Jon Polen - Treasurer

[JPolen01]

How will you go about getting contingency funds and possibly a program grant to be able to make the College AutoX self sufficient?

As you said earlier in the post the Senate Finance Committee and SGA are great sources of funding for clubs. I do not know the exact qualifications for receiving funding, but this is something I plan to learn and use to our advantage. I have already talked with other potential officers about this and we all agree that there is no reason not to do this. Getting free money for the club is a no brainer. Between Dan and my business knowledge and with the help of Tyler and Chris I feel as though I (or we if more than 1 person can present) can pitch a well thought out professional plan on how intend to use the funding.

What other opportunities do you see that we have to make money?

Besides stadium clean up and the car smash idea, I have a few other ideas. There has been numerous attempts to get some MMers out to Autox and Nasa? events (correct me if it was a different event, VIR?) to sell coffee/food. I know that the logistics part of this is tough and getting people out to these events can also be a challenge. I hope to get a solid group of people who are interested in going to events and implementing this "snack stand" at least once. Did I mention I ran a full blown concession stand (Dogs, burgers, pulled pork, snow cones, fries, the works) when I was 14? Running a consistent stand at events could net us a good amount of cash.

Will you keep the current cost of dues?

What are the cost of dues? $30 or $35 for the year? I don't see any need to increase this as they were increased this year and seemed to cover everything the club needed to do. With an increase in fundraising, dues do not need to be raised.

We have managed to leave the club in better financial standing than in the past, what do you plan to do with the money? What purchases do you think we should make that would serve well in the long run (hellz maybe save up for a toolbox MM Racing)?

As of now, I plan to use some of the money for the fundraisers mentioned above. Need to spend money to make money they say. I have been thinking about getting an MM tent and with the help of Scott I think we can have a really cool one made. I also have been picturing a flag(s) that can be seen from far away for MM to put out at the track and any other events we have. Everyone would know where we are in the paddock, why not bring more attention to our already obnoxious bunch? I want something along the lines of this:


Your idea for an MM toolbox is actually something I have never thought of or heard anyone talk about. If we could get some money from the Finance Committee and start collecting tools which could be passed down from year to year that would be awesome. I am going to look into this for sure. Tools are expensive, but last forever and could be really useful for wrench days in which people don't have their own tools.