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November 7th, 2023

Kerr Hall 212

AgendaMinutes

Zoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91277495102?pwd=QnFmczBTOGlMeXV3akZZcEpzY0h4Zz09

  1. Welcome and Introductions
    1. Members introductions: Name, Pronouns, Year, Major, and Space.
      1. Order: Cowell, Crown, Kresge, Merrill, Porter, RCC, C9, JRL, Stevenson, GSC, SAB, Provost, Jade, Lisa, Lydia, Lucy, Akirah.
      2. Present at meeting: Andy, Marshall, Trey, Gabrielle, Katie, Jhertau, Jade, Lydia, Tanisha, Fernanda
  2. Approval of Agenda and Minutes (10/31/23)
    1. Jhertau motions to approve the agenda and minutes. Marshall seconds. No objections.
  3. Meet and Greet with Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Success Akirah J. Bradley-Armstrong. (~30 minutes)
    1. Akirah thanks the committee for their service. This is a heavy lift and it’s a lot of responsibility.
    2. Akirah says that she gives her full support to the group.
    3. Andy provides an overview of what the committee has been engaged in this quarter, including preparing for and implementing the funding call, growth with social media, etc.
    4. Andy also shares that he has a plan to engage an auditing process to talk to the units that are funded by SFAC
    5. Jhertau shares that there is a social media plan in the works to create and build the Instagram and social media presence to create more buzz about SFAC and inform more people
    6. Akirah explains that she is also focused on carryforward funds. She implemented a new program in the division where carryforward funds are being brought to the center where she can reallocate for priority projects.
    7. Akirah explains that we need to visit languages for referendum that are outdated.
    8. Akirah talks about the educational plans and guides the learning plan to create a better academic environment
    9. Akirah explains that planning centers around needs, and where we need partnership. Krato is a partner who has been hired; there are also ideas to give direction and plan taking input from students. Wellbeing is something that is an important part of this plan and how we can be mindful and plan to fill people's cups as they are giving their time and energy. One of the most important things is lessening the burden and burnout in students and staff.
  4. Announcements & Updates
    1. New Stevenson and Kresge College representatives:
      1. Trey Guzman - Kresge
      2. Fernanda Ruiz Riedel - Stevenson
      3. Still vacant for Oakes College.
        1. Marshall will post a poster up at Oakes
        2. Lucy will reach out to College Student Life and Academic staff at Oakes and encourage them to promote SFAC to Oakes students and to nominate students.
    2. CSF Meeting - November 4th and 5th. Updates from the meeting.
        1. Council of Student Fees - all of the SFACs from all of the UC campuses, quarterly meetings to give reports, UCOP, office of the president.
      1. Saturday
      2. Sunday
        1. CSF wants to focus on free STD and STI testing, Tech fees, and course fees
        2. We can work on these systems and set up meetings with people here to learn about how these systems work for our campus
        3. We went through course fees last year
    3. Meeting Timeline (captures our goals for each meeting and prospective topics for meetings)
    4. Member Notes (any members who will be absent from a meeting may add topics for discussion, questions, feedback for items on the agenda, etc. in this running document).
      1. There were meeting notes from Daniel. Andy said that he would have a meeting with Lisa about these things and bring it back to us.
  5. Funding call this year - Updates from Lucy and Lydia on the letter and application completion.
    1. Orientation slides
    2. Suggestions for changes
    3. Updates the photos and some of the descriptions for it.
    4. Amount, year
    5. Update the charge letter on the SFAC website
      1. Update Marshall’s name
  6. New Business:
    1. Information from last year regarding the carry-forward budget report and next steps
      1. We are going to go through which is the largest carry forward and we are going to hopefully try to have one this quarter if it is possible.
  7. Adjournment
    1. Marshall motions to adjourn
    2. Jhertau seconds
    3. No objections

Upcoming Guests/Topics:

  1. Lisa Bishop - Annual Budget Report on November 14th, 2023