Registered Student Organization (RSO) Funding

 

For complete information on Registered Student Organizations (RSO), visit the RSO web site at: http://www.union.uiuc.edu/rso/.  Any housing based student group can register to become an RSO by following the procedures described at the RSO web site.  If a group is an RSO, in addition to their housing based student fund account, the group may have an RSO account.

About RSO Accounts:

• The RSO treasurer is required to go through a treasurer training provided by the RSO office.  You can access the RSO treasurer’s handbook information at the following web site: http://www.union.uiuc.edu/rso/workshops.html

• The RSO treasurer is held fiscally responsible for the RSO account – thus, if the RSO account goes into the red, the treasurer will be personally encumbered

• As an advisor to a housing based student group that is also an RSO, it is wise to have knowledge of what is in the RSO account and how the money is being utilized.  It is also wise to know as much as you can about the policies, procedures, and rules governing RSO accounts.

If a Residential Life based student group chooses to become an RSO and have an RSO account, Residential Life has the following expectations:

• An advisor must be a “signer” on the RSO account so that the advisor is authorized to obtain account information and balances.

• Money should not be transferred from the housing account to the RSO account unless it is for a specific transaction that will take place in a reasonably short time frame.

• Housing student organizations cannot have accounts at private banks.  If a group is found to have an account at a private bank, all housing and RSO accounts will be frozen.

Contact the RSO Office at 333-1153 (280 Illini Union) when:

• You have any questions about your group becoming an RSO or policies and procedures governing RSO accounts

• Your group wants to reserve space outside of residence hall property

• You are having a fundraiser outside of the residence hall

• You are having an event outdoors with amplified music