Fee Transparency Project

Present: Marshall, Mel, Trey, Nicholas, Sofia, Laila, Maya, John, Vir, Sezona, Lisa, Sezona

Quorum is established.

Guests: Summer Hutson, Web Coordinator for DSAS

[2:30 - 2:33] 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
[2:33 - 2:35] Approval of the Agenda and Minutes
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of January 26th Regular Minutes and Closed Session Minutes
  1. Nicholas moves to approve the agenda and minutes. Trey seconds the motion. Motion carries my consensus.
[2:35 - 2:40] Public Comment
1. No public comment today.
[2:40 - 2:50] Announcements & Updates
1. SUA Meeting - Presentation (possible Tuesday, February 3rd)
  1. Slide Deck
  2. Tomorrow, SFAC is on the SUA agenda at 8:25 pm. Please join us if you can. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm. The meeting location is Namaste Lounge.
2. Appeals Subcommittee
  1. Summary
  2. The subcommittee has voted to accept the appeal with conditions (vote is 3-1). The committee will return next week with a recommendation on what the conditions are.
3. CSF Meeting: February 7-8 in UC Santa Barbara
  1. Marshall, Mel, Vir and Arielle will be participating in this weekend’s meeting.
  2. Please provide any feedback that you have about topics to explore at the meeting.
4. Survey has launched - please help promote the survey
  1. Link to survey
  2. Flier
  3. Instagram post
  4. Marshall asks members to put up the flyers in their respective colleges. The office will make copies and make them available. The outreach committee will be meeting soon, and can discuss other strategies for getting the survey information out.
[2:50 - 3:10] Website: Guest Summer Hutson
1. Introductions
  1. Summer explains that she is the web coordinator for the division. She oversees all of the websites for DSAS. She is responsible for making updates, digital accessibility.
  2. Summer explains that she wants to make sure that the content is user-friendly and accessible to all.
2. Making website updates for SFAC
  1. SFAC Web Content Hub
  2. Summer explains that the content for the SFAC website lives in a document known as the “content hub”. SFAC members have a commenting mode, which means that any changes that are made are suggestions, then Summer will prompt Lucy to review and approve.
  3. Add images for change both in the document and into a Google Drive to maintain quality. (Banner images need to be high quality.)
  4. There is an ITS guide to accessibility to help understand what is and is not acceptable for use on the website.
  5. Images with text and pdf are not acceptable because they don’t work for users who use screen readers or other accessibility features.
  6. ITS toolkit
3. SFAC ideas for the website
  1. Q: Is there any way to get the SFAC website back?
  2. Answer: At this point, DSAS is not looking to go back to the old website structure, however we could look into getting SFAC’s information, and the content could be presented in more widespread and accessible ways.
  3. Q: Could SFAC get subpages for its subcommittees?
  4. Answer: Yes, we can draft pages and work with ITS to add a subcommittee page!
  5. Q: Could we include a script to present updating data for students?
  6. Answer: Yes, however, the division does not prioritize the use of script, so we cannot guarantee how well it may function.
  7. Q: Could we embed meeting agendas and minutes directly into the website?
  8. Answer: Yes, however, the department is seeking to prioritize conciseness, and adding so much data could be doing the opposite.
  9. Q: Could we embed an interactive pie chart to help students understand their fees directly into the website?
  10. Answer: Yes, however, due to case-by-case changes, we need to make sure to include a disclaimer that some individual fees may vary on a case-by-case basis.
[3:10 - 3:25] Prepare for Visit with Chancellor/TAPS (February 9th)
1. Chancellor Larive will be visiting with us next Monday for 30 minutes.
2. Chancellor Meeting Questions
3. TAPS Meeting Questions
4. Campus Elections Archive (1998 - Present)
5. Chancellor’s Org Chart
6. Measure 82 SEATS Language
[3:25 - 3:35] Discussion regarding reviewing the proposed campus-based fees
1. SUA Fee, Basic-Needs Fee, Right Livelihood Fee.
2. Split into 3 groups and make a deep dive into each fee and its language to make pros and cons statements for each fee.
  1. The pro-con statement is replacing the opinion statement.
3. 25% student participation in the election is needed for a ballot item, ⅔ majority is required for a ballot item to pass.
4. Marshall asks for feedback on where folks would like to plug in
  1. Trey has no conflicts of interest and says he can participate anywhere
  2. Vir no conflicts and he can participate anywhere
  3. Nicholas has no conflicts - prefers Basic Needs
  4. Arielle has no conflicts - will plug in anywhere
  5. Sofia is involved in basic needs and UCSA; Right Livelihood
  6. Sezona is interested in basic needs.
  7. Lucy will send out an inventory.
[3:35 - 3:50] Preparing for Funding Call Presentations
1. Lucy is working on the calendar for folks to sign up for presentations
2. Marshall’s Group: Fridays 2:30-3:30 for funding call meetings.
3. Mel’s Group: No set time right now, likely at 9-10 on Tuesday or Thursday.
4. Marshall suggests that other groups attend his group's funding call presentation and record it to help other groups learn the process.

Upcoming Guests/Topics:

Director of TAPS Dan Henderson - February 9, 2026
Chancellor Cindy Larive - February 9, 2026
Presentations from Referenda Authors - February 23rd or March 2nd
Potentially SFAC Attending a UC Regents Meeting: March 17th, 2026 @UCSF
Planning Spring CSF Meeting

Meeting and Committee Member Resources:

SFAC Roster
Orientation Materials
Agendas and Minutes
Tracking Sheet for Campus Based Fees ongoing discussion
Google Folder
Summer 26 Fee Levels