The Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) announced its updated fundraising expectations for RSOs requesting more than $2,500 at College Council’s (CC) Monday meeting.

Under the new fundraising guidelines, RSOs requesting more than $2,500 will face progressive fundraising rates applied to each successive dollar after the $2,500 threshold. Under the old SGFC guidelines, RSOs’ fundraising expectations were determined by flat rates applied to the total amount requested. 

RSOs will now have to fundraise 35 percent for each additional dollar requested between $2,500 and $5,000. For each additional dollar requested between $5,000 and $10,000, student organizations will be expected to raise 50 cents, and for each additional dollar requested over $10,000, organizations will be expected to raise 60 cents.

Under the old guidelines, requests over $2,500 required RSOs to finance 10 percent of the total, those over $5,000 required them to finance 25 percent, and those over $10,000 required a 33 percent fundraising rate.

Requests under $2,500 faced no fundraising requirement both before and after the change.

SGFC co-chair Gavin Wynn explained that the new requirement’s primary goal was to avoid situations where requesting slightly more funding would require a significantly higher RSO fundraising burden. “You would request a little bit more, and you would receive substantially less because your whole request [would be taxed] at this higher rate,” Wynn said. 

RSOs were notified of the changes Monday night, according to Wynn.

CC also approved third-year Ella Kodl as the chair of the Health and Wellness Committee (HAWC) by unanimous consent at the meeting. CC then moved into the executive session, requiring the Maroon to leave the room for the remainder of their confirmation discussions. 

CC confirmed all member nominations to the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Committee, Residence Life and Dining Committee, Committee on Academic Teams, and Sports Club Fund during the session.

College Council holds weekly public meetings in Stuart Hall 104 on Mondays at 7 p.m.