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November 20th, 2020

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Present: Venkatesh Nagubandi, Vivian Pham, Sue Carter, Sarah Avdeeff, May Alvarez, Mathew Sarti, Isaac Karth, Gloria Qiu, Chloe Mietzel, Brynna Downey, Andy Huynh, Alvin Ho, Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski, Lucy Rojas, Emily Montano, Jennifer Baszile

  1. Welcome and Introductions
    1. Check in question: What’s a show or movie you’ve seen recently?
  2. Approval of Agenda and 11/13/20 Minutes
    1. Isaac motions to approve the agenda, Sarah seconds. Motion passes.
    2. Gloria motions to approve the minutes, Mathew seconds. Motion passes.
  3. Guest: Interim Vice Chancellor Baszile (1:00 - 1:30 pm)
    1. Update on funding call process
      1. Brynna and Lucy share that the funding call metric has been sent out and evaluated, and Jennifer is the person who will receive SFAC’s funding recommendations.
      2. Brynna orients Jennifer and the group to the SFAC website, which has the funding resources for the year. All this information is publicly available and has been shared with campus units. Most of the quarter was spent revising and fine tuning the questions asked of funding proposal authors. For example, a list of values is now included in the application that outlines many of the committee’s funding priorities, which show’s what SFAC sees as priorities on the campus.
      3. Mathew shares that committee members’ opinions were valued throughout the process.
      4. Lisa shares that she observed the funding planning and that it was a very smooth discussion and process to watch.
      5. Gloria says that reviewing the metrics and deciding on priorities helped orient her to SFAC as a new member.
      6. Andy says that, as a new member, the process reflected the priorities of SFAC.
      7. Jennifer thanks the group and believes that this is an important process which is centered around the student voice. A full range of voices in this conversation is important in making allocations and is valuable to the campus.
      8. Jennifer says she appreciates the process, and she will be comfortable coming back to the group if she has questions. Alvin asks what criteria Jennifer will look for when approving recommendations? Jennifer says that she likes seeing the consensus, workflow and dynamic, and process of the group. She believes that if the group is working well and the evaluation is clear, she will trust the values of the committee’s recommendations.
      9. Jennifer thanks the group, and to please reach out to Lucy or Lydia if anyone has questions or feedback.
  4. Lisa Bishop: Student Services Fees presentation (1:30 - 2:00 pm)
    1. Part of Lisa’s responsibilities includes providing an overview of the campus budget. She will also be including this year’s anticipated budget.
    2. There is both a permanent budget (ongoing activities, staff, etc) and an operating budget, which includes carryforward and one-time adjustments.
    3. Two fees are UC wide, which are SSF and tuition (which is academic-related). State funds go to financial aid and the general fund. Campus based fees support specific projects that were voted on by the students.
    4. The budget has been reduced in the Auxiliary services to accommodate for budget loss from COVID.
      1. Auxiliary services are funded entirely through themselves. Those funds cannot support instruction— the funds are meant to support the individual organizations.
    5. Lisa shows the committee how to identify carryforwards in SSF for different campus units.
    6. Isaac agrees that he is interested in hearing from the units with carryforward amounts in their budgets. Isaac requests seeing the breakdown of college government fees.
    7. Lucy asks if college governments see reports like this in their spaces. Venkatesh and Sarah share that they do have prior budgets, and are sometimes saving for large projects in the future. Lucy asks if the colleges ever collaborate using their budgets. Brynna says that this could be a good conversation for the future.
  5. Announcements & Updates
    1. Other announcements
      1. Lucy welcomes Emily Montano, who is in training to assist SFAC with the minutes and staff support.
    2. The Dean of Students will be joining SFAC on December 4th (full hour). Please prepare questions you’d like to ask Dean Naiman.
  6. Adjournment
    1. There will not be a meeting next week due to the fall holiday.
    2. Mathew motions to adjourn, Isaac seconds. Motion passes.

Upcoming Guests/Topics:

  • Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students Garrett Naiman (December 4)
  • Interim Director of EOP Aaron Jones (December 11): Consultation on Measure 68
  • Director of Budget and Resource Management Kimberly Register (Next Quarter)