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Organizational Fund Requests (OFR’s)

Amanda Pfaff Treasurer. Organizational Fund Requests (OFR’s). Overview. Process Important Dates Budget Allocation Principles Penalties Appeals. Process. Requests Submitted by Organizations Requests distributed to USGA Senators prior to Presentations Meeting Presentation Meeting

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Organizational Fund Requests (OFR’s)

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  1. Amanda Pfaff Treasurer Organizational Fund Requests(OFR’s)

  2. Overview • Process • Important Dates • Budget • Allocation • Principles • Penalties • Appeals

  3. Process • Requests Submitted by Organizations • Requests distributed to USGA Senators prior to Presentations Meeting • Presentation Meeting • Appropriations Committee Meeting • Voting Meeting • Post-Event Documentation Submitted • Appeals

  4. Important Dates • Funding Requests due 9/18 at 11:59 p.m. • Presentation Meeting 9/26 @ 5:30 p.m. • Voting Meeting 10/3 @ 5:30 p.m. • Post-Event Paperwork Due 14 days after the event, or the end of the semester, whichever is first. • Appeals Due within 7 days of notification of the decision.

  5. Budget • Student fees ($10 per student) + leftovers - operations budget - programming budget ---------------------------------- Organizational Fund Requests Budget

  6. Allocation • Even if we have enough to cover all requests, it doesn’t mean we fund everything! • Amendments are allowed anywhere in a request • Cannot amend to more money than original request

  7. Principles • Will this event benefit all UMB students? • What is necessary for this event to occur? • Will this event occur without USGA funding? • Is this something your constituency would want to spend their money towards? • Charity vs. Social Events

  8. Penalties • 10% • Failure to all submit post-event paperwork on time, Failure to submit all paperwork in a complete manner, failure to attend proposal meeting, failure to attend voting meeting, failure to advertise in one USGA Campus News Weekly issues prior to the event; or failure to advertise beyond USGA news. • 50% • submitting an OFR request within 24 hours after the listed deadline in Rule E, failure to apply to all students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, failure to advertise in more two USGA news issue prior to the event, recklessly misrepresenting to USGA any numbers on any paperwork, or failure to request funding from at least 1 UMB institution other than the USGA (USGA supported organizations are exempt from this rule).

  9. Penalties • 100% • submitting an OFR request more than 24 hours after the listed deadline in Rule E, failure to comply with ALL advertising requirements, Failure to identify USGA as a sponsor on all advertisements, willful misrepresentation on any paperwork, has implied or stated that any view, opinion, or position is supported by the USGA, failure to pick up disbursement of funds within 30 days (or the end of the school year, whichever occurs first) of being informed by the treasurer that a check is ready for pick up. • Any criminal misuse of USGA funds or any use of funds for purposes other than approved by the USGA may also be subject to a ban from USGA for receiving funds as well as subject to actions taken by the School and State authorities

  10. Appeals • An organization must submit a written appeal to the Treasurer within 7 days of decision, penalty, or funding allocation. • Appeal goes to Appropriations Committee and E-board for discussion. It may be brought to senate at their discretion. • The decision can be to reduce, increase, maintain or eliminate penalty/funding • Cannot increase beyond original request amount of organization

  11. New Funding Process for Supported Groups • USGA Supported groups will receive a certain amount of funding allocated for the semester • Determined amounts based on group need and past requests • Amounts can be changed prior to the beginning of the semester by vote of senate • **Funds only allocated if funding is requested**

  12. Changes for Supported Groups • Will not present at presentation meeting • Not required to attend voting meeting • Near the end of the semester a representative will present how money was allocated (or intended to be allocated if event has not yet occurred) • No Winter or Summer funding requests • Current bank balances due at the close of the semester

  13. What Remains Unchanged?... • FUNDING REQUEST PACKETS ARE STILL MANDATORY BY DUE DATE • Post-event documentation still mandatory per the funding packet requirements • Current bank balances still due to Treasurer with funding requests

  14. Why the Change? • Increase efficiency of presentation and voting meetings • Create more incentive for supported groups • Eliminates need for Winter and Summer Funding Requests

  15. Questions?

  16. Contact Information • Amanda Pfaff • umb.usga.treasurer@gmail.com • Funding Information available at the USGA Website: http://www.umaryland.edu/usga/usga_business/funding.html

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