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The Budget Process
  • Attend one of the mandatory How to Apply for Funding meetings.
  • Download the Example Budget from the ASG Website.
  • Use Microsoft® Excel to edit the Example Budget.
    • Maintain the two-column format. All of your content should be in columns A and B of the Excel Spreadsheet.
    • Column A is for text: describe here what you want funded, and if you choose to include them, this is where the cost-per-item figures should be placed.
    • Column B is for numerals: give here the total cost for each item placed in Column A. No text should appear in this column.
    • Maintain the three-category format as well: Administrative, Conferences & Registration, and Special Events
    • Administrative costs are those that can be used multiple times. Office supplies, T-shirts, and other things that a group has that will be used multiple times should be placed here. Administrative costs are capped at $500.
    • Conferences & Registration should contain only the registration costs for conferences your group wishes to attend. Registration forms must be submitted for each requested conference.
    • Conference forms must include the location of the conference, the dates during which the conference will be held, and the date that payment is due.
    • Conference costs are capped at $1000 per academic year.
    • Special Events will be everything else your group wishes to request: recruitment meetings, guest speakers, etc.
    • The Example Budget uses summation formulas to provide totals for events and categories of spending. If you are comfortable using them by all means do, but it is not required.
  • When finished editing the Example Budget, save it with your RSO’s name as the title.
  • Submit your finished budget by emailing the excel spreadsheet to the email address asgrso@uark.edu before the deadline set by the ASG Treasurer. Be sure to provide registration forms for all conferences, either in the email or by submitting paper copies to the ASG office.
  • IF YOU ASK FOR $1000 OR MORE, YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR AN INTERVIEW BEFORE THE ASG APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
  • The sign-up sheet can be found in the ASG office on the day budgets are due. The sheet will be out only for that day.
  • It is the responsibility of the RSO to sign up for an interview. You must arrange the time, not the ASG Treasurer.
  • Attend the interview as scheduled.
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