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April 15th, 2019

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Student Fee Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes April 15th, 2019

Present: Ashley John, Adam Selcov, Chase Hayes, Vignesh Iyer, Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski, Veronica Mitry, Sue Carter, Katie Hellier, Venkatesh Nagubandi, Elliot Lewis, Derek DeMarco

  1. Approval of Agenda, Minutes, Announcements a. Approval of Agenda and Minutes

i. ii.

Chase moves to approve the agenda; Sue seconds the motion. No objections. Sue moves to approve the minutes; Katie seconds the motion. No objections.

b. Introductions c. Announcements

i. ii.

Set office hours for Spring Quarter (please update spreadsheet) Other Announcements

  1. Elections are scheduled May 15 - 21

  2. Funding Proposal Discussion

a. Continue discussion and voting on funding proposals

i.

25 - People of Color Sustainability Collective Speaker Series

  1. Chase motions to fund $2500 for one year; Adam seconds the motion
  2. Katie suggests mentioning that the group should also consider requesting funds from GSA/SUA because it’s in line with what they usually fund

ii.

20 - Supporting UCSC STEM Graduate Student Professional Development and an Undergraduate Transfer Student Workshop

  1. Adam comments that it’s hard to partially fund a staff position--it’s usually all

iii.

iv.

v.

or nothing

  1. Katie mentions that this is a multi-year request
  2. Adam motions for $43,500 for one year; Katie seconds the motion

49 - Grad Student Diversity and Wellness Retention Program

  1. Adam motions to table; Sue seconds the motion
  2. Ashley will reach out to Lucy to see if the budget was emailed.
  3. Chase suggests funding a few of the positions. Danzantes Unidos Festival 2020 & 2021
  4. Chase suggests to fund year 1
  5. Viggy has questions about the number of students that attend. motions to fund one year at $5,051; Katie seconds the motion

41 -

55 - KZSC Business Manager

  1. Lydia recuses herself
  2. Adam comments that he’s not sure about funding a new position when

the station seems to be doing ok without it

  1. Lisa comments that someone is already doing the job; we might want to

get clarification on who is already doing the job

  1. Viggy questions how hiring a new position is going to help them with the

deficit they mentioned

  1. Katie comments deficit is coming from turnover no management or part

time management

  1. Adam motions not to fund; Viggy objects. Motion fails.

​ 7. Adam motions to table; Katie seconds the motion

vi.

37 - Providing Research Experience to Undergraduate Students: A new internship program at the LEEPS Lab

  1. Adam motions for $17,550, for 3 interns at 15 hours/week for 30 weeks;

Sue seconds that motion. No objections, motion passes.

vii.

13 - Hermanos Unidos National Leadership Conference

  1. Viggy motions to fully fund; No seconds, motion fails.
  2. Katie motions to fund $3,000 for 1 year; Lydia seconds the motion. No

objections, motion passes.

viii.

12 - Oakes Senate Projects

  1. Chase recuses himself
  2. Veronica mentions that if the Student Fee Referendum passes, the

money is also intended for West Fest

  1. Ashley mentions that C9/C10 are renovating a lounge with other sources

of funding

  1. Elliot mentions that Porter Senate funded their lounge using their money
  2. Viggy motions to fully fund murals and West Fest; no second, motion

fails

  1. Adam suggests to fund half of West Fest

  2. Adam motions to fund $5,000 for the murals and West Fest at their discretion; Viggy seconds the motion, Katie objects stating that we should specify an amount

  3. Adam amends motion to $2000 for West Fest and $3000 for murals; No

objections, motion passes

ix.

47 - EOP Faculty Dinner

  1. Katie mentions that as an EOP student she appreciates it, but it’s a lot of

money for a dinner

  1. Committee notices differences between last year’s budget, and amount

for this year’s budget

  1. Adam suggests to fund the same amount as last year
  2. Katie notes that there are alternative catering options
  3. Chase suggests to ask EOP what their attendance was from past dinner

to gauge growth

  1. Adam motions to earmark $4,000; no seconds, motion fails.
  2. Adam re-motions for $4,000; Chase seconds the motion, motion passes

x.

33 - CSSA Spring Gala

Chase motions to fund $7,000 for one year. Adam seconds.

a. Vote: 5-2-2, b. Motion passes

  1. Lydia comments that raffle gifts should be explicitly excluded from the

funds allotted.

  1. Katie comments on the parking permits, on who specifically would be

funded to park

xi.

68 - Breaking Barriers to Graduate School

  1. Katie is very supportive of providing resources to disadvantaged students since there are large barriers to graduate school

2. Katie motions to fund $28,000 for 1 year with exception of conference

fees; Lydia seconds, motion passes

xii.

27 - Graduate Student Commons Furniture Replacement

  1. Adam suggests half funding at $50,000
  2. Katie mentions that the Commons does receive a lot of foot traffic
  3. Lydia motions to fund $50,000; Adam seconds. No objections, motion

passes.

xiii.

10- Graduate Writing Retreat

  1. Katie mentions that there aren’t a lot of resources for graduate students
  2. Chase motions for $7,600 fund 1 session; Viggy seconds the motion. No

objections, motion passes.

xiv.

71 - ARCenter Water Stations

  1. Adam motions not to fund, Veronica objects. No seconds. Motion fails.
  2. Katie motions to earmark $1,149 for downstairs fountain, Veronica

seconds the motion. No objections, motion passes.

xv.

17 - Mock Trial

  1. Katie suggests to fund half.
  2. Discussion about student impact
  3. Katie motions to fund $3,000; Chase seconds the motion. No objections,

motion passes.

  1. Adjournment

a. Lydia motions to adjourn, Elliot seconds the motion.