Club Finance Council

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Club Finance Council, or CFC, allocates ASUCD money to UC Davis officially SPAC recognized student clubs for specific projects, based on the merits of those projects.

Only Undergraduate Clubs can receive funding, meaning that the club must have five undergraduates as official officers for the club. However, the club can have as many graduate student or non-student members as it wants, so this really amounts to a meaningless restriction in many cases.

Grad student groups can be funded by the Graduate Student Association through the Organizations Fund. Groups with mixed grad and undergrad officers can't get funding from anyone though. :(

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There are rumors that they allow applications for CFC funding more than once a quarter now, is this true?

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2005-04-21 18:42:30 If you've ever wondered why people dislike ASUCD and/or SPAC, look no further than CFC. This program successfully scares people away from asking for funding simply by showing how much nonsense you have to go through to get even minimal funding. This is truly a level of bureaucracy that would make Big Brother jealous. —JonathonLeathers

2005-04-21 19:54:35 I second that. I looked into getting CFC financing for the Aggie Micro Aeronatuics club and fled in terror. —ArlenAbraham

2005-04-21 23:09:21 CFC is the biggest bureaucratic nightmare on campus. Its not worth the time spent trying to fill out one of their applications or attend their meetings/Inquisition to get money for your club. —AshleyOrsaba

2006-04-12 00:06:16 Ummm ok... Being a CFC Boardmember for the last two years , i can safely say that the three previous people who left their comments about CFC are the three most ignorant poeple that i have come across. Don't talk about something you haven't taken the time to research or indulge in. We give out 80,000 dollars every year to clubs (poeple who actully take the time to apply and put effort into their applications rather than slander organizations on online website) -J —GauravGoel

Hi, I don't know you, but you're a public official and you're calling me names. Perhaps you should be removed from office. Why should I let someone who insults me spend my money? I did research getting funding, and I took the time to read over all the SPAC information and sat through and paid attention to the entire meeting with Steven. After reading through the material and sitting through the meeting, I decided that 1) SPAC wouldn't give the Aggie Microaeronautics team funding, and 2) Even if they were going to give us the $2000, it would be easier to seek department/corporate sponsorship than jump through their hoops. — ArlenAbraham

I could be wrong, but I believe the ASUCD Senate has the ability to remove CFC board members. —BrentLaabs

The CFC Statutes and Procedures only outline removal by a 2/3 majority vote of the CFC board. That's not to say that ASUCD can't lobby for the removal of specific members of CFC. ASUCD also has a role in the selection of board members (just like it has a role in the selection of Media Board members...) -PRH

2006-04-12 00:08:05 Could we get a list of CFC board members and officers? —PaulHarms

2006-04-12 00:18:28 A fair amount of bureaucracy is necessary in CFC; ASUCD expects the Club Finance Council to distribute ASUCD funds to student clubs in a fair and unbiased manner. ASUCD uses the CFC to avoid the problems faced by ASUC at UC Berkeley, where funds are distributed directly by the ASUC Senate.

That being said, CFC has a serious image problem in many circles. BOARD MEMBERS OF THE CLUB FINANCE COUNCIL SHOULD BE MORE DIPLOMATIC IN ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF CLUB LEADERS, ASUCD OFFICIALS, AND THE PUBLIC. IT IS, AFTER ALL, THEIR MONEY (FROM STUDENT FEES) BEING ALLOCATED.

I doubt anyone can argue with that, and I encourage GauravGoel to edit the above comment and bring a friendlier tone to this discussion. —PaulHarms, ASUCD Internal Affairs

To the student body , ASUCD Senate and Internal Affairs Consider this as a public apology from me, Gaurav Goel to all who might have been insulted by my comment posted on 4/12.I did not mean to insult anyone and i am not calling anyone names. I admit calling some people "Ignorant" was a little harsh and immature on my part and i am embarrassed. With that said i would like to invite people to understand the reasons for my brash actions.I have been on CFC for the last 2 years of my 4 years at UCD. Like all the other board members , I have deeply and passionately cared for its success , missing classes, rescheduling midterms and review sessions. Sometimes , even giving my weekends. ANd in those last two years i have come to realize how hard it is to get the student body to have a positive image of us. We give student clubs about $80,000 a year with a maximum of $2000 per club organization. CFC is an opportunity for the student to get some part of the money they are giving to Ucdavis as fees back. We are the "good guys" , if anyone has any event they have to hold and they meet the criteria set by cfc then we have no reason not to fund your group. We spend a lot of time publicizing the CFC application intake dates and our manager, Mariya Deryugina has many office hours, so she can look over people's applications and help them tailor them so their chances of getting funding are very high. As, you can see we all do a lot to make our image better in the eyes of the student body and yet three small comments from people on davis wiki can have a very negative impact on the potential applicants who were considering applying for cfc funding. Now, maybe we are bureaucratic and as specified by Paul Harms, we need to be since we have many guidelines to follow and make sure people do not misuse the money given to them.But that beaurocracy does not mean that the board members cannot help you to get around it.We WANT people to put on more events and we WANT to give all the money we have back to the UC DAVIS STUDENT BODY. and yes ASUCD does have a role in the selection process, yet no senate member showed up when asked multiple times by our CFC Program director, Paul Cody , to the new CFC boaRd member selection that took place in the last three weeks. if you think that i have said something insulting and would like to address me personally then you can email me at ggoel@ucdavis.edu.Also , you can get a list of the current board members by emailing our manager at cfc@ucdavis.edu.

Thank you Gaurav Goel CFC Vice- Chair ggoel@ucdavis.edu