AB Publications Budget

$225 x15 = $3375 + $910 = $4285 $225: the cost of a standard 6-page, black & white issue of readme as ordered from campus printing services at printjob@andrew.cmu.edu x15: enough for 8 issues in the fall, 7 issues in the spring plus one color issue to wrap up the year. $910: the cost of a standard 6-page, color issue of readme as ordered from campus printing services at printjob@andrew.cmu.edu. Readme prints at least every other week and sometimes more frequently for special events like Spring Carnival. We believe that a final color issue would help to draw in new audience members as it is more eye- catching than the normal black and white issues.

To purchase our domain name and to pay for hosting (a little more than $10 per semester, varying) We believe purchasing our domain name would make the publication look more professional to the student body and to employers. It also allow us to begin making better use of our website, a project we began this school year.

Current cost of cmureadme.com: $13.17. Get free web hosting from computer club

(about $150 per semester) We would like to be able to purchase props and items for costumes for our new skit show "Watchme". We would use these items to create a more professional looking production and so that the creativity would not be halted by lack of budget. This is a relatively new venture and has brought in new interest into readme. It offers a niche emptied by disbandment of Variety Hour.

Apply for special allocation if you have enough members/interest to do this next year

Money for 10-15 staff members to have a social bonding event each semester to encourage productivity within the team and comfortable sharing of ideas.

You have only 4-5 members and can use your commitee food budget from AB

Adobe Cloud Subscription for InDesign for one to two staff members. We have been using InDesign for the past few years both for its ease of use and for the professional look it gives the finished product. Further, our current layout requires InDesign for access and thus we will be unable to produce high-quality readmes at the end of this school year when our subscription expires. Finally, putting the main subscription on an editor's computer allows for a great deal of flexibility and freedom in the production of the readmes, as editors are no longer limited to times when the office is available. It encourages work on the layout and composition of the readmes even when offices are not schedule, improving productivity. The cost of a yearly subscription to InDesign is $20 per month. Ideally, we would like to be able to purchase subscriptions for two editors in the case that one becomes unable to work on a certain issue.

$359 Creative Cloud subscription through campus store. Check for promotions - this year Adobe offered 12 month subscription for $200 (offer expires April 14)