School of Nursing Student Government Association Louisiana State University (LSU) Football Ticket Distribution Policy Purpose: The purpose of the LSU Football Ticket Distribution Policy is to ensure a fair process to distribute LSU football tickets to all nursing school students that is in compliance with LSU System bylaws, LSU Permanent Memorandums, LSUHSC Chancellor Memorandums, nursing school policies, and all applicable regulations and laws. Procedure: LSU Football Tickets will be distributed in accordance with the following procedure: 1. The SGA President or designee will meet with the Dean of the School of Nursing each fall to determine the number of tickets allotted for each home game. 2. Ten days prior to an LSU home football game, a secured, labeled ticket box will be placed in the dean’s reception area by 12 pm. (i.e. 10 days prior to a Saturday home game will be on the Wednesday of the week before the week of the home game). (See Appendix A – LSU Football Schedule). 3. This ticket box will remain in the Dean’s reception area for 7 days. This ticket box will be secured in a locked storage area each evening no later than 5 pm by administrative staff in the dean’s office. At 12 pm on the 7th day, the ticket box will be picked up (See Appendix A for schedule). 4. Students may submit their name only once, and must include their LSUHSC e-mail, nursing school semester classification (ie. Soph I etc), and name on the ticket request paper to be put in the ticket box. Student names must be submitted only on the approved ticket request paper. 5. The tickets will be drawn on the day the ticket box is picked up. The tickets will be selected by 4 pm on this day. 6. Ticket recipients will be drawn by two members from the SGA executive board and the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. In the event that the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs is absent, the Dean will appoint a designee to monitor the football ticket drawing. 7. The Assistant Dean of Student Affairs or in their absence, designee must sign off on the list of ticket recipients. 8. Tickets will be available for distribution to the recipients on the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday before the Saturday home game. 9. A school wide e-mail will be distributed via the LSUHSC email system within 1 hour of the ticket drawings announcing the ticket recipients. 10. Prior to the first LSU home game, there will be a school wide e-mail stating specific times the tickets will be available to be picked up. These times will also be announced with the list of recipients for every home game. Times will vary from year to year according to the clinical and lecture schedules of the SGA board members. 11. Students must pick up their own ticket, during the specified ticket distribution times, and students must have their LSUHSC ID to receive the ticket. 12. As a student picks up his or her ticket, their respective name will be crossed off of the ticket recipient list. The student will be asked to initial next to his/her name and they will sign an acknowledgement document (Appendix B). This document will be attached to ticket sign off list. All ticket documents will be maintained by the Assistant Dean for Student Services in a secure area. 13. Any unclaimed tickets remaining on Friday at 2pm will be distributed on a first serve basis by the Assistant Dean for Student Services in 4C1. Students must sign in person with their LSUHSC ID on the unclaimed ticket list, and be present to collect the ticket with their LSUHSC ID. 14. A written summary of ticket distribution including number of tickets for each game, recipients and any unclaimed tickets will be maintained for each game and a final summary will be submitted to the Dean within one week of the last ticket distribution each year. Appendix A LSU Football Schedule 2012 DATE OPPONENT LOCATION September 1, 2012 North Texas Baton Rouge September 8, 2012 Washington Baton Rouge September 15, 2012 Idaho Baton Rouge September 22, 2012 Auburn Auburn, AL September 29, 2012 Towson Baton Rouge October 6, 2012 Florida Gainesville, FL October 13, 2012 South Carolina Baton Rouge October 20, 2012 Texas A & M College Station, TX November 3, 2012 Alabama Baton Rouge November 10, 2012 Mississippi St. Baton Rouge November 17, 2012 Ole Miss Baton Rouge November 23, 2012 Arkansas Fayetteville, AR As of August 23, 2012 all LSU home games are on Saturdays. We do not receive tickets for away games. Game Date Box Out at 12 noon Wednesday Box Picked-up at 12 noon Wednesday September 1, 2012 August 24, 2012* August 30, 2012* September 8, 2012 August 29, 2012 September 5, 2012 September 5, 2012 September 12, 2012 September 29, 2012 October 13, 2012 September 19, 2012 September 26, 2012 October 3, 2012 October 10, 2012 November 3, 2012 October 24, 2012 October 31, 2012 November 10, 2012 October 31, 2012 November 7, 2012 November 17, 2012 November 7, 2012 November 14, 2012 September 15, 2012 *Exception – tickets not released to school until 8/23/2012