The Loft Programming Fee Referendum

Do you approve the new Loft Programming Fee of $3.82 per student (graduate and
undergraduate) per quarter effective Fall Quarter 2010 to University Centers to support
programming in The Loft, the University art and performance lounge?

29% of this Fee will return to institutional financial aid. This is a new Fee and is not assessed
during the Summer Sessions.

If this Fee Referendum is approved and implemented, it would be effective Fall Quarter 2010
and this Fee will be adjusted annually according to the California Consumer Price Index (CPI)
as calculated by the California Department of Industrial Relations for the San Diego County
effective Fall Quarter 2011.

Statement of Conditions:
1. The Fee will be included in the determination of financial aid.
2. Annual budget reports of The Loft will be made public and provided to all UCSD
student governments.
3. Modifications of this Fee may not be made without a subsequent student referendum
held in accordance with the appropriate student governmental and University policies,
unless other means are explicitly provided in this ballot language.
4. This Fee shall terminate at the end of Spring Quarter 2014, unless renewed by a
majority student vote in a general election. Should this majority not be obtained, this
Fee shall not be collected after Spring Quarter 2014.
5. The University Centers Advisory Board (UCAB) shall annually review The Loft’s
operating and programming budgets for the previous and current academic year.
6. The portion of the Loft programming budget associated with this Fee must be
approved by the UCAB by a majority vote before Referendum funds may be allocated
or spent; this review shall happen no later than June 1 of each year.
7. The Associated Students of UCSD (ASUCSD) Council and the Graduate Student
Association of UCSD (GSAUCSD) Council must annually review and approve the
portion of the Loft programming budget associated with this Fee; this review shall
happen no later than June 1 of each year.
8. If the portion of the Loft programming budget associated with this Fee is not approved
by the appropriate student body, funds cannot be spent until approval is granted.
9. If UCAB deems inappropriate use of funds, a portion or this entire Fee may, by two-
thirds vote of all voting student members, be suspended for one academic year, subject
to approval by a majority vote of the ASUCSD Council and a majority vote of the
GSAUCSD Council. Suspended funds will be placed into a Loft Reserve Account
(LRA).
10. Any funds from this Fee that are not spent at the end of each fiscal year shall be
transferred into the LRA.
11. The LRA should be used specifically for the Loft programming. The UCAB, by a two-
thirds vote of all voting student members, or its Chair (if UCAB is not in session) must
approve expenses from this account prior to funds being spent.
12. For the purpose of evaluating The Loft’s programming, funding and student
participation, each quarter The Loft Curator shall attend at least one UCAB meeting
and present the following:
 a. The Loft budgets of all past and future events,
b. Attendance Report of overall student attendance statistics that include gender,
age (under/over 21), college affiliation, class level, non-university affiliation,
c. Event Report detailing artists, programs, and Loft partnerships,
d. Student Organization Participation,
e. Evaluations, survey feedback, and photos.
f. Any other pertinent information requested by UCAB
13. The ASUCSD Concerts and Events Office shall be guaranteed at least one night every
week during the academic school year for programming at The Loft, with priority for
Friday or Saturday night.
14. Center for Student Involvement (CSI) registered organizations, graduate student
organizations, college Councils, college Council organizations, and ASUCSD Services,
Commissions, and Offices will receive priority programming. The Loft must partner
with a variety of these student groups on at least 20% of their events each quarter.
15. The Loft will not charge a facility fee, AV/tech fees, or staffing fees for all CSI
organizations, graduate student organizations, college Councils, college Council
organizations, and ASUCSD Services, Commissions, and Offices unless it exceeds The
Loft’s audio, lighting, or technical inventory.
16. No less than 80% of events at The Loft must be Pay-As-You-Can or non-ticketed for
UCSD undergraduate and graduate students.
17. Undergraduate students shall represent 60% of The Loft career staff hiring committee,
including UCAB student representation. Graduate students shall represent 10% of this
committee. Membership of this committee must be approved by a majority vote of
UCAB.
18. Funding to The Loft from the UCSD Registration Fee and the UCSD University
Centers shall not be decreased below current academic year levels ($114,000 and
$30,000 respectively). Any decrease in total funding from these combined sources will
result in ASUCSD Council, GSAUCSD Council, and UCAB hosting an immediate
referendum to proportionally decrease in this Fee. This provision can be waived for up
to one fiscal year by a single two-thirds majority vote of the ASUCSD Council and a
single two-thirds majority vote of the GSAUCSD Council.
19. This referendum language shall only be implemented provided that both graduate and
undergraduate students approve this Fee.