Info about how the U.S.A. handles cards and money:

CD - As of Fall 2001, our CD was worth $2,100.  At the 10/22/01 meeting,
we voted to increase the principal to $2,300 (taking the $200 from our
savings account).  

UNDUES - Undues are deposited into our CHECKING account.

SCHOLARSHIP - Our $300 scholarship comes from our checking account.

SAVINGS - The interest from our CD goes into our savings account.  We
transfer money from there into our checking account if we need it for the
scholarship.

DINNER CERTIFICATES - the ten $10 gift certificates to attend the
Recognition dinner are paid for with funds from our savings account (see
10/22/01 minutes).  Honorees do not need to compete for certificates
because they attend the dinner free.

DONATIONS/CONTRIBUTIONS - in the spring of 2006, the USA Executive 
Committee was asked to make an emergency (i.e. immediate) contribution to the Positive Poster campaign in 
the amount of $50.  Chair Rebecca Webb informed the USAEC (and, at the Fall 2007 meeting, the entire 
organization) that Executive Committees are often permitted to spend $50 or $100 without approval of the 
entire organization.  No objections were raised.

CARDS - If notified by any member of the campus community, the secretary of the USAEC will send a card on 
behalf of the USA to a USA member in the event of:
Hospitalization
Birth
Death of a nuclear family member (spouse/partner, parent, child... includes step-people but not in-laws.
This practice was put into writing and presented to the entire organization in the fall of 2005.