2008 Woodie Awards
Fundraising trip on agenda again
Courtney Hollander
Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: News
Tonight Student Senate will re-hear a proposal by the senior class fundraising board turned down at last week's meeting.
The proposal, presented by senior Kendall Guimond, funds a trip to a Green Bay Gambler's hockey game Feb. 29 for up to 42 members of the senior class.
Trip participants would donate $5 toward the senior class gift, a movie projector for the Pub.
At last week's meeting, senators seemed supportive of the concept of the trip, but were hung up on some of the financial details involved.
Last week's proposal said the trip would cost $570, but an included budget asked for $678 for the trip, $300 for a bus and $378 for tickets.
Senators questioned the discrepancy in the numbers involved with the initial proposal.
Some senators also raised questions about the use of gift certificates given to participants. Each student would have received $2 in Gamblers Bucks to be used for food and drink at the game.
A few senators questioned the wisdom of spending money on the certificates, which they thought would likely be used for alcohol.
The proposal senators will see tonight eliminates Gamblers Bucks, reducing the cost of tickets to $7 from $9. It also raises the donation of each student to $7.
This would add nearly $300 to the senior gift fund, $100 more than under the original proposal, and would more than double the amount that has already been raised for the projector.
In addition, the proposal will cost senate $80 less while also equalizing donations with the requested expenditures on tickets, which had been a worry for some senators.
Senior class board members say they proposed the trip in part to boost participation percentages in this year's senior class gift.
The proposal to senate said only 24 percent of seniors have donated to the class gift so far this year, and that overall participation percentages have been decreasing in past years.
With a higher percentage of participation, matching funds and other gifts become accessible to Ripon College. Although larger donations are good, the board members say, the percentage of participation can be even more valuable for fundraising.
The board hopes that activities such as the trip would bring numbers up.
Guimond says she hopes seniors will attend tonight's senate meeting to show support for a better prepared proposal.
The proposal, presented by senior Kendall Guimond, funds a trip to a Green Bay Gambler's hockey game Feb. 29 for up to 42 members of the senior class.
Trip participants would donate $5 toward the senior class gift, a movie projector for the Pub.
At last week's meeting, senators seemed supportive of the concept of the trip, but were hung up on some of the financial details involved.
Last week's proposal said the trip would cost $570, but an included budget asked for $678 for the trip, $300 for a bus and $378 for tickets.
Senators questioned the discrepancy in the numbers involved with the initial proposal.
Some senators also raised questions about the use of gift certificates given to participants. Each student would have received $2 in Gamblers Bucks to be used for food and drink at the game.
A few senators questioned the wisdom of spending money on the certificates, which they thought would likely be used for alcohol.
The proposal senators will see tonight eliminates Gamblers Bucks, reducing the cost of tickets to $7 from $9. It also raises the donation of each student to $7.
This would add nearly $300 to the senior gift fund, $100 more than under the original proposal, and would more than double the amount that has already been raised for the projector.
In addition, the proposal will cost senate $80 less while also equalizing donations with the requested expenditures on tickets, which had been a worry for some senators.
Senior class board members say they proposed the trip in part to boost participation percentages in this year's senior class gift.
The proposal to senate said only 24 percent of seniors have donated to the class gift so far this year, and that overall participation percentages have been decreasing in past years.
With a higher percentage of participation, matching funds and other gifts become accessible to Ripon College. Although larger donations are good, the board members say, the percentage of participation can be even more valuable for fundraising.
The board hopes that activities such as the trip would bring numbers up.
Guimond says she hopes seniors will attend tonight's senate meeting to show support for a better prepared proposal.
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