Results from the Planning Meeting
Web Officer | Thursday, December 15th, 2011 | No Comments »Last Monday was our termly Planning Meeting, when we decide what trips we’ll be going on in the following term. You can see the trips that were voted for on our calendar, or download a printable copy from here.
We also discussed the club’s budget and some tough decisions were voted upon:
Earlier this term the club applied for funding from LUSU. We made two bids: Bid 1 was for crampons and tents and we have successfully gained ~£1400 to spend solely on crampons and tents; Bid 2 was for help with transport costs and unfortunately this was unsuccessful, leaving us with a hole in our budget. Furthermore both minibus costs and fuel costs have increased and so despite the higher prices weekend trips will always loose money. Hence, in our planning and budget meeting at the end of this term, both exec members and regular members proposed and voted upon a few changes to prevent the club running out of money. The decisions made are as follows:
1) The cost of Sunday trips will be raised to £92) Bunkhouse trips always run at a huge loss (~£500). Hence we will have 3 camping trips this coming term and look in to alternatives for Social Weekend next year (the bunkhouse would need paying for from this years budget).3) There will be a £12 cap on the subsidies drivers receive for weekend trips (Sundays will still be free).4) We have applied for one off funding for help with the costs of the Roybridge weekend trip in term 1 and will know if we are successful in the next few days.5) Members who didn’t attend the budget and planning meeting will be charged double(not really).
Obviously the club doesn’t make a profit and so any excess money will be used to provide extra subsidies for weekend trips and to provide us with a contingency fund (with Alex’s driving we should leave ~£400 to deal with possible minibus crashes etc…). Check your emails for a copy of our budget for this term if you’re interested in how the club spends its money.
