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November 3rd, 2025

3:30 – 5:00 pm

AgendaMinutes
  1. [3:30 - 3:33] Welcome and Introductions
    1. Members introductions: Name, Pronouns, Year, Major, and Space.
    2. Order: Cowell, Stevenson, Crown, Merrill, Kresge, Porter, Oakes, RCC, C9, JRL, Graduate Students, SAB, Provost, SUA, Lisa, Sezona, Lucy
      1. Present: Sofia, Laila, Marshall, Mel, Trey, Arielle, Vir, Cheryl, Wahaj, Aims, Maya, Lisa, Sezona, Lucy
  2. [3:33 - 3:35] Approval of Agenda & Minutes
    1. Approval of Agenda
    2. Approval of October 27, 2025 Minutes
    3. Cheryl motions to approve the October 27th minutes and today’s agenda. Arielle seconds the motion.
      1. Sofia asks to amend the agenda; if we can add a discussion about family weekend.
      2. No objections, motion carries.
  3. [3:35 - 3:40] Public Comment
    1. Tomorrow is the last day to vote
    2. Maya shares that nominations are being accepted through November 7th for women to be honored at the event in March.
  4. [3:40 - 3:45] Announcements & Updates
    1. Oakes Rep
      1. No new applications have been submitted. Please continue to recruit.
    2. SFAC Merch
      1. Jackets are ordered
      2. Tote bags
        1. Lucy will check in Scotts Valley to see how many bags we have left in storage.
    3. SFAC Workshop
      1. 1st Workshop Debrief
        1. Mel says that it went well.
        2. Lucy mentions that one of the groups contacted us after the session; will we meet with everyone?
        3. Mel suggests that we add time for questions at the end.
        4. Marshall says we could reduce slides on what we do. This way the workshop content can really be focused on the funding call.
        5. Sofia says it was a good intro.
      2. 2nd Workshop 11/8/25 from 4-5pm
        1. The next workshop is Saturday; please feel free to come.
  5. [3:45 - 3:55] SFAC Chair/Vice Chair Updates
    1. Chair:
      1. Worked on:
        1. Framework of Proposed Changed SFAC Role in Campus Elections
      2. Set meeting with Campus Election Commissioner Travis for November 7th
      3. Worked on workshop slides
      4. Worked on CSF report
    2. Vice-Chair
      1. Worked on:
        1. Please see updates in subcommittee report for Outreach.
  6. [3:55 - 4:00] Subcommittee reports
    1. Audit:
      1. Time/Dates: Every Wednesdays 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
      2. Location: Zoom/In-person
      3. Minutes
        1. The Audit Committee will utilize a rotating leadership format where each member will get to work alongside Marshall to create agendas and co-lead meetings so everyone can develop some leadership experience.
        2. Marshall asks Lucy about having access to older SSF reports for the Audit Committee and SFAC as a whole.
        3. Lucy and Lisa discussed making them accessible for SFAC since many have been archived.
    2. Outreach:
      1. Time/Dates: Every Other Thursday 12pm - 1pm
      2. Location: Zoom (Only in person when planning tabling)
      3. Minutes
        1. Setting baseline, expectations, and giving new members a general idea of what the committee does.
        2. The committee discussed asking student organizations that put on events using SFAC Funding to include the SFAC committee and our logo when thanking sponsors.
        3. Broader use of social media: weekly group photos and meeting recaps posted after each meeting?, Rep of the week?, Fee of the week?
        4. Request SFAC website data from the web team.
        5. Marshall suggests adding a way for people to reach out to the Rep on the SFAC website.
  7. [4:00 - 4:20] Review of Old Campus Based Fees
    1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240811021718/https://deanofstudents.ucsc.edu/elections/enacted-fees.html#expand
    2. Review
    3. Discussion
      1. The difference in the campus fee ballot description can be attributed to the fact that, before 2007, there was no standardized format for organizations to describe their fees.
      2. Lucy says that starting in 2007, fee descriptions began using a standardized template.
      3. Marshall suggests reviewing fees with older, less extensive descriptions, and groups receive them to update their fee descriptions in order to give students a better idea of what their fees are going towards.
      4. Using Canva to make posters/docs of fee summaries more consumable.
  8. [4:20 - 4:40] [CLOSED SESSION] Measure 22 - Student Voice and Empowerment Summer Fee Review
    1. Closed Session Agenda
  9. [4:40 - 5:00] Small Group Policy Review
    1. https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/2710528/PACAOS-80
    2. https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/wordpress.ucsc.edu/dist/4/273/files/2025/07/final-ucsc-elections-policy-01-05-2022.pdf
  10. [5:00] Adjournment
    1. Motion to Adjourn. Passed no objections.

Upcoming Guests/Topics:.

  1. November 10th, 4:30 - 5:00 pm: Measure 86 - Michael Chemers, Professor and Chair, https://performanceplaydesign.ucsc.edu/
  2. November 17th, 3:30 - 4:00 pm: Amber Blakeslee, Associate Vice Chancellor for Budget, Analysis, and Planning
  3. November 17th, 4:00 - 4:30 pm: Angela Cline, Assistant Vice Chancellor for DSAS
  4. SSF/M7 Annual Report + Overview of Measure 7 (Requested by Lisa)
  5. SFAC SSF Annual Report: https://cosaf.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk1561/files/inline-files/COSAF_Annual_Report_2024-25.pdf
  6. Student Media Council Summer Fee/Student Voice and Empowerment Fee Review

Meeting and Committee Member Resources:

  1. SFAC Roster
  2. Orientation Materials
  3. Agendas and Minutes
  4. Tracking Sheet for Campus Based Fees ongoing discussion
  5. Google Folder
  6. Summer 26 Fee Levels