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February 22nd, 2024

1:30 – 3:00 pmKerr Hall 212

AgendaMinutes

Zoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93456796050?pwd=Wjg3M0lIMXF4eXFrYm1BQ3BrVnA0dz09

  1. Welcome and Introductions
    1. Members introductions: Name, Pronouns, Year, Major, and Space.
    2. Order: Cowell, Stevenson, Crown, Merrill, Kresge, Porter, Oakes, RCC, C9, JRL, GSA, GSC, SAB, Provost, Jade, Lisa, Lydia, Lucy
    3. Andy, Marshall, Mel, Trey, Shirley, Katie, Jhertau, Diana, Lauren, Manel, Jade, Lisa
  2. Approval of Agenda and Minutes (2/15/24)
    1. Trey motions to approve agenda and minutes Mel seconds
  3. Announcements & Updates
    1. Winter 2024 CSF at UCSB on February 24th - 25th.
      1. Meeting Agenda
      2. Zoom link
      3. Questions
    2. Possible weekend meeting - March 2 or 3
      1. Date and time (potential): March 3rd, 2024 (12pm - 2pm)
      2. Please fill out this when2meet by this weekend.
      3. Food suggestions?
    3. Group photo
      1. Is taken
    4. Other announcements
      1. Marshall asks Lisa if she can provide any more information about the university’s core funding budget deficit? This may be helpful for deciding on allocations for the funding call.
        1. Lisa says there is a lot of analysis still ongoing.
        2. This partially came about due to a stall in state contributions to the UC.
      2. Jhertau and the outreach committee are working on the Instagram and creating various posts.
  4. Review and approve follow up message to TAPS
  5. Funding call
    1. Proposal reading and discussion (time - 4 minutes per proposal):
      1. (27) Stipends for KZSC Governing Board - $23,250
        1. Email Correspondence (tabled from last meeting)
        2. Email from Lisa
      2. (38) Funding Proposal for Enhancing the Veterans Resource Center at UC Santa Cruz (2024-2025) - $122,561.00
        1. Just supporting the opening amount
        2. They requested funding last year, but did not put that in their proposal.
        3. $33,842
        4. Mel motions to approve to fund Trey seconds
      3. (39) Resource Centers Food Pantries - $54,000
        1. $27,000
        2. Food during finals week as well as throughout the quarter
        3. Don’t wanna allocate a lot of money just to food
        4. Mel motions to approve to fund $27,000 Lauren seconds
      4. (40) Graduate Student Wellness Events - $13,325
        1. Not fund- their highest item is a massage practitioner which is more like an all or nothing proposal
        2. This is the 5th or 6th proposal they have put in
      5. (41) Navigating Housing in Santa Cruz County: Off Campus Student Consultation Services for UCSC students - $57,500.00
        1. Back in 2021 the DOS was given money for this program
        2. Helping students in distress
        3. Either fully fund or $28,750
        4. If not fully funded, they will find other resources from other places and try to secure other housing
        5. Funding $28,750
        6. Jhertau motions to approve to fund $28,750 Mel seconds
      6. (42) EOP Textbook Access Program (TAP) Proposal - $10,000
        1. This is a confusing budget
        2. Majority of ssf cannot be used for EOP
        3. Not fund
      7. (43) AA/PIRC Student Interns - $134,056
        1. Big proposal - the ideas are liked
        2. Fund $55,820 for student interns for priorities A and B
        3. Just fund that
        4. $28,750
        5. Jhertau motions to approve to fund $28,750 $28,750 Katie seconds
      8. (44) UCSC AIRC Native Student Orientation 2024 - $9,540.00
        1. Fully fund
        2. A lot like the other orientation programs
        3. Try to change it from calling it an orientation
        4. Jhertau motions to approve to fund $9,540.00 Trey seconds
      9. (45) Writing Center Funding Request - $70,790
        1. Poorly written, hard time discerning what they were asking for
        2. For 10 student tutors; this writing center employs grad students rather than undergrad employees
        3. We could fund and decrease as we see fit
          1. This conversation is being tabled
      10. (46) Raíces Mentorship & Leadership Program - $20,900
        1. $14,150
        2. For programing and stipends
        3. Get more info for this document
      11. (47) New Refrigerators for the Graduate Student Commons - $3,000
        1. Confused on this one because GSC has asked for funding in the past
        2. They might have funding for programming already
        3. They also received SSF and M7
        4. Doesn’t seem like they are going to be using the food storage for the right reasons
        5. Not fund
      12. (48) Rocket Team at UCSC Funding Request - $26,507
        1. Email to ask for budget sheet and table discussion
    2. The proposals are over budget but we can still allocate to other funding groups but there will need to be trimming later on.
    3. Discussion: 2023-2024 Rating Worksheet
    4. Marshall motions to approve to not fund proposals 40, 42, 46 Mel seconds
    5. Jhertau motions to approve to table proposals 45, 46, 48 Mel seconds
  6. Other Business
    1. Request from students to attend SFAC meetings and possibly make comments - should we add a public comment to our meetings?
    2. Meeting Timeline (captures our goals for each meeting and prospective topics for meetings)
    3. 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).
  7. Adjournment

Jhertau motions to adjourn Mel seconds

Upcoming Guests/Topics:.

  1. Student representation for Misc Fee Committee in April.
  2. Presentation on Okanagan Charter (health promoting campus initiative) - Spring Quarter with Director of SHOP, Meg Kobe
  3. Auditing:
    1. Student Media Voice Fee
    2. Student Life Facilities Fee