Financial Officer: Kunal Gullapalli (kvg@stanford.edu)
Amount Approved: $45,047.90
Full Budget
Argument in Favor of Club Sports Graduate Fee

What is the mission and purpose of your student group?

Club Sports is the umbrella organization for twenty non-varsity,
intercollegiate sports. The teams are Men's Rugby, Women's Rugby,
Men's Ultimate, Women's Ultimate, Badminton, Archery, Skiing,
Lacrosse, Table Tennis, Equestrian, Polo, Running, Cycling,
Triathlon, Cricket, Judo, Men's Squash, Women's Squash, Tae Kwon
Do, and Ice Hockey. Club Sports evaluates each sport's budget in
the fall quarter and allocated special fees money accordingly.
Club Sports organizes monthly meetings, facilitates team
operations, encourages endowment creation, and reviews the budget
of each sport every quarter.		

Why are you requesting Special Fees?

We are requesting Special Fees in order to supply our twenty
teams with funding. Our teams need this funding to alleviate the
considerable financial pressures of playing on a traveling
athletic team.

What are the three largest line item requests in your budget and why?

Facilities rental - This item includes field space on and off
campus that must be rented for some clubs.

Equipment - Equipment can be extremely expensive in several
sports and Club Sports helps alleviate this cost for students.

Registration - Teams must pay large dues and fees to participate
in leagues and tournaments. Travel fares used to be the largest
line item but was taken out of the budget completely this year to
lower our request.

If you applied for Special Fees last year, is there an increase in the
amount you're seeking this year?  If so, why?

Club Sports is actually requesting LESS money than past years,
even though we have added club teams and lost fundraising
opportunities.  Our lowered request is extremely reasonable and
was overwhelmingly approved by both Undergraduate and Graduate
student councils.