Fee Transparency Project

Student Fee Advisory Committee April 9, 2017 Meeting Minutes

Present: Suini Torres, Sabina Wildman, Adam Selcov, Lisa Bishop, Lucy Rojas, John Steele, Cathy Thomas, Alice Malmberg, Regina Gomez, Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski, Alan Christy, Ian Gregorio, Juliana Ngonzo.

Announcements, Approval of Agenda and Minutes

a. Suini welcomes Adam Selcov and Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski to the committee b.

Introductions: Suini invites everyone to introduce themselves and share something they are looking forward to this quarter.

c. Regina moves to approve the agenda. Ian seconds the motion. Motion carries. d. Regina moves to approve the minutes. Ian seconds the motion. Motion carries. e. CSF Meeting Debrief

i. Suini explains that she attended the system-wide CSF meeting at UCOP last weekend. There

were a number of guests from OP who attended.

ii. Nathan Bromstrom: Chief Financial Officer for UC was present and there was a discussion about UP contractors hiring subcontractors who advance racist agendas. Nathan committed to looking into the matter. Suini says it’s important for us to continue putting pressure on administration at the system-wide level.

iii. There was discussion on over-enrollment. iv. Discussion on SSF. UCOP responded that funding commencement was clarified and from OP’s perspective, it is OK to fund commencement out of SSF. CSF staff member committed to keep these issues active for discussion.

v. New chair for CSF will be Jazz Kiang, first year grad student from UCLA who is studying education

and student fees.

vi. Summer CSF, the Vice Chair for CSF will be elected. Summer meeting will be at UC San Diego. vii. CSF voted against SSF increase; CSF decided not to take a position on tuition increases. viii. Suini will share the agenda and minutes from the meeting.

f. Meeting room for the rest of the quarter will be Hahn Student Services #245 g. Office hours for spring quarter – please sign up for Office Hours. One hour per week, recommendation

is within a space in your college.

Summer Campus Based Fees 2017

a. Undergraduate Summer Campus Based Fees: fees are calculated based on official enrollment calculated

by IRAPS.

b. A total amount is established based on enrollment multiplied by $278. In 2017, the total amount was

$1,175,551

c. Summer Session crosses two fiscal years; this impacts the billing process. d. Explanation of variance; there is an adjustment % of 88.93 to account for enrolled students who were not charged the fees in 2017. In 2017, not all students were charged campus based fees; for example, students on field study, online students, etc.). Question: who made decision to charge all students? Lisa replies Summer Session and Registrar. Sabina asks if Summer Session can provide an explanation as to why this decision was made and how students were consulted? Juliana asks if the TAPS referendum was aware of this while calculating their fee. Question for TAPS: did TAPS know that they were going to be collecting from all summer session students, is this reflected in the budget calculations? John reminds the group about sharing costs for the greater good. Questions regarding when changes were made in the past, which years and who was involved?

e. Discussion regarding the possibility of conducting a survey to units who receive this funding to assess

whether they are operating and how these funds are being used. Cathy asks what kind of conversation were had in the past among the committee. Lucy suggests that we can review archives from past SFACs to see how summer fees were distributed.

f. Suini asks everyone to review the proposed distribution of 2017 campus based fees and be ready to vote

next week.

Sub-Committee Meetings

Internal committee: Alice, Cathy, Sabina, Adam

a. b. External committee: Regina is lead

Adjournment a.

Ian moves to adjourn. Regina seconds the motion.