The Cut Magazine Budget

We haven't made t-shirts for members in four years, and would like to do it again because we got such a great response from those shirts years ago. It would cost $15 per shirt, and we plan to make approximately 25 shirts. However, we also plan to ask members to pay $5 per shirt, so we would need a total of $250 to pay the remaining cost of producing the shirts.

$50 for advertising to the campus about our organization - this includes stickers and posters (which cost around $50 each year). This will help us not only recruit more members, but also gain more recognition for our organization so that more people pick up printed issues around campus.

In the past we have hosted bigger recruiting/member events each semester, but we have had to pay them out of pocket. We host one of these events per semester, and they each cost approximately $100. This pays for the food and beverages that we have at these events, and they're a great way to not only encourage people to join The Cut, but also to stay in The Cut. These events would cost $200 in total.

The JFC will fund $100 per semester for food for rush/recruitment, $200 per semester for food at events, $5 per person per semester for food for general body meetings, and $15 per person per event for food at a cultural event, at a cap to 2 events.

We host three general body meetings each month with approximately 20 members at each meeting. We would like to provide food for each of these meetings (this would also encourage people to come to the meetings). With $2 per person for 20 people for 3 meetings a month, this totals to $320.

We host three general body meetings each month with approximately 20 members at each meeting. We would like to provide food for each of these meetings (this would also encourage people to come to the meetings). With $2 per person for 20 people for 3 meetings a month, this totals to $320.

We currently charge $10 membership dues each year, with about 30 paying this year. However, this membership due does discourage some students from joining at the beginning of the year, and we would like to not have to charge this membership fee if possible in the future.

$250 towards tshirts (fully fund the tshirts) and $50 towards advertising.

We currently print four issues (2 issues per semester). We print 500 copies of each issue at $950 per issue. However, we also produce an additional online-only issue each semester, making for a total of six issues a year. We are requesting $5,700 instead of the usual $3,800 because we would like to print these other two issues that we already produce each year. We also want to note that our magazine is distributed around campus in all of the academic buildings and even in the greater Pittsburgh area (coffee shops, music venues, etc)

Do good with this.

Each year we host a concert with local musicians in The Frame Gallery on campus. The Frame charges $50 to host the event, so this is a fee that we know we will have to pay to host the event. This event is for recruiting members, gaining more recognition as an organization, as well as providing entertainment for the Carnegie Mellon student body as a whole.