlett says that it will be different than previous years.
"In the past, we didn't allow them to apply for allocation on the basis that they were restrictive in nature. We didn't want to create a situation where if your money is in the fund, it goes toward something you're not in support of," Curlett said. "This year is a different approach in that rather than restricting it for fear of people being offended, we're opening it so that everyone can express their own views."
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