The Recreation Facilities Advisory Board (RFAB) is the principal advisory committee on sporting facilities and related policies at the University of California, San Diego. RFAB reviews the annual budget for the Recreation department and provides student feedback, questions and concerns to represent the student body.

RFAB operates under this charter with the approval of the Chancellor, the Associated Students Council and the Graduate Student Association Council. The Committee is charged by the Chancellor and given the responsibility of ensuring that the sports facilities have the emphases, breadth, and coordination to complement optimally the philosophy, missions, and goals of UC San Diego.

RECREATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

email: rlc@ucsd.edu | facebook: @ucsdrlc

The Recreation Leadership Council (RLC) provides guidance within the Recreation department to enhance the experience of the broader campus and promote lifelong well-being, growth and success. The RLC fosters unity among all the Recreation program areas, which include: Aquatics, Business Office, FitLife, Intramurals, Operations (Sales and Weight Rooms), Outback, Rec Classes, and Sports Clubs. The RLC is to serve as a voice to ensure each division can advocate ideas and concerns pertaining to their division as well as the broader department of Recreation.

Current Members

Chantal Rabay - Executive Chair

REC Service Years: 2

Favorite REC Activity: UCSD’s Ultimate Frisbee Team and Outback Adventure’s Trips!

What do you do in your spare time?: In my spare time I love going camping, backpacking, rock climbing, and any other outdoor activity you can think of! I play a lot of ultimate frisbee in my spare time as well. I love to read and spend time with my friends and my dog!

Which REC value do you identify with most?: The Recreation value that I most identify with is inclusion. Inclusivity is one of my top priorities, especially when guiding trips and I make an effort to spread this value to others and continue to educate myself on what inclusivity means and looks like in different contexts.

Alexandra Macaraeg – Executive Assistant

REC Service Years: 1

Favorite REC Activity: Open gym basketball!

What do you do in your spare time?: In my spare time, I love to play basketball, show off my lightning mcqueen crocs, play piano and ukulele!

Which REC value do you identify with most?: I identify with community the most because I love all the awesome people I got to meet through my job as a weightroom attendant, as well as through playing open gym and intramural basketball. Shoutout to the weightroom staff whoo hoo! UCSD Recreation helped me find a welcoming and fun community that I know I can always turn to when I’m feeling stressed about school! I can’t always count on my GPA to make me happy, but I can surely count on Main Gym and RIMAC! Becoming a weightroom attendant was my first job ever, as well as one of the first extra curriculars I’ve involved myself with on campus. I’ll always be grateful for getting the opportunity to work for Recreation as it has truly given me the chance to grow as a person, it has given me a space to hang out with/ workout with familiar faces as well as new ones, and simply gain a sense of belonging on this large campus!

Sarah Baltazar – Business Office

REC Service Years: 1

Favorite REC Activity: I love running on the treadmill in the lower level of RIMAC.

What do you do in your spare time?: In my spare time I like to workout, listen to podcasts, and try new food recipes.

Which REC value do you identify with most?: Service. There is something about giving my time and support to my community that brings me so much happiness. Growing up, my family stressed the importance of lending a hand whenever you have the opportunity to. Being resourceful and helpful never hurt anybody!

David Lopez – Event Operations

REC Service Years: 2

Favorite REC Activity: I enjoy going to Main Gym, to use the boxing room and the matt room.

What do you do in your spare time?: In my spare time, I really enjoy training jiu jitsu.

Which REC value do you identify with most?: I identify the most with the value of Integrity. I believe that being honest and having moral principles is the ideal trait to have in a position and job that I have. I have always emphasized the importance of integrity

Omar Ceron-Santiago - Facility Supervisor

REC Service Years: 1.5

Favorite REC Activity: My favorite activity is using our awesome weight rooms to keep myself in shape every morning to begin a productive day.

What do you do in your spare time?: I like to do some creative writing from time to time, hangout with my friends, play video games, and enjoy intellectual conversations.

Which REC value do you identify with most?: The Rec values I most identify myself with are integrity and leadership. Overall having integrity has been a value I have always wanted to live up to and hold dearly. Integrity at UC San Diego Recreation demonstrates that our community cares for the well being of our members and shows that we live up to what we want to build for our community. Leadership is a crucial value I identify myself with in this community seeing that the communication, leadership, and management skills I have developed here can be transcribed to my career pathway.

Siobhan Ang – FitLife

REC Service Years: 1.5

Favorite REC Activity: Fitness and Yoga classes

What do you do in your spare time?: I enjoy reading, painting, and going for walks

Which REC value do you identify with most?: I identify most with community and inclusion because I think they go hand in hand. RLC has an important job in fostering a strong community between the different Rec departments and the campus at large and the only way to successfully do that is by creating a space that includes everyone.

Amanda Jade Sabado – Weight Rooms

REC Service Years: 2

Favorite REC Activity: I eat, breathe and sleep [in] the weight room. Kidding, but I do thoroughly enjoy working out with members of the community in the weight room.

What do you do in your spare time?: In my spare time, I like to cook with my friends or call family at home! I am from Northern California so being present at home even though I am in San Diego is a huge priority for me.

Which REC value do you identify with most?: I most identify with inclusion/community, because the weight rooms especially have always been a very comforting and familiar community for me. My department as well as the other related departments have always made me feel so included and welcomed into Recreation, and I am entirely grateful for finding my place here. As a lead in the weight rooms and a delegate for RLC, I want to bring even more inclusion for the entire student body, because I know how much it positively impacted me.

Peter Emanuel - Alumni

REC Department Position: Aquatics

REC Service Years: 2.5

Favorite REC Activity: Intramural innertube water polo! Every year the aquatics staff makes a team and plays. This is my 3rd year participating, and it's easily my favorite part of Rec.

What do you do in your spare time?: I also teach for the Division of Biological Sciences at UCSD, which eats up a lot of my free time! In what free time I have left over I like to mountain bike and camp!

Which REC value do you identify with most?: I identify most with the value of fun. Working in Rec has provided me with the unique opportunity of having a job that lets me be paid to have fun, and I try make sure that all my coworkers and patrons at the pool are sharing in the fun.

Jason Dillon - Staff Advisor

REC Department Position: Aquatics

REC Service Years: 18

Favorite REC Activity: I love so many of the activities in Recreation, but the one that always leaves me beaming from ear to ear is innertube water polo. No other sport combines the high octane, adrenaline pumping natural high of a professional sport, with the laziness of siting on a floatie in an indoor pool while you're playing it.

What do you do in your spare time?: Play and take care of my corgi and golden retriever, Loki & Oliver

Which REC value do you identify with most?: Community - When I was an undergrad student, UCSD Recreation was a huge part of my community and what made me enjoy my time here as much as I did. Now as a professional staff I look to continue that inclusive community that made me feel so welcome in my program area and through the amazing work of the Recreation Leadership Council.

Open Positions

Bylaws

Annual Report

Current Members

Subcommittee Goals

Subcommittee Goals

The RIC has three subcommittees:

Partnerships, collaborations and outreach to underrepresented groups

Tiffany Healy, Leo Ho, Clayton Claiborn

Hiring practices and professional development 

Hector Fletes, Liz Henry

Inclusive facilities

Cassey Marsh, Tessa Opperman

Hiring and Department Training:

Implicit Bias Training:

Taking this training is the first step for the department as a whole to learn about and acknowledge implicit bias without shame. In addition, the RIC hopes this training will provide resources and tools to assist against bias allowing our department to be more successful when establishing policies and procedures, committees, hiring practices, etc.

By end of winter quarter

Time frame- flexibility

Implicit bias training will be online

Recreation wide hiring audit:

To ensure that the department is being active in providing a robust group of employees. This audit will be valuable in identifying gaps related to staff diversity and share resources and practices that lead to more representation within the dept. In addition, the RIC hopes that this audit will inform the department about steps needed to fill gaps, including but not limited to, better recruitment, intentional outreach practices, improving retention, etc.

This is not an overnight fix but it is intentional to help our department in being more inclusive.

1/28-2/3- First draft of questions completed and submitted to management for approval

2/15-2/25- pending approval the audit will be sent out to department areas

Mid Spring- Data is collected- during these time frames the committee will determine how to present the data collected and actions taken from there.

Facilities and marketing:

Use of Spaces

Many student organizations use Recreation spaces, and we want to ensure equity in the access to our resources. We will evaluate and identify student orgs that are less active in our spaces to see if there is a need for our spaces and find out how we can support them either by providing access or any other ways we could help. We have already identified orgs that are in this category, so our goals are framed around the next steps.

Short term goal: draft a template email to send to orgs that (week 2 of winter quarter)

Long term goal: send individual emails reaching out to orgs (by end of winter quarter)

Facility Inclusivity & Imagery

As the subcommittee for inclusive facilities, we want to evaluate how our facilities are being showcased, how effective they are at welcoming all demographics of students, staff, faculty and community members. This goal is more about the assessment of the spaces to see if there is a need for any changes or improvements.

Short term goal: Walk through spaces to assess inclusion (1st walk through by end of December, 2nd look in February to identify gaps)

Long term goal: Collaborate with Marketing, Operations, and Building Maintenance on future events and projects (reach out to plant the seeds by end of fall quarter, and schedule initial check-ins for Jan/Feb to start the conversation)

Gender Inclusivity

There is a concern about the lack of resources and availability of restrooms, showers, and locker rooms for the LGBTQIA+ community on campus and within Recreation facilities.

Short term goal: assessment of current facilities and access to non-binary restrooms, showers and locker rooms (ongoing during winter quarter)

Additional short term goal: research to identify what strategies other universities have used to increase gender inclusivity to gather general advice and ideas (send out requests for information week 5 of winter quarter)

Long term goal: influence decisions for future building planning and identifying possible solutions for current spaces (end of spring quarter)

General Resources for Inclusivity on Campus

We would like to provide additional resources for Recreation staff to be better able to support patrons with various needs such as lactation and prayer spaces. This goal could also expand to incorporate other resources that would help our staff better serve our community.

Short term goal: assess current (and accurate) campus locations of lactation rooms and prayer spaces (by end of winter quarter)

Long term goal: create an inclusivity FAQ for front desk staff (draft ready for the next all student staff training in September)

Partnerships and Collaborations with underrepresented groups:

Take inventory of pre-existing partnerships and collaborations between Rec and campus resource centers to identify established points of contact and to understand relationship history.

Create a questionnaire for all program areas to complete by January 30th, 2021.
- Date of form creation to submit to management?: 1st week of February
- Date of questionnaire dissemination?: Second week of February.
  - Deadline to complete: February 26th

Connect with RIC / Cross Cultural Center and Resource Centers to establish partnerships

Identify points of contact for all community resource centers by March 5th
Draft email to introduce RIC and our intentions to CCC and Resource Centers (review with RIC before sending) by March 5th.
Extend invites to points of contact for partnership discussion by March 12th.
Draft roundtable discussion questions by March 20th
Hold roundtable discussion with points of contact by the first week of Spring Quarter (determined upon partner availability)

Discuss pre-existing and past partnerships, collaborations, and experiences
Discuss resource center needs and requests
Discuss preferred/current programming calendar and current opportunities for collaboration (low hanging fruit)

**Will establish new goals for Spring Quarter after partner meeting**

Inclusive Facilities

Tessa
Kane
Gabrielle
Cassey

Partnerships, Collaborations and Outreach to Underrepresented groups

Leah
Alex
Tiffany
Clayton

Hiring practices and professional development

Liz
Hector
Samantha
Eszter

Charter

Purpose

The Recreation Inclusion Council (RIC) advises Recreation on all matters related to the department actions around equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.

Charge

Promotes social justice within Recreation and its units. Its purview is broadly defined, encompassing diversity in all its dimensions: race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, physical abilities, religion, and others.

Articulates the value and importance of equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice within Recreation’s goals and priorities and embraces an organizational culture that is strengthened by multiple opinions and perspectives.

Provides guidance and recommendations on professional development, student development and other strategies for developing an inclusive organization. This includes, but is not limited to, staffing, programs, trainings, and accessibility.

Liaises with the resource centers and other related partners on campus in supporting Recreation efforts and campus initiatives of common interest. Identifies, in appropriate consultation with campus units, measurable goals and assessment for diversity and inclusion outcomes for Recreation. Creates cross-campus collaboration and engagement within inclusion initiatives.

Membership

10 members: 4 Recreation full time staff, 4 Recreation Student Staff, and 2 campus partners. The Director of Recreation appoints the first RIC chair for a one-year term. Chair and vice- chair are voted on by the members of the RIC.

Terms

The chair serves a two-year term, the first as vice-chair and the second as chair or, in the case of an unexpected vacancy, until a replacement is found. In year one, the chair will serve a one-year term. A RIC member serves a two-year term renewable at the conclusion of years one and two.

Meetings

The RIC meets monthly to conduct the work of its charge. Some work will be outside of the meeting and could include other staff in Recreation. Additional meetings can be added by the RIC if needed

Decision-Making

The committee makes recommendations to the Director of Recreation and, as appropriate, to the Management Team and/or Leadership Team.

Code of Conduct

The RIC adheres to and uplifts the UC San Diego Principles of Community in all its deliberations and activities.

RECREATION FACILITIES ADVISORY BOARD

RECREATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Chantal Rabay - Executive Chair

Eszter Heins - Executive Vice Chair

Alexandra Macaraeg – Executive Assistant

Joshua Weimer - Aquatics

Sarah Baltazar – Business Office

David Lopez – Event Operations

Omar Ceron-Santiago - Facility Supervisor

Siobhan Ang – FitLife

Trevor Rawdon – Competitive Sports

Molly Ryan – Outback Adventures

Amanda Jade Sabado – Weight Rooms

Peter Emanuel - Alumni

Jason Dillon - Staff Advisor

Brandon Hyatt – Staff Advisor

Bobby Jaffe – Staff Advisor

Chris Griebenow – Staff Advisor

Engagement Position

Marketing Position

Maintenance Position

Rec Classes Position

Rec Experience Position

TEC Cafe Position

Concessions Position

RLC Bylaws

19-20 Annual Report

18-19 Annual Report

RECREATION INCLUSION COUNCIL