El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
March 31st, 2011
Activities Center West Lounge
I. Call to Order
Meeting Called to Order at 1:03 pm – Quorum was established.
II. Roll Call – following persons signed the roll sheet
Executive Cabinet
Present:
o President: Jessica Lopez
o Vice President: Tim Linehan
o Director of Academic Affairs: Dalal Budri
o Director of Stu. & Com. Adv.: Lena Yamaguchi
o Student Trustee: Johanna Zamora
o Public Relations Officer: Nicole Reinertsen
o Region 7 Representative: Jasmine Hormati
Absent:
o Student Services: Chloe Smith(excused)
Senators by Division
Present:
o Behavioral & Social Sciences: Cindy Valdez
o Business: Kenji Tomoda
o Health Sciences & Athletics: Melina Mossberg, Sharon Asher
o Industry & Technology: Patrick Mondestin-Howard
o Mathematical Sciences: Vito Iaia, Paul Hiney
Absent:
o Behavioral & Social Sciences: Ryanchase Balthazar(excused)
Commissioners (Non-Voting)
Present: Ariel Manjarrez, Jack DeMont, Samuel Barke
Administrative Assistant
Present: Kevin Paxton
Advisers (Non-Voting)
Present: Jeannine Barba
Absent: Rebecca Cobb
Guests
Present: Vincent Bui
III. Approval of the Minutes
Jasmine Hormati stated that “cosmetology” under 5.7 was misspelled.
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Motion to approve the minutes as amended for March 10, 2011 made by Jessica
Lopez. Seconded by Paul Hiney. Motion passed.
IV. Approval of the Agenda
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Tim Linehan stated that all of item 7 should be relabeled to say 6 and that all of 6 should
be relabeled to say 5.
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Motion to approve the agenda as amended for March 31, 2011 made by Jessica
Lopez. Seconded by Cindy Valdez. Motion passed.
V. New Business
5.1 SSCCC – Jessica Lopez
 Motion to approve Jasmine Hormati, Johanna Zamora, Ariel Manjarrez,
and Jessica Lopez to attend SSCCC made by Jessica Lopez. Seconded by
Jasmine Hormati.
 Motion to amend the previous motion to vote on members attending
individually made by Jasmine Hormati. Seconded by Kenji Tomoda.
Sharon Asher voted no, Patrick Mondestin-Howard abstained.
Motion Passed.

Motion to approve Jasmine Hormati to attend SSCCC made by Jessica
Lopez. Seconded by Nicole Reinertsen.
Motion Passed.

Motion to approve Johanna Zamora to attend SSCCC made by Jessica
Lopez. Seconded by Jasmine Hormati.
Motion Passed.

Motion to approve Ariel Manjarrez to attend SSCCC made by Jessica
Lopez. Seconded by Johanna Zamora.
Vito Iaia Abstained, Motion Passed.

Motion to approve Jessica Lopez to attend SSCCC made by Jessica Lopez.
Seconded by Paul Hiney.
Counted vote 11-0-2 (11 yes, both Johanna Zamora and Jasmine Hormati
voted abstained). Motion Passed
VI. Old Business
-None
VII. Reports
7.1 ASO Member Reports
 Jasmine Hormati passed out a sign up sheet to help out with the hair donation
event.
 Jack DeMont reported that Amber Reaves, is hosting open auditions on campus
for an improvisational T.V. show. Placing people is serious situations and turning
them into lighter and funnier scenes. They are looking for people in the age range
of 18-24.
 Nicole Reinertsen reported that El Camino Police does not want ASO to support
the DUI event next week.
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Lena Yamaguchi reported that she attended a H.A.C. meeting and they wanted to
know if ASO will support it on April 17th.
7.2 ICC Reports
None
7.3 AGS Reports
Jeannine Barba reported that the deadline for AGS applications has passed. The
car wash event will take place on March 30th and their annual conference is
tomorrow in Ontario.
7.4 Committee Reports
None.
7.5 Adviser Reports
Jeannine Barba wanted to thank ASO for participating in an HTP seminar.
VIII. Public Comments
 Nicole Reinertsen and the rest of ASO thanked Jeannine Barba, and Linda Lew for their
help with the ASAAC conference.
 Johanna Zamora asked Rebekka Asher to give a follow-up report on the Mocktail for the
senate in the near future.
IX. Adjournments
 Motion to adjourn the Senate meeting at 1:19pm, made by Jessica Lopez.
Seconded by Paul Hiney. Motion passed.
Minutes Recorded by Kevin Paxton
Minutes Verified by:
_____________________________ __________________________________
Jessica Lopez, ASO President
Rebecca Cobb, ASO Adviser
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