February 9th, 2023

Present: Andy, Mel, Marshall, Bara, Flora, Katie, Jhertau, Gabrielle

1. Welcome & Check-In
   1. Check-In Prompt:
      1. Name, Space, Year, Pronouns and Major (if comfortable/applicable)
      2. Check in Question: What motivates you? (either for your major or the space)
2. Approval of Agenda and Minutes: SFAC_Minutes_02022023
   1. Mel motions to approve agenda, Marshall seconds
   2. Bara motions to approve the minutes, Marshall seconds.
3. Announcements & Updates:
   1. Rating sheet:
      1. First 30 reading materials are published for reading and discussion
      2. Proposal materials
      3. Read and rate Proposals 20-30 for next week's
   2. Retreat:
      1. Successful orientation retreat on Feb 05, 2023
         1. Any feedback?
            1. Mel thought orientation was useful, got to know other members better.
         2. Resources
   3. CSF meeting for Winter quarter:
      1. Two days in-person meeting at UC Davis:
         1. Saturday, March 11th, 9:30 am - 5 pm
         2. Sunday, Match 12th, 9:30 am -2:30 pm
         3. Who wants to attend?
            1. Andy(driver), Charlene, Bara(driver), Marshall, Jhertau, Gabrielle
   4. Weekend meetings:
      1. Please fill out this poll to find ideal time in weekends of week 6 and 7
      2. https://www.when2meet.com/?18584954-5OIQR
4. Review rating worksheet tabs
   1. Discussion
      1. #1 - Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery
         1. $6456 - Instead of 4 student workers, reduced to 2. Weekly hours reduced to 5 hours per week for 33 weeks. Want to fund $750 for Art Friday expenses, let them decide on what to use the money for.
         2. Jherau motions to fund $6456, with $5706 to 2 student employees, $750 to Art Friday expenses. Charlene seconds.
            1. Motion passes.
      2. #2 - Bike Rack
         1. Breakout room motioned to not fund the proposal. Flora believes that this is an infrastructure improvement that central campus should fund. Is this the most cost effective way to go? Maybe bike lockers may be the better option due to worries around bike theft.
            1. Mel (as a bike rider herself) doesn’t think bike rack parking is a big problem on campus, maybe if they did a student survey that could prove it.
            2. Andy and Charlene are not against not funding.
         2. Andy motions to not fund the proposal, Mel seconds.
            1. Motion passes.
      3. #3 - Matchbox
         1. Breakout room doesn’t want to fund, but can revisit at the end. They didn’t meet with representatives or attend the workshops. Katie suggested doing the lowest amount they need. For consistency's sake, don’t think we should fund them because they didn’t meet with anyone. Going to check with Lydie to double check in case someone went to a workshop and forgot to click the box
         2. Charlene motions to table this proposal, Bara seconds
            1. Motion passes
      4. #4 - NeuroTech
         1. Flora says lots of STEM students have different avenues for funding, Gabrielle thought student impact was low. Shouldn’t use student funds for technological materials for students to have this experience, when it could be funded by faculty to sponsor them.
            1. Andy spoke to one of the authors, they are mainly asking for travel fees. Doesn’t think they went through staff, professor, department funds. Mainly a student organization.
            2. Charlene recommended funding student stipends because in the past we have funded research. Charlene is willing to fund, with a focus on student wages.

Andy said student wages are not their priority, main priorities are supplies and travel.

• • • • 1. Flora agrees research is valuable. Questions whether SFAC funds should go to travel. Organizations such as this can have success with Giving Day. Not opposed to funding, but is a low priority.
        2. Jhertau would be okay funding just supplies.
      1. Jhertau motions to fund $450 for supplies. Mel seconds.
         1. Motion passes.
    1. #5 - SafeRide
       1. Flora said they want to fully fund because it should be an essential service considering things that have happened around campus.
       2. Flora motions fully fund SafeRide, Bara seconds. Majority of the funding goes toward paying students to do the driving, up to their budget.
          1. Motion passes.
    2. #11 - WiSE
       1. Breakout rooms decided to not fund or to table. Really small group that is asking for a lot of money.
       2. Jhertau motions to table the proposal, Flora seconds
          1. Motion passes
    3. #12 - Career Services
       1. Breakout room was underwhelmed because it seemed like hiring the student to do a lot of work. Decided to pass on the proposal.
          1. Marshall brings up that we can’t fund chatbot because it would be looking for continuous funding
          2. Mel allocated some for student wages, but is also fine with not funding.
          3. We think that it would be too much work for just one student to do

Not enough direct student impact. No empirical or demonstrable evidence that having a chatbot feature would help accessibility.

• • • 1. Jhertau motions to not fund, Andy seconds.
         1. Motion passes.
  1. Continue read and discussion for proposal 06-15
  2. CSF limitations document

1. If time permits: Brainstorm future guests and topics
   1. TAPS to meet Dan Henderson this quarter
   2. Andy suggests bringing in past units that submit proposals, preferably in spring.
   3. Discuss units/ fees with large carryforwards, shouldn’t have more than 15-10% of their budget amount, spring week 3
   4. Meeting with the Chancellor Cynthia Larive.
   5. Meeting with Vice Chancellor Akirah Bradley-Armstrong
2. Adjournment
   1. Andy motions to adjourn, Mel seconds.