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March 14th, 2024

1:30 – 3:00 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 & Minutes
  3. Announcements & Updates
    1. Spring Quarter Meeting time and day.
      1. Please fill out this when2meet by the end of next week Friday, March 23rd
    2. Spring quarter Chair and Vice-Chair Election
      1. Potentially on Week 1 or 2 meetings.
      2. Please come in person if you would like to participate in the election
      3. Email Andy and Jhertau for more information of duties.
    3. Other announcements
  4. Approval of Response to TAPS on Transit Fee Recommendation
  5. Debrief visit from VC Ed Reiskin and AVC Kimberly Register
    1. Presentation
  6. Funding call
    1. Proposal reading and discussion (time - 4 minutes per proposal):
      1. Tabled proposals (where committee members had questions)
        1. (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).
        2. (48) Rocket Team
          1. Budget Worksheet
        3. (52) Gender Euphoria: Trans and Nonbinary Wellbeing Outreach and Programming
          1. Budget (needed to be reformatted)
        4. (23) Peer Success Coaching Program
          1. Need to ask about their Spring projects and usage of ~500K budget.
    2. Trimming Process:
      1. Current allocation $982,128 + 12,000 EMH = $994,128. Need to trim $270,390.
      2. Look at lowest “score” from the rating worksheet, reduce or no fund for those proposals
      3. Representatives’ recommendation on particular proposals they want to revisit.
    3. Discussion: 2023-2024 Rating Worksheet
  7. 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).
  8. 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