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: 15
Votes needed for simple
majority vote: 50% + 1 = 9
Votes needed for 2/3 majority: 10
Location:
Aptos Campus
Outside in the Quad
Date and Time:
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Student Senate Minutes
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cabrillo College Student Senate held a meeting on Thursday February 23rd, 2012.
These are the minutes reflective of that meeting.
Item
Motion
Yeas
Nays
Abstains
Result
IX B
Motion to approve all the recommendations put forth by the bylaws committee.
6
5
0
Passed
6
4
1
Passed
0
11
0
Not
Passed
9
2
0
Passed
IX C
Motion to approve support of the Millionaire’s Tax.
IX C
(2)
IX D
I.
Motion to approve collecting signatures in support of the Millionaire’s Tax.
Motion to approve $7,000 from the Student Senate Checking Account to be used for the
Metro Pass Program.
Call to Order at 3:02pm
A. Roll Call
Executive Officers
President: Charlotte Achen- Present
Treasurer: Joseph Gomez- Absent
Student Trustee: Joseph Watkins- Present
Watsonville Representative: (vacant)
Vice President: Oleksii Chuiko- Present
Legislative Representative: Gaby Avila- Present
Inter-Club Council Chair: Ivan Sumano-Vargas
Scotts Valley Representative: (vacant)
Senators-At-Large
Stephanie Petrillo- Present
Sharon O’Connor- Present
Chris Steele- Present
Sage Goncharoff- Absent
Sarah Davies- Present
Laura Hunerberg- Present
Darwin Constantino- Present
James Williams- Absent (present briefly)
Steven Culver- Present
Advisors
Sesario Escoto-Present
Flor Chacon- Present
II.
Adoption of the Agenda
3 minutes
Senator Petrillo moves to approve the agenda, and Senator Constantino seconds the motion. The agenda is passed by
a unanimous vote of 7 yeas.
III.
Approval of the Minutes
3 minutes
A. February 16th, 2012
Legislative Representative Avila moves to approve the minutes with edits, and Senator Constantino seconds
the motion. The minutes from 2.16.12 are approved with a unanimous vote of 7 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.
V.
Announcements
5 Minutes
Student Senate MINUTES 2.23.12-1
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
Laura’s birthday was Tuesday, Happy Birthday! The spots are filling up for March in March.
VI.
Special Items
A.
Millionaires Tax Presentation
Info. /Discuss.
10 Minutes
The college is going to need additional funding for next year or more cuts are going to have to take place. The
Millionaire’s Tax would raise income taxes for people who make more than 2 million dollars annually, in order to help fund
education and social services. This tax would not affect lower and middle income taxpayers. There are other proposals
that are also available to vote on, including Governor Brown’s proposal, but this is only temporary and the Millionaire’s
Tax would be ongoing. At this time, over a ½ a million signatures are needed in order to get the Millionaire’s Tax on the
ballot so that the population may vote on it. Representatives from different departments at the college were present to ask
for our support and assistance in collecting the nearly 800,000 signatures they are aiming to collect by April 5 th. Some
groups that support this already are California Calls, Courage Campaign, California Nurses Association, and Equity
Alliance, among others.
B.
Student Success Task Force Final Report Presentation
Info. / Discuss.
10 Minutes
Both the union and the faculty senate have joined together and created a joint-taskforce to look at the student success
issues taking place at the state level. The faculty wanted to bring this to the attention of the student senate, to encourage
our support. This issue has already been discussed at previous meetings, and the senate is aware of the potentially
significant changes that may take place in community colleges statewide, including mandating an educational plan. This
taskforce will be forming a position on these issues soon. In the meantime, the faculty asks the senate to continue to
inform students of the Student Success Task Force.
Legislative Representative Avila moves to take a break for 10 minutes for food, and InterClub Council Chair SumanoVargas seconds the motion. This motion is passed by a unanimous vote of 8 yeas. The meeting is called to recess for 10
The meeting is called back to order at 3:37pm from recess.
C.
Food and Beverages on Campus Presentation
Info. / Discuss.
10 Minutes
A returning student, Camille Nava, spoke to the senate about her concerns for changes to the Food and Beverage
distribution and vendors on campus. She would like to see a relocation of the college cafeteria to a more central location,
and would also like all of the vending machines removed. Camille recognizes that people are leaving campus to buy food
and beverages, and that upon doing so they are increasing our carbon footprint. She hopes that the senate will consider
looking into this. The senate does have a representative who will be present at the upcoming meeting regarding
interviewing prospective vendors for the college.
VII.
Committee Reports
3 minutes per committee
Student Activity Card committee will be in the senate office from 12:30-3pm on Monday to work on thank you notes and
other things, and Chris will be setting up regular meeting times.
SCCCC met last Friday and they are moving along rapidly to have student on campus on May 11 th. They will be making
tee shirts to make them easily recognizable. Tomorrow at 5pm there will be a meeting in the Horticulture Building. An
email has been sent out to all faculty and clubs looking for volunteers to help.
March in March is coming up! Help is needed on Monday at 5am for Non-Committee-Members to give deposits back and
direct people to their food and the bus etc. If you cannot go to the event, this would be a terrific way to help out!
Foster Youth and Services meeting will happen on February 28th to formulate what the program will look like. If you are
interested, see Joseph Watkins for more details.
Governing Board meeting happened and the board selected Margarita Cortez as the new Board of Trustee member, as
Gary Reese nominated her. (The vote was 3 yeas, 1 abstain.) The next governing board meeting will be held the first
Monday of next month. See Joseph Watkins if you are interested in attending.
PR committee will meet Friday at 1pm, to discuss March in March and Elections.
Elections committee please see Oleksii with your available meeting times.
Bylaws committee will have their next meeting the first week of March. Submit your agenda items now.
VIII.
Old Business
IX.
New Business.
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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.
A.
Appointment of New Senators
3 min. for Speech, 3 min. for Questions
1. Scotts Valley Representative
2. Watsonville Representative
3. 3 Senator-at-Large Positions
There are no applications at this time. Senator Culver and Senator Davies were sworn into the senate.
B.
Bylaws Revisions
Info. / Action
O. Chuiko
20 Minutes
This item is up for discussion and possible action regarding several Bylaws revisions.
Numerous edits to the bylaws were discussed. Due to the length of the items edited, they have been excluded from
the minutes. However, the edited items were listed in the following Articles within the ASCC Senate’s Bylaws: Article
1; Section 1, A., 2. Article 1; Section 1, A, 13. Article 1; Section 1, H., 7. Article 2; Section 1, A., 3. Article 2; Section 2,
A., 4. Article 2; Section 5, F, 2. Article 2; Section 6, F. Article 6; Section 3, A. Article 8; Section 1, D, 3. Article 9;
Section 2. Article 9; Section 6, A. Article 9; Section 7. Article 12; Section 3, A. Article 13; Section 3, A. Article 13,
Section 4, A. Trustee Watkins moves to approve all the recommendations being put forth by the bylaws committee,
and Senator Hunerberg seconds the motion. This item moves to discussion, at which time some senate members
expressed concern about voting on items not fully discussed. Senator Petrillo moves to extend time by 5 minutes,
and Inter-Club-Council Chair Sumano-Vargas seconded the motion. Time is extended by 5 minutes with a
unanimous vote of 10 yeas. All recommendations put forth by the bylaws committee were approved by a vote of 6
yeas, 5 nays.
C.
Supporting the Millionaires Tax
Info. / Action
C. Achen
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion and possible action regarding the Student Senate support of the Millionaires Tax.
It was discussed whether the senate could support this without having to collect signatures and advocating for
this. Some senators were concerned about advocating as it would be difficult to find the time to participate fully.
Legislative Representative Avila moves to divide this item by voting on supporting the Millionaires Tax and also
vote on collecting the signatures, and Senator Davies seconded this motion. This item moves into discussion, at
which time the senate discusses that supporting this without dividing the motion will imply participation to collect
signatures. The senate approves dividing this item by a vote of 7 yeas, 4 nays. The senate approves supporting the
Millionaire’s Tax by a vote of 6 yeas, 4 nays, 1 abstain. The senate does not approve collecting signatures in support
of the Millionaire’s Tax, by a unanimous decline of 11 nays.
D.
Additional Funding for the Metro Passes
Info. / Action
S. Davies
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion and possible action regarding the approval the additional $7,000.00 from the Student
Senate Checking Account for the Metro Pass Program. Previously, $19,000.00 from our checking account and
$6,000.00 from our programs account was approved for this program. Approving this action item will mean the $6,000
previously taken from our programs account will be available for other use.
Senator Steele moves to approve an additional $7,000 from the Student Senate Checking Account for the Metro
Pass Program, and Senator Davies seconded the motion. This item moves into discussion, and it is discussed that
this fund will replace itself as students purchase their passes. Senator Petrillo moves to extend time by 5 minutes
and Senator Steele seconds the motion. Time is extended by an approval of 6 yeas, 4 nays. This item is called to
question and goes to vote by an approval of 10 yeas, 1 nay. The senate approves an additional $7,000 from the
Student Senate Checking Account to be used for the Metro Pass Program, by a vote of 9 yeas, 2 nays.
E.
Recognition to an Administrative Assistant
This item has been tabled.
Information
Reports (Every other name is Bold for Easy Reading)
Executive Officers, Senators, Advisers report on Senate Activities.
A.
J. Gomez
5 Minutes
3 minutes ea.
Executive Officers
President: Charlotte Achen I am alarmed we approved the Bylaws without reading through them all. It was fun at
the MLK event.
Vice President: Oleksii Chuiko It is true we approved the Bylaws, but there is nothing wrong with it. This will teach
us to read our emails and come prepared. People may start attending bylaws committee meetings now! I commend
Joseph Watkins for moving to approve them, as there is no point to waste time on issues we already received
information on. I have attended a public hearing, and found that what they did was everyone explained why they were
voting a certain way on an item. I think this might be necessary sometimes and believe that if we have a chance to
explain why we are voting a certain way it would be a good practice for us.
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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
Treasurer: Joseph Gomez absent
Legislative Representative: Gaby Avila Thank you for helping out with the MLK event. Usually, when I handle a
committee I don’t have that many meetings, and all I do is ask for the man-help. I did not like the bylaws vote, as it is
not about whether we read the bylaws or not, it is about whether we support it or not. I do want to hear your opinion
on things. Also, I was expecting to receive the Bylaws revisions from Oleksii by Monday, and they were not emailed
out until yesterday. Saturday is the meeting at Chabot College. If no one from the senate can volunteer to help with
March in March, I will ask the clubs.
Student Trustee: Joseph Watkins Please take me off election committee so I can run for office. I liked the idea of
cafeteria renovation; I think it’s a great idea and we should bring it back on the table. I would hope we would provide
adequate flyers about the bus passes; we should also promote the loan program (emergency loan program) and we
should keep talking to the faculty about decisions that are being made on our behalf. It is important. Bylaws- please
come, please put in your input. I thought it was fine since I went through them and there wasn’t anything more than
wording things. 5:30am is the start for the March in March and it is recommended to attend if you can go. SCCC
meeting is tomorrow at 5pm in Horticulture building.
Inter-Club Council Chair: Ivan Sumano-Vargas Why the ICC bylaws weren’t in the revisions today confuses me;
we had quite a bit of discussions about it. I helped out the MLK event; it was a lot of fun. We had a lot of chicken and
had cool buttons we were handing out. The ICC meeting yesterday approved money for the Seahawk clubs to get a
lecture series going. All clubs in general are having issues with the bank; I need to meet with Sesario and Flor about
that.
Watsonville Representative: (Vacant)
Scotts Valley Representative: (Vacant)
B.
Senators-at-Large
Stephanie Petrillo I have concerns about having every item outside. Can we please put this item on the agenda?
Laura Hunerberg I would like to clarify that the SCCC meeting is about streamlining the colleges. I want to commend
Sarah; she wasn’t technically on the senate and pretty much put on this event yesterday and that was great. Sharon
and I will hopefully be in touch with you about being more involved about the Faculty Student Success Task Force
Sharon O’Connor Thanks Sarah for all your hard work and thank you Flor and Sesario for Costco trips many times
and for their continued hard work and support!
Darwin Constantino We should bring buddies more often to the meetings!
Chris Steele The Faculty Senate meets this Tuesday at 3pm in the Sesnon House. We had our first meeting and it
went really well. As I missed a few words of the motion for the Bylaws vote today, I recommend we listen carefully
and completely to the motions. But I trust the Bylaws committee does their job well and aren’t adding secret things in
there.  I will be on campus Monday from 12:30-3pm working on the SAC cards. Please come help!
James Williams
Sage Goncharoff
Steven Culver To me, we are here to make informed decisions and part of that is the person on the floor will guide
us. When you approve something without the person on the floor explaining it all; to me that is extremely
irresponsible.
Sarah Davies The MLK event was a lot of fun. Thanks to Sharon, Ivan, and Gaby for their help, among others! It was
a long day and we had great weather. The leftover chicken and cornbread was donated to the Santa Cruz Homeless
Shelter, and made many people very happy!
C.
Advisors
5 minutes ea.
Sesario Escoto Gaby and Oleksii were among others who received scholarships. You donated enough money that
20 of your constituents received a scholarship for $500, and it is much appreciated. Gaby also received an additional
$500 scholarship from CCCSAA. I didn’t see signage for your outdoor meetings to notify your constituents of what
you are doing. If you need help, let me know. I also see some senators getting sunburned. You can put the canopies
out, and should, especially for the food. The fax machine is ready to go. Jesse is waiting for you and your schedules.
This if your project so I encourage you to get this done. I also need a new roster; please send this out to your
advisors and all update email addresses and phone numbers. The metro passes do not cost you one penny and I
appreciate your support. I would like to bring back the Bus Program, and if you are interested please let me know.
The elections committee needs to turn in their timeline ASAP. The MLK event was incredibly well organized. You did
the right thing having two food-serving lines. Sharon, Joseph and Sarah were there and it went really well. The
cafeteria/vendors discussion; we are changing the food service provider. On March 2 nd, we are in interviews and
reviewing proposals. We are looking for multiple vendors, as we have not seen one vendor provide the necessary
needs for the campus. The budget committee for next year needs to get on it!
Flor Chacòn March in March is only about a week away, and we still have 22 spots left on the bus. I am not counting
anyone until they have given their deposit. Talk to your classmates! As long as the front desk is open they can sign
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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
up, pay their $5 deposit, and they will get that back at arrival. This is a week from Monday! Please fill the bus! The
MLK event was great. I appreciate everyone’s help and support. There was a lot of teamwork and a lot of on-the-spot
problem solving and you did great. We will need help with Elections too. The timeline is done. If you are not running,
please see Oleksii as we need your help!
D.
Delta Representative Report
5 minutes
XI.
Agenda Building
3 minutes
Discussion and budget review- food and beverage discussion/renovation on campus; presentation on behalf of
emergency loan program; bus pass program; brief revisiting of the schedule of the meetings; deadline is Sunday
for new items
XII.
Adjourned at 5:01pm
Student Senate Executive Meeting Agenda
(To be held after the Student Senate Meeting)
XIII.
Call to Order at 5:08pm
A. Roll Call
President: Charlotte Achen- Present
Vice President: Oleksii Chuiko- Present
Treasurer: Joseph Gomez- Absent
Trustee: Joseph Watkins- Present
Legislative Representative: Gaby Avila- Present
Scotts Valley Representative: Vacant
Watsonville Representative: Vacant
Advisors:
Flor Chacon- Present
Sesario Escoto- Present
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
Adoption of the Executive Agenda
Approval of the Executive Minutes
Regular Business
A.
Attendance from Last Meeting
Chris Steele: Absence excused by a vote of 4 yeas, 0 nays.
Sage Goncharoff: Absence unexcused by a vote of 0 yeas, 4 nays.
James Williams: Absence unexcused by a vote of 0 yeas, 4 nays.
5 Minutes
Oleksii Chuiko’ tardy was not excused by a vote of 3 yeas, 1 abstain.
Joseph Watkins’ tardy was excused by a vote of 2 yeas, 1 nay, 1 abstain.
Gaby Avila’s tardy was not excused by a vote of 1 yea, 2 nays, 1 abstain.
Sage no longer meets qualifications for the senate. He allegedly sent an email resignation but Charlotte states she
has not received it. Neither Flor nor Sesario have received a resignation email either. This is Sage’s third absence
and he has told numerous senators that he has no plans to return. Trustee Watkins moves to suspend the bylaws
that state we must discuss this at the next meeting, and Vice President Chuiko seconds the motion. By a
unanimous approval of 4 yeas, the senate suspends the bylaws to discuss Sage’s dismissal at this time. The senate
then approves the dismissal of Sage Goncharoff from the Senate by a unanimous vote of 4 yeas. There is now an
additional vacant position in the senate. The President of the senate is encouraged to review her spam email
regarding his notification.
B.
XVII.
Discussion of Meeting
30 Minutes
It was discussed that tasks will be now delegated for meeting setups for outdoor meetings. Posting on Facebook an
opening for a senate position will constitute as posting the opening online. We need to address the issue of food at
outdoor meetings to prevent issues that were present today. It was discussed having someone wearing gloves to
serve food as a concern of personal hygiene was brought up.
Advisors Reports
Sesario Escoto Stay focused on your academics; you’re doing a great job!
5 Minutes ea.
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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
Flor Chacòn Fill up the extra spaces on the bus for March in March
XVIII.
Executive Agenda Requests
Mentors were appointed for the new senators: Darwin will be mentoring Steven and Ivan will be mentoring Sarah.
Mentors will be required to come to the Executive Board meeting and present what progress has been made with the new
senators. It is important to remind everyone about the reports to be sent to Oleksii. He was advised to hold people
accountable, and to send out a reminder email. It was also advised to add into the Bylaws that mentors will be providing a
report.
XIX.
Adjournment at 5:31pm
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