Fee Transparency Project

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Welcome and Introductions
1. Members introductions: Name, Pronouns, Year, Major, and Space.
2. Order: Cowell, Crown, Kresge, Merrill, Porter, C9, JRL GSA, GSC, SAB, Provost, Jade, Lisa, Lydia, Lucy
  1. Andy, Marshall, Trey, Mel, Gabrielle, Katie, Jhertau, Shirley, Lauren, Jade, Lisa, Lydia, Lucy
3. New Oakes representative
Approval of Agenda and Minutes (2/8/24)
1. Mel motions to approve agenda and minutes Trey seconds no objections.
Announcements & Updates
1. Subcommittee updates
  1. Tabling went well with Mel and Jhertau, Jhertau made infographics for the student fees
  2. Weekly meeting on Tuesday at 10:30am - 11:30am over Zoom.
  3. Another idea would be office hours, tabling in everyone's respective colleges and dining halls.
2. Possible weekend meeting - March 2 or 3
  1. Please fill out this when2meet.
  2. It would be voluntary to go over proposals and suggest funding amounts.
  3. If you do plan on going, there well be a discussion for food for the day.
3. Winter 2024 CSF at UCSB on February 24th - 25th.
  1. If there are any questions that people wanted to ask reach out to Andy with suggestions
  2. This is also an open meeting if people wanted to attend on zoom rather than in person.
4. Other announcements
Motion for the funding suggestion from last meeting.
1. Marshall motions to approve suggested amounts from last week. Jhertau seconds that motion. No objections.
Debrief TAPS meeting
1. Discuss last week’s presentation and Q&A
  1. Any urgent questions
2. Follow up message to TAPS
  1. Draft
  2. In response to taps, as an advisory committee, we would write a letter for any type of adjustments to fees.
Funding call
1. Proposal reading and discussion (time - 4 minutes per proposal):
  1. (27) Stipends for KZSC Governing Board - $23,250
    1. Email Correspondence (tabled from last meeting)
    2. Email from Lisa
  2. (29) STARS Student Parent Emergency Gift Card Program - $13,875
    1. This application was withdrew due to funding from other spaces (equity and mental health) last year
    2. Fully fund the requested amount - it seems appropriate for student fees to fund
    3. This would support emergencies, especially for student parents
    4. They have been dealing with a lof of power outages last year
    5. Mel motions to fully fund Jhertau seconds no objections motion passes
  3. (30) Community CARE SAAM Campaign - Basic Needs & Beyond - $20,167
    1. The goat yoga was very expensive and it was the only thing thatwas not funded
    2. Goat yoga can be done in santa cruz for free
    3. $10,887 would be funded without the goat yoga
    4. This could be placed into EMH funding
    5. Mel motions to fund $10,887 Jhertau seconds no objections motion passes
  4. (31) UCSC Entrepreneurship Ecosystem - $12,000
    1. The budget says $14,700 but it says $12,000 on the funding request
    2. $9,500 is the suggested amount without the hoodies.
    3. Just the programing part would be $11,000 minus the money requested for hoodies would be $8,500
    4. There should be a note that says whatever the pitches are that win the award should adhere to Student Fees
    5. Jhertau motions to fund $8,500 Trey seconds no objections motion passes
  5. (32) STARS Transfer Student Programs - $34,331
    1. Cut back on student hours and pride student event
    2. $21,500 every other event and 2 students at 8 hours a week
    3. Having a pride event includes those other communities and coud be really important for the transfer students to find communities
    4. For now there is an idea for a no for a pride event, but if there is leftover funding it should be put back into the pride event
    5. Marshall motions to fund $21500 Mel seconds no objections motion passes
  6. (33) STARS Clothing Closet - $4,141
    1. There should be stipulations for the roles of employees for the clothing closet
    2. Jhertau met with the person organizing this event and it is fully student run
    3. It woud be helpful for the stars community to have a space for a clothing closet
    4. Fully funded
    5. Katie motions to fully fund Mel seconds no objections motion passes
  7. (34) Coffee, Bagels, and Donuts - $3,435
    1. Fully fund coffee, bagels, and donuts
    2. Would provide for main campus, silicon valley, and costal campus
    3. This type of event reaches many types of grad students.
    4. Mel motions to fully fund Jhertau seconds no objections motion passed
  8. (35) College Democrats Student Political Participation Funding Request $1,005
    1. There are a few concerns, whether political promotions are involved or if it is just educational
    2. One of the members is running for office in santa cruz county
    3. Lisa said that student fees can be used for political reasons, but it needs to be politically neutral and invite other parties to join
    4. This is to be tabled and reaching out to the author
    5. Travel section just says travel to Sacramento or LA and we want more explanation
    6. Wary to fund because it sets a precedent how it would be navigated in the future
    7. Mel motions to table this request Jhertau and Trey seconds no objections motion passes
  9. (36) Bridge to Success (BtS) Program - $92,611
    1. 1 student program coordinator and 5 peer mentors
    2. Fund program coordinators and peer mentors
    3. We dont need to fully fund all peer mentors
    4. They left a comment on row 90 “it would be unfeasable to run without funding for staff or programming”
    5. Given the comment that they left Lucy suggests a flat rate and letting them decide what they want to spend it on
    6. The resource centers put in multiple requests for various things
    7. There was a comparison for other resource centers fundings
    8. This program, although they are requesting for only 75 student outreach, it is still impactful with an idea of best practice from building off of what black academy
    9. $50,000 flat rate that can be used at their discretion
    10. Andy motions to fund Marshall seconds
  10. (37) Resource Centers Student Employees - $224,396
    1. This encompasses many resource centers and their employees
    2. $38,000 is shown in their budget sheet, but $224,396 is what is asked of them
    3. There is a cohort of students that work at the front desk so this could be for that
    4. This proposal seems to be for a student intern embedded into the
    5. 2 students per resource center so that they are not overworked
    6. $76,936 for the students
    7. Mel motions to fund $76,936 Jhertau seconds no objections motion passes
  11. (38) Funding Proposal for Enhancing the Veterans Resource Center at UC Santa Cruz (2024-2025) - $122,561.00
2. Discussion: 2023-2024 Rating Worksheet
Other Business
1. Request from students to attend SFAC meetings and possibly make comments - should we add a public comment to our meetings?
2. Meeting Timeline (captures our goals for each meeting and prospective topics for meetings)
3. Member Notes (any members who will be absent from a meeting may add topics for discussion, questions, feedback for items on the agenda, etc. in this running document).
Adjournment

Jhertau and Marshall motions to adjourn seconded by Mel

Upcoming Guests/Topics:.

Student representation for Misc Fee Committee in April.
Presentation on Okanagan Charter (health promoting campus initiative) - Spring Quarter with Director of SHOP, Meg Kobe