Associated Students of Cabrillo College
Aptos Campus, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, CA 95003
Watsonville Center: 318 Union St., Watsonville, CA 95076
Scotts Valley Center: 104 Whispering Pines Dr., Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Voice: 831.477.5677
Fax: 831.479.6172
http://www.cabrillo.edu/ascc
Total on Roster: 19
Votes needed for simple
majority vote: 50% + 1 = 11
Votes needed for 2/3 majority: 13
Location:
Aptos Campus
SAC East Room 225
Date and Time:
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Student Senate Minutes
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cabrillo College Student Senate will hold a meeting on Thursday November 15th, 2012. The meeting time
and location information is noted on the agenda. The purpose of this meeting is to be the direct representation of Cabrillo College’s Student Body.
We will see to it that the student’s best interests are being served and that the students are given the opportunity to be heard. If you have any
questions, please contact us at 831.477.5677. If needed, you can be provided with any disability-related modification or accommodations; please call
Disabled Student Program and Services at (831) 479-6379. Requests should be made as early as possible, though on-campus transportation can be
called for at any time. Please note that any action item that is discussed may not have an action taken during this meeting.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Call to Order at 3:01
A. Roll Call
a. Natacha, Bianca and Tabitha absent
Adoption of the Agenda
3 minutes
Approval of the Minutes
3 minutes
A. November 8th, 2012
Public Comments
This time is reserved for members of the public to address the Senate on issues not already appearing on the
agenda. There will be a limit of five (5) minutes per speaker.
President Announcements
5 Minutes
Special Items
New Business.
A. Appointment of a New Senator
3 Minutes for speech, 3 minutes for questions
1. Scotts Valley Representative
B.
Community College League of California Conference Info. / Action A. Cornett
10 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $4,600.00 from the ___ Account
for the Community College League of California conference being held on January 27th and 28th.
• Aimee moves to approve $3,500 from the leadership and conference line item from the 71
account to fund the CCLC conference. seconded by Devin.
• Those who are potentially going are Aimee, Laura, Sharon, Joseph, and Devin. But anyone who
wishes to go may submit their names for consideration. It will probably be about $700 a person
for the whole conference plus travel expenses. This amount includes the dinner we sponsor for
the assemblyman and senators at the end of the conference.
• Sesario strongly suggests using money from the restricted 72 account since this is the perfect
place to use this money and it can be used only for things like this. However Darwin notes that
there is only $1,700 in the 72 account.
• We will be driving in a school van to the conference in Sacramento.
• Joseph highlighted the benefits of going to this conference because we meet with career
politicians who are actually enacting legislature, and get to make connections and attend
workshops. This is probably the most important conference we will be involved in this year with
regards to lobbying district representatives and directly representing our students.
• Carter moves to amend the motion to approve $1,700 from the 72 student rep fee account
and approve $1,800 from the 71 leadership and conferences account for the Community.
Seconded by Nadine. Amendment passes 15/1/0.
• Main motion passes 15/1/0
1 Associated Students of Cabrillo College
Aptos Campus, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, CA 95003
Watsonville Center: 318 Union St., Watsonville, CA 95076
Scotts Valley Center: 104 Whispering Pines Dr., Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Voice: 831.477.5677
Fax: 831.479.6172
http://www.cabrillo.edu/ascc
C.
Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Info. / Action
N. Assaffat
10 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $4,000.00 from the ___ Account
for the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration being held on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 at the
Samper Recital Hall.
• The event will be February 27, 2013 in the sampler recite hall from 12:30 -1 followed by a
catered lunch on the lawn including vegan and nonvegan options. We are expecting 150-200
people.
• Guest speaker Reverend Deborah Johnson from inner light ministries will deliver the invocation.
The message she will bring is positive, and will apply to everyone on campus. The scholarship
winners will be awarded and honored, as well as all those who submit an essay.
• Last year $2,008 was spent on the MLK event.
• Professor Omasupe will be leading the spoken word
• $4000 will be broken down by
o food for 250 for about $2,000,
o renting out the hall for $500,
o Awarding an honorarium to the speaker of $1,500
Joseph
liked having in the quad because students walked past and stopped to listen, etc. and by
•
having the recital hall much more advertisement will be needed. Abby says it will be important
for the PR committee to work very closely with the MLK committee. Include Kristan Fabos in
this to further the publicity.
• Ivan moves to approve $4000 from the programs account to fund the 2013 MLK event. Seconded
by Nadine.
• Moved by Nadine to extend time 3 minutes, seconded by Dieter. 9/6/0 Time extended. Again by
3 minutes 7/5/0. Again by 3 minutes 6/5/0.
• Clubs have been approached about this event and asked to be involved. Various instructors have
offered extra credit
• Joseph moves to amend to approve $2,500 from the programs account to fund this event.
Sharon seconds. His reasoning is to encourage other organizations and people to be involved in
what should be a group effort to present a united front.
• Amendment passes 6/5/0
• Main motion passes 11/1/0
VIII.
Committee Reports
3 minutes ea.
Student
Health
Services
met
today
to
go
over
the
new
way
of
checking
in
for
appointments
a.
b. Bylaws tomorrow at 11:30
c. Second harvest and thanksgiving joint at 12:30 tomorrow
d. PR at 2:30 tomorrow
e. FPAC will be meeting on 12/13 to go over the facilities and master plan
f. Caf. Mtg not before next Friday or Sunday
g. Forum Committee will meet Wednesday at 3
h. No SAC committee mtg tomorrow, having auditions for the sac event at 4 in the Caf
IX.
Reports
2 minutes ea.
Executive Officers, Senators, Advisers report on Senate Activities.
A. Executive Officers
President: Charlotte Achen: You can collect a lot for Second Harvest in one class! Finding parking
meters that work is very difficult, I had to walk all around the parking lot and then go talk to the Sheriff
before getting a proper ticket. This would make parking legally very difficult for new students who don't
2 Associated Students of Cabrillo College
Aptos Campus, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, CA 95003
Watsonville Center: 318 Union St., Watsonville, CA 95076
Scotts Valley Center: 104 Whispering Pines Dr., Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Voice: 831.477.5677
Fax: 831.479.6172
http://www.cabrillo.edu/ascc
know who to talk to or where to go. As the Student Representatives, we should take care of this, or at the
very least address it.
Vice President: Laura Hunerberg: No Report
Treasurer: Darwin Constantino: The College Wide Support Grant ceremony after this where we will
present the grant allocations to the faculty. Bookstore committee moving along with the outsourcing with
interviews, if you have any questions you would like to be asked of the new company, talk to me.
Legislative Representative: Aimée Cornett: Positive energy is great! Smile, skip, sing – it'll make you
feel great!
Student Trustee: Cedar Green: The interviews for the new VP of instruction is coming up, Charlotte is
the rep so submit any questions you have to her.
Inter-Club Council Chair: Devin Monahan: No report
Watsonville Representative: Abbygale González: No report
Scotts Valley Representative: (Vacant)
B. Senators-at-Large
Carter Frost
Ivan Sumano – Vargas: according to the bylaws a conference report may be given in the form of a
written or oral report. We all did this when we came back.
Tana Desandres: No report
Bianca Torres: Absent
Sharon O’Connor: little piggies need to be filled! Let Kate be fed! And thanks specifically to Tana and
Laura who sat at the Cabrillo farmers market this past weekend and raised over $700!
Joseph Watkins: I'm part of the Walnut Ave. Women shelter and if you have things like second harvest
that you'd like me to pass along, I gladly will because the group of UCSC kids were psyched about
getting on board with this
Bobby Buckter: went to the bioengineers conference will report back next week
Rory Schneider: No report
Nadine Assaffat: No report
Natacha Wells: Absent
Tabitha Mahoney: Absent
Dieter Schmidtmeier: I've been getting a vibe from the senate that culminated in the outburst today. I
don't think it is ever too late to work with someone cause her head is in the right place but the way the
senate does things may exasperate the situation.
C. Advisors
5 minutes ea.
Sesario Escoto: budget committee should anticipate the increase in revenue, elections committee you
need to get started and get your timeline set but before the semester ends like when your going to release
the results.
Flor Chacòn: Thanksgiving is next week, sign up and help out! Go Tana and Laura for raising so much
money for second harvest! For the sac event, we are going to go about promoting the next round of
auditions a bit differently to ensure student participation. Don't expect the ICC to fund events that the
senate is sponsoring and supporting. If you want to have them involved, consult your advisors first. Keep
relationships professional. Don't gossip. Don't do it. If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at
all. If you don't have anything positive to say, keep it all to yourself. You are all a team - you need to
work together. Don't try to resolve personal conflicts among yourselves. Go to your advisors or the
professionals on campus that can help you with conflict resolution.
X.
XI.
XII.
Agenda Building
College Wide Support Grants Awarding Ceremony
Adjournment
5 Minutes
90 Minutes
5:47 pm
3 Associated Students of Cabrillo College
Aptos Campus, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, CA 95003
Watsonville Center: 318 Union St., Watsonville, CA 95076
Scotts Valley Center: 104 Whispering Pines Dr., Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Voice: 831.477.5677
Fax: 831.479.6172
http://www.cabrillo.edu/ascc
Student Senate Executive Meeting Agenda
(To be held after the Student Senate Meeting)
XIII.
Call to Order 5:51
A. Roll Call: all present and accounted for
XIV. Adoption of the Executive Agenda
XV.
Approval of the Executive Minutes
XVI. Regular Business
A. Attendance from Last Meeting
5 Minutes
B. Probation Hearing for Nadine Assaffat
30 Minutes
a. Stricken
C. Discussion of Meeting
10 Minutes
a. The chair needs to know if you're going to leave the meeting for any reason.
D. Discussion of Senate
5 Minutes
Discussion
of
the
striking
of
the
probation
hearing.
a.
i. The item was stricken because one of the two executive board members retraced their
request for the hearing.
ii. If the incident with The Voice was the basis for the accusation, it has been resolved
financially.
iii. It is strongly suggested that we move forward and that an advisor should always be
present in conflict resolution.
iv. Conflict resolution should always be done in person.
v. We are here to serve the students and we need to refocus on that.
E. Assigning and Updates of Mentors
5 Minutes
XVII. Advisors Reports
5 Minutes ea.
Sesario Escoto: No report
Flor Chacòn: No report
XVIII. Executive Agenda Requests
XIX. Adjournment
7:20 pm
Upcoming Senate Meetings
Unless noted, the Student Senate will be holding their meetings the following days at 3pm on the Aptos Campus in SAC
East 225.
November 29th (Watsonville)
December 6th
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