2012 GSA Activity Fee Referendum

The 2012 GSA Activity Fee Referendum is taking place from 4/09/12 to 4/13/12. Graduate Students will be able to vote on this referendum through the following direct link 

https://act.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/tritonlink.pl/1/elections/vote.pl

The language of the fee is as follows:

Do you approve of an increase in the Graduate Student Activity Fee of $6.00 per graduate and professional student per quarter effective Fall Quarter 2012 to support activities sponsored and/or hosted by the UC San Diego Graduate Student Association that culturally, socially and academically enrich the graduate and professional student experience at UC San Diego?

This fee will not be collected in the summer. This fee will be included in the determination of financial aid. Annual budget reports will be made public and provided to the Graduate Student Association by the GSA Vice President of Finance. Modifications to this fee may not be made without a subsequent student referendum held in accordance with the appropriate student governmental and University policies.

71% ($4.26) of this fee increase will go towards sponsoring and/or hosting various events that increase the availability and affordability of cultural, social and academic events for the UC San Diego graduate student community.

29% of this fee ($1.74) will be returned to graduate and professional student institutional financial aid.

 The Pro and Con statements and their rebuttals can be found attached to this page, "GSA Activity Fee Referendum Statement.pdf". These statements have been drafted by graduate student volunteers, are made solely by their authors, and are in no way endorsed by GSA.