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Dear First_Name,

You are receiving this email as you are listed as a student organization's current advisor, president, treasurer, or vice president. If you are no longer an officer or an advisor of a student organization, please email Campus Activities at activities@cornell.edu. For all the information you need on student funding opportunities, please check out Chapter 5 of the Big Red Guidebook.

This year there are a few significant and outstanding changes that will 100% make student organization budgeting easier!

ALL NEW! Streamlined guidelines for ALL Funding Sources
- Campus Activities Universal Funding Guidelines for all Student Organizations.
ALL NEW! A new process for allocating budgets will allow student organizations to use their allocations quicker and easier!
- No more budget reviews for tier-level allocations!
  - Your spending cap from your primary funding board will automatically be listed within your accounting group book on August 21st
  - All you have to do to utilize your funds is to submit a Payment Request following the Universal Guidelines mentioned above
    - There are options for Cornell to pay for most things
    - Services MUST be paid for by Cornell and include the contracts outlined in Chapter 5 of the Big Red Guidebook.
    - Reimbursements will be processed faster this year, as they must be turned in within 30 days of when the purchase was made
  - Your group must be fully registered and approved to utilize any funding
    - Outside and Gift Funding has been uploaded already
- Each primary funding board will assign one student leader to your organization to help you plan your programming
  - They will help you with questions about what you can and cannot purchase and how to submit payment requests
  - Enhanced support from the four primary funding boards by having a 1:1 primary funding board liaison.

Below are the four primary funding boards, and their emails are below.

GPSAFC (Graduate and Professional student organizations only)
SAFC (Undergraduate student organizations that are not sports or faith-related)
ICC (Interfaith Council at Cornell student organizations only)
CSC (Club Sports Council student organizations only)

The Payment Request has also undergone some significant improvements; this year, it should be as intuitive as ever! It is already live and can be used by any groups with Gift and Outside Funding as long as they are fully registered. Watch for an email next week titled “How To Submit a Payment Request” for more details. Additionally, there are supplementary funding boards that you can request funding from. These are outlined in Chapter 5 of the Big Red Guidebook, and the applications will open on August 21st.

To summarize, there will be NO budget reviews for primary funding allocations; you should know the new Universal Guidelines in and out and watch for an email from your primary funding board to be paired with a 1:1 funding liaison. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Campus Activities activities@cornell.edu.

Thanks,

Campus Activities