2008 Woodie Awards
Racquetball Club receives $1,500 grant
Sacramento State's Raquetball team will go to Nationals hosted in Kansas later in March
Justin Tejada
Issue date: 3/12/08 Section: Sports
The Sacramento State racquetball team recently received approval for $1,500 in Dollars for Organizations & Clubs funding through ASI to attend the 36th USA Racquetball National Intercollegiate Championship. The event is to be held from March 26 through March 29 at the Athletic Club of Overland Park in Overland Park, Kan.
Senior Racquetball Club President Alejandro Ron, government major, said the team was unable to go last year because the previous president misfiled the Dollars for Organizations & Clubs request form, which resulted in grant funding being withheld. This year, the team filed for the grant a month earlier than the recommended one week deadline before the day of the event to guarantee its priority in funding and a spot in the championships.
According to the Sac State student activities website on Dollars for Organizations & Clubs, all student organizations are eligible to receive up to $1,500 a year with "at least 10 percent of the annual Dollars for Organizations and Clubs budget (being) dedicated to activities or events that occur off-campus excluding conferences but including competitions, meetings and conventions."
The types of expenditures Dollars for Organizations & Clubs funding can cover include hotel, registration fees and travel expenses, but these expenses must be outlined in advance and presented in typewritten format to the Dollars for Organizations & Clubs Council. The committee is comprised of six voting student members supported by a non-voting resource staff who help evaluate the expenditure proposals given by organizations requesting funding.
Organizations who request Dollars for Organizations & Clubs funding must submit their request a week prior to any one of the biweekly meetings the Dollars for Organizations & Clubs Council holds and have a representative present at the meetings to further elaborate on the request and answer questions the committee may have.
But the disbursement of the funding can occur only after an event, as soon as the organization that requested the funding presents receipts or other proofs of expenditures to the Dollars for Organizations & Clubs committee to show that the organization spent the money appropriately and as outlined by the proposal approved by the committee. Ron said this means most of the team members will have to rely on their credit cards during the entire trip until they make it back onto campus.
Senior Racquetball Club President Alejandro Ron, government major, said the team was unable to go last year because the previous president misfiled the Dollars for Organizations & Clubs request form, which resulted in grant funding being withheld. This year, the team filed for the grant a month earlier than the recommended one week deadline before the day of the event to guarantee its priority in funding and a spot in the championships.
According to the Sac State student activities website on Dollars for Organizations & Clubs, all student organizations are eligible to receive up to $1,500 a year with "at least 10 percent of the annual Dollars for Organizations and Clubs budget (being) dedicated to activities or events that occur off-campus excluding conferences but including competitions, meetings and conventions."
The types of expenditures Dollars for Organizations & Clubs funding can cover include hotel, registration fees and travel expenses, but these expenses must be outlined in advance and presented in typewritten format to the Dollars for Organizations & Clubs Council. The committee is comprised of six voting student members supported by a non-voting resource staff who help evaluate the expenditure proposals given by organizations requesting funding.
Organizations who request Dollars for Organizations & Clubs funding must submit their request a week prior to any one of the biweekly meetings the Dollars for Organizations & Clubs Council holds and have a representative present at the meetings to further elaborate on the request and answer questions the committee may have.
But the disbursement of the funding can occur only after an event, as soon as the organization that requested the funding presents receipts or other proofs of expenditures to the Dollars for Organizations & Clubs committee to show that the organization spent the money appropriately and as outlined by the proposal approved by the committee. Ron said this means most of the team members will have to rely on their credit cards during the entire trip until they make it back onto campus.
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