The following principals are general overarching tenets from which decisions are made by the SAFAC and approved by the Vice President for Student Life. Following these umbrella principals is a list--not inclusive--of specific approvals and denials. The reasoning behind any allocation decision can be traced back to these overarching principals.
To be eligible to receive SAFAC funding, the group must be:
- in good financial standing (no debt); and
- a recognized SNC student organization in good standing; or
- a department or program endeavor within the SNC Student Life division.
Funding requests must be itemized and supported as requested. Multiple programming/service requests by the same organization/department must be on one allocation request (multiple sheets, but one request).
Priority in SAFAC funding is given to :
- student organizations and departments that enhance SNC student life and the out-of-class experience or improve the co-curricular climate at the College, and
- programs that relate to the
mission of the college, and
- programs held on the SNC campus, and
- programs that are designed for and open to the SNC student community.
SAFAC funding is not unlimited; and whereas priority principals assist in determining the validity of the request, there are a few tenet basics that the committee will not consider:
- A student organization's entire budget will not be considered for funding unless that student organization’s sole purpose is to serve the general SNC student body. Student organizations are encouraged to seek outside sources of income (i.e. dues, sponsorship).
- No "personal gain" request (exclusive of others, benefiting only one) will be considered.
- If two organizations/departments are requesting funds for the same event, only one of the requests will be considered.
Once funding is received, the following must be maintained:
- Funds must be used in the manner in which they were allocated.
- SAFAC only allocates funds for one fiscal year. Unused funds will be returned to SAFAC at the end of each fiscal year (May 31).
- Organizations receiving funding must maintain a ledger of their SAF budget activity. At any point in the fiscal year, SAFAC may ask to see this ledger (and supporting documents). Ledgers of past year expenses are required when requesting annual allocations.
- Student organizations and departments must repay SAFAC for any debt incurred.
- Funds allocated for an organizational program where damage is caused must be repaid to the College.
- Student organizations may not make a profit from any event funded in part by SAFAC. If a profit is made, SAF funding must be returned. Revenue generating programs approved for funding must provide a program report to the SAFAC within two weeks after the end of the program.
The following list of allowable and not allowable expenditure is a good point of beginning, but is not to be considered all-inclusive.
AWARDS
Certificates/Plaques/Recognition for individual organization members or advisors is not allowed.
Awards may be funded for winners of competitions open to the campus student community.
COMPETITIONS
Club sports may be funded.
Participants will be expected to finance a percent of the club expenses for the competition.
Intercollegiate varsity and junior varsity competitions will not be funded.
CONFERENCES
Registration fee is generally limited to $100 per person.
Registration is limited to the number of students deemed necessary to the success of the requesting organization's mission.
National conferences will not be funded if there is a regional conference alternative.
Only one conference per organization will be considered for funding.
Written documentation must be provided for registration materials. This includes documentation for hotels, registration fees, and travel costs.
Only student attendance may be funded.
Networking conferences will not be funded .
Only conferences that have the potential to benefit the college student community will be funded.
Conference attendees may be requested to provide a program for the SNC student community on what they learned.
Political conferences will not be funded.
DECORATIONS
Decorations may be funded for an event
DONATIONS
Donations of any sort, including money and time, will not be funded.
DUES/MEMBERSHIP FEES
National dues may be funded in their entirety if deemed necessary for the existence of the student organization on campus. This applies only to student organizations whose mission directly serves the SNC student community as a whole and whose membership is open to all.
Dues on a person basis are not funded .
EQUIPMENT
Equipment and other capital requests must be made as an addendum to the annual allocation request.
SAF purchased equipment must be for college use (available to all) with the exception of computers for organizations whose sole purpose benefits the college community as a whole.
EVENTS/PROGRAMMING
Events must be open to or directly benefiting the SNC student community for SAFAC approval.
FOOD
SAFAC does NOT fund food for events unless deemed essential to the successful completion of the event.
SAFAC does NOT cover food for college employees or community attendees.
PUBLICITY
SAFAC reserves the right to limit the amount of advertisement funded per event.
SAFAC has set the cost per copy to be funded at 3¢.
SAFAC has set the number of flyers needed to cover campus per event at 60.
SAFAC will not fund promotional merchandise (i.e., key chains, cups, pens, t-shirts).
SPEAKER/PERFORMANCE FEES
All speaker/performance fees must be stipulated with a formal contract.
TELEPHONE
Telephone calls may be funded for approved organization event related calls.
TRAVEL
Mileage - .485 per mile per vehicle (gas is not funded, only mileage)
Airfare - $250 per person
Hotel accommodations - $80 per night
Hotel accommodations are generally funded for 2 nights. One room is funded for up to four people.
International travel will not be funded.
Political/activist travel will not be funded.
Food will not be funded.
Gas for recreational endeavors will not be funded.
T-SHIRTS
T-shirts are not funded.
WAGES (STUDENT)
Stipends may be approved provided the Communications Board has authorized the position.
Positions must be itemized on the allocation request detail sheet .
Wages will only be considered for organizations whose primary mission serves the general student body.
REQUESTS NOT FUNDED
Alcoholic beverages
Advising fees
Awards/Plaques
Banquets for organizations
Coaching fees
Conference attendance for St. Norbert College faculty/staff
Donations
Expenses of a personal nature
Individual membership on a per person basis
Fines for parking or traffic infractions, or for any other illegal actions
Food
Gifts to students, faculty and/or staff (this includes birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, and other special occasions of a personal nature)
Partisan political contributions
T-shirts
