Financial Officer: Marilu Medrano (marilum@stanford.edu)
Amount Approved: $32,669.82
Full Budget

What is the mission and purpose of your student group?

To foster the martials arts community at Stanford through
subsidies toward individual groups as well as to serve the
Stanford Community at large through performances, demonstrations,
self defense workshops, and tournaments.

Why are you requesting Special Fees?

We are requesting Special Fees in order to help cover our
operating budget, as well as those of our member groups.  The
money is used for honoraria, equipment, and costs of putting on
community service programs.

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

Our 3 largest line items are:

1. Honoraria for the SMAP director

The director oversees all of SMAP's activites, offers advice to
the officer core, lobbies the University for student interests,
trains instructors for our self defense workshops, oversees and
teaches SMAP's ""Introduction to Martial Arts"" P.E. class, and
provides continuity from year to year.

2. Facilities Rentals (Primarily for the Aikido and Jujitsu
clubs)

Some of the SMAP member clubs require special practice areas,
such as the Stanford Wrestling room, in order to ensure safe
practices.  The cost of rent from the University comprises the
majority of this line item request.

3. SMAP Equipment

SMAP purchases equipment each year for use in community service
programs.  This includes mats for our ""Introduction to Martial
Arts"" class, sound equipment for demonstrations and
performances, and safety equipment for our self defense
workshops.

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

There is an extremely small (about 0.1%) increase in our Special
Fee request relative to last year.  This is attributable to
increased sponsorship of the Capoeira group, reflective of their
increased activity in the past year.  In addition, last year's
budget reflected certain one-time expenses that will not be
incurred this year.