Minutes for BC Meeting 10/14/15

Minutes for BC Meeting 10/14/15

In Attendance:

Paul Gramieri (treasurer)

Pierre-Alexander Lowe

Manny Morales

Tess Frenzel

George Ward

Aditi Krishnamurthy

Mohamed Ramy

Vivian Yee (minutetaker)

1. Quiz Bowl

• Tournament on 24th – sending 2 teams of 3-4 people
• 120 per team
• Manny – if you have idea of how many tournaments, can request in club budgets in the future
• Motion to fund – 5,0,0

2. Film Society

• Blu-ray player requested before
• Manny & Tess & Aditi – decided that should have Keefe fund this
• Cant use the keefe theater for this since it would constitute a public showing and would need a licensing fee
• Pierre – said that this would be for more niche showings (foreign movies, etc), so would be different
• Where they’re showing them right now wouldn’t constitute a public showing
• Motion to table until can explain further – 5,0,0

3. Marsh House

• PA system went missing over the summer, and haven’t replaced it yet since have been looking for it
• Have historically lent it out to other houses, so would like to have it not only for coffee haus but others as well
• Would be using .25 of the budget right now if purchased one
• Paul – would be property of AAS if we bought, not marsh, and could possibly come from res life?
• Spoke w Paul Gallegos and said it shouldn’t be coming out of house budget, not much funds in arts project budget
• Manny – how have the other concerts happened?
• Borrowed from IT and jazz dept before, but has been a hassle and if they had one, could be another source to be lending out system
• Paul – not much sense to purchase this is if PA systems exist elsewhere, etc
• Manny – should table until talk w ACs?
• Motion to table – 5,0,0

4. Electronics

• Need materials for a project – basically a robot that can draw things
• Will be good for the club and can also contribute to the community
• Paul – could talk to the CCE since it would ‘engage the Amherst community’ since they have a fund for things like this
• Motion to table – 5,0,0

5. Arting Club

• Got funding for AC After Dark for some of it, but they have limited funding since they are funding other events during family weekend
• Sheeting is for the floor of Keefe so that the floor wont get ruined (event is happening there)
• AC After Dark is mainly funding the tote bags
• Need materials
• Motion to fund – 5,0,0

6. Globe Med

• Buy a food from the community and give it to the students – a food for the sutdents during finals etc
• Used to get funding from CAB, but since now that they are accepting donations, etc they are no longer funding them (against their policies)
• Paul & Aditi – this is a giveaway so wouldn’t be able to fund this
• Pierre – integral to the event?
• Paul – where is this happening?
• Not sure if they were getting the funding, so have not set anything up yet
• Manny – what is CABs new funding policy then?
• Not allowed to fund anything where money changes hands
• Can fund items where the item purchased wasn’t pertinent to the money being exchanged
• Aditi – historically has the group made a profit from this?
• Usually they break about even, but must make a profit since the money would go towards donations
• Usually have between 3-4 a semester - $360 would cover all of these
• Can’t fund since this is a giveaway
• Paul – could try presidents office or dean aronson?
• Could get 50 since the food is integral if necessary or get outside funding for rest of this
• Motion to zero – 5,0,0

7. Drew House

• Requesting funding to bring in DJ from NY – on hot 97
• Event already approved
• Angela yee is already coming, would be for same event
• Honorarium and hotel fee included in his fee
• All publicity and such for event have already been funded
• Manny – how much funded for event in total
• 3500 for angela yee and misc costs
• Motion to fund – 5,0,0

8. Hip Hop Club

• Need some final items for event happening this fri
• Needs to be emergency funded
• Art steele needed for ac after dark summer of 91 – happening outside
• Aditi – where is this? Originally not outside? Why outside?
• Happening on the patio of powerhouse
• Will be nice out and would be suitable to the event etc
• Originally was not going to be outside
• Hero you’re late (other band performing w summer of 91)
• Need dj fee for layer for
• Mind of soul coming this weekend and again in Nov
• Aditi – why are they coming twice? Need an opening act?
• Cheaper opening act and would make for a better event
• Have no money for mind of soul this weekend though
• Agreed to do this concert for free and the next for pay
• Lighting and extra cable for concert outside
• Paul – don’t have any art steele requested for this event…
• Need additional 600 for art steele?
• Aditi – could just do the concert inside and reduce the cost from 1000 to 600
• Paul – could reallocate art steele for Latasha to summer of 91
• Ramy – do you think there will be more people if it’s outside?
• Aditi – would be cold and probs not get as many people
• Motion to emergency fund dj and zero art steele – 5,0,0

9. La Causa

• This is for voices for the voiceless
• Need more funding since poets are staying 2 nights instead (come in fri and perform late, so leaving sun morning)
• Would be having an open mic on fri and sat afternoon would have lunch w the poets open to students and sat would have night performance that runs late usually
• May also need additional honorarium or flight money
• Motion to fund – 5,0,0

10. Project Salud

• Having a 5k on campus in 3-4 weeks and want to have items to help complete the event
• Need a net of 100 – water, donuts, ACEMS standby, publicity
• Trying to get as many runners as possible
• Ramy – why are donuts necessary for runners?
• Would be a Sunday morning thing, so would be for after run
• Already have funding for event in club budgets
• Manny – already funded 50 for poster making event, so already used 50 discussion money for poster making
• Will reallocate money from poster making to the food and water for this event
• Still need money for ACEMS standby – 1 person for about 2 hrs
• Manny – usually fund 60, so should fund this to be safe
• Motion to fund ACEMS – 5,0,0

11. Bisemester

• Event open to public
• Alumni and others come to read and present
• Having a service that has occurred for over 20 years
• Next sem will have a club budget
• Transportation would be for the rev to come speak – coming from Connecticut
• Is a religious cultural event – funding 500 for food, already spent 250 so requesting rest now
• Motion to fund – 5,0,0

12. Water Polo

• Funding for hotel for tournament at Williams
• 4 hotel rooms for 2 nights
• Can reallocate money from other request leftover
• Needs to be emergency funded so can only get 500
• Motion to fund – 5,0,0

13. Charles Drew Heath Profession Society

• Paul – club budget?
• Don’t have one
• Need 15 for publicity
• Paul – have been ordered already but have not been paid yet
• Event will be tmrrw at 7:30
• Need 20 for this event from the 50 discussion food money
• Need to emergency fund all since event is tomorrow
• Motion to emergency – 5,0,0

14. Middle Eastern Student Association (MESSA)

• Harvard Arab Conference on Nov 5-8
• 70 per ticket if emergency funded, 100 per if not
• Will have 5 people going
• This has been publicized to everyone through the email for MESSA
• Paul – should publicize and then should fund more if more people want to go
• Also need hotel rooms – some staying all 3 nights but not all
• Motion to emergency fund tickets and fund publicity –5,0,0

15. Hip Hop Club cont.

• The band hero you’re late actually needs honorarium for event this Friday
• Need 300 emergency funded
• Hero you’re late is a main act
• Dj will be djing the entire event (for all vocalists including hero you’re late and summer of 91)
• Aditi – need to have table tents, not only posters, and need to be in places that everyone can see
• Manny – similar to having one event per month policy? Having a bunch of acts in the same night?
• Tess – can’t have one act for entirety of night, not feasible
• Motion to emergency fund – 4,1,0 – 1 opposed