<meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Hello everyone,</span></span><div>
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</span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 13px; "><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">I hope you're all having a great Spring Break!<br>
<br>For those who applied for Spring II, thank you for applying! In an effort to help your group better understand the Finboard funding process, we have written a few guidelines based on the most common mistakes on applications:<br>
<br>1) Please defend <u>each</u> line item.<br>2) For capital items, please provide an explanation of why you need it and <u>where you plan on storing it</u>.</span><div style="font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">3) Please explain your accounts: negative account balances, unspent funds from the current/recent cycles, high main account balances, etc.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 13px; ">4) For high cost items, please explain why you can't go with a lower cost option.<br>5) Please break down the costs for events in your defense<br>
6) Include <u>all</u> incomes and expenditures, not just Finboard funded items. It's ok to not break them down but they need to be included.<br>7) Remember groups get free publicity resources (<i>The Tech</i> ads, Infinite Display). If you request these, please explain why you need more.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">We hope that this clarifies some Finboard policies. We are always trying to improve, so please forward your suggestions and questions.</span></div>
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; "><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">You must appeal in person before Finboard.</span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; "><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Appeals will be on Thursday 6:00PM - 11:00PM in W20-401 (4th floor of the Student Center).</span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Please email <a href="mailto:finboard@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(103, 117, 58); ">finboard@mit.edu</a> to request a 5 minute slot.</span></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><div>From our bylaws:</div><div>"Appeals shall be heard at this meeting with the group having no more than five minutes to explain their request and answer questions from Finboard, unless a majority vote of Finboard extends this time limit."</div>
<div><br></div><div>Appeals are not an opportunity to request new funding on a whim.</div><div><br></div><div>"These appeals shall serve to cover unforeseen costs and circumstances and otherwise support groups when lack of funding would be <b>severely</b> detrimental to their ability to operate."</div>
<div><br></div><div>Have a wonderful semester,</div></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; "><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">MIT Finboard</span></div>
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