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March 2nd, 2026

2:30 – 4:00 pmJoin Zoom (opens in new tab)

AgendaMinutes

  1. [2:30 - 2:33] Welcome and Introductions

    1. Members' introductions: Name, Pronouns, Year, Major, and Space.
    2. Order: Cowell, Stevenson, Crown, Merrill, Kresge, Porter, Oakes, RCC, C9, JRL, Graduate Students, SAB, Provost, SUA, Lisa, Sezona, Lucy

  2. [2:33 - 2:35] Approval of the Agenda and Minutes

    1. Approval of Agenda
    2. Approval of February 23, 2026 Minutes

  3. [2:35 - 2:40] Public Comment

  4. SFAC Chair/Vice-Chair Reports

    1. Chair
      1. TODO
    2. Vice-Chair
      1. Happy Week 9!!!

  5. Subcommittee Reports

    1. Audit
      1. Graduate Studies & EOP interviews concluded,
    2. Outreach
      1. Nothing new since last week, check last weeks meeting minutes

  6. [2:35 - 2:40] SSF role in funding academic research

    1. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MtzV74hRJ8Rj844u-r9ioWBzrXQYEDM1?usp=drive\_link
    2. Voting on SFAC opinion

  7. [2:40 - 2:50] Discussion: Consolidated Shared Services Assessment

    1. https://planning.ucsc.edu/models-assessments/administration-service-assessments/
    2. SFAC Response

  8. [2:50 - 3:00] Debrief Visit with Executive Director Dan Henderson, TAPS / Visit with Chancellor Larive

    1. FOLDER with materials provided by Dan, including slide deck
    2. Develop recommendation for the Chancellor
    3. Discuss proposed policy on reducing campus based fees

  9. [3:00 - 3:30] Right Livelihood Campus Based Fee Presentation

    1. Guest: David Shaw and Jacob Chaudhry
    2. Ballot Statement
    3. Budget for Fee Increase
    4. Link to questions
    5. Right Livelihood Fee Review

  10. [3:30 - 4:00] Basic Needs Fee Campus Based Fee Presentation

    1. Guest: Estefania Rodriguez and Francis Ge
    2. Ballot Statement
    3. Budget for Fee Increase
    4. Basic Needs Operating Budget
    5. Link to questions

Upcoming Guests/Topics:

  1. Potentially SFAC Attending a UC Regents Meeting: March 17th, 2026 @UCSF
  2. Spring CSF Meeting: April 11th -12th
  3. University Registrar Tchad Sanger: Records Fee (late spring 2026)

Meeting and Committee Member Resources:

  1. SFAC Roster
  2. Orientation Materials
  3. Agendas and Minutes
  4. Tracking Sheet for Campus Based Fees ongoing discussion
  5. Google Folder
  6. Summer 26 Fee Levels