Finance Committee Meeting — Minutes (02/11/26)

SGA Finance Committee Meeting MinutesDate: Wednesday, February 11th, 2026, 7-8pmLocation: Kriger Laverty LoungeNotetaker: Paul WooPresentAbsentZoe Gaillard (virtual)Ryan GarzaJuan Hidrowoh (virtual)Veda KommineniKai MartinAnisha RasamsettyMamadou ThiamPaul WooAmy XuIsaac ZhangPeter TarpleySrigouri!Imad AhmedRebecca WuSrika PopuriHonora MuratoriPeter JacksonKevin Xu (Unexcused)Agenda ItemsFast with JHUMA — Senator MamadouEvent happening on the 26th; Ryan brings up issue of speaker gifts; Amy responds bills are somewhat exempt from hard guideline rulesJHUMA asked to work with Tarini to re-use materials from the SGA supply closetMamadou asked by committee to ensure SGA branding around eventBill passed unanimouslyJay Fila SGA Exec TablingVeda suggests converting some of the sandwich funding into Mac n Cheese, or not getting Mac n Cheese at all; buy cookies or brownies instead100 cookies will cost $170; Mac n Cheese will cost $74 to serve 20 peopleVeda suggests convert 100 sandwiches worth of money to the vegetarian optionAmy proposes to buy 350 sandwiches and 100 cookies for $169 for a new grand total of $2,226.50; committee unanimously agreesFinish final budget presentations, vote on budgetsKai presents CSA’s lunar new year’s events; Kai’s suggestion of $389.95 passed without oppositionVeda presents Arepa Club’s request; agreed without oppositionIsaac presents Epidemic Proportions’ budget; requesting $5k in total. AV expenses for launch party questioned; Isaac’s proposal agreed without oppositionIsaac presents Temps d’Afrique’s budget; Isaac’s suggestion agreed upon without oppositionVeda presents Mexican Students’ Association, brings up $100 for a DJ’s services without a quote; Amy suggests denying due to incongruity of hiring a DJ for 9 hours for just $100.Paul asks about permissibility of approving $160 in food for WPHLS’s Spring Conference without a fixed RSVP list; group suggests it's not unreasonable to think enough people would attend to be under the caps.Group approves ALL budget allocations of $90k unanimouslyRSO Finance workshop (bill here)Amy proposes a survey to gather data on the student body's knowledge of the budget approval process.Committee members brainstorm ideas in the below documentSurvey questions brainstormingSee this old survey! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1noWr-c4wcmj0Uil6tBq6Lo8jIwvCvW73ZuKcYZNPT3Y/edit?tab=t.0Chinese Student Association– represented by Kai MartinTotal requested: $818.77Materials for Lunar New YearProposed allocation: $389.95Note: May require a reimbursement due to date proximity