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    Budgeting & Fundraising Tips

    *Last updated on January 27, 2008

    The information below is designed to help you budget and plan your trip to the AITP National Collegiate Conference and provide some tips for fundraising efforts as well!
    Item Individual Quad Occupancy
    Conference Registration (Earlybird AITP student member rate) $275 $275 ea

    Nightly hotel bill including all fees and taxes for 3 nights (Thu-Sun)

     $160 (single/double)     $171.50 (triple/quad)

     $480 (3 nights)               $514.50 (3 nights)

    		   $128.62 per person
    FLYING: Airfare ($400 approx) and $20 airport shuttle

    *Note: Airfare prices have recently increased....consider flying into Little Rock or Nashville using discount carriers and make the 2-hr drive - could be big savings!!!

    		 $420 $420 per person
    Miscellaneous $26.38 $26.38
    Total approximate cost per attendee assuming quad (4) occupancy in the hotel room and flying to Memphis   $850 per person
         

    Fundraising Tips and Suggestions

    1. Sell USB drive, Notebook/Desktop PC check-ups/virus removal service or other things that are unique to IT so as not to compete with other campus organizations

    2. Consider an AITP tutor for CIS/CS classes for a nominal fee that goes to the student chapter and everyone planning on attending the NCC should pull shifts doing so

    3. Consider running an IT how to seminar or workshop for senior citizens or the community

    4. Solicit donations from ALL alumni of the CIS/CS program over the past few years - especially those that attended the AITP NCC in the past

    5. Ask the members of the CIS/CS/IT department's advisory council or board for support and/or sponsorship as a whole let alone the member organizations!

    6. Apply for departmental, college and university funding support as it is a national conference and you will be representing the college or university

    7. Solicit donations from the community to support the trip to "nationals"

    8. Ask your sponsoring AITP professional chapter for support as well.  I realize that not every AITP student chapter has a sponsoring local/regional professional chapter but also seek out area IT professionals and enlist their support

    9. Consider driving instead of flying to save money.  Worst case - you can arrive early Friday morning and depart after the Saturday night awards banquet which would require only 1 night of hotel lodging but you will be "real tired" and miss out on many networking opportunities and, perhaps, some of the contest events as well.

    10. Generally, as long as you have a specific purpose for fundraising like "getting to nationals", the individuals and organizations that you ask will be very supportive!

    These items are listed as suggestions and please feel free to share your fundraising suggestions which I will post and share!  

    Kevin Jetton, AITP National Collegiate Conference

     

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