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March 3rd, 2024

12:00 – 2:00 pm

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
  2. Approval of Agenda
  3. Announcements & Updates
    1. Meeting with VC Reiskin and AVC Register of Finance, Operations and Administration on March 7th, from 2:30 to 3:00pm
    2. Other announcements
  4. UCSC campus budget cuts
    1. Questions/Concerns
    2. Discussion
    3. VC Reiskin is able to share updates at the March 7th meeting, 2:30 - 3:00 pm
  5. Funding call
    1. Proposal reading and discussion (time - 4 minutes per proposal):
      1. (56) Re-envisioning Crown Library as a Space Supporting Student Mental Health (Equity in Mental Health Funding Call) - $26,570
      2. (57) EOP Pantry - $15,000
      3. (58) Student launch of UCSC’s new role as Global Secretariat of the Right Livelihood College network - $51,675
      4. (59) QTBIPOC Wellbeing and Solidarity - $15,000
      5. (60) Funding for Travel to Mock Trial Tournaments for the 2023-24 Season - $8,000
      6. Tabled proposals (where committee members had questions)
        1. (22) Expanding the LSS Tutor Mentor Program - $24,910
        2. (23) Peer Success Coaching Program - $112,397
        3. (27) Stipends for KZSC Governing Board - $23,250
          1. Email Correspondence (tabled from last meeting)
          2. Email from Lisa
        4. (35) - College Democrats Student Political Participation Funding Request.
        5. (45) Writing Center
          1. No response yet
        6. (46) Raices Mentorship and Leadership Program
          1. Stipends for students are not academic/tuition scholarships. Stipends will be paid as department awards through Financial Aid (per Lucy, this is a standard way of issuing awards to students).
        7. (48) Rocket Team
          1. Budget Worksheet
        8. (52) Gender Euphoria: Trans and Nonbinary Wellbeing Outreach and Programming
          1. Need clarification on the budget
    2. Trimming Process:
    3. Discussion: 2023-2024 Rating Worksheet
  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

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