Checking In

Hi Folks,
Just another weekly update of the things that are going on around here.

Save The Date
The Campus Entertainment Department of UGBC which is responsible for many of UGBC's social campus events has finalized a few dates of important events. Please make sure to keep these free so that you will be in attendance!

Athletics 101- Pep Rally- Friday September 4th, 2009 (Conte Forum, 6-8PM)
Student Activities Day- Friday September 11th, 2009 (Dustbowl, 9AM-On)
Fall Concert- Friday September 11th, 2009 - (Performers are TBA)
Homecoming- Saturday October 10th, 2009 - (This is Columbus Day Weekend, so plan to stick around)

More dates to come

Budget
I have put together the 2009-2010 UGBC Budget proposal. This year's budget is $538,000, which represents a 2% increase from last year. The budget will now go to the UGBC Senate who will vote to approve/not approve it in early September.

Transportation


Bike Share- I believed I mentioned this in a previous entry but Parking and Transportation is looking to put together a Bike Share Program for students to use. There would be a semester cost and you could rent the bike when you needed it to run errands, get to class etc. I'm currently working with PJ Capadonna, the Parking and Transportation Manager and hopefully we will have something by the late fall or definitely Spring semester. Keep on the lookout for more information, but I think this is a really cool project and something that was on our platform.

GPS- This has been talked about for awhile now but it looks like this will be live by mid to late August. Keep checking back for more updates and check your email in August for more information. If you want to see how it works check out Harvard's GPS system which utilizes the same company, Transloc.

Zipcar- How many people here use Zipcar? Well thats the million dollar question we are trying to figure out. There is a new competitor to ZipCar- HertzConnect, and they can allow people who are 18 and over to use their cars as opposed to ZipCar which is 21 and over. We are working with Parking and Transportation to solidify a vendor, but if you have any preference or questions please let me know.

That's all I have for now. Let me know if you have any questions

Enjoy your weekend,

-Al