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May 20th, 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 & Minutes
    1. Approval of Agenda and May 13th Minutes
  3. Public Comment
  4. Announcements & Updates
    1. Sweatshirts are here!
    2. SFAC Member Survey FY 26
      1. Fill out by 5/23
      2. https://forms.gle/LZ6Hyz1onSLP5jDb9
    3. Campus Elections Update (Lucy)
      1. Voter Party
      2. Unofficial voter turnout
    4. End of the year SFAC dinner
      1. Saturday, May 31st, 5:30 - 7:00 pm: Location TBD

UCSC Opera: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

  1. Funding Call
    1. Tracking Sheet
    2. Additional available funds - $30,970
      1. #33 ABC SS Initiative: $17,275 (DSAS will be providing funding)
      2. #41 ABC SS Academy: $13,495 (DSAS will be providing funding)
    3. SFAC Operating Budget
      1. Budget
      2. We have approximately $33K left for this year.
    4. Resource Centers and Grad Student Commons - if referendum passes, how SFAC will move into next steps during funding allocation notifications.
      1. FYI: updates on funding that RCs project that they would not need next year if the referendum passes. See this Sheet.
  2. Discussion on SFAC Appointments/Hiring
    1. Recommendation to VC Student Affairs - New recruiting and appointment process for SFAC members
  3. Discussion on Office Hours and Member Engagement
    1. Bylaw Draft: SFAC Bylaw Changes May 25
  4. LSS Summer Fee Review (4:00 - 4:30 pm)
    1. Visit with Sharon Castro, Director of Learning Support Services
    2. Fee language: https://deanofstudents.ucsc.edu/elections/pdf/2015/measure-63.pdf
    3. Fee is currently fully charged in summer
    4. Questions for Sharon:
      1. LSS activities in summer quarters vs fall/winter/spring quarters,
      2. Expenditures over the last 3 summer quarters,
      3. Planned future summer expenditures,
      4. Impacts of the campus structural deficit on summer quarter activities,
      5. The kinds of students who take advantage of LSS over the summer (visiting, year-round, etc.),
      6. Student utilization rates of LSS tutors,
      7. LSS carryforward information and future plans for it.
  5. Adjournment

Upcoming Guests/Topics:.

  1. Cornucopia - swag purchase to prepare for next year.
  2. Invitation sent to AVC Amber Blakeslee with invitation to present on current budget updates
  3. Next year - Lisa would like to discuss SFAC being involved in developing policy around pausing or reducing fees.
  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.)