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April 8th, 2022

3:00 – 5:00 pm

AgendaMinutes

Present: Brynna Downey, Charlene Proo, Mathew Sarti, Stephanie Herrera, Sue Carter, Lisa Bishop, Liz Moya, Bara Mudita, Alvin Ho

  1. Welcome and Introductions
    1. SFAC Community Agreements
  2. Approval of Agenda, 4/01/2022 Minutes, 4/02/2022 Minutes (no quorum met for this meeting)
    1. Mathew motions to approve the agenda, Charlene seconds. Motion passes.
    2. Stephanie motions to approve the April 1 minutes, Charlene seconds. Motion passes.
  3. Announcements & Updates
    1. 2022-2023 Chair & Vice Chair elections
      1. Duties (pages 4 & 5)
      2. Nominations W5 (4/29), elections W6 (5/6)?
      3. Brynna shares that nominations and elections will be earlier this year in order to allow more transition and onboarding time.
    2. Spring Quarter projects
      1. The group feels this is a good list of projects for the quarter.
    3. Other announcements
  4. Funding Call Deliberations
    1. Ratings worksheet
    2. Discussion
      1. Appropriate uses of SSF and M7 funds
      2. Inappropriate for SSF funds
      3. This week: Proposals 23-43
      4. Next week: Proposals 44-64
      5. Charlene motions to approve the suggestions made at Saturday’s meeting, Alvin seconds. No objections, motion passes.
      6. 33 STARS Student Parent Specialist
        1. Liz clarifies that this is one full time staff position, including benefits. Focus is to support student parents.
        2. Mathew asks if this is a fiscal year position? Liz believes this is for a fiscal year.
        3. Mathew asks if this is a student position? Liz responds this is a non-student position.
        4. Alvin asks if this could be partially funded, Liz responds that part-time positions are difficult to recruit for.
        5. Lucy notes that department limitations should not impact the committee’s process or commitments to allocations. Brynna asks if this would take funding away from another program if it goes unused? Lucy notes allocations reflect the committee’s values.
        6. Mathew thinks this position is important to have and it is important to the campus.
        7. Mathew motions to fund 10,000, Charlene seconds. No objections, motion passes.
      7. El Centro Student Employment
        1. Maryann notes that 15,000 seems to be a common number.
        2. Mathew asks if people are comfortable with funding less than 15,000? Maryann says that they are always open to reducing due to lack of funds this year.
        3. Alvin motions to fund 7,500 for 5 student coordinators, Maryann seconds. No objections, motion passes.
      8. QTBIPOC Orientation
        1. Mathew feels similarly to the previous proposal. Maryann agrees. Bara agrees.
        2. Alvin motions to fund $9,479.
          1. Mathew notes that restrictions on funding can narrow the impact of the funding.
        3. Maryann amends for the funding to go to student employment/stipends. Alvin accepts the amendment. Charlene seconds, not objections.
      9. 24 College Scholars Program
        1. Alvin notes that peer mentor programs seem to be a committee priority this year. He suggests 10,000 for student stipends, general funds.
        2. Charlene proposes 9800 for student workers, Alvin seconds. Motion passes.
      10. Pathways to Research
        1. Liz motions
        2. Stephanie is unsure how much research can happen in 17 weeks (less than 2 quarters).
        3. Mathew believes mentorship programs are very important, but is unsure how this reflects in a research environment.
        4. Brynna notes that there is a misconception of how much research costs.
        5. Charlene: i think its a really good program and even if its a short period it can still be a big milestone to get students experience and networking
        6. Liz notes that research helps with grad school and career pipelines.
        7. Charlene motions to fund 10,000 for student employees and stipends, Mathew seconds with the stipulation that this be added to the list of items for the university to fund.
      11. Refract Journal
        1. Alvin motions to fund $3,529 for one year, Stephanie seconds. No objections, motion passes.
      12. Career Engagement Support
        1. Mathew suggests funding for the job scan. Sue thinks this sounds reasonable.
        2. Alvin motions to fund 5,000 for general funds, Charlene seconds. Motion passes.
      13. KZSC Operations Adviser
        1. Alvin thinks that while this may be a critical position, it is a lot of money. He suggests no funding at all. Stephanie, Liz, Bara agree.
        2. Mathew motions to not fund, Liz seconds. No objections, motion passes.
        3. Lisa: they are recruiting for this position so they should already have funding
      14. Building Experiential Learning Opportunities
        1. Alvin motions to fund 7500 for one student assistant.
        2. Mathew and Brynna are unsure about what they do.
        3. Brynna believes they are going to hire students to go out into the county to find experiential learning opportunities for other students. Alvin agrees with this interpretation.
        4. Liz seconds Alvin’s motion.
        5. Sue says that RCC has a similar program, and this is a reasonable amount.
      15. High Impact Career ENgagement
        1. Alvin motions to fund their minimum of 2730, Bara seconds. No objections, motion passes.
      16. High Interactive Touch Screen / Learning Board
        1. Mathew recuses himself.
        2. Stephanie asks if these tutoring sessions are free or charged? Mathew, Liz, and Lydia respond that they are free for students.
        3. Stephanie votes to not fund, Bara seconds. No objections, motion passes.
      17. SJP
        1. Mathew notes that given the low amount, this could be requested from other student councils.
        2. Mathew motion to not fund, Alvin seconds. Motion passes.
      18. To reduce overall allocations, Slug Support is reduced to 35,000.
      19. Sue proposes to revisit Welcome Leaders
        1. Alvin motions to reduce to $30,000. Liz seconds. Motion passes.
        2. Sue says that this is an orientation item it should be centrally funded. Brynna notes that the committee thought that this was too important not to fund.
        3. Mathew says that they were given 17,000 last year.
        4. Lisa says that every undergrad has to take an orientation course that was started last year.
          1. Lucy says that the canvas course is related to the Orientation Program itself, and this program is through the colleges. These are two separate programs.
        5. Charlene says that these programs are through the colleges, not the class. These programs are related to student life.
  5. Adjournment
    1. Charlene motions to adjourn, Liz seconds.

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