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: 16
Votes needed for simple
majority vote: 50% + 1 = 9
Votes needed for 2/3 majority: 10
Location:
Aptos Campus
SAC East RM 225
Date and Time:
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Student Senate Minutes
Item
VI A
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cabrillo College Student Senate held a meeting on Thursday April 26th, 2012.
These are the minutes reflective of that meeting.
Motion
Yeas Nays Abstains
Result
Motion to approve $5000 from the Programs Account before the funds become leftover
funds and are sent into the revolving loan program
5
7
0
Not
Passed
Motion to approve $300 from the programs account for the purchase of snacks for
graduation
12
0
0
Passed
VII A
I.
Call to Order at 3:06pm
A. Roll Call
President: Charlotte Achen- Absent
Treasurer: Joseph Gomez- Present
Student Trustee: Joseph Watkins- Present
Watsonville Representative: (vacant)
Senators-At-Large
Stephanie Petrillo- Present
Sharon O’Connor-Present
Chris Steele- Present
Steven Culver-Present
Kyle Logan-Present
Vice President: Oleksii Chuiko- Absent
Legislative Representative: Gaby Avila- Absent
Inter-Club Council Chair: Ivan Sumano-Vargas- Present
Scotts Valley Representative: (vacant)
Laura Hunerberg-Present
Darwin Constantino- Present
James Williams- Present (tardy@ 3:10pm)
Sarah Davies- Present
Aimee Cornett- Present
Advisors
Sesario Escoto-Present (tardy @4:20pm)
Flor Chacon- Present
II.
Adoption of the Agenda
3 minutes
New business Item A is now sponsored by Aimee instead of Darwin.
New business Item C is stricken.
New business Item D is stricken until next semester.
New business Item E and G will be presented by Laura.
Senator Davies moves to approve the agenda as amended, and Senator Constantino seconds the motion.
The agenda is approved by a vote of 12 yeas.
III.
Approval of the Minutes
A. April 19th, 2012
3 minutes
Student Senate MINUTES 4.26.12-1
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
Senator Davies moves to approve the minutes for April 19, 2012, and Senator Constantino seconds the
motion. The minutes are approved by a vote of 10 yeas.
IV.
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.
A full time student, Chelsea Schreiber, was present to speak to the senate. She was appreciative of being able to come
to the meetings and have her voice heard, and wanted to express her concern over the purchase of the IPADS for
student senate use. Trustee Watkins moves that this was out of order, as there is an item pertaining to IPADS to be
discussed on this agenda. Senator Davies thinks there is a misunderstanding, as she believes that the item we are
discussing later is not the same issue, as the agenda item states IPAD Rules and Regulations, and her concern was
related to the actual purchase. Chelsea is asked by Trustee Watkins to hold her comment until the agenda item.
Devin Monohan was also present to speak to the senate. He thought he was running for senate, as he got his
signatures and turned them in, but he said he spoke with Flor who advised him that he had not attended a student
senate meeting and was therefore ineligible to run. Trustee Watkins advised this student to speak to Flor again for the
answers to his concerns.
V.
President Announcements
VI.
Special Items
5 Minutes
A. Library Furniture
Info. / Action
S. Davies
10 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $5,000.00 from ___ Account for furniture
for the Library. This will be Phase 1 of adding new furniture to the second floor of the Library.
Senator Davies moves to approve $5000 from the Programs Account before the funds become leftover funds and
are sent into the revolving loan program, and Senator Culver seconds the motion. Georg Romero was present from
the library to discuss how much this is needed to purchase furniture for the second level of the library. Trustee
Watkins stated that the budget committee discussed this and does not approve it, and Senator Constantino
mentioned that we would go into the negative and that we do not have the funds to do it. Senator Hunerberg
discussed that right now we cannot fund this but that we should look into it in the future, as it would be valuable
to our constituents. Senator Steele suggested this item be brought back for the first meeting of the new senate.
Trustee Watkins states that there is a technicality with the way this is written on the agenda, and that it was
written incorrectly.
Flor stated this should be tabled for the first meeting of the new senate, which is the last meeting of the current
senate. There is a motion on the floor that is called to vote, and this motion fails by a vote of 5 yeas, 7 nays.
VII.
New Business.
A. Graduation Snacks
Info. / Action
D. Constantino A. Cornett
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $300.00 from the ___ Account in order to
purchase snacks for Graduation.
This would be for graduation snacks for the 400 students and their families prior to being seated at graduation.
Senator Culver moves to approve $300 from the programs account for the purchase of snacks for graduation, and
it was seconded. This item was then called to question by Senator Petrillo. The senate approves going to vote by a
vote of 12 yeas, and then approves the motion by a vote of 12 yeas as well.
B. End of Year Luncheon or Dinner
Info. / Action
C. Steele
10 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $1,000.00 from the ___Account for the
end of the year luncheon or dinner that is held for the current and incoming Student Senate.
Student Senate MINUTES 4.26.12-2
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
Chris will be the chair of a committee who will decide where we will eat, how much we will spend, etc., in regards
to the luncheon at the end of the semester for the incoming and exiting senate to enjoy together. Chris will send
out an email to get in touch with everyone.
C.
Tables for Allied Health
Info. / Action
S. O’Connor
10 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $1,500.00 from the ___Account in order
to purchase two outdoor tables that would go outside the Allied Health Building.
This item is stricken.
D. Microwave for the Cafeteria
Info. / Action
J. Gomez
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $500.00 from the___ Account to purchase
a new microwave for the cafeteria. The previous microwave had to be removed because of it was in such an
unsanitary condition. This raises the question on if this microwave is purchased, who will be responsible in keeping
it clean?
This item is stricken until next semester.
E.
Constitutional Amendments
Info. / Action
O. Chuiko L. Hunerberg
15 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding constitutional amendments.
Laura, after speaking with Aimee and Abby, who is running for Watsonville Representative, is proposing getting rid
of the Watsonville and Scotts Valley reps and combining them into one executive position. There will be an
external campus counsel that would operate like the ICC, and would meet once a week, 3 times a month in
Watsonville and once a month in Scotts Valley. Laura believes this would provide better representation at the
other campuses, and the idea will be further explored in the bylaws meeting this week. Steven thinks this is a great
idea because we don’t actively go to the other campuses, and having a committee would make sure the position is
filled and that the senate is engaged. Stephanie also likes this idea but would like to see the committee in place
first, and would be more inclined to vote for it if there was already a group doing this. Sarah agrees that we should
actively be soliciting people now to fill this committee if we are seriously considering it. Laura says in conjunction
with elections, people who would like to be involved will be solicited. Joseph Watkins confirms that there wouldn’t
be a rep for each campus; instead there would be a support group, and a liaison between campuses. It was then
discussed that removing the Watsonville and Scotts Valley reps and combining them into one executive position
would lower the amount of the people in the senate to 19. Sarah believes we should create another senator
position if we do that, as she does not think we should continue to be more exclusive, and that by decreasing the
amount of seats in the senate, we are sort of doing that. Trustee Watkins made a motion and withdrew it.
F.
Class Withdrawal Date
Info. / Discuss.
D. Constantino
15 Minutes
This item is up for discussion regarding the possible change of instead of four weeks for you to drop a class in order
to not receive a mark on your transcript; it would now be only 2 weeks. This change is being possibly brought
about because at the state-level, if you drop a course after two weeks, they would count this to one of your three
attempts at that course.
Darwin and Chris are going to bring the student’s platform on these issues back to the faculty senate, and are
interested in getting feedback from the student senate as to their views on the withdrawal date being moved from
4 weeks to 2 weeks. If we move to this, which is being done state-wide, then the students must withdrawal by the
2nd week or the class will count as one of their strikes. It was discussed whether you could completely gauge if you
wanted to drop a class by the 2nd week. There are certainly reasons why this may not be the most exciting thing to
students, but it will help people who really need a class for their major, as they will benefit since space will be
open.
There was discussion about people registering for classes late as it was, due to the fact that they had to wait for
people to drop, and that if those people dropped by the 2 nd week it would be a lot easier for late-starts to catch
up. It was also discussed that in this economic state, students will have to be more focused on their own education
and research what classes they sign up for ahead of time. The fact that many classes actually begin teaching and
provide a lot of information the first day of class was also discussed. If this switch does happen, there will be a
Student Senate MINUTES 4.26.12-3
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
college-wide email sent to inform everyone. Cabrillo would be complying with the state if we move forward to the
2 week withdrawal date, as now we just offer an additional 2 week extension. Some people did not think the
students will like this at all, and thought we should go to March in March and the Chancellor’s Office to get our
opinions heard on this. A member of the public stated that he will risk the time in a class if he knows he can drop
it, but that if that time changed, he would make decisions faster. Additionally, he believes that most students will
hold out until the last minute they have to drop, regardless of whether it was 2 or 4 weeks. Some members of the
senate believe that this steps us away from our mission as a college, which allows people the time to make these
choices. There are differing opinions, as the majority of those present can see the views from both sides. What
about letting the students have until the 4th week to drop, but let them know that after the 2nd week it will count
as one of their strikes. This would come into effect in the fall, and Chris and Darwin will speak to the faculty senate.
G. Rules and Procedures for iPads Info. / Discuss.
O. Chuiko L. Hunerberg
10 Minutes
This item is up for discussion regarding the rules and procedures for the recently approved iPads for the Student
Senates use.
Senator Davies moves to extend time by 5 minutes in order to allow the public to speak, and Trustee Watkins
seconds the motion. This is passed unanimously. Time is extended by five minutes.
Laura stated that the rules and regulations were discussed yesterday, and that the committee is looking at
purchasing 16 IPADS for the senate. The students who hold the senate positions may check these out for their
term, and when the term is done they will be returned to factory settings and returned to the senate office. The
bylaws committee discussed proper procedure, what training would be implemented and what the proper conduct
would be of these. The floor is then opened up to the members of the public who wish to speak on this issue.
Chelsea Schreiber wanted to talk to the senate about revoking a motion that was passed. She stated that after
studying the minutes and talking to a lot of students in all of her full time classes, that there was not a single
student that was okay with this idea. Chelsea says that on the surface it looks bad, but if you dig deeper it still
doesn’t look good. The students never end the talk about finances, and everyone is upset about this decision.
Chelsea believes that surely there are other things the money could be used for, even if it is required to be used in
the SAC building. She says to consider providing them to be rented out by anyone, or something else even, as it
seems the $5000 could better serve the student body as a whole. Chelsea recommends getting fewer of them if
they are something we absolutely must require. She also mentioned that Sesario had advised us that the Cabrillo
board did not pass the consideration of getting IPADS themselves, and that we should make them an example to
us. Chelsea also wants the senate to consider purchasing cheaper alternatives to IPADS, such as tablets, as Android
tablets cost about $100 and can be used for the same purposes. Chelsea noted that the past meeting when these
were approved, someone mentioned the green aspect of them and how providing IPADS would save paper.
Chelsea did some research herself, and provided a New York Times article that stated that the creation of the IPAD
itself wastes the equivalent of 50-100 books of paper. Chelsea wants us to consider this as students, as she doubts
any of us use up that much paper. She reminded us that using paper and wasting paper are different things, and
that using double-sided printing and recycled paper is helpful. Chelsea also said that she works in the CTC and is a
networking student and that this should be considered to revoke this funding immediately and reallocate the
money in the budget to be used in the future. Joseph Watkins stated that there were rules and regulations brought
forth by Sarah at the bylaws meeting. Sarah then said that we were still in the process of discussing and
researching these things and therefore should bring this discussion back next week. Stephanie then noted that she
would appreciate it if someone could please address Chelsea- when should she come back to get the item
revoked? Joseph Watkins then said Wednesday, May 2nd, at 4pm, there will be a bylaws meeting and that he thinks
that would be the best avenue to take. James wants to know if he doesn’t want an IPAD, if we can order less of
them, and also wants to know if he will be required to have training if he chooses not to use it. Steven said the
group got far yesterday, but had a lot of rules put up and are going to continue to do revisions and that from what
he understood we were not going to purchase these until all of that has been considered. He said he was happy
with the conclusion of the meeting, as far as responsibility and proper conduct. He said senators will have full
accountability, as far as whether they are broken or stolen, as the senate member will be the one paying for it if it
happens. They went over downloading and said you cannot download anything unless the advisor approves it; that
there will be no games or music and this will be for business use only, and things that facilitate business needs.
Student Senate MINUTES 4.26.12-4
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
Because of the money coming from the equipment account, it is hard to find uses for that kind of money and this is
to increase efficiency. Trustee Watkins moves to extend time by 10 minutes, and Senator Hunerberg seconds the
motion. Senator Petrillo moves to amend this motion to make it an extension of 20 minutes of time, and Senator
Davies seconds the amendment motion. The senate approves the amendment by a vote of 11 yeas, 1 nay. Time is
then extended by 20 minutes by a vote of 12 yeas. Laura stated that she understands Chelsea’s concerns, but that
we did purchase chairs for the lobby and cafeteria too, and that most likely we will not spend the entire $5000.
That being said, Laura says the IPADS are just tools and not games. Stephanie wants to know if other members of
the senate can address Chelsea, or if only Laura can? Flor advises the senate that no, we cannot, that we have to
stay on topic. Laura says the rules and regulations today are just a draft that they want to address Sarah’s issues
she brought to the meeting which were fully valid. She says they will address those issues at the next meeting on
Wednesday. Chris says that to answer James’ question regarding competency in this; it says there is training and a
workshop in the summer and that you need to go to the retreat or meet with someone to take a little test on how
to use them. There is also a connector cable that is needed to connect the IPADs to the projectors, and a few of
them will be bought. Joseph Watkins said that he wants to make sure Flor and Sesario are on page to track the
people who have the IPADS and that there is a procedure set for that. He likes that there is a quiz, and that he
doesn’t see anything he doesn’t agree with. Joseph Gomez likes the quiz idea too but was curious what it involved
and Laura said it would be a competency test, to be sure you can access email and the calendar and the contacts,
and understand how the IPAD works. Darwin said we did bring up considering checking the IPADS out to other
students, and that personally he is in favor of it, but that the committee believed it was a liability issue and that we
do not have the structure set up like the library. He said it is fair because every student has the chance to be a
senator, but he does understand Chelsea’s point. Noah, another member of the public, would like to know where
he can look to see a business list so he is able to prepare himself for the next meeting. He wants to know the
specific tasks we will be doing on the IPADS. He stated that he sees we are not going to be using these for funds,
but in order to make it not look like a perk, he wants to know what specifically we are going to do with this, and
when he will be able to see this list? Joseph Watkins says this is about the cataloging of how information goes to
the students; that we have paper agendas from our committees and we need to catalog the information so that all
future senates will be able to see this. However, none of them are available as digital forms yet. Senator Davies
moves to end this discussion as we plan to bring the item back next week, and Senator Steele seconds the motion.
The discussion is ended by a vote of 10 yeas, 2 nays.
VIII.
IX.
Delta Representative Report
5 minutes
Reports
5 minutes ea.
Executive Officers, Senators, Advisers report on Senate Activities and their respective Committees.
A. Executive Officers
President: Charlotte Achen absent
Vice President: Oleksii Chuiko absent
Treasurer: Joseph Gomez There is $2599 in the Programs Account, and $4111.02 in the 72 Account.
Legislative Representative: Gaby Avila absent
Student Trustee: Joseph Watkins I have been in contact with Dennis, who is talking to Joe, and they are in the
process to talking to people about architects. The foster youth program on campus just started and there are 4
individuals that are being mentored. If you know anyone who has been through the foster care system or former
foster youth, let them know about this. Miss Representation is April 30 th at 6pm in the Crocker Theater. Hopefully
you have been telling everyone. Charlotte is on the panel, and you get to learn a lot about women in media and
how to combat that.
Inter-Club Council Chair: Ivan Sumano-Vargas Yesterday at the ICC, I had invited all candidates to give a
presentation and Watkins, Achen, Hunerberg were there. Sharon was sick but can come next week with other
people who will be presenting and are running uncontested. Ola received $1000 for Latina graduation, Seahawk
requested $500 for photo setup, $200 passed for Advisor workshop. We went over tabling for the elections, and
clubs will be getting paid cash for tabling there. I managed to get a new merchant discount for a new video game
store downtown; 10% off all used video games.
Student Senate MINUTES 4.26.12-5
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
Watsonville Representative: (Vacant)
Scotts Valley Representative: (Vacant)
B. Senators-at-Large
Stephanie Petrillo no report
Laura Hunerberg I wanted to thank those of you who came to the Social Justice conference, and brought in
cupcakes. It was really good of us to be there, so thank you for going. The next chance to do something fun like this
and get rewards is Miss Representation on Monday at the Crocker Theater at 6pm. Please be free for that. SCCCC
4th grade experience is May 11th and is rapidly approaching. 2400+ 4th graders will be on campus and we need help
with that. Talk about it in classes! Thanks for your help at the Social Justice Conference.
Sharon O’Connor no report
Darwin Constantino We attempted to meet with Angela Aiken about the bus pass but she postponed so we will
reschedule. The PR committee is meeting tomorrow at 1pm; we will talk about t-shirts and vendors. It seems like
everyone running to elections has been going to different clubs and organizations; what about presenting to us
ourselves, just to get a feel of what kind of senate we want?
Chris Steele The dinner/luncheon committee- I will send out an email and doodle poll to everyone, and if you
would like to join fill it out and we will set up a time. Student Activity Card- six merchant discounts are being added
to the website. Darwin or I will put them up on the site ASAP. I will not be able to make tomorrow’s meeting, so we
might not have it. With faculty senate, we will bring your issues and address it with them, and with SAC we will
send out thank you cards to the vendors, and turns out Joseph Gomez can chair tomorrow’s ID card meeting.
James Williams I attended the basic skills committee meeting, and the faculty in attendance were riled up about
the student learning task force. In a nutshell they opposed many recommendations, and I will send out an email
about this. Basically, they want to set up a collaborative effort between student and faculty senate, and I would
like to take this up as a project. I want to publicize the faces of those who have gone through the system, and
provide testimonials from people who benefited from community college. I have contacted someone from
Community TV and they are working on 30 second spots. I will forward the meeting minutes to everyone.
Steven Culver no report
Sarah Davies The Social Justice conference went well. Sesario did an awesome job with the food and it was very
well organized. I saw a lot of people there—Gaby, Aimee, Joseph Gomez, Sharon, Laura, Joseph Watkins, Darwin,
Chris—Thanks so much to Gaby for helping me video tape! We are going to Scotts Valley on Monday, and Ivan and
Aimee and Kyle plan to go with me, to pass out pizza. I have contacted the teachers, and there are actually more
students there than we expected, over 100, and I am really excited to go. The next 2 weekends I have a lot going
on at my church, where I also volunteer, so I apologize if I am busy. I am excited I am able to walk at graduation as I
did not know I could but I can because I am getting 5 IT certs! I will be moving out of state after graduation and
hope everyone can come to my going away party. Save the date- June 3rd. I will send more details out soon. I was
unhappy about the way the bylaws meeting went when discussing the IPADS, as I did feel like I was a little teamed
up on and I did not appreciate that, as I have done a lot of research to get the information I provided. And I think
we should be less harsh to members of the public when they come to our meetings.
Kyle Logan I am the rep for Running Start, and will personally be talking to clubs to get them signed up for tabling
from 7-noon. Tomorrow at noon is setup for the rummage sale, and there is a beach cleanup on May 15 and
Running Start May 18. I will make sure I get our table going, but will need other senators to volunteer to table at
the Running Start event.
Aimée Cornett I went to the Social Justice conference. It was fun and interesting. I volunteered in Sarah’s room
and her presentation was really interesting and I enjoyed it. I look forward to going to Scott’s Valley to pass out
pizza and get more involved there. I look forward to continuing our work in the PR committee with Darwin.
C.
Advisors
5 minutes ea.
Sesario Escoto Yaming deserves the highest accommodations. The whole thing was started 6 years ago and it kept
going year to year. It is an incredible amount of work and Yaming has been very generous doing this and it was
impressive and came together really well. It is contributable to all the teamwork. I got to tell you that I went to
Student Senate MINUTES 4.26.12-6
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
X.
Sarah’s workshop, and previously noticed there were about 100 students at any one time at the event, and when I
went into Sarah’s workshop I noticed half of those in attendance were there! It was great that she caught their
eyes. The food was really orderly; we actually served you and the team stayed with me until the very end to help
clean up. Sorry I could not have been here sooner, I was anxious to hear the items I missed. I am going to the
General Assembly this weekend and I need to talk to you today if you are going to ensure we are all on the same
page and go over the details.
Flor Chacòn absent at this time
Agenda Building
3 minutes
XI.
Adjournment
4:37 pm
Student Senate Executive Meeting Agenda
(Not held)
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