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\ Local THE BA I I ALIUN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 page j If KAMU’s annual auction goal set at $20,000 from a two cl® ank gd oor! ity’s3oi )und. ft* Us just ii gain, I airwell! versih's y measm 33,0 louldbej at instr their cm it of If. where 11 st convet I sroom is Julia Walling and Chris Shivner examine an advertisement >m is -1posted on a bulletin board in the Memorial Student Center, where aftast November the Advertising and Publicity Committee, a Photo by Skip Merrick volunteer committee of students, faculty and staff, established guidelines for organizations to follow when posting informa tion on campus at Texas A&M. By CATHIE FEIGHL Battalion Reporter Original art works, a pinball machine and antiques are some items up for bid when KAMU-TV holds its third annual auction April 5-9. The auction is held to raise money for the operation of Texas A&M University’s television and FM radio station and will be broadcast live for five nights from 8 p.m. until midnight. Viewers will be able to phone in bids for merchandise and services donated by area merchants and citizens. Last year over 400 items were auctioned and $15,000 was raised, said Penny Hyden, KAMU de velopment and promotion coordi nator. Hyden said this year’s goal is $20,000. KAMU requires the funds from the auction and other sources to provide educational broadcast ser vices for communications stu dents, to provide closed circuit productions for university use, and to provide daily programs for the community. Merchants are asked to donate items with a minimum retail value of $25, Hyden said, but viewers may start bids at any amount they choose. She said the merchants’ donations are tax-deductible as is any amount a donator pays over the retail cost of an item. A merchant may also contribute in the form of underwriting a dis play board for on-air credit. The boards display six or seven items up for bid and show the name of the underwriter on it, Hyden said. She said $1,900 was raised last year from underwriters and ex pects at least that amount or more for this year. Volunteers from the commun ity and the KAMU staff and de velopment office contribute to the production and organization of the auction. “It takes 70 to 80 volunteers a night in addition to the regular KAMU staff to run the auction,” Hyden said. “The auctions are vit al to KAMU — not only from the standpoint of raising money, but it’s the largest way to get the com munity involved.” Financial support from the community is usually between $110,000 and $140,000 or approxi mately 13.4 percent of the sta tion’s total budget, said Mel Chas tain, general manager of KAMU- TV and FM. Hyden said the auc tion is the highest ranking re venue source from the com munity. Chastain said KAMU receives $360,000 from the University for salaries of faculty and staff mem bers who operate the television and FM radio station. All other costs for KAMU’s services to stu dents and the community have to be met by fund-raisers and dona tions. uidelines established or posting campus info By KITTY FRALEY S Battalion Reporter ;r have tip To stop a possible avalanche of paper, Texas A&M e.(faocWniversity has guidelines for posting announce- be betteifi 160 ^ or advertisements on bulletin boards. , | “Many other campuses have no guidelines, and their bulletin boards are a disaster zone, ” said Don Rohel, Memorial Student Center program adviser. Over 430 recognized organizations exist at Texas A&M with at least 166 places available for announce ments or advertisements to be posted. “Recognized organizations can use bulletin boards, kiosks on Military Walk, or other public areas for publicity or advertising,” Rohel said. A kiosk is a small round shed. For an organization to be recognized, the group I must submit a request for recognition, along with a I copy of their constitution to Dr. Carolyn Adair, I chairman of the student organization’s board. The board then votes on the official recognition of the group. Rohel is also chairman of the advertising and publicity committee, a volunteer committee consist ing of students, faculty and staff. Last November this committee established guide lines for organizations to follow when posting infor mation. The guidelines suggest maximum sizes for posters I and request that only one flyer be placed on each bulletin board by each organization, j All publicity must contain the name of the respon sible organization or individual and a clearly visible expiration date. *31 Organizations or people who advertise are respon sible for removing the material. Also, Lambda Sigma, the sophomore honor socie ty, checks the expiration dates of posted material once a week and takes down out-of-date advertise ments. There is at least one bulletin board in every major classroom building on campus. These boards are for either University news or personal news. Personal notices can be posted without any formal guidelines and are designed as a service to the stu dents, faculty and staff. The guidelines were estalished to make posting information easier for both the organizations and the programs office. “The organization has a copy of the guidelines and follows them so I don’t have to approve everything,” Rohel said. “The guidelines save time and energy.” Violations of these guidelines do occur though. Advertising by chalking University sidewalks is a violation of the guidelines and an organization could lose posting privileges for doing this. 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