Fee Transparency Project

Zoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93456796050?pwd=Wjg3M0lIMXF4eXFrYm1BQ3BrVnA0dz09

Welcome and Introductions
1. Members introductions: Name, Pronouns, Year, Major, and Space.
2. Order: Cowell, Stevenson, Crown, Merrill, Kresge, Porter, Oakes, RCC, C9, JRL, GSA, GSC, SAB, Provost, Jade, Lisa, Lydia, Lucy
3. Andy, Marshall, Mel, Trey, Jhertau, Lauren, Jade, Lisa
Approval of Agenda

Marshall suggests to approve the agenda, Mel seconds, no objections

Suggests to approve seconds no objections

Announcements & Updates
1. Meeting with VC Reiskin and AVC Register of Finance, operations and Administration on March 7th, from 2:30 to 3:00pm
  1. There is a doc to look at if there are questions.
2. Other announcements
  1. Mel suggests a tote and vote for tabling and voting as outreach
UCSC campus budget cuts
1. Questions/Concerns
2. Discussion
3. VC Reiskin is able to share updates at the March 7th meeting, 2:30 - 3:00 pm
Review and approve follow up message to TAPS
Funding call
1. Proposal reading and discussion (time - 4 minutes per proposal):
  1. (56) Re-envisioning Crown Library as a Space Supporting Student Mental Health (Equity in Mental Health Funding Call) - $26,570
    1. Bookshelves and basic needs cabinet and desk
    2. Can’t have books without bookshelves, and there is no list of books to purchase
    3. There is not that much space for books
    4. $2,000 for books that can be discretionary
    5. $1,000 for distribution cabinet and desk
    6. 2,000 for bookshelf and desk
    7. $5,000 total for bookshelf and books
  2. (57) EOP Pantry - $15,000
    1. Reminder; eop is one of the class 2 units so they cannot receive most of the student fee money, so this will mostly be from M7
    2. Having food might help students stay in the space and utilize the services
    3. $2,000 each for fall and spring quarter $4,000 for winter quarter
    4. $8,000 total funded
  3. (58) Student launch of UCSC’s new role as Global Secretariat of the Right Livelihood College network - $51,675
    1. They are putting in a referenda
    2. Student employees
    3. Student stipends
    4. Supplies
    5. Events
    6. $13,000 for events/ programming
  4. (59) QTBIPOC Wellbeing and Solidarity - $15,000
    1. Student employee stipends
    2. It will begin but won't be able to maintain it
    3. Want to make sure it can sustain itself
    4. $10,000 discretionary budget
  5. (60) Funding for Travel to Mock Trial Tournaments for the 2023-24 Season - $8,000
    1. Ask about mock trial workshop class
      1. Extra practice for mock trial, not funding just affiliated with the class
      2. Fully funding mock trial $8,000
  6. Tabled proposals (where committee members had questions)
    1. (22) Expanding the LSS Tutor Mentor Program - $24,910
      1. Can we even fund that?
      2. They could come and talk to us about their fee referenda (measure 63) and raising it for a more sustainable solution
      3. They get fee money, and grant money
      4. Recommend for them to have it on the ballot for next year for more permanent funding
      5. Dont fund and require them to speak with us about putting a referendum on the budget
    2. (23) Peer Success Coaching Program - $112,397
      1. Helps a lot of students
      2. The job is not sustainable
      3. The program is not gonna die as it is expanding
      4. They have a large amount of carryforward
      5. Tabling and asking how they plan to spend their carry forward
      6. Suggested to not fund due to $500,000+ carryforward
    3. (27) Stipends for KZSC Governing Board - $23,250
      1. Email Correspondence (tabled from last meeting)
      2. Email from Lisa
      3. Invite to talk to us
      4. The student media council should be the one getting the money
      5. The student media council is not funding anything that they are supposed to
      6. Testimony about the student media council not funding anything
      7. Matchbox, which Jhertau has talked to directly, has asked for funding and they will not give it out
      8. Reach out to Tristan
      9. They have about 1 million dollars in carryforward
      10. The student media council will not tell people about who is on the council
      11. Dont fund; asking them to come in and talk to us, especially with the student media council
    4. (35) - College Democrats Student Political Participation Funding Request.
      1. Don’t want to set a precedent
      2. It is fine to fund
      3. Set a precedent not to fund political party-affiliated clubs during election years
      4. Not fund
    5. (45) Writing Center
      1. No response yet
    6. (46) Raices Mentorship and Leadership Program
      1. 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).
    7. (48) Rocket Team
    8. (52) Gender Euphoria: Trans and Nonbinary Wellbeing Outreach and Programming
      1. Need clarification on the budget
      2. Budget Worksheet
2. Trimming Process:
3. 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 suggests to adjourn Lauren and Marshall second

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:
1. Student Media Voice Fee
2. Student Life Facilities Fee