ASCC Agenda
3:30 PM, Student Senate Chambers, SAC East
20th December, 2007
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I.
II.
ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS
1.
Call to Order/Roll call
Voting members:
Voting members needed for quorum (1/2 +1):
Votes needed to pass budgets/bylaws (2/3):
2.
Approval of the Minutes (Benjamin/Elowyn)
Approval of the Agenda (Katie/Ian)
3:31
18
10
12
PUBLIC COMMENTS
5 Minutes
This portion of the meeting is reserved for those wishing to address the Student
Senate on any matter. No action will be taken. If needed, the item will be placed
on the agenda of a future
meeting.
III.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION—SECRET SANTA GIFTS!!!!!
10 Minutes
IV.
PRESIDENT MARKO’S REPORT
 Thanked Sen. Barak for his leadership.
 Thanked Lisette for doing a great job.
 Thanked Ian—who he couldn’t have done his job without.
10 Minutes
V.
SPRING SEMESTER COMMITMENT FOR SENATE MEMBERS 1 Minute
VI.
INFO/ACTION
5 Minutes
1. Sen. Rebeca—Info. Regarding Social Justice
Rebeca introduced Adela Najarro to senators. From handout entitled “Second
Annual Social Justice Conference 2008—Student Senate Appeal for
Funding”—The Steering Committee requests $1050 to fund a student
centered conference…spring 2008. The funds requested will be used to
cover costs as outlined in the enclosed budget. This conference is already
scheduled with the date set and rooms allocated…keynote speaker, Ms.
Banafsheh Akhalghi, Attorney at Law: National Legal Sanctuary for
Community Advancement. The main goal of this conference is to create a
forum where Cabrillo College students can present their original work and
artistic endeavors.
2. VP Ian and Sen. Ben—voting on even more new bylaws.
3. Sen. Katie—$2000 from programs for Spring welcome Week.
Katie would like the next welcome week to be a peace rally. She has spoken
with local activitist groups like Grannies for Peace and Code Pink.
Benjamin—good idea to make welcome week something more than simply
welcoming students. Eric—if the student senate funds this, basically it is
making a political statement. I think this could be made into two events. Ian—
Prop 92 directly affects students, this rally isn’t community college specific.
Elowyn—we are students, we are not administrators—we are allowed to
demonstrate and to express our views. Benjamin—institutions that are not
directly affected by things take roles. Steven—is there an established
meeting time and place for the committee. Katie—there will be lots of
meetings during wintersession. Sesario—the motion is for funding activities
for welcome week—wording is fine—maybe consider tours of complex.
Martin Luther King Day is close to the date. Barak—liked the idea—think it
would be more powerful if few issues are addressed instead of many. He
suggested that Katie focus on a few ideas. Be careful about sounding
preachy.
(Ryan/Lisette) 18/0 Approved.
4. Leg. Ryan—Augmentation of Annual League conference budget—
additional $500 from Student rep.
(18/0) Approved.
5. Sen. Timmie—$1500 from Student Center to build wall for bike co op.
President’s cabinet decided that space will not be granted. Bike co op may be
allocated space in fall when space planners arrive. Sesario—cabinet decided
that in fairness to other departments who wanted space, they wouldn’t give
the students the space at this time. Ian—if the only reason for not giving
students space is the future allocation. Marko—doesn’t think that the
cabinet’s choice was the real reason. Timmie—former senate office was
made a temporary space—our request is also for the cafeteria space as
temporary. Eric—perhaps it wouldn’t be a prudent use of funds to buy tools if
the bike co op only lasted a month. Marko—part of Taher’s contract was that
they would receive the student café space. Timmie—I don’t think this is an
act of good faith. He hasn’t received responses to messages. The choice was
made at the end of the semester. Barak, Will, Ian and Timmie spoke with
Pres. King about reasons for not releasing space. 1. Liability issues. 2. Would
the senate leave after space allocation? 3. Could the bike co op be
sustainable? Ian—this isn’t about this semester, or waiting about this or that.
The cabinet considers this bike co op a risk. It’s best for the senate to receive
the space temporarily instead of permanently. There’s a greater risk now.
Jon—where are we going to go if we get pushed out of space?
Jon—it doesn’t make sense to approve something that won’t be going
through anytime soon. Benjamin—it doesn’t hurt us to approve it, it hurts us
not to approve it.
Dr. May Chen is 100% behind the bike co op. She would like the cabinet to
look into insurance information about bike co op. She wants to make sure
that the cafeteria location is secure for the co op. Timmie—I am hearing the
president’s cabinet is worried about liability. Timmie—was sure that the
senate would know during the last week of the semester the go ahead or not.
The decisions not made, it’s being fought for. President’s cabinet is looking
into security and safety of location. The SAC building has been insured,
secured and okayed.
Ian—do you have any advice on how we can improve our communications?
Dr. Chen—happy to receive minutes. Sesario—the students are most
concerned with the timeline.
(Barak/Elowyn) 18/1 Approved.
6. Pres. Marko—$13,000 From Student Center for soft seating in SAC east.
Benjamin—do the love seats or sofas have any weird dividors that would
make them uncomfortable? Sesario—Marko repeatedly reminded senators if
anyone wanted to help select the furniture. Ian—there must be some sort of
middle ground. Katie—there was a committee—if you were concerned with
the price—then you should have been there.
(Rebeca/Katie) 16/2 Approved.
7. Ruth—Compost program
Couple years ago, a small bin was used, but it was stolen. Angel—spoke with
head chef and director of culinary arts. Both are backing the compost idea for
sustainability.
8. By-laws
Sesario—over the years, the vice president hasn’t had anything to do. What
does the vice president do? The president doesn’t always rely the vice
president to substitute for him during meetings. Elowyn—thinks it’s important
to have as many points in the chain as possible. We want the ICC chair to be
someone who represents the clubs. Jon—the responsibilities of all these
positions go beyond what the by-laws say. Marko—would feel comfortable if
any senator substituted for him. Benjamin—the constitution and bylaws
committee has met about this issue many times. Ian—this isn’t coming from
personal experience as vice president—feels passionately about the change--has observed that the ICC progressed—the most important thing for that
position is someone who can chair meetings.
First vote: merging of the ICC chair and VP position
(Katie/Timmie)
Second vote: Early departure should be defined as leaving the meeting more
than 10 minutes prior.
(Timmie/Benjamin) 4/8 Not approved.
Grammatical change to Scott’s Valley representative.
(Katie/Elowyn) 13/0
VII.
EVENT UPDATES/REVIEW
5 Minutes
1. Second Harvest—Jon and Ian—today’s totals $$
2. MLK day—Steven
X.
ADVISOR REPORTS
6 Minutes
XI.
AGENDA BUILDING
XII.
ADJOURNMENT
5:28pm
XIII.
EXECUTIVE MEETING
6:05- 7:00pm