Fee Transparency Project

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

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. Present: Andy, Mel, Trey, Shirley, Marshall, Katie, Lauren, Tanisha, Lisa, Lucy
Approval of Agenda & Minutes
1. Lauren makes a motion to approve the agenda and minutes. Mel seconds the motion. No objections. Motion carries.
Approval of online vote for the referendum statements
1. 8 members voted. Passed unanimously.
2. The statements were advanced to the
3. Mel shares that when SUGB came to visit with SFAC, they said they had received more edits from UCOP. SUGB has opted not to adopt the edits that were given and are moving forward, with the understanding that they may not be approved for the ballot.
4. Lisa says that she is concerned about how carryforward would be addressed, should TAPS budgets not be used. It would have been a good idea to have language about how carryforward for the advisory board would be stewarded.
5. Andy suggests that in the future, should the measure pass, that SFAC in it’s annual review would look at carryforward from VEST and recommend that carryforward be re-invested in TAPS operational budget.
Announcements & Updates:
1. Participation survey for next year
  1. Confirmed to return: Oakes, Kresge, SAB, Stevenson
  2. Reappointments: Crown, Merrill, Nine
    1. Reappointments are confirmed.
  3. To recruitment: GSC, Lewis, Cowell, Porter, Rachel Carson
  4. TBD: Provost and GSA
2. CSF Meeting with UCOP Budget Analysis & Planning and Mental Health & Wellbeing teams. Tuesday, May 28th, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  1. Agenda
  2. Zoom Link
3. May 24th attendance poll
  1. Taking a poll to see if we should hold this meeting given it’s on Friday of Memorial Day Weekend
4. Other announcements
  1. Today is Slug Day - this afternoon at East Field - students will compete in games by college affiliation.
  2. Mel shares that tomorrow from 10:00 - 5:00 pm is the Multi-Cultural Festival. There will be performances and ethnic orgs will be selling food. It will be at the Oakes Field.
Funding Call 2024-2025
1. 2024-2025 Funding Call Debrief and suggestions for next year. The group works on edits using the attached documents: (notes are captured on the documents).
  1. Funding Call 24-25 Suggestion
  2. 2024-2025 SFAC Proposal Template.docx
Okanagan Charter - Health Promoting University Initiative (2:00 pm)
1. Meg Kob, Director of SHOP
2. Slide Deck
3. This is a paradigm shift at UCSC. We adopted the charter earlier this week; it’s exciting that we are starting this work.
4. VC Bradley-Armstrong charged a workgroup to explore the possibility of adopting the Okanagan Charter. The group has been meeting since summer of 2023.
5. The Charter was originally adopted at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia.
6. How do you create health and wellbeing at a system level? Institutional level?
7. Two calls to action: embed health into all aspects of campus operations, and embed health initiatives.
8. The community should together initiate collaboration…to get at these challenges, we have to do it across disciplines, sectors, etc.
9. Research and innovations should inform our work.
10. Meg talks about the example of the frog and pond - if the frog wasn’t feeling well, we would start by asking, what’s wrong with the pond?
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).
Adjournment
1. Mel suggests we adjourn; Marshall recommends a second suggestion. Meeting adjourned.

Upcoming Guests/Topics:.

Presentation from Maddie Lee - 5 years of SFAC data
Auditing:
1. Student Media Voice Fee
2. Student Life Facilities Fee