GSA Budget  June 1, 2007 - May 31, 2008
Estimated Opening Balance:		$29,500.00
	1-Jun-07
Estimated Income from Blanket Tax checks
		$33,000.00
Proposed Expenditure
	see below	$44,870.00
Expected Closing Balance		$17,630.00
	1-Jun-08
Proposed expenditure
Class.	Category	Proposed		A year ago, GSA held a surplus in its bank account of approximately $45k. This year continues the effort to pare down this unnecessary excess through social events and the upkeep and improvement of grad student spaces. GSA will spend $45k, while grad student fees will bring in $33k, leaving our balance around $17.5k.
1	Socials
	Fall Picnic	$4,750.00
	Halloween Party	$1,000.00
	TGs	$4,200.00
	St. Patrick's	$1,500.00
	Spring Picnic	$4,500.00
	Superbowl	$750.00
	Total	$16,700.00
				This budget proposes about $10k of spending for long-term resources, such as sports equipment, furnishing the grad lounge in the student center, and physical maintenance of Valhalla. Another $22k will go towards GSA social events. The final $13k is split among a variety of GSA efforts, including the GSA enhancement grants. These grants are open to all grad students and intended to fund projects that enhance graduate student culture at Rice.
2	Beer bike
	Social Events	$2,500.00
	Equipment	$750.00
3	Sports	$1,000.00
4	Grants	$5,000.00
5	Yellow Pages (Net)	$1,000.00
				Please contact your department's GSA representative with questions
6	Awards	$1,800.00		http://gsa.rice.edu/reps.html
7	Office supplies	$350.00
8	NAGPS Dues	$300.00
9	Grant Rollover
	Valhalla Upkeep	$3,500.00
10	Miscellaneous	$500.00
11	Website	$420.00
12	Meetings
	Elections	$300.00
	Reps Meeting	$1,500.00
13	Career Day	$1,000.00
14	GSA Rep Retreat	$1,500.00
15	Lounge
	Furniture	$2,500.00
	Social	$1,250.00
	Cable TV	$500.00
16	Community Service	$1,000.00
18	Orientation	$1,500.00
	Total	$44,870.00