Minutes for BC Meeting 4/18/16

In Attendance:

Aditi Krishnamurthy (treasurer)

Pierre-Alexander Low

Manny Morales

George Ward

Aditi Krishnamurthy

Keshav Pant

Mohamed Ramy

Jacob Silverman

Vivian Yee (minutetaker)

1. South East Asian Student Association

Publicity for their movie night
Motion to fund – 4,0,0

2. SOS Branch

Motion to zero tropical lights – 5,0,0

3. KDSAP

Dunk tank advertisement?
Have not funded this type of advertisement for other groups before
Aditi – only fund 50 for intro food and 15 for publicity for intro meetings
Pierre – said that this is going to be publicity for his group
Keshav – if this is separate from the kidney screening, then makes no sense to fund. Would make more sense if were together
Motion to zero – 5,0,0

4. Resurrect

Can’t move event to the 6th, so has to be zeroed
Motion to zero – 5,0,0

5. 301 Branch

George – should make the group pick 2 of the 3 items they are going to sue the money to make
Pierre – can prioritize what they will buy w the money allocated
Motion to zero water guns – 5,0,0

6. Will (music)

Pierre brought in 2 students interested in music studio equip/w some knowledge about recording and production
They think that some items are overpriced
Jacob – think that we need this caliber type equipment
Do not need THIS good quality, but do need better equipment
Diminishing return for these equipment
Manny – can provide studio w an upgrade for a lower cost?
2 people are on board of newly created Amherst Band association
Say that they have a diff proposal w some overlap
Could be spending less money for same amount of equipment or could be spending same amount for money to benefit both recording and live aspect of recording
Many items on the list from before unnecessarily high cost
Keshav – based on what they know, do they think there will be a demand for this type of quality?
No
Jacob – did say that they quality is very high so will last for years and cost will amortize over the years
Pierre – how many people would you estimate would use this?
Would say there are no more than 20-30 people who are qualified to use the recording room and probably less than 10 people who use the room regularly
They’re pushing for something that is similar to the D-Vault room
Not allowed people to remove materials from D-Vault room, so no equipment for Amherst students to use for performances unless associated to music dept possibly
Would like to have a regulated system w equipment available to be borrowed by students
Keshav – would be good to help improve the music production/recording room, but should not fund this this sem. Should not be a conversation for this sem only. Could do a straw poll on campus, etc.
Manny – should invest in the interest of the students to get this type of equipment, especially considering the amount of money we give to Art Steele for rentals
Motion to zero – 5,0,0