RISO Funding Request Instructions
Aloha and welcome to the RISO funding request page. This page will help you properly set up a funding request. Once your request is completed you will bring it with you to an UHHSA full senate meeting for approval. The purpose for all of this paperwork is to make sure your RISOs request is submitted to the main Campus Center office in a timely manner and without error. Once they have approved your RISOs request, it is forwarded to the Business office also for further processing.
Because it is a long process that requires precision, it is important for your RISO to be aware of all required paperwork and deadlines. Failure to meet deadlines or complete all paperwork may result in a void submission. Please feel free to contact UHHSA directly for any other questions regarding the UHHSA funding process.
Step 1: Guidelines & Inquiry
Please read through the RISO Funding Guidelines. Once you've done so please fill out all information attached and aquire all necessary signatures.
Click to download the guidelines.
Step 2: Verify Deadline
There are strict policies regarding deadlines. Based on your type of request and when your RISOs program/project/event will be held (ex. travel, event, entertainment, supplies), deadlines for paperwork submission can range from 4 - 10 weeks in advanced. Please look over this "cheat sheet" that the Campus Center main office has created to help determine if you are elligible for funding solely based on your deadlines.
Click to download the cheat sheet.
Step 3: Applicable Paperwork
Again, you must ask yourself, "What exactly is my RISO asking funding for?"
- Will you have food at your event?
- Do you have anyone travelling interisland? out of state?
- Does my event require entertainment? maybe a band? or guest speaker?
These are just a few examples of what kind of questions you need to ask yourself in order to determine what forms you will need to have filled out to be elligible for UHHSA funding. All of this applicable paperwork must be filled out in full, with applicable signatures, by the same deadlines described in "step 2." Please refer to the Campus Center "cheat sheet" and look under "Required Document(s)" to see what you'll need to fill out based on your funding request. Below are the links to the forms you will need to complete your request.
Click to download cheat sheet.
In the RISO Cheat Sheet you will also notice that there are certain requests that require a "flyer" or a "letter of invite." Here are descriptions below to give you more information about these two documents.
Flyers: Usually every program/project/event have flyers made up, but in the event there isn't one, you'll still need some form of a flyer to be attached to your paperwork. All you need to do is make up a small poster (8 1/2'' x 11'') that features: the name of your program/project/event, the name of your RISO, where, when, who is sponsoring the event, and some details about the program/project/event. It doesn't need to be fancy. Just for the sake of paperwork, you'll need to have something drawn up with these details attached to the rest of your paperwork.
Letter of Invite: A "letter of invite" is only for entertainment or individual service requests. This is basically just a letter that cordially invites your performers or guests to your RISOs program/project/event. See the link just below this description for an example of what a "letter of invite" should look like.
Click to download letter of invite example.
Downloads
- Training Request From-4 (Travel Requests)
- Employee Travel Form (Travel Requests)
- Form 136
Step 4: Request To Purchase (RTP)
Once you've gotten all your applicable paperwork in order, the most important form that needs to be filled out the the "request to purchase" form, also just called an RTP. Described below is a description of the required fields. Either fill it out with the workable .pdf or just print it out and write legibly.
a) Date
b) Vendor: What company do you want to purchase from? (ex. Office-Max, Wal-mart, Amazon.com)
c) Phone: Vendor's phone number, not your phone number!
d) Website Address & Address: Does your vendor have a website where it references your purchase?
e) Event & Event Date: Is your purchase for the purpose of an event? if so, please mention it and when.
f) Please fill out the QTY (quantity), Description, Amount, & Total portion of the table as well. (ex. QTY: 2, Description: Hawaiian Airlines Tickets to O'ahu, Amount: $250.35, Total: $500.70)
For official use only:
- Requestor
- Req#
- PO/P-Card
- Business Manager Signature
- Item#, Sub-code, Allotment
Click to download request to purchase (RTP) form.
Step 5: UHHSA Senate Bill
The last bit of paperwork you need to fill out is an UHHSA Senate Bill. The template of the bill is available below, but you need to contact an UHHSA senate member to advocate for your request and help you compose a bill. A bill is a proposal or request to the senate to be voted upon in order to become an act of the senate. In this case, the bill or proposal is your funding request to be made into an act of purchasing items for your program/project/event. Below are links to both the "Senate Contact" page and the "senate bill template."
Click for senate contact page
Click for senate bill template
Step 6: UHHSA Senate Approval
As soon as all of the paperwork is filled out and completed, your RISO will need to send a representative to attend an UHHSA full senate meeting. These meetings are weekly. Based on all of your paperwork and mostly how your request benefits UH Hilo students, your request will be discussed and voted upon. UHHSA policy is to have funding request presented one week, and voted at the next week's meeting to give time to deliberate on all requests. Please call UHHSA to find out when the most current meeting times are.
For further questions or kokua (help) regarding all RISO funding requests, please don't hesitate to contact us or schedule a meeting with any of our senators to assist with this process. Mahalo for your determination and good luck with your funding endeavors!
Site last updated: November 17, 2008