WEEF Proposals have all come in. There has been a whopping $266 693 of funding requested, and we have $85 000 to allocate, clearly there will be some tough decisions to make. It came as a surprise there were no funding requests from the ECE or MME departments – traditionally these departments (given their size) have several proposals. CEE, SYDE, ARCH, GEO and CHEM departments came in with requests for a variety of equipment totally over $178 000. The remaining requests came from student teams as well as the engineering student machine shop.
Presentations that accompany the proposals will occur on Feb 23rd and Feb 25th in E3-1303 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Dinner will be provided to the WEEF Class Rep(s) that attend (1 or 2 per class). To ensure your class/department gets a say in where the $85 000 gets allocated, please be sure that a representative from your class attends! Visit the list of class reps at www.weef.uwaterloo.ca/council.html to see if your class has a rep.
After presentations are completed, the funding council (comprised of all the WEEF Class Reps) will convene on March 2nd to determine how this terms WEEF Monies will be allocated.
The statistics for WEEF Returns are now available (see accompanying chart). We had an overall 30% return rate, which has been fairly typical over the past terms. One thing to note is the return rates within ARCH. Last year we saw a 0% and 19% with 1B and 3A respectively, this year we’re seeing 25% and 41% – clearly a significant increase. We need to do better in showcasing (stickers etc.) the various purchases made for ARCH. (Perhaps this increase is due in-part to the new online return request system, one year ago that did not exist).
Questions, comments or suggestions are always welcome – email me at weef@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
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