El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
October 13, 2011
Activities Center West Lounge
I. Call to Order
Meeting Called to Order at 1:00 pm – Quorum was established.
II. Roll Call – following persons signed the roll sheet
Executive Cabinet
Present:
o President: Rebekka Asher
o Vice President: Jasmine Hormati
o Director of Finance: Kenji Tomoda
o Student Services: Jack DeMont
Absent:
o Director of Academic Affairs: Cindy Valdez
o Director of Stu. & Com. Adv.: Vincent Bui
o Student Trustee: Josh Casper
o Public Relations Officer: Melina Mossberg
o Region 7 Representative: Erick J. Hernandez
Senators by Division
Present:
o Behavioral & Social Sciences: Lena Yamaguchi
o Business: Brain Song, Brooke Matson
o Fine Arts: Nestor Rogel
o Health Sciences & Athletics: Dillan Hoston, Janelle Miller
o Humanities: Daniela Messarina, Nathan Wofford
o Industry & Technology: Patrick Mondestin-Howard
o Mathematical Sciences: Andre Portilla
o Natural Sciences: Azucena Valadez, Nicholas Mitchell
Absent:
o Behavioral & Social Sciences: Brian Park
o Fine Arts: Grace Haynes
o Natural Sciences: Nicholas Mitchell
o
Commissioners (Non-Voting)
Present: Mark Zelayaran,
Administrative Assistant (Non-Voting)
Present: Kevin Paxton
Student At Large (Non-Voting)
Present: Sharon Asher
Advisers (Non-Voting)
Present: Breanna Anderson
Absent: Rebecca Cobb
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Guests
Present: Zachary Inouye, Sato Nagaw, Alfred W. Terry
III. Approval of the Minutes
Rebekka Asher stated that the minutes from the last meeting will not be approved until
the next meeting
IV. Approval of the Agenda
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Motion to approve the agenda for October 13, 2011 as is made by Rebekka
Asher. Seconded by Brooke Matson. Motion passed.
V. New Business
5.1 Ban on Smoking – Rebekka Asher
Rebekka Asher stated that during our last Senate meeting, a an accidental miscount
occurred. The vote to ban smoking was a tie that was not broken and therefore needs
to be re-voted on today. Rebekka Asher said that the survey taken on campus showed
that out of 534 students 64% want smoking banned, and 36% want it not banned; she
stated that it was a majority.
 Motion to have ASO support the Ban on Smoking made by Rebekka Asher.
Seconded by Dillan Horton.
Discussion:
o Nestor Rogel stated that he thinks it is we are going against the rights of the students
and that he believes ECC should have designated smoking areas. Nestor also stated
that simply because the “majority” wants smoking banned does not mean it is right;
there have been many times in the past where the majority wanted to vote a certain
way but it was not the right thing to do.
o Brooke Matson believed that the majority vote was not large enough, also that the
survey itself was not large enough to support the ban on smoking. Brooke too wants
designated smoking areas.
o Dillan Horton stated that the survey showed a big majority, 2/3’s is a large majority.
Dillan said that 2/3’s vote for any government is a majority and ASO should go with
the survey.
o Patrick Mondestin-Howard said the reason the survey wasn’t large was because the
ASO only had 3 days.
Jasmine Hormati called a roll call vote
 Yes vote: Rebekka Asher, Jack DeMont, Lena Yamaguchi, Dillan Horton, Janelle
Miller, Nathan Woffard, Azucena Valadez.
 No Vote: Kenji Tomoda, Brooke Matson, Brain Song, Nestor Rogel, Daniela
Messarina, Andre Portilla
 Abstain: Patrick Mondestin Howard
(7 Yes, 6 No, 1 abstain)
Motion Passed.
VI. Old Business
-None
VII. Reports
7.1 ASO Member Reports
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Brian Song reported that he had his division meeting on Tuesday
Brooke Matson reported that the new math building is scheduled to be operational
fall 2012.
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Patrick Mondestin-Howard reported that career and transfer fair is 1-3pm next
Wednesday and they want 5 ASO members to help

Rebekka Asher said not to be upset at how the smoking ban vote was taken. Also
to not become upset at other members for the way they voted.
7.2 ICC Reports
-None
7.3 AGS Reports
-None
7.4 Committee Reports
7.4.1 Activities Committee: -None
7.4.2 Fundraising Committee: -None
7.4.3 Policy Committee: -None
7.4.4 Sustainability Committee: Jasmine Hormati reported that their first meeting
will be held tomorrow at 12pm inside the ASO’s Executive Cabinet room.
7.5 Adviser Reports
7.5.1 Rebecca Cobb: Absent
7.5.2 Breanna Anderson: -None
VIII. Public Comments
-None
IX. Adjournments
 Motion to adjourn the Senate meeting at 1:11pm, made Rebekka Asher.
Seconded by Lena Yamaguchi.
Motion passed.
Minutes Recorded by Kevin Paxton
Minutes Verified by:
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Rebekka Asher, ASO President
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Breanna Anderson, ASO Adviser
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