Fee Transparency Project

Present: Brynna, Alvin, Stephanie, Liz, Charlene, Maryann, Andy, Bara, Lisa, Lydia

Welcome and Introductions
1. SFAC Community Agreements
Approval of Agenda, 4/22/2022 Minutes
1. Maryann motions to approve the agenda, Bara seconds. Motion passes.
2. Alvin motions to approve the minutes, Andy seconds. No objections, motion passes.
2021-2022 Quarry Reallocation Request
1. Stephanie thinks this is aligned with current year’s allocations of prioritizing student employment.
2. Andy doesn’t object to it, Liz supports Jose’s request. General support of student employment.
3. Alvin motions to approve the quarry amphitheater amendment request, Bara seconds. No objections, motion passes.
Announcements & Updates
1. 2022-2023 Chair & Vice Chair nominations
  1. Duties (pages 4 & 5)
    1. Maryann asks what the vice chair role entails? Alvin explains they help with scheduling, mapping out agendas, and attending CSF meetings.
    2. Brynna says that the chair is part of the planning process with staff support from DSAS, guest facilitation, and meeting facilitation. Fair amount of email activity.
    3. Liz and Lisa note that these roles have transferable skills that can apply to many future positions.
    4. Nominations for Maryann, Mathew, and Gloria at large.
    5. Charlene is nominated for chair.
    6. Brynna shares that next week, candidates will share a small speech ahead of voting.
  2. Elections Week 6 (5/6)
2. Other announcements
Funding Call Deliberations
1. Ratings worksheet
2. Discussion
  1. Appropriate uses of SSF and M7 funds
  2. Inappropriate for SSF funds
  3. This week: Finish trimming, finalize allocations!
    1. Brynna leads group in exercise to indicate if there are any allocations they recommend trimming.
    2. Welcome leaders - Charlene notes how impactful this was coming back from the pandemic. Bara suggests $2500/college. Maryann motions to fund 25,000, Charlene seconds.
    3. Graduate Mentorship Program - Only covering the 60 mentors would be $18k, also $18k could cover a few coordinators and 30 mentors. Motion to fund $18k passes.
    4. Slug Support - members feel OK trimming. One of the currently highest funded proposals. Motion to fund $30k passes.
    5. FRED - Charlene is OK trimming this one to 10,000. Bara agrees. Maryann suggested this, is OK with it. Charlene motions to revise FRED to 10,000, no stipulations.
    6. Graduate/Undergraduate STEM collaboration - In the past when they hadn’t received as much funding, students either volunteered when conducting research or couldn’t do it. Lowered to $10,500.
    7. CAPS Peer Education Program - Decreasing funding from $15k to $10k. Motion passes.
    8. EOP TLL - Motion passes to fund $13,100 (from $17k), which would align with one of their student salary line items.
    9. Celebrating the Legacy of Latinidad at UCSC - Revisited because it’s only programming, and we typically fund less for programming than for student employees. Charlene motions for $7k. Bara seconds.
    10. 24/7 Career Engagement Support - Charlene works in the Career Center and says that going from $5k -> $3k would be okay. Peer drop-in hours are 1-3 every day, otherwise you need an appointment which can be very hard to get. This would make career development much more accessible. JobScan in her opinion is more important. Agreement to talk about this next time.
    11. Trimming…
  4. Next week: Finalize individual letters to units (x4)
Adjournment

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2022-2023 Chair & Vice Chair elections
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