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: 20
Votes needed for simple
majority vote: 50% + 1 = 11
Votes needed for 2/3 majority: 13
Location:
Aptos Campus
6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, CA
SAC East, Room 225
Date and Time:
Thursday, December 1st 2011
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Student Senate Minutes
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cabrillo College Student Senate held a meeting on Thursday, December 1st, 2011. These are
the minutes reflective of that meeting.
Item
IX A
Item
Motion
Motion to approve $500 from the programs account to support the reusable bag initiative
being started by the bookstore to sell reusable bags at a discounted rate, with the senate
logo on the bags
Motion
IX B
Yeas
Nays
Abstains
Result
11
6
0
Passed
Yeas
Nays
Abstains
Result
17
0
0
Passed
Yeas
Nays
Abstains
Result
14
2
0
Passed
Yeas
Nays
Abstains
Result
17
0
0
Passed
Yeas
Nays
Abstains
Result
12
3
2
Passed
Motion to approve $500 from the 73 account so that supplies such as a printer, pencil
sharpener and electronic stapler can be purchased for the Scotts Valley Center
Item
Motion
XB
Motion to approve $1000 from the Lecture Series account to fund the Social Justice
Conference
Item
Motion
XC
Motion to approve the support the adoption of a resolution that commits us to not only fund,
but also be a part of the Social Justice Conference
Item
Motion
XD
Motion to approve $80 from the 73 account to pay for the replacement of the power cable
used to charge the SAC Cart
Student Senate MINUTES(12.1.11)-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
I.
Call to Order
A. Roll Call
Executive Officers
Vice President: Oleksii Chuiko-Present
Treasurer: Joseph Gomez-Present
Legislative Representative: Gaby Avila-Present
ICC Chair: Ivan Sumano-Vargas-Present
President: Charlotte Achen-Present
Trustee: Joseph Watkins-Absent
Watsonville Representative: Joshua Riparetti-Present
Scotts Valley Representative:Stephen Venegas-Tardy
Senators-At-Large
Stephanie Petrillo-Present
Sharon O’Connor-Present
Arthur O’Reilly-Present
Chris Steele-Present
Sage Goncharoff- Present
Laura Hunerberg- Present
Kathybelle Barlow-Present
Darwin Constantino-Present
Jennifer Venegas-Tardy
Jesse Collins-Present
James Williams-Absent
Summer Maiorino- Present
Advisors
Sesario Escoto-Present
Flor Chacon- Absent
II.
Positive Mindset Exercise
III.
Adoption of the Agenda
3 minutes
Old business items C & D are tabled. New business item E is tabled. New business items F & G are scratched.
The agenda is approved.
2 Minutes
IV.
Approval of the Minutes
A. November 17th, 2011
The minutes are approved
V.
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.
VI.
Announcements
5 Minutes
A sheet went around for senators to select their available times to meet in the spring semester. The options are to start
the meeting at 2:30 or at 3pm. Each senator is asked to select each time they are available for.
The most recent bylaws are in the senators mailboxes.
The holiday party for the senate is December 16th at 3pm. We will be playing Secret Santa and it will not be a mandatory
meeting. It was discussed whether a white elephant game would be preferred over Secret Santa. This item will be
discussed later in the meetings. If you are coming to this party, it is a potluck, so please write down on the sheet coming
around the room what you will be bringing.
Thank you to all those who helped at the Thanksgiving dinner.
The next Senate meeting is in Watsonville and will start at 3:30pm.
February 2 is the first meeting of the spring semester.
If the lights go out there will still be a meeting.
Happy Birthday Jesse!
3 minutes
Vice President Chuiko moves to change the order of the day by moving item B of New business to before item A. This is
seconded and unanimously approved.
VII.
Special Items
VIII.
Committee Reports
3 minutes per committee
Joseph Gomez: Thank you to the Thanksgiving helpers. Thank you to Sam!
Chris Steele: SAC committee now has 6 new contracts. Thanks to Carter who went out and collected some more! Now
we are almost up to 50. Once we get to 50, we will put out a new booklet like we did last year.
Darwin Constantino: I filled in for Arthur at the Faculty Senate meeting. I recommend reading the book Invisible Man as
it sounds interesting. There will not be a book buyback in Watsonville in the Spring, so those students will have to come to
Aptos to sell their books back. The Student Success Taskforce will be looked into more, and Brian King wanted a
committee to be formed so it has been done. Volunteers from the faculty and the student body are needed.
Sharon O’Connor: The food committee met and the cafeteria will be open until 7pm. There is controversy about Cup-OfNoodles being served as they are in Styrofoam containers. There will be a survey to get feedback on this. If you haven’t
tried the new chef, it is recommended that you do.
Student Senate MINUTES(12.1.11)-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
Laura Hunerberg: The furniture committee got a sample chair that is in the lobby near the tree. Please try it out and give
your feedback on the chair.
IX.
X.
Old Business
A.
Reusable Bag Initiative
Info. / Action
G. Avila
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $500.00 from the ____ Account to support
the reusable bag initiative being started by the bookstore to sell reusable bags at a discounted rate, with the senate
logo on the bags.
Gaby has already shown us the mock-up bag that holds 4-5 large textbooks. It costs $1.59 per bag if we purchase
1000 bags or less, and there is also a logo charge of $92. Shipping should be less than $75 but we don’t have an
accurate amount because we don’t yet know how many bags we will be ordering. Legislative Representative Avila
moves to approve $500 from the programs account to support the reusable bag initiative being started by the
bookstore to sell reusable bags at a discounted rate, with the senate logo on the bags, and Senator Barlow seconds
the motion and it moves to discussion. These will be in circulation for the spring semester and if we run out we can
decide if we would like to purchase more or not. Some people believe there are better things for us to be spending
our money on. This item goes to vote and is approved by a vote of 11 yeas, 6 nay, 0 abstain.
B.
Supplies for Scotts Valley
Info. / Action
S. Venegas
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $500.00 from the ____ Account so that
supplies such as a printer, pencil sharpener and electronic stapler can be purchased for the Scotts Valley Center.
Stephan went online and found an electric sharpener and all-in-one printer for roughly $169. There is no shipping
charges. Scotts Valley Representative Venegas moves to approve $230 from the 73 account so that supplies such as
a printer, pencil sharpener and electronic stapler can be purchased for the Scotts Valley Center, and Watsonville
Representative Riparetti seconds the motion and it moves to discussion. It was discussed about the tech department
only being available for support for some types of printers and that we need to verify the one we are purchasing has
tech support available. It was spoken about purchasing industrial strength machines since this is a school and many
people will be using them. Senator Barlow moves to amend the motion up to $500 to cover costs of a more expensive
printer, and the amendment is unanimously approved. Approving $500 from the 73 account so that supplies such as
a printer, pencil sharpener and electronic stapler can be purchased for the Scotts Valley Center goes to vote and is
approved unanimously.
C.
SSCCC Presentation
Info. / Discuss.
G. Avila
This item is up for discussion regarding the Student Senate for California Community Colleges.
This item has been tabled
D.
Survival Barrels for Wats. & S.V. Campuses
Info. / Action
J. Riparetti
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of up to $1,000.00 from the ___Account to
purchase survival barrels and their contents for the Watsonville and Scotts Valley campuses.
This item has been tabled
5 Minutes
New Business.
A.
Signage for Perimeter Road
Info. / Discuss.
A. Chuiko
5 Minutes
This item is to discuss and make a recommendation to the maintenance and facilities concerning the signage for the
permit required parking on the west side of Aptos campus within the 300 yards off the Soquel intersection.
A student guest, Ian, spoke to the Senate on behalf of students who are frustrated that there is not appropriate
signage to notify people that parking on the perimeter road requires a permit. The signage is only available to view
coming from one direction, and it has caused many people to receive tickets when they didn’t realize they were
illegally parking since the signs are not visible from all directions. By suggestion of Vice President Chuiko, the senate
had a majority approval rate of supporting this. Vice President Chuiko will bring this up at the meeting tomorrow
morning.
B.
Additional Funding for Social Justice Conference
Info. / Action
L. Hunerberg
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $1,000.00 from the ____ Account to fund
the Social Justice Conference.
We have already had this issue presented at past meetings. The group requests an additional $1000 to help fund this
conference. Vice President Chuiko moves to approve $1000 from the Lecture Series account to fund the Social
Justice Conference and ICC Chair Sumano-Vargas seconds the motion and it moves to discussion. This event will
take place at the Aptos campus on a Saturday. This goes to vote and is approved by a vote of 14 yeas, 2 nays.
C.
Social Justice Conference Resolution
Info. / Action
C. Achen
5 Minutes
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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
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the adoption of a resolution that commits us to not only fund,
but also be a part of the Social Justice Conference.
This is just to have in writing the support from the Senate for documentation purposes so the Social Justice
Conference can list the Senate support on their website. Students are needed to speak at this event so please see
Janice if you may be interested. This is an action item and will require a motion to approve the resolution. Senator
Goncharoff moves to approve the support the adoption of a resolution that commits us to not only fund, but also be a
part of the Social Justice Conference, and Senator Petrillo seconds this item, and it is approved unanimously.
D.
Cart Cable
Info. / Action
F. Chacòn
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $80.00 from the____ Account to pay for the
replacement of the power cable used to charge the SAC Cart. This cable has already been replaced, but we still need
to pay for it.
This item has already been repaired but it needs to be paid for. We can pay the bill and then the gym will owe us the
money. Senator Barlow moves to approve $80 from the 73 account to pay for the replacement of the power cable
used to charge the SAC Cart, and Treasurer Gomez seconds the motion and it moves to discussion. It was discussed
whether we could just gift this item to the gym, and also was discussed whether there was a reason the gym had not
paid the bill to begin with. This item is called to question and unanimously is approved to go to vote. This item is
passed by a vote of 12 yeas, 3 nays, 2 abstain.
E.
Override System for SAC East
Info. / Action
L. Hunerberg
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding the approval of $5,000.00 from the ___Account to purchase
an override system for SAC East that will lock down the doors in the case that there is a lockdown, or code- red
lockdown at Cabrillo.
This item has been tabled
F.
Purchasing Sustainable Popcorn & Oil
Info. / Action
C. Maiorino
5 Minutes
This item is up for discussion / possible action regarding requiring that any popcorn and oil purchased for the popcorn
machine will be sustainable.
This item has been removed from the agenda
G. Thanksgiving Discussion
Info. / Discuss.
This item is up for discussion regarding how the thanksgiving event went.
This item has been removed from the agenda
XI.
Reports (Every other name is Bold for Easy Reading)
Executive Officers, Senators, Advisers report on Senate Activities.
J. Gomez
10 Minutes
3 minutes ea.
A.
Executive Officers
President: Charlotte Achen-Communicate more effectively; if you have a problem with someone you need to
discuss it with that person. Thank you for what you do. I am looking forward to the holiday party.
Vice President: Oleksii Chuiko- Go to Teacher/Staff Appreciation dinner tonight! I think we shouldn’t tell people to
shut up and wait when they are talking if they are public; just let them talk if they already started. Let’s not keep
bringing items to the agenda and then continuously tabling them.
Treasurer: Jospeh Gomez- no report
Legislative Representative: Gaby Avila- Remember that if we shut an idea/approval down, the groups may find
other ways to get their funding; that’s what happened with the plastic bag initiative that we shut down. The group then
received the $400 from the ICC to buy the plastic bags from the bookstore. Thank you for approving the reusable
bags. As for the Secret Santa- I feel like I was forced into this and I like the idea of a White Elephant grab-bag game
better. I am not okay with someone just picking things for me and think we should vote on this and discuss it as a
group.
Student Trustee: Joseph Watkins- absent
Inter-Club Council Chair: Ivan Sumano-Vargas- Sustainbility wants to do a media event. We had another new club
join but they will have to be recharted next semester since this semester is almost over. Next week is the last ICC
meeting of the semester.
Watsonville Representative: Joshua Riparetti- no report
Scotts Valley Representative: Stephan Venegas- requested clarification about the popcorn machine item
B.
Senators-at-Large
Stephanie Petrillo- There is not really anything we can do about the limit on taking a class 3 times, and I am in
support of it, as this helps push people through the community college sooner.
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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
Jennifer Venegas- no report
Sharon O’Connor- How many people bring their piggies to class? How many people would feel comfortable asking
their teachers to offer extra credit for people who bring in food or donations? There is a meeting tomorrow at 11:30 if
anyone would like to come.
Arthur O’Reilly- no report
Kathybelle Barlow- I have not been here much lately as I have been sick but I missed you all and thank you so
much!
Darwin Constantino- Steve Hodges is moving on from the Chair for the Faculty. Thanksgiving dinner was so fun!
Chris Steele- I went to the art gallery a few weeks ago; they are having a “Life Without Art’ showing and I encourage
you all to go visit it and see the message that appears within the dried rose leaves on one of the diplays. Show your
support for the arts! Finals are coming up! Buckle down!
Jesse Collins- Reminder to use your Pino Alto gift cards! Maybe we can do something together. I like the white
elephant idea too and think it would be a good idea to stay after adjournment and do a quick vote on it.
Sage Goncharoff- Outdoor Club is going on a hike and hunt for mushrooms tomorrow at 10am and we will meet at
Sweets in the Nude. Next week we are having an Eagle Rock Climbing Gym day next Saturday in Seabright. It is $21
if you have your SAC card. Also, we have a winter ski trip coming up in January, which is $200.Talk to me for more
information!
James Williams- absent
Laura Hunerberg- Go try the chair!
Cynthia Maiorino “Summer”- Thanksgiving was enjoyable and a lot of fun. If you are planning on attending Occupy
Cabrillo movie night tonight, it has been cancelled as we will all be going to the old Wells Fargo downtown at River
Street and Water Street that the Occupy Santa Cruz people took over. We are looking to try to unite with Occupy
Santa Cruz and Occupy UCSC.
C.
XII.
Advisors
5 minutes ea.
Sesario Escoto- Thanksgiving dinner- I was impressed with how many were served; the lines were really long! We
should have debriefing notes for the chair next year. The annual league in Sacremento is coming up and I need to
know who is going. The Cabrillo food pantry you helped cosponsor opens a week from tomorrow and we need
volunteers to work it! We have had glitches of people trying to use the technology in this meeting room and should
consider adding a permanenet laptop and lock and key; maybe use the 73 account to do this. Also, remember the
Vice President would not like all-Cabrillo emails to be sent out so please turn things in ahead of time and use the allschool-newsletter. You should try to refrain from allowing clubs to make loans to other clubs. If you have feelings on
this, let me know. For the Social Justice Conference, you are being very generous and supportive so I hope that
means you will have a strong presence there. Support it by helping on that day or making a presentation. It’s the
home stretch for finals; study hard and do well and make that your priority!
Flor Chacòn- absent
Agenda Building
3 minutes
Already tabled items; allied health; goals review; stroke and disability centers honors day; welcome week
XIII.
Adjournment
***it was decided that White Elephant would be used at the holiday party instead of Secret Santa***
4:14 pm
Student Senate Executive Meeting Minutes
XIV.
Call to Order at 4:25pm
A. Roll Call
Executive Officers
President: Charlotte Achen- Present
Vice President: Oleksii Chuiko- Absent
Treasurer: Joseph Gomez- Present
Trustee: Joseph Watkins- Absent
Legislative Representative: Gaby Avila- Present
Watsonville Representative: Joshua Riparetti- Present
ICC Chair: Ivan Sumano-Vargas- Present
Scotts Valley Representative: Stephan Venegas- Present
Advisors
Sesario-Present
Flor-Absent
XV.
XVI.
Adoption of the Executive Agenda
Approval of the Executive Minutes
Student Senate MINUTES(12.1.11)-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
XVII.
Regular Business
A.
Attendance from Last Three Meetings
November 3rd attendance excusals:
Gaby Avila: 3 yeas, 1 nay- APPROVED
Cynthia “Summer” Maorini: 1 yea, 3 nay- NOT APPROVED
10 Minutes
November 10th attendance excusals:
Jennifer Venegas: 6 yeas- APPROVED
Chris Steele: 5 yeas- APPROVED
Ivan Sumano-Vargas: 5 yeas- APPROVED
Stephan Venegas: 3 yeas, 2 nays- APPROVED
Jesse Collins: 4 yeas- APPROVED
Stephanie Petrillo: 5 yeas- APPROVED
November 17th attendance excusals:
Jennifer Venegas: 5 yeas- APPROVED
Stephan Venegas: 5 yeas- APPROVED
B.
Discussion of Meeting
30 Minutes
The meeting was good and went by fast. There was confusion between announcements and reports, and President
Achen defines announcements as things all senators needed to know, that wasn’t things included in her report. It was
brought up to discuss the Thanksgiving dinner however this item was removed from the earlier agenda so it was not
discussed in this meeting. President Achen advised the board that the reason this was not on the agenda was
because there did not need to be alarm brought to the individual this was affecting. Legislative Representative Avila
stated that if we were going to put allegations against someone, that the person should have the right to know ahead
of time so they would be able to defend themselves. This discussion was then ended.
XVIII.
Advisors Reports
5 Minutes ea.
Sesario Escoto: You had an item called “Thanksgiving Dinner” on your agenda and you chose to take it off. My advice
was to speak directly to this person. Why hasn’t this happened already? This is a public meeting; senators that have
concerns with other senators should discuss it with their advisors and also speak directly with that person.
Flor Chacòn: absent
XIX.
Executive Agenda Requests
Adjourned at 4:38pm
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