[Gsaucr] Important UCSA information

[Alejandro Cortez]

Included in this email: 

1. General Information about Whitelining at UC Regents meetings on behalf of 
UCSA. 
2. Specifics about the Whitelining at the September Regents meeting and 
application information (Application Due: September 6 by 12PM). 
3. Public Comment at September Regents meeting. 
4. System-wide Committee Vacancies (Application Due: September 7). 

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1. General Information about Whitelining. 

There are four UCSA-affiliated whiteliners at each day of the 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. 

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. 

Funding for travel and meals is provided by the UC Office of the President for 
the day you are whitelining. Students are generally only appointed to whiteline 
on one day of the two-day Regents meeting. 

2. Specifics about the September Regents meeting. 

The September Regents meeting is on September 19 and 20. With the release 
and presentation of the UC Diversity Study at the September Regents meeting, 
UCSA will specifically highlight the need to increase funding and institutional 
funding for Academic Prep and outreach programs. We will also focus on 
admissions eligibility requirements that disproportionately and negatively 
impact underrepresented students. 

If you are interested in whitelining on behalf of UCSA, please provide us with the 
following information to: gsavpexternal at sa.ucsb.edu by September 6, 2007 at 
12:00 PM (PDT). 

Name: 
Campus: 
Year/Major: 
Organization (if any): 
Why you want to be a UCSA Whiteliner for the September Regents meeting and 
how you can address the UCSA priorities mentioned above: 

3. Public Comment at September Regents meeting. 

If you are interested in participating during the public comment time on either 
day of the September Regents meeting (in regards to the UCSA priorities for this 
meeting discussed above), please provide the following information to 
gsavpexternal at sa.ucsb.edu: 

Name: 
Campus: 
Year/Major: 
Organization (if any): 
Topic (or how you can address the UCSA priorities above): 

4. System-wide Committee Application Due September 7. 

For the 2007-08 academic year, please apply to serve on a systemwide 
University committee. You can find the vacancies here: http://www.ucsa.org/
involved/syscomm/description.php   

In addition to the vacancies listed on the website, we need student 
representatives to 2 additional committees: 

1. UC President Appointment Student Advisory Committee 
2. Mental Health Oversight Committee 

1. As you may know, President Dynes has resigned from his post, and the 
University will soon begin searching for a new President.  As detailed by 
University of California policy, the UC Student Association (UCSA) will coordinate 
a systemwide Student Advisory Committee for the search: 
(http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/policies/6142.html), comprised 
of 1 student representative (graduate, professional, or undergraduate) from 
each campus, for a total of 12 students. 

2. Mental Health Oversight Committee - Last year, a systemwide report on 
mental health issues and campus services was published.  This year, the 
oversight committee will be responsible for the oversight of the follow-through 
on the report's recommendations.  The next meeting will occur on October 5. 

*TO APPLY for any of these committees, please submit your application by 
September 7.  The application can be found at: 
http://www.ucsa.org/involved/syscomm/application.php  

Final appointments will be confirmed during the September meeting of the UCSA 
board of directors at UC Davis.   

If you have any questions about the systemwide committees, please contact Ray 
Austin at uadirector at ucsa.org or 510.834.8272.