Argh, hit post too soon last time. Anyhow, I'm the president of a program really just getting off the ground (after several abortive attempts) at Stetson University... ~2200 students. We're in the middle of applying for funding, which is somewhat disheartening -- since we are classified as a regular student organization, we can only ask for funds from the school for events on campus that are open to all students -- this does not include question packets, travel or competition fees, or anything particularly important. Actually, all we can really put in the budget are expenses for our on-campus event we're using to raise funds... However, if we were classified as a sport, we would be able to request funds for, say, competition. I'm trying to convince Student Life of this, and I'd appreciate some input from other programs so I have some examples to put forth: What kind of funding do you get from your school? How much do you have to raise yourself? Are you classified as a club or a sport? If you tried to get reclassified, did you have a difficult time of it? How did you raise funds the first few years you were getting off the ground? We're nowhere near numerous or experienced enough to host much of a tournament, though we put on a small HS invitational every year that we don't charge for... our fundraising efforts so far are sad things indeed. We had one generous alum several years ago put in enough for the past few years of College Bowl, Inc. question packets and gas money to Regionals. :-P Any advice/suggestions? Thanks, Kat Stetson University College Bowl
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