Hello Engineers! This past Tuesday, the Engineering Capital Improvements Fund (ECIF) Committee met to discuss capital purchases to help improve the Society services and facilities around campus. This term the committee had just over twelve thousand dollars to allocate, which was made up of 15% of the Engineering Society Budget plus re-allocations from past terms. The allocations can be seen on this page. A large chunk of the funding went towards finishing up the LCD screen installations that are going up around the Engineering Buildings to advertise events and provide Society updates. Money to go towards an electronic stapler for the Orifice was allocated so that you will now be able to come in and staple a large pile of sheets without having to fight with the manual industrial stapler. The basis for ECIF is student submissions, and I would encourage you to get in contact with me if you have any ideas for future purchases that could benefit your engineering experience here at Waterloo.
Another committee that met over the past few weeks was the Sponsorship Committee, which saw 14 presentations from various student teams and groups around campus. This term the committee had $9597.06 to allocate. The final allocations can be found on this page as well. Sponsorship happens every term, and if you are a part of a student group or team on campus that is seeking funding, I encourage you to keep an eye out for when proposals are open.
Lastly, I wanted to let everyone know about some awesome sales that will be happening in Novelties over the next few weeks. We have decided to mark down one item each week for the rest of the term. This upcoming week, November 10th to 14th, will be Scarf Week, and the Waterloo Engineering scarves will be 10% off, which means they are only $18. November 17th to 21st, the green How Many Days ‘Til IRS t-shirts will be only $10, which is $5 in savings! Finally, from November 24th to 28th, toques will be 10% off, for a sale price of $13.50. Tax is included in all prices. As well, during the week of the 24th to 28th Novelties will be offering free gift wrap for all purchases over $10. Stop by between 11:30 and 1:30 to check it out.
That’s about all I’ve got for this week. As always, feel free to stop by the Orifice to chat if you have any questions, or send me an email to vpfinance.a@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca.
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