El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
May 16, 2013
Administration Room 131
1:00pm
I.
Call to Order
 Dillan Horton called the meeting to order at 1:14pm.
II. Roll Call
Voting Members of the Senate – Present:
Dillan Horton (Chairperson), Brooke Matson, Derrick Moon, Simone Montague-Jackson, Tiffany Tran, Sarah
Hafiz, Jasmine Hormati, Alejandro Ventura, Luis Mendez, Marisa Tam (tardy), Valencia Clark (tardy), Aysha
Shaikh, Sarah Rednour (tardy), Rachel Tamashiro, Sean Borden
Voting Members of the Senate – Absent-Excused:
Kelly Ng, Emma Robertson
Voting Members of the Senate – Absent:
Nathan Wofford, Daniel Carvalho, Gustavo Garcia, Felix Chan, Priscilla Young
Advisors
Breanna von Stein
III. Approval of the Minutes
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Motion to approve the minutes of May 2nd as is made by Jasmine Hormati. Seconded by
Brooke Matson. Motion passed.
IV. Approval of the Agenda
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Motion to approve the agenda of May 16th as is made by Brooke Matson. Seconded by
Jasmine Hormati. Motion passed.
V. Old Business
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None.
VI. New Business
6.1 – AP 5055 – Brooke Matson
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There is a change in enrollment procedures for registering for classes. The biggest difference is that indistrict new students who completed their ed-plan, orientation, and saw a counselor get priority over
continuing students who are not in programs with priority registration. An argument against this is that
continuing students at El Camino should have priority because they have been attending the college longer
and have invested more time. An argument for this procedure is that the in-district new students that would
complete all their requirements in order to get the priority registration are a select 1,500 students. The
second argument for this is that these students will be taking a lot of the basic courses that continuing
students may have already taken. They want these new students to get in and out at a faster pace.
Discussion:
 Sean stated that some continuing students still need to take their GE’s and that the 1,500 in-district
students will make it hard for continuing students without priority registration to get into their classes.
 Brooke stated it is coming from the Student Success Act, which is aiming to get students in and out of
community colleges faster. This in an action taken by El Camino College and is not mandated by the
state. If you have priority registration, it is mandated by the state that you have to be sure to have an
ed-plan, declared a major within 15 units, attended orientation, etc.
 Alejandro stated that certain programs fall in different orders for priority registration and asked where
exactly the in-district new students fall under.
 Brooke stated that the in-district new students would not be ahead of the priority interest groups and
designated groups on campus. Their priority registration is after all of FYE, HTP, and ASO register.
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Aysha asked if the 100 unit limit went through.
Brooke stated that you lose your priority registration if you have 100 units unless you have a petition.
STEM majors tend to get waived. The 100 unit cap encourages students to graduate and is mandated
by the state.
Motion to take petition of support on AP 5055 made by Jasmine Hormati. Seconded by Sarah
Hafiz. Tiffany, Rachel, Marisa, and Sarah Rednour abstain. Brooke stated she will be telling
College Council that ASO was divided so there is no unanimous support. Motion passed.
6.2 – Bookstore Presentation – Simone Montague-Jackson
 Motion to postpone Item 6.2 to the next scheduled Senate meeting made by Marisa Tam.
Seconded by Simone Jackson. Motion passed.
6.3 – AB 1358 – Dillan Horton
 We are allowed to, at the very least, collect a $1 Student Representation Fee. Assembly Bill 1358
will allow for us to maintain the ability to collect a $1 Student Representation Fee for our own
use and advocacy with the state and federal capital and any other realms of advocacy. What
would allow us to collect a second dollar as far as funding and state-wide student organization is
the Student Senate for California Community Colleges. The first dollar would go to us and the
second dollar would go to SSCCC.
 Motion to support AB 1458 made by Alejandro Ventura. Seconded by Marisa Tam.
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Discussion: Aysha stated that the system does not let you pay 50 cents alone online, only in person at
the cashiers and it may be a way they want to implement 50 cents. Dillan stated that the general
understanding is that we are able to collect up to $1. Marisa asked how the additional dollar that goes
to SSCCC would be manifested. Dillan stated in the same way they would use their normal budget to
fund advocacy projects. Simone asked why they would need the extra dollar. Dillan stated that they
are not funded separated. Brooke asked if we need to give 50% of whatever we collect. Dillan stated
it is not by percent, and that it is by the dollar. If the bill passed and we had a $1 rep fee, we would be
able to maintain that rep fee indefinitely or have the opportunity to increase it to $2 and give $1 to
SSCCC.
Aysha, Simone, Jasmine, Sarah H, and Sean abstain.
Motion passed.
6.4 – Finance Items - Derrick
6.4.1 Awards
 Motion to approve $300 from AS Scholarship – Corona Account Number (71-836413) and $500
from AS Scholarship – Luthe Account Number (71-836380) for award prizes and the ASO
Banquet made by Derrick Moon. Seconded by Tiffany Tran. Motion passed.
6.4.2 Commencement Speaker
 Motion to approve $500 for the commencement speaker from AS Commencement Speaker
Account Number (71-836390) made by Derrick Moon. Seconded by Brooke Matson. Motion
passed.
VII. Reports
7.1 ASO Member Reports
 Jasmine: Her last Board meeting is on Monday. She thanked those who volunteered for Academic Awards.
Everything turned out very nice.
 Brooke: Planning Summit was last Friday. Students on the Accreditation Committees attended and it was a
great experience to know all of the hard-working people behind El Camino College. If you attended, please
fill out the survey and vote for your favorite model because it will go into the Making Decisions Document.
She thanked those who attended. There are three weeks left, and she stated good luck on finals and to “run
through the bag.”
 Marisa: One of film teachers from Compton was able to deliver flyers for a Film Festival in Compton. It
represented underrepresented filmmakers, minorities and women specifically. There will be another festival
on the 22nd at Compton.
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Simone: There is another implementation on AA transfer degree in computer science. Two classes are
becoming inactivated, and there are a number of classes being reactivated next semester. They are in
process of creating a new catalog for the Spring semester. They are creating more AAT and AST degrees.
Dillan: Our last Senate meeting will be two weeks from now. Be sure to be on time and do not leave too
early; the late start at today’s meeting was disappointing. Elections ended Tuesday. Due to outreach, we
broke our limit for last year’s election on Tuesday morning. Congratulations to those who helped
outreaching. In terms of abstentions, we have a large responsibility to represent the decisions for the
students. It is very important to vote for particular items.
7.2 ICC Reports
 Luis: Their last meeting was on Monday. They also had elections and established the new ICC President
and Vice President. ICC Banquet is May 24th.
7.3 AGS Reports
 Simone: She presented the activity fee to AGS members. They were concerned that it would be similar to
the ASB stickers, but Simone elaborated to them that it was not.
7.4 Committee Report
7.4.1 Activities Committee
 Simone stated that the banquet is tomorrow. The budget was $2000 and there is about $300 left over. The
theme is “A Night in Paris,” and please dress come nicely dressed. If there aren’t enough sign-ups for the
Students Vs Faculty Football, the event will be cancelled. Pens and stress balls will be donated for Finals
Madness. Blue books and scantrons may be available for students. Snacks will be purchased as well. They
are thinking of having a Finals Madness breakfast from Monday to Thursday from 8am – 10am. More
tutors are needed.
7.4.2 Fundraising Committee
 None.
7.4.3 Policy Committee
 Dillan stated that their last meeting is next Wednesday. There will be many policy changes that will result
from the elections, and the bulk of those new procedures and policies will be on the next Senate meeting’s
agenda.
7.4.5 Public Relations Committee
 Tiffany stated they will be meeting next week.
7.4.6 Sustainability Committee
 Dillan stated that Bike to ECC Day was today. Clif bars and bike goodies were given out to those who
biked to campus. They had a Green Bag Lunch on Tuesday. Jasmine stated they will be having another
Green Bag Lunch May 23rd. Their last meeting is tomorrow.
7.5 Adviser Reports
7.5.1 Rebecca Cobb
7.5.2 Breanna von Stein
 Great job to those who volunteered at Academic Awards. She thanked Brooke, Jasmine and Sarah for
coordinating the whole event, and they did a really great job. They are posting the election results
tomorrow. It will be announced at banquet as well.
VIII.
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Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
None.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:52pm made by Jasmine Hormati. Seconded by Aysha
Shaikh. Meeting is adjourned.
IX.
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Brooke Matson, ASO President
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Breanna von Stein, ASO Adviser