MEMBERS PRESENT:

Larry Furukawa Schlereth		Vice President for Administration and Finance (Acting Chair)
Mette Adams		Student
Chanel Brown		Student
Larkin Child		Student
Debbie Gallagher		Staff
Ian McCullough		Student (Proxy for Aaron Pava)
Mike Ogg		Student
Sue Parker		Chair of the Faculty
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Don Farish		Provost, Chair
Melinda Barnard		Past Chair of the Faculty

I: APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Furukawa-Schlereth brought the meeting to order at 5:05 PM indicating that he was filling in for Don Farish who had been called out-of-town. He noted that there were two Agenda topics including (a) continued discussion of the draft Course Fee Policy and Related Procedures and (b) the CSU proposed Campus Fee Referendum Code. Members, by consensus approved the Agenda.

II: COURSE FEE POLICY AND PROCEDURES
Schlereth then turned to Draft 3 of the Course Fee Policy and Related Procedures. The Committee discussed the draft and made the following revisions:

Overview - Paragraph 1

insert the date of the adoption of the Trustees Student Fee policy vs current
draft language "18 months ago".

Overview- Paragraph 2

insert the words.........course fees can only be implemented under the following
set of conditions.......

Policy Statement 1. Replace with the following:

The President and the Fee Advisory Committee discourages the use of course fees as a vehicle to finance instruction.

Insert as Statement 3

Proceeds from course fees can only be used for the purposes specified in
documentation used to create the fee in question.

Delete Policy Statement 5

Policy Statement 6

Delete the words "at least 90%".

Schlereth indicated that he would ask Dennis Harris to incorporate the above changes into a final draft document which would be forwarded, electronically, to Members for final review. It would then proceed to the President.

III: CAMPUS FEE REFERENDUM CODE
Schlereth then recognized Mette Adams who distributed information she had obtained from the CSU Chancellor's Office regarding a proposed campus fee referendum code. (Attachment 1.) Discussion ensued and clarifying questions were answered by Adams.

IV: GOOD OF THE ORDER

Schlereth noted that the next meeting of the FAC would include guests from the Nursing Department and Financial Aid. Members agreed that the form to be used in creating a course fee should also be reviewed and finalized. Schlereth indicated that subsequent meetings of the FAC would include discussion regarding the IRA Budget and an addition to the Presidential Charge to the FAC to be proposed by Adams. Members asked for information regarding the IRA budget in advance. Schlereth indicated that he would ask Harris to forward appropriate data.

V: ADJOURNMENT
There being no additional business, Schlereth adjourned the meeting at 6:35 PM.


Minutes prepared by Larry Furukawa-Schlereth



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