School consists of many extracurriculars, and clubs comprise of a major portion of those activities. This year, ASB chose to make a new distinction between interest clubs, which are school-based, and campus clubs, which are more involved with the community. Both interest and campus clubs can advertise during the daily bulletin and on Club Day. The main difference between the two types of clubs is that campus clubs can host off-campus events.
“ASB voted to implement the idea of campus and interest clubs to allow more clubs at school,” ASB Advisor Mr. Michael Kidd said. “That way, we can accommodate as many people who are interested in hosting a club as possible.”
The reason there are two types of clubs is because last year, all previously registered clubs had their own independent bank accounts. However, some clubs did not fully utilize their accounts because of club inactivity. Consequently, this created problems for the school administration, such as a large amount of paperwork from the routine audit that checked the financial state of ASB. As a result, ASB decided clubs that proposed reasonable budgets were deemed campus clubs and the ones that didn’t have as much of a dynamic budget were ruled as interest clubs. All the clubs that existed last year are considered campus clubs.
To determine whether a club is an interest or campus club, ASB looked over the proposed charter and discussed the purpose and budget of the club. ASB notified club cabinet members on what type of club they would host once their charter had been successfully reviewed.
“Currently, my club, The Odyssey of the Mind, is an interest club,” Sophomore Eddie Li said. “If we were to be changed to a campus club, I think more people would know about us.”
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