<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "><div id="MiraWebMsgDiv"><div><div><p><strong>To</strong>: UCR Graduate Students <br><strong>From</strong>: Gary Coyne, GSA Executive Vice President, UC Students Association Board of Directors<br>
<br>The next UC Regents meeting will be held on March 18-19th at UCR. As you may already be aware, the fiscal crisis has impaced the UC with over $200 million in budget cuts and the regents have voted to curtail the enrollment of prospective students from the incoming freshman class. Students are saddled with fee increases- going up more that 9% next year-and have expressed concern about the quality of their education. University of California Student Association (UCSA) wishes to ensure that the UC Regents prioritize a budget that is committed to quality, accessibility and diversity across the University of California.</p>
<p><strong>How can you get invovled?</strong> <br>There are four UCSA-affiliated Whiteliners at each day of the University of California Board of Regents meeting. Whiteliners are provided direct access to the Regents - they get to go past the line that separates the approved guest from the audience that must sit in back. Whiteliners therefore have the opportunity to speak directly with the Regents and meet with them in informal situations such as breaks and meals.</p>
<p><br>The responsibility of a UCSA Whiteliner is to advocate UCSA's positions on issues the Regents will be considering and to build relationships for UCSA with as many of the Regents as possible. This is also one of the few times students have the opportunity to tell the Regents about our priorities and our action agenda.</p>
<p>Students are generally only appointed to whiteline on one of the two-days and you must be available for the full day in which you are selected to attend, normally 8 AM to 5 PM. <br></p><p><strong>Other Ways to Get Invovled:</strong> <br>
If you are not available to attend a regents meeting for the entire day but would like to address the Regents on an issue relating to a University or UCSA priority item you may request to be added to the list of speakers during the Public Comment period. The Public Comment section of the meeting usually begins at the start of each meeting at around 8:30 AM and each speaker is allotted 1-3 minutes to speak to the regents on a their specific <br>
item.</p><p>If you are interested in advocating on behalf of UCSA, please provide the following information to <a href="mailto:uadirector@ucsa.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; ">uadirector@ucsa.org</a> as soon as possible (PDT). Please specify if you are interested in whitelining, public comment or either. <br>
</p><p><strong>Name: <br>E-mail: <br>Mobile Phone Number: <br>Year/Major: <br>UC Campus: <br>Organization (if any): <br>Date/s available to attend: <br>Why you want to be a UCSA Whiteliner or Public Commenter for the February <br>
Regents meeting and how you can address the UCSA priorities around UC <br>accessibility, diversity, or quality education</strong>:</p></div></div><pre></pre></div></span><br><br>Graduate Student Association<br>University of California Riverside<br>
<a href="http://www.gsa.ucr.edu">www.gsa.ucr.edu</a><br>Office: (951) 827-3740<br>Fax: (951) 827-6358<br><br>"One's greatest nemesis is one's self when one dares not to think openly" -<br>Anonymus<br>