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29 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BILL /131

October 13, 1988

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
STUDENT UNION
Sponsored by:

Representative-at-Large
Journalism Represen ta ti ve
Education Representative

Sean Murphy
Kristine Jones
Alysa Lanning

Authored by:

PRSSA Vice President

Pete Baumgartner
Tanya Reinberg

A BILL
BILL HISTORY
. PRSSA, Public Relations Student Society of America, is a pre-professional
organization whose main goal is to provide students with learning experiences
pertaining to public realtions. PRSSA provides students with a link to local
professionals in the PR field.
National Conference Each November, PRSSA members from chapters across the
country convene for five days of plenary sessions, round tables, seminars, and
workshops. PRSSA, the professional organization, holds its conference
simultaneously, giving students opportunities to meet professionals from all sectors
of public relations. The ,conference gives members a chance to meet PR students
nationwide and to learn from some of the profession's top practitioners.
This year, the 41st PRSSA National Conference is being held November 12-16, in
Cincinnatti, Ohio, at the Omin-Netherland Plaza Hotel.
Chapter CU's chapter of PRSSA boasts a membership of 30 members representing a
wide variety of majors. Journalism School Dean Joanne Arnold is our faculty
advisor, and we have professional advisors from both Wells Communications of
Boulder, and the Manville Corporation in Denver. We will bring several PR
professionals to campus as speakers, including the man who handled Coors' recent
"rat in the can" crisis. We will also revive a PRSSA tradition of producing our own
newsletter for distribution to other PRSSA chapters. We want to be recognized as
the top chapter in the Rocky Mountain region, and we feel we'll soon achieve that.
Benefits The benefits of sending delegates to the National Conference are great
for the chapter as well as the university.
The various workshops, seminars and plenary sessions held during each time
segment over the five days warrants more than one member's attendance. The
more sessions that we attend, the more information we can bring back to our
chapter, increasing our members knowledge and awareness. We will devote a great
deal of time "passing on" the information that we gained from the conference to
the rest of the chapter.
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BILL SUMMARY
This bill would allocate an amount not to exceed $836.00 plus GAR from central
reserve to help fund H'e sending of two delegates to the Public Relations Student
Society of America National Conference. Any additional funding will reimburse
central reserve
BE IT ENACTED by the Executive Council of the University of Colorado Student
Union, THAT:

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SECTION 1:

An amount not to exceed $836.00 plus GAR shall be allocated
from Central Reserve to send two delegates to the PRSSA
National Conference.

SECTION 2:

A report shall be submitted pursuant to 24 ECB /14.

SECTION 3:

This bill will take effect upon passage.

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BUDGET
Sources of Funding We will seek to fund the cost of our trip from several diferrent
sources, including planned fundraisers, chapter funds, corporate grants, money
from competitions, as well as UCSU. Our total estimated budget for sending 3
delegates to Cincinna tti is as follows:
$ 315.00
Registration fee: $105 x .3(people)
420.00
Hotel costs: $104 x 4(nights)
674.00
Airfare: $258 + $158 + $258
Meals: $87 x 5(days)
435-.00
TOTAL
$1844.00
Our funding will come from the following sources:
Manville Corp.
$ 150.00
250.00
Levi Strauss, Inc. (tentative award)
PRSSA travel fund
150.00
(from fundraising - Celestial Seasonings)
836.00
ucsu
TOTAL
1386.00
Breakdown of proposed UCSU award:
Hotel costs
$ 420.00
416.00
Airfare for 2
TOTAL
$ 836.00
plus GAR

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Drew Bolin

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President Pro-TemporE.'
UCSU Executive Council

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Susie airchild
UCSU Executive