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April 15th, 2025

3:00 – 4:30 pm

AgendaMinutes

Zoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/98559266028?pwd=XOXI1eAbHbfVmdgNNgEAcBZ9mM86JT.1

  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, SUA, Lisa, Lucy
  2. Approval of Agenda & 4/13/25 Minutes
  3. Public Comment
  4. Announcements & Updates
    1. Member updates
    2. End of year celebration
    3. Sometime this quarter Chair/Vice-Chair elections
      1. Whenever the committee wants
  5. Subcommittee Meetings Weekly on Zoom - Choose new times
    1. Outreach Committee
    2. Audit Committee
  6. Campus Elections (3:15 - 4:00 pm)
    1. Fee Referendum Presentations
    2. Schedule + Materials (statements and budgets)
    3. Deliberations for today’s presentations
    4. Draft statements (from last week’s presentations):
      1. Theater Arts Fee Increase: The Student Fee Advisory Committee supports this proposed $3.00 fee increase because it reflects the rising costs for payroll, costumes, and production materials; costs that have gone up significantly while the fee itself has remained unchanged since its inception in 2003. This fee increase will help sustain the quality of campus theater while expanding access while allowing students to attend more free performances.
      2. Resource Centers Fee: SFAC supports this proposed fee because, for the first time, it would provide direct and sustainable funding for the Resource Centers, which have never had a dedicated fee despite their critical role in student support and community building. The budget is responsible and transparent, with a clear focus on expanding student employment opportunities and programming.
      3. Student Government Fee Increase: The Student Fee Advisory Committee did not reach consensus….
        1. Deliberate in small groups (based on how folks voted to develop a pro and con statement.
  7. If Time: Discussion on TAPS Letter
    1. 2024 Letter
    2. Response from Dan (to questions we developed on March 11th)
  8. Adjournment

Upcoming Guests/Topics:.

  1. 2024-2025 Funding Call
    1. Resources
      1. Proposal Folder
      2. Rating Worksheet
      3. Absent Member Notes
  2. Student Fee Summit
    1. Google Doc
  3. Campus Based Fees Review for summer session, FY 26
  4. Planning for Next Year’s Funding Call
    1. Multiple different pools of money for different initiatives (i.e. money only for programs affecting off campus students, etc.)