March 7th, 2024

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

1. 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
2. Approval of Agenda & Minutes, and motion to approve suggested allocations made on March 3 and Minutes
3. Announcements & Updates
   1. Meeting with VC Reiskin and AVC Register of Finance, Operations and Administration on March 7th, from 2:30 to 3:00pm
   2. Other announcements
4. Approval of Response to TAPS on Transit Fee Recommendation
5. Funding call
   1. Proposal reading and discussion (time - 4 minutes per proposal):
      1. Tabled proposals (where committee members had questions)
         1. (45) Writing Center
            1. Utilization data
         2. (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).
         3. (48) Rocket Team
            1. Budget Worksheet
         4. (52) Gender Euphoria: Trans and Nonbinary Wellbeing Outreach and Programming
            1. Budget (needed to be reformatted)
   2. Trimming Process:
      1. Current allocation $982,128 + 12,000 EMH = $994,128. Need to trim $270,390.
      2. Look at lowest “score” from the rating worksheet, reduce or no fund for those proposals
      3. Representatives’ recommendation on particular proposals they want to revisit.
   3. Discussion: 2023-2024 Rating Worksheet
6. 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
7. 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).
8. Adjournment

Upcoming Guests/Topics:.

1. Student representation for Misc Fee Committee in April.
2. Presentation on Okanagan Charter (health promoting campus initiative) - Spring Quarter with Director of SHOP, Meg Kobe
3. Auditing:
   1. Student Media Voice Fee
   2. Student Life Facilities Fee