1. Student senate spring 2016 state of the finances
Treasurer: Alex Stogin

2. Overview
Report looks at RSO allocation trends since Fall of 2013 based off of the precedent categories
Analyzes executive board and media organization budget trends since the budget

3. Allocations

4. allocations

5. allocations

6. Rso allocation trends Category 2013-2014 2014-2015 Difference
Overall Diff.
Conferences
33.93%
46.57%
+12.64%
41.56%
-5.01%
+7.63%
Speakers
19.04%
15.17%
-3.87%
15.99%
+0.82%
-3.05%
Cultural Food
16.08%
11.78%
-4.30%
13.36%
+1.58%
-2.72%
Instruction
2.14%
1.07%
-1.07%
0.55%
-0.52%
-1.59%
Entertainment
9.35%
7.12%
-2.23%
8.66%
+1.54%
-0.69%
Event Supplies
0.75%
1.17%
+0.42%
1.18%
+0.01%
+0.43%
Publicity
0.87%
0.81%
-0.06%
0.74%
-0.07%
-0.13%
Field Trips
0.77%
1.58%
+0.81%
1.71%
+0.40%
Publications
1.12%
+0.06%
0.25%
-0.93%
-0.87%
Tournaments
10.65%
8.09%
+0.16%
7.15%
-0.94%
-3.50%
Capital
5.30%
5.46%
-2.56%
8.35%
-2.89%
+3.05%

7. Rso allocations in dollars(totals exclude midyear exec and media allocations)
Categories
Difference
(as of 3/2/16)
Conferences
$53,086.70
$74,817.43
+$21,730.73
$55,252.59
Speakers
$29,790.00
$24,384.85
-$5,405.15
$21,260.00
Cultural Food
$25,148.75
$18,937.00
-$6,211.75
$17,766.25
Instruction
$3,350.00
$1,720.34
-$1,629.66
$732.40
Entertainment
$14,625.00
$11,447.26
-$3,177.74
$11,516.34
Event Supplies
$1,180.00
$1,877.15
+$697.15
$1,566.41
Publicity
$1,360.00
$1,303.46
-$56.54
$989.90
Field Trips
$1,202.50
$2,530.84
+$1,328.34
$2,272.78
Publications
$1,750.00
$1,900.00
+$150.00
$1,000.00
Tournament
$16,660.39
$13,001.09
-$3,659.30
$9,503.12
Capital
$8,285.67
$8,772.47
+$486.80
$11,096.18
Total
$156,439.01
$160,691.89
+$4,252.88
$132,955.97

8. Exec board/media budget 2013-2104

9. Exec board/media budget 2014-2015

10. Exec board/media budget 2015-2016

11. Exec board/media budget trends
Position
Difference
Overall Diff.
President
9.00%
11.02%
+2.02%
6.63%
-4.39%
-2.37%
Vice President
0.94%
3.07%
+2.13%
4.02%
+0.95%
+3.08%
Chief of Staff
1.45%
2.15%
+0.70%
1.57%
-0.58%
+0.12%
Media/PR
17.10%
20.68%
+3.58%
9.76%
-10.92%
-7.34%
University Events
46.82%
38.61%
-8.21%
46.96%
+8.35%
+0.14%
Inclusion
6.40%
5.78%
-0.62%
11.51%
+5.73%
+5.11%
Civic Engagement
5.52%
8.22%
+2.70%
8.09%
-0.13%
+2.57%
Argus
7.62%
6.21%
-1.41%
7.07%
+0.86%
-0.55%
WESN
1.42%
1.30%
-0.12%
1.31%
+0.01%
-0.11%
Titan TV
0.22%
0.27%
+0.05%
0.02%
-0.25%
-0.20%
Tributaries
3.51%
2.69%
-0.82%
3.06%
+0.37%
-0.45%

12. Exec board/media budgets in dollars
Position
Difference
Overall Diff.
President
$18,300
$24,800
+$6,500
$13,100
-$11,700
-$5,200
Vice President
$1,900
$6,900
+$5,000
$7,950
-$1,050
+$6,050
Chief of Staff
$2,950
$4,850
+$1,900
$3,100
-$1,750
+$150
Media/PR
$34,756
$46,547
+$11,791
$19,280
-$27,267
-$15,476
University Events
$95,150
$86,900
-$8,250
$92,800
+$5,900
-$2,350
Inclusion
$13,000 $0
$22,750
+$9,750
Civic Engagement
$11,200
$18,500
+$7,300
$16,000
-$2,500
+$4,800
Argus
$15,480
$13,980
-$1,500
WESN
$2,886
$2,936
+$50
$2,586
-$350
-$300
Titan TV
$450
$603.95
+$153.95
$34
-$596.95
-$416
Tributaries
$7,150
$6,050
-$1,100
Total
$203,222
$225,066.95
+$21,844.95
$197,630
-$27,436.95
-$5,592

13. conclusion
Conference allocations have increase nearly 8%-10% over the last two years and represents a large sum of money going to a small handful of students
While event supplies, publicity and field trips have gone up, they have gone up around the rate of inflation and are negligible
All other on campus funding for RSO programing has decreased noticeably over the last two years
Executive board and media budgets have overall shrunk over the last two years and remained at roughly 60% of Senate’s annual revenue
Thoughts?