Fee Transparency Project

Present: Marshall, Mel, Nicholas, Arielle, Lisa, Lucy, Vir, Trey, John, Rigo, Sezona

[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
3. Members present: Marshall, Mel, Angelina, Arielle, Laila, Trey, Nick
[3:33 - 3:35] Approval of the Agenda and Minutes
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Minutes:
  1. May 5th Minutes
  2. There were no minutes taken on May 12th when SFAC toured the Kresge construction site.
3. Agenda and May 5th minutes passed by unanimous approval.
[3:35 - 3:40] Announcements
1. Absentee comment form
2. Bylaws Workgroup - this work will be taken up by the Outreach Subcommittee but everyone is invited to participate.
3. Please fill out Doodle Poll (by May 26th) so we can confirm our end of the year dinner and celebration
4. Go Bananas Carnival: Saturday, May 30th
SFAC Chair/Vice-Chair Reports
1. Chair
  1. Meeting with GSA president
2. Vice-Chair
  1. Happy week 8!
  2. Elections are today and that is super exciting!
Subcommittee Reports
1. Audit
  1. Scaffolding for next year!
2. Outreach
  1. No meeting last week we will have a meeting at Iveta this friday at 11am
[3:40 - 4:10] Chair and Vice Chair Elections
1. Procedures for elections
2. Motion made to
3. Chair
  1. Vir provides a speech. Goals include more professional development for members, more collaboration with student government groups, more outreach and engagement. We will be known as those who ask questions. We could explore inviting faculty to the space as well. Speech followed by Q&A.
  2. Deliberation
  3. Result of vote of confidence: 8 - Yes, 0 - No, 0. Vir is elected the SFAC Chair for 2026-2027.
4. Vice Chair
  1. Laila provides a speech. Laila explains that being a part of SFAC has opened up her eyes to many aspects of campus life that she was not aware of. She wants students to seek us out, more outreach. Laila wants to bring more people to CSF. Could we have a rotation process for CSF attendance. Provide a longer onboarding process and think about a theme for each quarter of the year; this will help us build confidence as a team. Speech followed by Q&A.
  2. Angelina provides a speech. Angelina explains that student leadership positions provide her an opportunity to “draw the lines.” Build stronger relationships with student groups, plans in action for a fee town hall. Build transparency, report backs to college governments, build a real identity for SFAC. Has served as secretary of Porter Senate, and leadership in business organization. Speech followed by Q&A.
  3. Deliberation
  4. Vote
    1. Angelina is elected as Vice Chair
[4:10 - 4:20] Final Review of Funding Call
1. Allocations
2. Deliberations
  1. The work engages in discussion toward balancing out the available funding and the earmarks.
3. Please review Column H on the Allocations Tracker to ensure your group has captured notes for the funding letter, with any restrictions, etc. Lucy has populated as much as possible from the group’s notes.
4. Some additional review and reductions are necessary. Item tabled to next week.
[4:20 - 4:35] Seismic & Life Safety Fund - Updates (Lisa) - Tabled to next week.
[CLOSED SESSION] [4:35 - 4:45] Discussion on hiring practices - We did not get to this agenda item.
[4:45 - 5:00] Changes to TAPS recommendation letter - We did not get to this item.
1. SFAC_TAPS Letter_050126
[5:00] Adjournment

Upcoming Guests/Topics:

Update on Return to Aid (Director of Financial Aid and Scholarship Office has been invited to join us)
Invite new SUA IVC after the campus elections
SFAC Banquet - Year End

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