March 3rd, 2024
12:00 – 2:00 pm
Zoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93456796050?pwd=Wjg3M0lIMXF4eXFrYm1BQ3BrVnA0dz09
- Welcome and Introductions
- Members introductions: Name, Pronouns, Year, Major, and Space.
- Order: Cowell, Stevenson, Crown, Merrill, Kresge, Porter, Oakes, RCC, C9, JRL, GSA, GSC, SAB, Provost, Jade, Lisa, Lydia, Lucy
- Approval of Agenda
- Announcements & Updates
- Meeting with VC Reiskin and AVC Register of Finance, Operations and Administration on March 7th, from 2:30 to 3:00pm
- Other announcements
- UCSC campus budget cuts
- Questions/Concerns
- Discussion
- VC Reiskin is able to share updates at the March 7th meeting, 2:30 - 3:00 pm
- Funding call
- Proposal reading and discussion (time - 4 minutes per proposal):
- (56) Re-envisioning Crown Library as a Space Supporting Student Mental Health (Equity in Mental Health Funding Call) - $26,570
- (57) EOP Pantry - $15,000
- (58) Student launch of UCSC’s new role as Global Secretariat of the Right Livelihood College network - $51,675
- (59) QTBIPOC Wellbeing and Solidarity - $15,000
- (60) Funding for Travel to Mock Trial Tournaments for the 2023-24 Season - $8,000
- Tabled proposals (where committee members had questions)
- (22) Expanding the LSS Tutor Mentor Program - $24,910
- (23) Peer Success Coaching Program - $112,397
- (27) Stipends for KZSC Governing Board - $23,250
- Email Correspondence (tabled from last meeting)
- Email from Lisa
- (35) - College Democrats Student Political Participation Funding Request.
- (45) Writing Center
- No response yet
- (46) Raices Mentorship and Leadership Program
- Stipends for students are not academic/tuition scholarships. Stipends will be paid as department awards through Financial Aid (per Lucy, this is a standard way of issuing awards to students).
- (48) Rocket Team
- (52) Gender Euphoria: Trans and Nonbinary Wellbeing Outreach and Programming
- Need clarification on the budget
- Trimming Process:
- Discussion: 2023-2024 Rating Worksheet
- Proposal reading and discussion (time - 4 minutes per proposal):
- Other Business
- Request from students to attend SFAC meetings and possibly make comments - should we add a public comment to our meetings?
- Meeting Timeline (captures our goals for each meeting and prospective topics for meetings)
- 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
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
- Auditing:
- Student Media Voice Fee
- Student Life Facilities Fee