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February 23rd, 2023

Kerr Hall 061

AgendaMinutes

Present: Charlene, Andy, Jhertau, Lisa, Lydia, Bara, Marshall, Katie, Stephanie

  1. Welcome & Check-In (6 minutes)
    1. Check-In Prompt:
      1. Name, Space, Year, Pronouns and Major (if comfortable/applicable)
        1. Cowell, Oakes, Merrill, Porter, Kresge, RCC, Crown, C9, JRL, GSC,GSA, Provost, SUA, Lisa, Lucy, Lydia
  2. Approval of Agenda and Minutes: SFAC_Minutes_021623 (5 minutes)
    1. No quorum.
    2. Quorum met
      1. Bara motions to approve the agenda, Andy seconds. No objections.
      2. Charlene motions to approve the minutes, Marshall seconds. No objections.
  3. Announcements & Updates: (10 minutes)
    1. Rating sheet:
      1. Proposal materials
      2. Documents for reading are ready from Proposal 31 - 42.
      3. How to log in to UCSC Qualtrics
        1. Lydia shared a share link for the form with the committee.
      4. Deletion of repeated proposals in the Drive and rating sheet.
        1. Heads up if you see weird numbering on the google sheet.
    2. Weekend meetings:
      1. Sundays, Feb 26th, 2023 11:00am-1:00pm
        1. Location: Baytree Bookstore (Hybrid)
        2. Please show up, as we need quorum to move forward.
    3. STARS funding reallocation:
      1. Lucy information with the unit.
      2. Email
      3. Original proposal
    4. Upcoming Meeting:
      1. Dan Henderson emailed for the TAPS meeting.
      2. Meeting scheduled on March 2nd, 2023 10am - 10:30am
        1. Referendum review
          1. Per the transit referenda requirement:

The end-of-year operating budget for the Transit program for the previous fiscal year,

Demonstrated service delivery and ridership demand during the previous Fall quarter, and

Plans for possible transit service adjustments for the next academic year.

  1. Review rating worksheet tabs (10:30 - 11:30)
    1. Continue discussion for proposal 29 - 41
    2. CSF limitations document
    3. 29 - College Sponsored Writing Centers
      1. Stephanie: crucial to have writing support, especially on campus where English is not always students’ first language. Funding for 5 students, $25,000.
      2. Jhertau: student salaries, consistent with past proposals. Agrees with 5 student salaries.
      3. Katie: sounds good.
      4. Jhertau to fund writing centers 25,000 for five tutors, Bara seconds. Motion passes.
    4. 30 - SOMeCA Peer to Peer Program
      1. Jhertau: existing program. Has 3 offices they advise in.
      2. Stephanie asks how this is different from other mentoring programs on campus.
      3. Permanent budget for student staffing, but does not cover minimum wage increases.
      4. Jhertau: one operations coordinator (work study), one supervisor. 16,963 total with student benefits, for one year. Stephanie and Katie agree.
      5. Bara motions to fund $5,484 for student staff for one year, Marshall seconds. Motion passes.
    5. Slug Mentor Network
      1. Jhertau: thought to fund vendor fee, but thought it was expensive. Lydia notes that the vendor provides training for mentors.
      2. Stephanie suggested to fund the staff. Thought the vendor amount was high. Giving money directly to the students is a better allocation of SFAC fees.
      3. Katie: feels they are asking for a lot.
      4. Jhertau agrees with funding the grad student intern. Concern about workload for one student.
      5. Andy motions to fund the Slug Mentor Network $9890 for the Mentor Collective fees. Jhertau seconds. Motion passes.
    6. 33 - Terry Frietas Commons and Food Pantry
      1. Jhertau proposed to minimum fund the wages. Stephanie agreed. Katie agrees.
      2. Discussion that there are many food pantries on campus.
      3. Stephanie motions to fund Terry Frietas $15,007 for the student employee wages, Bara seconds. No objections.
    7. 34 - CAPS Peer Education Program
      1. Katie noted that they selected the mental health portion of the form but did not fill it out.
      2. Katie motions to table.
      3. Charlene notes they are already receiving EMH funding. Lydia notes that the EMH funding they received is for a staff position.
      4. Motion to…
    8. 35 -
      1. Jhertau motions to table because there was no permanent budget.
      2. Stephanie proposed did not fund, as it serves such a small portion of graduate students.
      3. Charlene thinks this should come out of department budget to enhance community building.
      4. Stephanie says that there are other resources for funding, such as GSA and GSC.
      5. Stephanie motions to table, Jhertau seconds. Motion passes.
    9. 36 - NameCoach program
      1. Member notes that it doesn’t feel like NameCoach is the best use of student funding. Has no preference how other people pronounce his name, impossible to have universal pronunciation.
      2. Charlene notes that not many students used the service.
      3. Jhertau doesn’t use NameCoach, she would rather meet someone in person and tell them how to pronounce her name.
      4. Katie on the same page.
      5. Marshall motions to not fund the name coach program, Charlene seconds. No objections.
    10. Graduate peer mentor program
      1. Group had suggested 10,000 for student stipends.
      2. Stephanie suggested 18,000 for student stipends. Grad students already have a degree, have to get paid higher than undergraduate students.
      3. Charlene notes that they consistently have come to SFAC for SSF funds, have funding from other sources as well.
      4. Charlene motions to fund 10,000 for mentors, Bara seconds. No objections, motion passes.
    11. 39 - Quarry Amphitheater Production Academy
      1. Group suggested not to fund, since maintenance cannot be funded.
      2. Auxiliary units inappropriate use of funding.
      3. Jhertau motions to not fund, Marshall seconds. No objections, motion passes.
    12. 40 - Orientation program
      1. Not funded
    13. 41 - Slug Support
      1. Bara motions to fund emergency fund 40,000, Marshall seconds. Motion passes.
    14. 42 - Coffee, Bagels, and Donuts
      1. Proposed minimum.
      2. Bara motions to fund $5700, Jhertau seconds. Motion passes.
  2. If time permits: Brainstorm future guests and topics
    1. Andy suggests bringing in past units that submit proposals, preferably in spring.
    2. Discuss units/ fees with large carryforwards, shouldn’t have more than 15-10% of their budget amount, spring week 3
    3. Meeting with the Chancellor Cynthia Larive.
    4. Meeting with Vice Chancellor Akirah Bradley-Armstrong
  3. Adjournment
    1. Andy motions to adjourn, Jhertau seconds. Motion passes.