NOTE: The BC does not actually allocate money; it only makes recommendations for the AAS to vote on.  No award is final until voted on by the AAS at its meeting at 830 in the Red Room in Converse Hall.

1. The Amherst College Democrats requested $81 dollars for Sugar Jones Cookies to serve during their introductory meeting.  The BC’s precedent has been to fund food up to $50 for an introductory meeting.  The BC decided to fund $54 dollars to accommodate Sugar Jones’ price schedule and still  allow the Dems to hit their price ceiling.  We also added $10 to their request for mandatory publicity.  (The AAS is constitutionally required to ensure that all the events it funds are open to all students.  They thus have to know about it.  We therefore give $10 for posters and table tents from OAS in College Hall).

2. The Amherst Community Garden came for various supplies to start a garden.  Dean Haynes’ office has traditionally provided $200 for start-up clubs.  We requested that the ACG talk to Dean Haynes’ replacement, Dean Fatemi (spelling?), to request that money and come to the Senate meeting on Monday at 8:30 in the Red Room.  We also added $10 for publicity (see above).

3. The Amherst College Rowing Association (Amherst Crew) came to ask us for $4000 to pay for their van rentals.  Normally the BC would not grant such a request but Crew could not practice without the vans as their boathouse is down Route 9 almost to the Northampton.  Crew remains responsible for paying for their own gas and does a great deal of fundraising to pay for their equipment.

4. The Fencing Team requested $720 dollars for a workshop and $701.07 for 10 new masks.  We felt the $720 dollars for a four-hour workshop was somewhat steep but the Fencing Team said that this would be the only such event they would be having this semester and given the size of their membership (it amounted to about $20 a person) the amount was acceptable.  We also funded the masks in full as the Fencing Team’s old masks had failed certification at tournaments and constituted a safety issue.

5. The South Asian Students Association came for $60 for food, $10 for drinks, $10 for paper plates cups and napkins, and $10 for publicity.  We gave them $50 for food and drinks (see above), $10 for paper plates, cups, and napkins, and $10 for publicity (see above).

6. Educate came for $30 in publicity.  We would’ve given them $10 as that is the standard amount we supply but they had already printed the posters and we NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER fund anything that a club has already bought (eg Ex post facto funding).

7. Habitat for humanity came for $45 dollars for food for their introductory meeting which we funded (see above).  We also gave them $10 in publicity (see above).  Their event was to take place before the next AAS meeting and so instead of putting them through the normal budgetary process we funded them using the $200 dollars per week that is at the BC’s discretion to allocate as he or she sees fit.

8. The Amherst Water Polo Association came for $965 for hotels [(
$74.90/night, 24 people (4 to a room, 6 rooms), 2 nights]  and $1,769 in league fees.  We funded the hotels in full.  There was a feeling that the Water Polo team could’ve eliminated one night from their trip and thus halve the hotel fees but they would have had to leave Amherst College at 4AM preceding their first game and this was judged too much of a hardship.  Apparently their league fees had already been funded in their semester budget so we didn’t fund them again (yeah, we’re smart).

9. Women’s Frisbee came for $940.00 for 25 new jerseys.  We were receptive to this requestion.  However, we stipulated they appoint someone to keep the Jerseys for games and make clear to their players that the Jerseys are school property and cannot be kept.  We also asked them to consult Dean Fatemi to see whether or not they could get a better price from a supplier Dean Fatemi is familiar with and then come to the Senate meeting on Monday and we would reconsider the amount to fund.