ABC Allocations Release 2019 - 2020 Dear ABC Groups, Thank you for reaching out to your representatives and working with us this year in our effort to increase greater communication between our reps and their groups! In the first three weeks after the release of our initial letter, 100+ groups reached out to their reps, communicated via email, and / or met in person to discuss their group’s allocation amount and plans for the upcoming year! ABC’s intention had always been to publicly release the allocation decisions and their rationales. However, this year, we asked groups and representatives to establish an initial channel of communication to build a strong base to start off the year before publicly releasing all the allocation decisions. In case your group has not reached out to your representative, please do so as soon as possible! After the release of our initial letter, ABC also met with the VP of Finances of the councils in order to clarify any miscommunication that may have occurred: although ABC’s F@CU request increased this year, we received the same amount from F@CU as we did last year. However, over the past few years, ABC has reclaimed large amounts of unspent allocation from its student groups as well as covered any groups that have gone into overdraft due to spending money that they do not have. In an effort to curb inefficient spending, group overdrafts, and work within the funding amount provided to us from F@CU, ABC has systematically reviewed the allocation for every group, heritage month, and its co-sponsorship fund. The criteria we looked at when determining our allocation decreases: (1) how well did the group spend the amount that they were allocated by ABC during the 2018 - 2019 school year, and did they have any unspent allocation (2) did the group’s account go into overdraft to end the year, which had to be covered by ABC, or did the group overspend their allocation, and (3) how actively has the group been programming on campus, according to their rep and advisor. As a reminder, group Advisers and Administration and Planning (A&P) will be maintaining a strict policy this year to immediately freeze any group accounts that go into overdraft until the overdraft has been cleared. We do not believe our decreases will have a drastic impact on student programming, as they were spread out across all of our student groups, heritage months, and co-sponsorship fund; rather, we hope to encourage strong budgetary and ​ organizational practices that make full use of the allocation amounts that are distributed by ABC to its student groups. In addition, there are plenty of resources for groups to get additional funding as long as they demonstrate ​ need: the ABC and CPF co-sponsorships, Gatsby grants, the President’s and Provost’s fund, the Kraft fund, SEAS and ​ CC Travel Funds, the Capital Investment fund (CIF), Joint Council co-sponsorships (JCCC), the Securities and Facilities fund, fundraising (Chipotle, Krispy Kreme, Soul Cycle, etc.), and many additional resources can be found on the ABC website. In addition, your ABC representatives (listed on the following page) and Advisers are valuable resources to ​ help guide your student group in budgeting, efficient spending, and receiving the support for your programming needs. We look forward to a great year! Sincerely, ABC Executive Board Rishi Shah, President Justin Chuang, Vice-President Brendan Lim, Treasurer Nicholas Loud, Secretary ABC REPRESENTATIVES 2019 - 2020 Latinx, Gabriela Alejandra Aquije Quiroga (gaa2130) ​ Music, Nicholas Loud (nel2124) [INTERIM] ​ ​ Pre-Professional, Travis Nelson (tn2368) ​ Media, Justin Chuang (jkc2159) [INTERIM] ​ ​ Publications, Danielle Mikaelian (dkm2146) ​ Dance, Chantel Woo (yw2908) ​ Special Interest, Daniel Eem (de2348) ​ Performance, Mario Garcia Jr. (mag2329) ​ Black, Anthony Ortega (aoo2120) ​ Indigenous, Charitie Ropatie (cr3109) ​ East Asian, Youn Sung Kim (yk2760) ​ Engineering, Alyza Tuchler (awt2124) ​ European/Middle Eastern, Shawn Anand (sa3511) ​ Academic, Dunia Habboosh (dah2192) ​ South, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander, Vivienne Li (vml2126) ​ Academic Project Number Club Name Allocation 19 - 20 Allocation 18 - 19 Reason For Decision Solid programming. Did not apply to ABC cosponsorships in order to be considered for allocation increase. Received baseline + additional decrease due to group overdraft AG002312 Mock Trial $12,250.00 $14,000.00 and overspending of allocation. Solid programming. Did not apply to ABC cosponsorships in order to be considered for AG002322 Political Science Students Association $0.00 $0.00 allocation increase. No allocation packet submission. Received baseline + additional decrease due to no allocation packet. Apply to ABC co-sponsorships and other sources of funding to cover AG002340 Sign Language Club $585.92 $1,378.72 any required costs. No allocation packet submission. Received baseline + additional decrease due to no allocation packet. Apply to ABC co-sponsorships and other sources of funding to cover AG002365 Society of International Undergraduates $140.25 $330.00 any required costs. Solid programming. Did not apply to ABC cosponsorships in order to be considered for allocation increase. Received baseline + additional decrease due to overspending of AG002366 Neuroscience Society $1,808.39 $2,020.55 allocation. Solid programming. Did not request change in allocation amount. Received baseline + AG002407 Pre-Law Society $833.77 $931.59 additional decrease due to overspending of allocation. Solid programming. Did not request change in allocation amount. Received baseline + AG002561 Quiz Bowl $4,199.34 $4,692.00 additional decrease due to overspending of allocation. Solid programming. Did not request change in allocation amount. Received baseline + AG002564 Columbia Debate Society $6,187.00 $7,070.86 additional decrease due to reclamation of unspent allocation. Solid programming. Did not apply to ABC cosponsorships in order to be considered for AG002595 Philolexian Society $1,862.08 $2,024.00 allocation increase. Spent allocation well and received baseline decrease. Solid programming. Did not request change in allocation amount. Received baseline + AG002603 Chandler Society for Undergraduate Chemistry $330.26 $369.00 additional decrease due to reclamation of unspent allocation. No allocation packet submission. Apply to ABC co-sponsorships and other sources of AG002615 Model Congress $0.00 $0.00 funding to cover any required costs. Solid programming. Rolled in ABC cosponsorships for allocation increase. Received AG003090 Columbia Debate Union $1,322.81 $0.00 baseline decrease. Solid programming. Did not apply to ABC cosponsorships in order to be considered for AG003064 Columbia University Medical Informatics Society $0.00 $0.00 allocation increase. Black Project Number Club Name Allocation 19 - 20 Allocation 18 - 19 Reason For Decision Solid programming. Rolled in ABC cosponsorships for allocation increase. Received AG002546 Black Students Organization $6,645.96 $5,945.38 baseline + additional decrease due to group overdraft and overspending of allocation. Solid programming. Did not apply to ABC cosponsorships in order to be considered for allocation increase. Received baseline + additional decrease due to overspending of AG002547 Caribbean Students Association $612.50 $700.00 allocation. Solid programming. Did not apply to ABC cosponsorships in order to be considered for allocation increase. Received baseline + additional decrease due to reclamation of AG002551 Haitian Students Association $979.69 $1,076.58 unspent allocation. Solid programming. Did not apply to ABC cosponsorships in order to be considered for AG002384 African Students Association $1,660.60 $1,804.50 allocation increase. Spent allocation well and received baseline decrease. Solid programming. Rolled in ABC cosponsorships for allocation increase. Spent AG002998 Ethiopian and Eritrean Students Association $1,046.50 $348.00 allocation well and received baseline decrease. Latinx Project Number Club Name Allocation 19 - 20 Allocation 18 - 19 Reason For Decision Solid programming. Did not request change in allocation amount. Received baseline + AG002545 Chicanx Caucus $2,941.57 $3,232.49 additional decrease due to reclamation of unspent allocation. Programming requires some attention. Did not request change in allocation amount. AG002979 Brazilian Society $223.75 $250.00 Received baseline + additional decrease due to group overspending allocation. Solid programming. Did not apply to ABC cosponsorships in order to be considered for allocation increase. Received baseline + additional decrease due to reclamation of AG002339 Student Organization of Latinos $3,850.00 $4,400.00 unspent allocation. Solid programming. Rolled in ABC cosponsorships for allocation increase. Received AG003124 Alianza $1,626.22 $300.00 baseline + additional decrease due to reclamation of unspent allocation. Indigenous Project Number Club Name Allocation 19 - 20 Allocation 18 - 19 Reason For Decision Solid programming. Rolled in ABC cosponsorships for allocation increase. Spent AG002612 Native American Council $3,013.92 $2,618.49 allocation well and received baseline decrease. Solid programming. Rolled in ABC cosponsorships for allocation increase. Received AG002409 Malama Hawaii $2,340.63 $1,600.00 baseline + additional decrease due to reclamation of unspent allocation. Dance Project Number Club Name Allocation 19 - 20 Allocation 18 - 19 Reason For Decision Solid programming. Did not apply to ABC cosponsorships in order to be considered for