April 29th, 2019

Student Fee Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes April 29, 2019 Present: Ashley John, Adam Selcov, Regina Gomez, Chase Hayes, Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski, Lisa Bishop, Ian Gregorio, Lucy Rojas, Elliot Lewis, Juliana Nzongo, Derek DeMarco

1. Approval of Agenda, Minutes, Announcements

a. Lydia motions to approve the agenda; Regina seconds the motion. No objections. b. Regina motions to approve the minutes; Lydia seconds the motion. No objections. c. Announcements

i. SUA is still working on hiring an Associate Elections Commissioner. There are a

2. Funding Call Process

number of SCOC events coming up.

a. Reserves: Ashley mentions that she wants to clarify that this is the first year that we

have reserves. She asks members of the committee to think back about the proposals that we have reviewed and consider whether we want to fund anything else at this point, etc. b. Discussion

i. Lydia mentions that her idea is that we would maintain a reserve for any

emergency requests, or to set aside should a request come forward out of cycle that we would like to fund.

ii. Adam mentions that we could consider having another call for student

organizations specifically.

iii. Ashley says that she would like to start next year with some funding, in case the allocation to SFAC next year is considerably less than this year. Chase agrees and says it will be good to show a gradual decline next year in our starting funding amount, instead of a big dip.

c.

Final review of funding earmarks

i. GSC Furniture Request

1. Adam motions to add $48, 620.00 for GSC for furniture. Regina seconds

the motion. No objections.

ii. Adam motions to confirm all funding allocations as outlined in the spreadsheet

provided by Lisa. Lydia seconds the motion.

iii. Roll Call Vote:

1. Cowell: Yes
2. Stevenson: Yes
3. Crown: Not Present
4. Merrill: yes
5. College 9: Not Present
6. College 10: Yes
7. Kresge: Yes
8. Porter: Yes
9. Rachel Carson: Not Present
10. Oakes: Yes
11. Grad Student Rep Nzongo: Yes
12. Grad Student Rep Hellier: Not Present
13. SAB Rep: Yes
14. Provost: Not Present

15. Motion Passes

d.

Letter to Vice Provost Padgett – Lucy will draft and we can review and vote next week.

3. Campus Elections Event

a. Adam explains that the Quarry Plaza is confirmed for May 13

​, 1:30 – 3:30 pm. We

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have the reservation for the entire day. We can offer the time to the Elections Commissioners. 8:00 – 5:00 pm.

b. Taqueria Santa Cruz – confirm the menu, invoice, costs – how many people do we want

to feed? i. ii. Last year’s elections event was set up for 200, it was $10 per person for two

Juliana volunteers to get a quote

tacos, rice, and beans.

c. We have approximately $20,000 in available funds; we can use a portion of this for the

event. Ideas – students required to visit the tables.

d.

i. Content neutral event – educational materials primarily. Chase will be lead with

the event.

e. Time – discussion on start time, 1pm will capture more students in terms of class

change. Discussion, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

f. Advertising

i. Flyers – Canva ii. Facebook iii. Elliot will be lead on creating publicity

g. SFAC table at the event

i. Educational aspect: description, funding this year, etc.

4. Other Topics for rest of spring quarter

Invite Dean of Students Garrett Naiman back for a meet and greet

a. b. Discussion about a policy on campus based fees c.

SFAC membership

i. Adam mentions that we may want to spend some time discussing SFAC

membership. For example, do we have the right membership, should staff and faculty be voting on how student fees are utilized, etc.

d. Summer Fees – survey

i. Fees have to be in place by January

e. f. 5. Adjournment

Invite TAPS – to discuss summer fees Proctoru

a. Regina motions to adjourn. Lydia seconds the motion. No objections.

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