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Eric Frey | Incidental Fee Committee Chair<\/span><\/p>\n Dear students, I wanted to write to you first to inform you of where we stand as a committee after the preliminary hearings and second to ask you for your input on where you think your fees should go.<\/span><\/p>\n Some background <\/span>\u2014<\/span> every term students pay an incidental fee to support student-funded activities and organizations. This year the fee is $349 per regular term and $153 for summer term, with projected enrollment next fall being 4,745. We estimate to receive $4,402,604 in revenue if fees do not change. For summer, projected enrollment is 800 students and $123,000 in revenue if fees do not change. For the 2018-2019 school year IFC funded areas requested $4,515,310 for their budgets and an additional $429,896 in enhancements to their budgets <\/span>\u2014<\/span> \u00a0a total of $4,945,206 requested from the IFC. With the $542,602 difference between requested funds and projected available funds we have to find the balance between raising fees and lowering budgets.<\/span><\/p>\n Here is where we stand after preliminary decisions on the funding of the IFC-funded areas:<\/span><\/p>\n Abby\u2019s House, Access, Creative Arts , Athletics, Childcare, Extraordinary Travel, Campus Rec-HWC, Campus Rec-Club Sports, Campus Rec-Intramurals, Student Engagement-LIA, Student Engagement-SAB, WOLF Ride, SLCD and the Computer Replacement Fund were all funded at the level requested.<\/span><\/p>\n ASWOU was cut by $28,000 with the intent to cut the Oregon Student Association membership, while the ASWOU cut package indicated cuts to Clubs & Orgs and travel funds. Student Media was cut by $3,229 with the intent to reduce printing costs in <\/span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i>. Student Engagement Operations was cut by $3,887 with the intent to close the downstairs of the Werner University Center at 10 p.m. when the upstairs closes.<\/span><\/p>\n Five areas also requested enhancements to their base budget:<\/span><\/p>\n ASWOU requested $4,359 to support SVA National Convention Travel: Approved<\/span><\/p>\n Athletics requested $396,505 to fund travel, uniforms, equipment and pre-season expenses: $28,250 was approved <\/span>\u2014<\/span> $2,500 for baseball helmets, $4,000 for Basketball Game Fees for not traveling to an opponent<\/span>[ZS2] <\/span>, $7,500 for volleyball uniforms, $5,692 for track to replace aging equipment, $2,148 for cross country meet fees for not traveling to opponent, $4,117 for cheerleading uniforms<\/span><\/p>\n Student Engagement-Leadership, Inclusion, Activities requested $3,759 to support Siblings Weekend and the Leadership Institute: Approved<\/span><\/p>\n Student Engagement-SAB requested $2,685 to fund new SAB location: Approved<\/span><\/p>\n WOLF Ride\/SLCD requested $22,588 to fund a<\/span> second driver\/navigator and develop a WOLF Ride App: second driver\/navigator approved for $17,292.<\/span><\/p>\n Overall IFC approved $56,345 in enhancements to the budgets<\/span><\/p>\n With the total of $4,536,539 budget and with the projected enrollment we are looking at increasing the Incidental Fee from $349 per term to $360 per term.<\/span><\/p>\n