UWG
PROCEDURE
NUMBER: 9.8.1, Permissible Use
of
Alcohol
Authority:
UWG
POLICY
9.8
(Alcohol on Campus)
UNIVERSITY
of
~
West
Georgta
.
The Vice President
of
Business and Finance, pursuant
to
the
authority
of
UWG
Policy 9.8, establishes the
following procedures for compliance
with
UWG
Policy 9.8
on
alcohol
use
on-campus and at University events:
A. Definitions
1.
Affiliated
organizations-
An
organization, identified through a memorandum
of
understanding (MOU)
with
the University,
that
serves
to
raise funds, support,
or
awareness
to
UWG
or
its programs.
2.
Campus - UWG-owned
or
leased buildings, facilities, and public locations.
3.
Designated Responsible Employee - Full-time faculty, staff,
or
Food
Services employee (e.g. catering
manager) assigned by the Chief Business Officer
who
must
be
on-site
as
the primary point
of
accountability
for
alcohol
use.
This employee shall
not
be
consuming alcohol during the event
for
which they are
responsible.
4.
End
of
the
event-
the scheduled
time
at which patrons are expected
to
leave the event, typically at the
termination
of
the reserved
time
or the duration stated on the Banquet Event Order Form
(see
Appendix
B).
5.
Fundraising
Event-
a planned event which
has
a primary purpose
of
soliciting
or
gathering voluntary
contributions, whether or
not
the funds are generated through ticket
sales.
6.
Organizer-A
University
unit
that
organizes, sponsors, and/or supervises the University
of
West Georgia
event. This definition may include third parties/groups
that
rent facilities pursuant
to
a contractual
arrangement.
7.
Proper Identification - Shall have
the
same meaning
as
found
in
O.C.G.A.
§3-3-23(d): "any document issued
by a governmental agency containing a description
of
the person, such person's photograph,
or
both, and
giving such person's date
of
birth and includes,
without
being limited to, a passport, military identification
card, driver's license,
or
an
identification card authorized under Code Sections 40-5-100 through 40-5-104.
8.
Public Location - outdoor areas on campus
that
are typically continually accessible
to
the community-at-
large, including streets, sidewalks, parking lots, recreational areas and green spaces.
9.
Social
Event-A
planned event which
has
the primary purpose
of
gathering people
for
communal purposes,
including meetings, parties, planning, educational opportunities,
or
interest activities.
10. Tailgate
Event-
A social event occurring on-campus (usually
in
parking areas at
or
around the football
stadium, basketball pavilion,
or
other sports arenas) before, during, and after games and concerts.
11. Ticketed
Event-
An
event through which a patron purchases admission
to
an
on-campus venue featuring
amenities, food,
or
entertainment.
12.
Trained
Server-An
individual,
other
than a state employee, engaged
to
serve alcohol who
is
TIPS-trained
(Training Intervention Procedures
for
Servers)
or
has
an
equivalent certification
that
includes recognition and
intervention
of
intoxicated persons.
13.
University Unit - Any institutional department
or
office
that
reports through the chain-of-authority
to
the
University President, including divisions, colleges, schools, departments, and offices. For the
sake
of
this
Procedure, committees and task forces may
be
considered university units
if
they
are operating
in
accordance
with
their
charters, approved by a division vice-president.
14. University
of
West Georgia Events (or
UWG
Events) - Any event
or
activity on campus organized, sponsored,
or
supervised by a University
of
West Georgia unit,
or
affiliate. Exception: Events
or
activities organized,
sponsored,
or
supervised by a University
of
West Georgia student organization should refer
to
the Registered
Student Organization Handbook.
