Fee Transparency Project

Zoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/99731613774?pwd=WDdMZm9DaE02QlphQ3JiVk14WGRwQT09

Welcome & Check-In (5mins)
1. Check-In Prompt:
  1. Name, Space, Year, Pronouns and Major (if comfortable/applicable)
    1. Cowell, Crown, Merrill, Porter, Kresge, Oakes, RCC, C9, JRL, GSC, GSA, Provost, SUA, Lisa, Lucy, Lydia, Jade, Liz Moya (SAB), Derek (Sustainability Office)
Approval of Agenda and Minutes: SFAC_Minutes_041323
Referendum author for Sustainability will be joining the meeting to present (3:00-3:30pm)
1. Guest Derek Martin
2. Referendum statement
  1. Budget
3. Outcome - SFAC to form an official opinion that is part of the ballot statement
4. Sample statement from 2021:
  1. “The Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC) supports the extension and subsequent increases because it will allow for the Sustainability Office to continue operations and increase student leadership in sustainability achievements in and outside of the UC Santa Cruz campus. We acknowledge that if this fee is not passed the services they offer will be further reduced.”
  2. New Draft statement: “We support the re-establishment of this fee and the subsequent increases because it will allow for the Sustainability Office to continue operations and increase . We acknowledge that if this fee is not passed the services they offer will be further reduced.”
  3. Motion for edits and new statement to or not to support
  4. https://sustainability.ucsc.edu/initiatives/climate-energy--carbon-neutrality.html
Announcements & Updates: (2min)
1. The CSF Spring Quarter Meeting is scheduled for: (2mins).
  1. Saturday, May 6th from 9:30 AM to 5 PM with Lunch from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM & Sunday, May 7th from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM - (No Meals Provided)
    1. Location: UC Berkeley.
    2. Potential attending members: (please confirm with us via email if you would like to attend by tomorrow so we can send out email to the Cal SFAC)
      1. …
      2. Marshall
      3. Jhertau
rating worksheet Summary
1. Recap total of ALL amount funded thus far $739,458,
- Total EMH funding is $90,000.

Amount funded: $24,557
Positive remaining EMH $65,443
- Total SSF + M7 funding is $710, 384.
Amount funded: $714,901 from SSF + M7
Negative $4,517 in M7 and SSF.
#70 SUA's student advocate's office. That is similar to case management offered through Slug Support and we did fund the Slug Support Manager/RC position.
- 20000 for staff stipends
#59 - Graduate student wellness weeks - this is directly related to wellness
- 1950 for their wellness kits
New Total EMH funding is $90,000.
- Amount funded: $46507
- Positive remaining EMH $43,493
New Total SSF + M7 funding is $710, 384.
- Amount funded: $692,951 from SSF + M7
- Positive $17,433 in M7 and SSF.

Possible suggestions for allocating rest of EMH funding $65,443:
1. Positive $17,433 in M7 and SSF.
2. Positive remaining EMH $43,493
  - 1. Divide remaining M7 SSF evenly to all proposals based on Lucy’s and Lydia’s recommendations that cleared up some M7+SSF money and swapped it to EMH?
    2. Does anyone want to revisit any proposals denied? For reasons outside of re-applying to SFAC funding call or class 1 or 2 inappropriate.
      1. If extra M7 + SSF

Re-address #53 Non academic accommodation from DRC (charlene looked deeper to see that programing would go to external drc events so wouldn't actually fall under class 1, when reviewing for letter)

Re-address #12 Search tool for career website, we didn't write a strong deny reason in motion for letter

Re-adress #36 NameCoach, we didn't write a strong deny reason in motion for letter

Readress #53 Fund $11,000 to proposal

- - - 1. If extra EMH

Readdress #40 GSA +GSC orientation

Re address #39 Amphitheater Student Production

Re address #67 VSA

- - - 1. Option a: blank split fairly through all funded proposals
      2. Option b:blank split fairly through all applied
      3. Option c: case by case (will take the most time)

Come up with 1 proposal each and why you think it should be funded

- - - 1. Option d: points based on highest percentage
      2. Option e: split on percentages including low percentage
    1. Does anyone want to revisit any other proposals?

What fee units do we want to write to? Based on Lisa’s presentation
- 1. SFAC Budget presentation 4-2023.pdf
  2. We could form a committee?
If time permits: Brainstorm future guests and topics
1. Bringing in pro staff to discuss more in detail permanent ssf and where we get our amount from. week 5
2. Bring in past units that submit proposals, preferably in spring.
3. Increasepay by 1K to each or more, TBD
4. Meeting with the Chancellor Cynthia Larive.
5. Meeting with Vice Chancellor Akirah Bradley-Armstrong
Adjournment