I. Student Activities Tax (SAT) 1.

All funds distributed by the Council come from the Student Activities Tax, which is a fee paid by each Williams student for each semester spent attending classes on campus. 2. The Student Activities Tax shall be indexed to inflation and shall be agreed upon each year by the Council Treasurer and the Provosts Office. 3. The Council shall establish accounts into which it will divide the money received from the Student Activities Tax. These must include (but are not limited to) a General Fund account, a Council Operating Budget account, an account for each Subgroup, an event Co-Sponsorship account, a Nationals Fund account, an Elections account, a Treasurers Discretionary account, a Capital Investment Fund, a CC Projects Fund, an All-Campus Entertainment Concerts account, and a Coaches Fund account. 4. The collected SAT funds shall be distributed amongst the accounts in the following way: i. The Treasurer shall recommend an allocation to each of these major accounts at the beginning of each school year. This recommendation must be approved by a majority vote of the Council. ii. Funds may be redistributed as necessary, with a majority vote of the Council. II. General Rules for SAT spending 1. When considering requests for funding, the Council shall take into account the following: the degree to which funding will benefit all students of the college, the number of participants in or contributors to the activity or activities, the degree to which the funding will fill an unrepresented niche, and the student demand for the product or services. These should be balanced against the limitations and constraints of the budget. 2. College Council may not use the allocation process to directly alter the internal structure, membership, or agenda of any organization. However, College Council may deny funding for any reason, and may offer constructive suggestions for improvement to the organization 3. College Council, the Finance Committee, and all groups funded by the Council must adhere to the dictates of the Federal Department of Education's non-discrimination policies. Specifically, the policies apply to the allocation process itself, as well as each group's policies of membership, officer election/selection, and admission to its events. 4. The group must appropriately publicize the opportunities to become a member of the organization. The events it sponsors, as well, must be adequately publicized as open to the Williams College community of students, faculty, and staff. 5. All events funded by College Council must be free to attend and open to the entire campus, unless granted special permission by the Treasurer. 6. All groups that wish to receive College Council funding must designate one individual member as the official contact. The Council will consider this treasurer financially responsible for any of his/her groups overdrafts.

Because of this responsibility only this treasurer may approve vouchers for the group. Treasurers must attend training workshops in the Fall, and as deemed necessary by the College Council Treasurer during the year. Otherwise the College Council Treasurer may freeze the groups funding for the year. 7. Funding granted by College Council cannot be placed or transferred into any off-campus or non-Williams accounts, but the Council reserves the right to examine the contents of any off-campus accounts of approved student organizations. 8. Any group that requests funding from College Council must fully disclose all sources of financial support and income including anticipated dues income, all other sources of revenue, and the total balance of all assets deposited in external accounts (e.g. checking, savings, brokerage). 9. Any use of College Council funds for personal investment and profit is prohibited. 10. Only College Council-approved groups may request money from College Council. Exceptions to this rule may be made at the Treasurers discretion. i. College Council will allow Minority Coalition (MINCO) groups to become College Council-approved groups subject to the same restrictions and caveats applied to all new CC groups. ii. MINCO and social activism groups funded through the MCC may request funding from the CC Co-sponsorship fund and the Benefit Fund. Such groups may not acquire CC funding through the Subgroup process, the General Fund, the Nationals Fund, or the Capital Investment Fund. 11. The funding of the activities of expressly political, religious, and charitable organizations will be evaluated in consideration of the following criteria: i. College Council funds may not be used to directly contribute to political campaigns, external political organizations (not limited to political parties), external religious organizations, or external charitable organizations. ii. College Council allocations may only fund group meetings of campus religious or political organizations that are open to all and well publicized to the campus community. iii. In order to be funded by College Council, a fundraising event must either be free to attend and participate or have an optional fee. That is, any out-of-pocket cost paid by a student to attend must be optional. Further, the maximum amount of funding that College Council can provide for a fundraising event is the operating cost of the event itself. 12. College Council funds may not be used for activities normally funded through the College, such as salaries of instructors of accredited courses or scholarships for courses taken for credit. This does not include items such as stipends for students or others whose skills or expertise are necessary to

the fulfillment of an organizations stated goals or purposes (e.g. lecturer, trainer, sound engineer). 13. College Council will not fund honoraria for Williams faculty members where the faculty member is the keynote speaker at an event, or the faculty member is a speaker at a conference involving several colleges. Exceptions to this rule may be made at the Treasurers discretion. 14. At its discretion, College Council may choose to allocate the All-Campus Entertainment Concert budget for the upcoming Fiscal Year during the preceding Spring Semester. i. The source of this money will be the Student Activities Tax allocation of the Fiscal Year following the Fiscal Year in which this money is allocated. 15. SAT money shall not be spent on All-Campus Entertainment First Fridays, All-Campus Entertainment Stressbusters, or Williams After Dark. Exceptions to this rule may be made at the Treasurers discretion. 16. SAT money cannot be spent on alcohol, tobacco, or any item/service prohibited by law. 17. Ground transportation will be reimbursed at the following rates for the following vehicles. Reimbursements will be made based on the smallest number of vehicles that could have been used in the situation (i.e. If there are five riders, only one car will be reimbursed). Exceptions to these rules will be at the discretion of the Treasurer: i. Personal Cars: 17 cents per mile per vehicle seating 5 or fewer individuals, 20 cents per mile per vehicle seating 8 or more passengers. ii. College Cars: 56 cents per mile per vehicle seating 7 or fewer individuals, 63 cents per mile per vehicle seating 11 or more passengers. iii. Enterprise Rental Service: No reimbursement granted, unless it can be proven that the organization attempted to utilize the College Cars service but was unable to, due to availability. If this can be proven, gas will be reimbursed for 17 cents per mile, and money will be allocated to fully cover rental and insurance fees, which will be paid from the student groups account through the Office of Campus Life. College Council will fund no more than 2 cars per trip. Reimbursement will not exceed 3 days worth of usage of Enterprise. iv. Zipcar: No reimbursement granted, unless it can be proven that the organization attempted to utilize the College Cars service but was unable to, due to availability. No reimbursement granted, unless it can also be proven that the organization attempted to utilize Enterprise Rental Service, but was unable to, due to availability. If this can be proven, the amount will be reimbursed at 80% of the hourly rate of a Zipcar for usage fewer than 8 hours. Gas will be reimbursed at 100% of the cost to rent a Zipcar for at least one day, once

the club makes an appeal to the CC Treasurer to be granted for more than 8 hours. The appeal must occur 10 days before the requesting date to use the Zipcar. Reimbursement will not exceed a single days usage of the Zipcar for each request. For both the hourly rate and the daily rate, College Council will fund no more than 2 cars per trip. v. Buses: No reimbursement granted, unless more than 20 students are attending. College Council will fund $20 per person per bus for one day. Reimbursement will not exceed twice over the year. vi. Toll Roads: College Council will reimburse two tolls per trip. 18. Hotel stays are discouraged and will be reimbursed at a rate not to exceed $20 per night per student. 19. College Council funds may purchase only the equipment or materials that remain with an organization on campus and do not become the possession of any individual. All items purchased using funding from College Council belong to the Council. 20. Council funds may not purchase informational books, magazines, and literature that the College Library owns or purchases, unless the Council grants express permission. These, however, must remain in the possession of the organization and must be available to the public. 21. All electronic and print advertising for events funded by College Council must include credit given to College Council for funding. III. College Council Funding Structure 1. Funding for events and student organizations is determined by the Finance Committee, which makes decision about the General Fund, the Nationals Fund, and the Co-Sponsorship fund. The committee is comprised of: i. Eight members of the student body who are chosen by the Appointments Committee and make decisions for funding through the subgroup process. ii. Four members of College Council, one of which will be the Minority Concerns Representative iii. A non-voting Campus of Life Advisor 2. Subgroups Student Organizations funded through the subgroup process will be placed in one of the following eight subgroups: Activities, Arts, Athletics and Teams I, Athletics and Teams II, Services, Music, Publications, or Spirituality. Placement is determined by the College Council Treasurer. i. Eligibility 1. In order to become a member of one of the eight subgroups, the organization must be a College Council approved student group that has maintained active status for the last two years. 2. In addition, the group must adhere to the eligibility requirements previously set forth in these bylaws, (III.2.i General Fund Eligibility)

3. A group will be removed from its subcommittee if it has been censured by College Council in the last four years or if three-fourths of the Council votes to remove the group from the subcommittee ii. Rules 1. Funds granted through the subgroup process are subject to the same as the rules as funds granted through the General Fund (see III.2.iiGeneral Fund Rules) iii. Procedures 1. Groups must submit their budget for the entire year to the College Council Treasurer, by 3rd Friday after classes begin 2. The eight members of the Finance Committee (selected by the Appointments Committee) will each be assigned to two of the eight subgroups 3. For each subgroup, the two Finance Committee members assigned to that subgroup will meet individually with the main contact and finance officer of every organization in that subgroup 4. After meeting with the organizations and evaluating the budgets in accordance with College Council Funding Guidelines, each pair of Finance Committee members will make recommendations to the Finance Committee, as a whole, for allocations to each group within their subgroup 5. Based on the recommendations of its members, the Finance Committee will vote to allocate the funding for each subgroup to the organizations within that subgroup, with the College Council Treasurer casting the tie-breaking vote, if necessary. 3. General Fund Funds from the General Fund are intended to pay for the expenses of clubs that are not part of the Subgroup process i. Eligibility 1. In order to qualify for funding from the General Fund, all groups must be recognized by College Council, in accordance with the guidelines regarding student organizations in the Student Handbook. 2. The group may not allow closed or restrictive membership or sponsor events that are not open to the Williams College Community of students, faculty, and staffunless granted special permission by College Council. Groups, however, may restrict membership or participation based on class year. 3. The assessment of reasonable and necessary dues payments by an organization does not constitute a restrictive membership policy. ii. Rules 1. Funds from the General Fund cannot be used for any food

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or drink. 2. Travel expenses may be subsidized according to the guidelines found in these bylaws, section II.14, if traveling is essential to the stated goals and purposes of the organization, e.g. sports teams or debate teams who compete at events home and away or if the benefits received by the participants in an off-campus activity will make a valid contribution to the Williams College community. Procedures 1. Any group requesting funding from the General Fund must present a finalized budget to the College Council Treasurer at least one week before the meeting at which the group wishes to present. If a budget is proposed after that deadline, the Treasurer may place the funding request on the agenda for the next meeting at his/her discretion. 2. The distribution of the General Fund shall be the responsibility of the Finance Committee and four College Council members selected by Council. This General Fund Allocation Committee, will meet weekly at a time and location determined at the beginning of each term to hear funding requests. 3. It will be the responsibility of the Treasurer to chair the General Fund Allocation Committee, and announce the meetings to all group treasurers. 4. Funding determinations should be decided by consensus of the Allocation Committee, but in the event that consensus cannot be reached, a majority vote, with the Treasurer casting the tiebreaking vote, will carry any motion or resolution. 5. The Council shall approve, by a majority vote, all Allocation Committee decisions, which the Treasurer will present before Council on a weekly basis. 6. This Allocation Committee may decide not to pass judgment on any request, thus placing it on the agenda for Council to hear at the following Council meeting. 7. The General Fund Allocation Committee shall make its decisions in accordance with the funding guidelines of the College Council Constitution and these bylaws 8. Any group may appeal a decision made by the Allocation Committee to the President and Vice-President or CoPresidents and the Secretary at least twenty-four hours before the College Council meeting following the Allocation Committees decision. These three officers will determine whether the appeal will be placed on the agenda for the following Council meeting.

9. The decision of the Council to approve, reject, or otherwise alter a funding request shall be final. 4. Co-Sponsorship Funds from Co-Sponsorship are intended to subsidize all-campus events, open to all students. i. Eligibility 1. In order to qualify for funding from the Co-Sponsorship Fund, groups must be registered by the College, in accordance with the guidelines regarding student organizations in the Student Handbook. 2. Any individual who is interested in receiving funds for an all-campus entertainment event but is not organizing the event through a College-approved group must first contact ACE and ask that ACE sponsor the event. a. If and only if ACE chooses not to sponsor the event or does not fund it in full, that individual may then qualify for funding from FinCom at the Treasurers discretion. ii. Rules 1. The event must be adequately publicized as open to the Williams College community of students, faculty, and staff. 2. All events funded by the Co-Sponsorship Fund must be open to the entire campus or to an entire class year. 3. All events funded by the Co-Sponsorship Fund must be free to attend, unless special permission is granted by the College Council Treasurer. 4. Printing money for event advertising may be allocated to College-approved groups from the co-sponsorship fund at a maximum of $3 per event. The Treasurer may approve printing allocations without the consultation of the Finance Committee. iii. Procedures 1. Any group requesting funding from the Co-Sponsorship Fund must present a finalized budget to the College Council Treasurer at least one week before the event. If a budget is proposed after that deadline, the Treasurer may place the funding request on the agenda for the next meeting at his/her discretion. 2. The group must present its budget to the Co-Sponsorship committee, upon the invitation of the College Council Treasurer, and the Co-Sponsorship Committee will vote on a funding allocation, with the College Council Treasurer breaking a tie-vote, if necessary. The treasurer will present the budget of Co-sponsorship for approval by College Council in accordance with Funding Bylaws III.3..iii.5-8. 5. For the weeks prior to the first College Council meeting in Fall Semester, the process for funding will be altered and limited to the following criteria:

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Rules and Eligibility 1. Co-sponsorship, General Fund, and CC Projects will be the only active funds for allocation. a. Co-sponsorship: Co-sponsorship requests will be limited to events needing funding before the first Council Council meeting or events occurring up to 11 days after that meeting in Fall semester of that fiscal year. Events that need funding will be defined as events that could not happen unless funding was allocated prior to the first College Council meeting. Co-sponsorship will be allocated $6500 for this period with an extra $2000 at the treasurers discretion if initials funds are inadequate. This funding will not be available to ACE for spending. Requests must adhere to requirements previously set forth in these bylaws (III.3). b. General Fund: General Funding requests will only be allocated under circumstances that would disallow the ability of the club to function or continue its existence prior to the first College Council meeting in Fall Semester. These requests may include but are not limited to conferences and registration fees. The Financial Committee will determine eligibility of requests. All College Council approved organizations will be eligible to apply for funding. The general fund will be allocated $2500 for this period with an extra $1000 at the treasurers discretion if urgent need is present. All General Fund requests will be presented before College Council Campus for approval. Requests must adhere to requirements previously set forth in these bylaws (III.2). c. College Council Projects Fund: The College Council Projects fund will be activated and controlled by College Council Campus for the weeks prior to the first College Council meeting in the Fall Semester. Funds will be limited to rollover and infusions of funds up to $600 if that threshold is not previously met with rollover funds. Requests must adhere to requirements previously set forth in these bylaws (III.8). 2. Funds not allocated during the period prior to the first College Council meeting will be returned into the SAT Allocation Fund for the reallocation during the first College Council meeting in Fall semester by the Treasurer.

6. Nationals Fund The Nationals Fund is intended for College Council approved student organizations that have qualified for a national tournament during the current school year. i. Eligibility 1. The organization must adhere to the eligibility requirements previously set forth in these bylaws, (III.2.i General Fund Eligibility). 2. The organization must have qualified for a national tournament during the current school year. ii. Rules 1. Funds granted from the Nationals Fund are subject to the same as the rules as funds granted through the General Fund (see III.2.iiGeneral Fund Rules) iii. Procedures 1. Organizations applying for funding from the Nationals Fund must follow the same procedures as those for the General Fund (see III.2.iiiGeneral Fund Procedures) 7. Capital Investment Fund The Capital Investment Fund is intended to aid clubs that necessitate long term and larger investments for the continued existence of their club. i. Eligibility 1. Any college council approved subgroup is eligible to apply for access to these funds. 2. These subgroups must have demonstrated reasonable effort for previous and future fundraising as evaluated by Finance Committee. 3. The requested investment must last longer than a traditional Williams students career. ii. Rules 1. Funds granted from the Capital Investment Fund are subject to the same rules as funds granted through General Fund (see III.2.iiGeneral Fund Rules) iii. Procedures 1. Clubs that anticipate the need for larger investments that too heavily burden the traditional funding allocation process, as designated by Finance committee, must apply for access to the CIF fund. 2. Applications must be submitted at least 2 years prior to the requested investment. 3. Applications must include the following: a. Justification of the investment, as evaluated by Finance Committee. b. The organizations plan for independent fundraising, which is to be resubmitted on a yearly basis by the organizations treasurer.

c. The envisioned role of College Councils funding in the short-term and long-term, which is to be resubmitted on a yearly basis by the organizations treasurer. 4. Each year, Finance Committee will reevaluate the application proposal as well as the prior years fundraising success, which is to be documented by the organizations treasurer. 5. Finance Committee shall evaluate the requests based on the following criteria: a. Sustainability of the investmentthe purchase made must benefit Williams Students for many future years b. Commitment of club to fundraisingthe club must demonstrate the necessity of the investment based on the clubs willingness to commit consistent time and resources to the investment. 6. All fundraising is to be deposited in the organizations College Council peoplesoft account, which is to be overseen by the College Council Treasurer. 7. Failure to demonstrate fulfillment of application proposal or violation of this resolution, as evaluated by Finance Committee, will result in the rescinding of Capital Investment funding privileges. iv. Allocation 1. The College Council Treasurer will allocate a specific portion of whatever rollover funds remain at the end of the Spring Semester to the Capital Investment Fund at the first college council meeting of each Fall semester in addition to the other funding allocations. Approval of this slate will take place within the guidelines of Funding Bylaws I.3-4. 8. CC Projects Fund The purpose of this fund will be to provide resources for the enactment of proactive improvements to the student experience at Williams. i. Eligibility 1. Any current student at Williams College can apply for CC Projects Funds. Ideas can be proposed by non-student members of the community but at least one student must be involved in the project. ii. Rules 1. The proposal must be a non-organizational related project that will positively impact the Williams community. 2. College Council must be unable to fund the proposal in any of the other CC accounts.

3. Any items purchased with CC Projects Fund money must be marked with the words "Purchased by the College Council Projects Fund". iii. Procedure 1. Every Fall semester, College Council must have a great ideas campaign to solicit proposals for the CC Projects Fund. 2. Students will submit their proposals to College Council during this campaign, or at any other point during the school year. 3. College Council Campus will vet the collected ideas after the close of the Great Ideas Campaign and throughout the academic year. 4. Ideas that are deemed viable and appropriate to the spirit of the fund will be brought to College Council to be voted on as official College Council Projects. 5. Ideas that present a total cost of under $500 do not need to be brought to a vote of Council, but can be decided on within College Council Campus. 6. College Council will work with students to their proposals at Williams and provide funding resources to the project, after College Council approves of the desired budget. iv. Allocation 1. The College Council Treasurer will allocate the remaining portion of rollover funds not allocated to the Capital Investment at the end of the Spring Semester to the CC Projects Fund during the first college council meeting of each Fall semester in addition to the other funding allocations. Approval of this slate will take place within the guidelines of Funding Bylaws I.3-4. v. No Rollover 1. In the event of there existing no rollover funds from the previous academic year, no money shall be allocated into the CIF or CC Projects fund from the Student Activities Tax of the following year. 9. The Benefit Fund The purpose of this fund will be to provide resources to student groups to hold benefits for charity organizations which also add to the dynamic of campus at large. vi. Eligibility 1. Any College Council approved subgroup is eligible to apply for access to these funds. 2. These subgroups must be requesting an event that is critical to the purpose of their organization. vii. Rules 1. The proposal must be an organizational related event that will positively impact the Williams community.

2. The funds may not be directly donated to charity 3. The event must be publicized as a suggested donation. Failure to adhere to this rule will result in no club funding for the event with no exceptions. In addition, the club will be unable to reapply for any funds for the remainder of the fiscal year. viii. Procedure 1. No SAT funds from the fiscal year may be transferred into this benefit fund. 2. No more than $850 can go to any single group for an event. 3. At no point can there be more than $4000 in the Benefit Fund. 4. Allocation into the Benefit Fund may only occur at the beginning of the Fall semester during the Funding Allocation by the Treasurer. No other transfers are allowed after the initial $4000. 5. Finance Committee shall evaluate the requests based on the following criteria: a. Impact on campus b. The applicability to the organizations purpose. c. The availability of other funds to aid the proposal. ix. Allocation 1. The College Council Treasurer can allocate rollover funds to the Benefit Fund. Approval of this slate will take place within the guidelines of Funding Bylaws I.3. 9. Treasurers Discretionary Fund - A portion of the general budget may

be allocated to a Treasurers Discretionary Fund. The purpose of this fund will be to handle unforeseen emergencies that may arise during the course of the year.
i. Rules 1. A portion of the general budget may be allocated to a

Treasurers Discretionary Fund. The purpose of this fund will be to handle unforeseen emergencies that may arise during the course of the year. a. A group may petition the Treasurer, who will make a recommendation to the Council. The Council will then vote on granting the request. 2. Treasurer's Discretionary Fund can have no more than $5000 during the fiscal school year. If additional funds are necessary, College Council must approve the additional emergency cost. 3. The Treasurers Discretionary Fund can have no more than $5000 between the last day of spring semester and the first day of fall semester. The funds for the summer must come from the Rollover Fund and may be the

only College Council Fund that is not emptied before the following fiscal year. College Council Campus must approve any expenses by the Treasurer from the Treasurers Discretionary Fund prior to the expense.
10. Rollover Fund - The Purpose of this fund will be to hold the Cumulative Rollover between the last day of the spring semester and the first day of the following fall semester. ii. Rules 1. Once a transfer of funds has been made to the Rollover Fund, those funds will be frozen. No student will have access to obtaining, transferring or spending any of the Rollover Fund prior to the first day of the Fall Semester. 2. The only College Council fund that can retain funding over the summer will be the Treasurer Discretionary Fund. iii. Procedure 1. The Treasurer will transfer all rollover from any College Council Funds to the Rollover Fund on the last day of the Spring Semester. 2. The Treasurer will transfer all rollover student organizational funding on this day unless the Treasurer approves the student groups to have limited access to their funding to complete payments on expenses that have been incurred during the fiscal year. All rollover from these approved groups must be transferred to the Rollover Fund no later than July 1st. II. Other Funding Sources 1. Other potential sources of funding include, but are not limited to: The Dean 's Office, the Minority Coalition, the Multi-Cultural Center, the Office of Campus Life, the four neighborhoods, the Office of Career Counseling, and Williams College academic departments. III. Types of Payment Authorization 1. Reimbursement Vouchers i. Reimbursement Voucher forms can be found in the Office of Campus Life and must be submitted to the College Council Treasurers mailbox. ii. Reimbursement Vouchers must include receipts for every expense, and vouchers for hotel stays and transportation must include a list of participating students. Additionally, transportation vouchers must include a list of locations visited and distances traveled. iii. All forms must be submitted to the Treasurer at least two weeks before the end of the school year, in order to receive reimbursement. 2. Payment Vouchers

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Payment Voucher forms can be found in the Office of Campus Life and must be submitted to the College Council Treasurers mailbox. Forms must be submitted to the Treasurer at least two weeks before the end of the school year, in order to receive payment.

Guidelines for using Transfers are the same as for Payment Vouchers (see V.2Payment Vouchers). 4. Purchasing Cards i. Purchasing Card request forms can be found in the Office of Campus Life and must be submitted to the College Council Treasurers mailbox at least two weeks before the date the card is needed. ii. All money spent using a Purchasing Card must be spent in accordance with the rules of the funding source. The student who requested to use the Purchasing Card will be held personally and financially responsible for any charges made with the Purchasing Card that are not in accordance with the rules. iii. The Purchasing Card must be returned to the Office of Campus Life. 5. The College Council Treasurer reserves the right to reject any request for reimbursement that does not adhere to the spirit and letter of the standing rules set forth by these bylaws. The Treasurer must notify the group and inform group leaders of the refusal. The refusal may be appealed to the College Council. This appeal shall be directed to the Secretary of the College Council, and a simple majority of the Council is necessary to overturn the Treasurers decision. IV. General Policies 1. College Council reserves the right to freeze the account of any student organization that is acting or spending in a manner that is not in accordance with these bylaws. 2. Any funding decision made by a College Council funding body can be appealed. i. All appeals should be directed towards the College Council Secretary ii. Decisions made by College Council Funding Bodies can be overturned by a majority vote by College Council 3. At the request of the Council Treasurer, each group treasurer must submit an itemized audit. These audits must be solicited by the College Council Treasurer and Finance Committee and received by the due date set by the Treasurer, not before May 1st. The audit must contain the following: i. An itemized list and description of all expenditures for the past fiscal year ii. A list of all sources of revenue for the past fiscal year

A complete inventory of all items owned by the organization and the location where these items are being kept. 4. At the request of the Council Treasurer, each group treasurer must submit an itemized budget. These budgets must be solicited by the College Council Treasurer and Finance Committee and received by the due date set by the Treasurer. The budget must contain the following: i. An itemized list of all expected expenditures for the school year. ii. The number of active members in the organization and the means by which the treasurer arrived at this number. iii. Their activities that year (including efforts with other student groups) iv. Alternative funding sources. v. Any further information that might be used by the Council in determining the funding for their organization. 5. The College Council Treasurer is responsible for making the audits and budgets of all groups funded by College Council available to interested members of College Council and currently enrolled Williams students. i. Interested Williams students may request to meet with the Treasurer, who must, if asked, present any requested information about group budgets down to the line item level. 1. Finance Committee members may be included in such a meeting at the Treasurers discretion 2. No more than five students, excluding the Treasurer and Finance Committee members, may be present at any meeting in which the Treasurer discloses budgetary information about individual CC-funded groups. This bylaw excludes Finance Committee meetings and College Council meetings. ii. The College Council website must publicize: 1. Information about the right of Williams students to meet with the Treasurer. 2. An explanation, in percentages and monetary values, of all Student Activities Tax and Rollover Funds that are allocated between all College Council Funds, including ACE, Subgroups, the General Fund, CC Operations, the Co-Sponsorship Fund, the CC Projects Fund, the Nationals Fund, the Capital Investment Fund, and the Benefit Fund for the current Fiscal Year. 6. Every student organization account (receiving funding from College Council) will be emptied of all remaining funds at the end of each school year. i. Appeals to this policy must be made to the College Council Treasurer before the last day of spring classes. ii. Appeals will be granted at the Treasurers discretion and will only be granted to groups that can prove that a significant

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portion of their funds come from external revenue (fundraising, ticket sales, dues, etc.). 7. The College Council General Fund can be used to fund alternative spring break service trips that are open to all Williams students. Funding will not exceed $100 per student for alternative spring break trips with Treasurer Discretion but may exceed $100 per student for College Council approved groups.