Fee Transparency Project

Present: Brynna Downey, Alvin Ho, Chloe Mietzel, Isaac Karth, Lisa Bishop, Mathew Sarti, Vivian Pham, May Alvarez, Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski, Andy Huynh

Welcome and Introductions
1. Check in question: What is your favorite snack?
Approval of Agenda and April 20 minutes
1. Quorum is not reached yet, later reached at 3:30 pm.
2. May motions to approve the agenda, Vivian seconds. No objections, motion passes.
3. Isaac motions to approve the minutes, Alvin seconds. No objections, motion passes.
Announcements & Updates
1. Recap of Council on Student Fees Spring meeting
  1. CSF is a systemwide group of representatives from UC campus SFACs. It is an opportunity for updates and information across the different campuses.
  2. Cohort-based tuition
    1. This has been proposed by the regents, and is a model that would show exactly how much each year’s tuition would cost. This would allow OP to see how much revenue would be generated each year. They also said that it will help students and families prepare for payments each year (financial predictability).
    2. This was going to be on last Spring’s Regents agenda, but it was not voted on at the time. It will likely be voted on this May.
    3. Students can apply to speak in the public comment portion of the meeting.
    4. CSF opposed cohort-based tuition last year. The letter written hasn’t changed, and still is overall opposed by the council.
    5. Isaac notes that it seems problematic that tuition would be fixed despite potential recessions, pandemics, etc
    6. Alvin asks if other tuition options would be presented at the Regent’s meeting? Brynna and Lydia say no.
  3. Accellion data breach
    1. There was a data breach for a file transfer service used by organizations to transfer sensitive information.
    2. Lisa comments that information may be on the dark web for several different reasons.
    3. Isaac says that the data breach was specifically UCOP data.
    4. Experian is a service we have access to to monitor credit usage.
2. SFAC Chair & Vice-Chair elections at end of Spring Quarter
  1. The committee will be voting on these two positions at the end of the quarter. Brynna can share information on the responsibilities.
Revisiting previously funded proposals
1. Ranked Evaluation spreadsheet
2. Second pass of highest funded proposals: #6, #22, #34, #19, #25, #23, #2, #18
  1. #6 Renaissance Scholars Peer Mentor Program
    1. Isaac suggests to reduce programming.
    2. Mathew motions to reduce to $20,000 for student employees. No objections, motion passes.
  2. #22: Resource Centers Student Employees: currently funding $23,335 for 10 work study students
    1. Mathew clarifies that the current allocation was to stretch the dollar for work study. He asks what would happen if they can’t find work study students? Lydia responds that there is no guarantee, but students are regularly awarded work study through their financial aid package.
    2. Isaac motions to fund $20,000 with no specification, Mathew seconds. No objections, motion passes.
  3. #34: College Guides: Welcoming and Mentoring First Year and Transfer Students to UCSC : Currently funding $20k, which comes out to $2k/college, roughly corresponds to funding college guide managers
    1. Alvin motions to keep the funding at the same amount, Vivian seconds. Mathew objects.
      1. Mathew notes that college governments already have existing carryforwards.
      2. Alvin notes that some colleges have restrictions on how they can use the funding.
      3. 3 Y, 4 N - discussion continues
  4. Brynna asks the group to consider how they would reduce the costs moving forward.
    1. Isaac suggests taking 10% off of remaining proposals. Mathew supports this.
Adjournment
1. May motions to adjourn, Mathew seconds. No objections, motion passes.

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