El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
December 17, 2009
1:00 pm
Activities Center West Conference Room
I.
Call to order
Vice President Jose Iglesias called the meeting to order at 1:07pm
II. Roll Call (by sign in)
 Executive Cabinet
Present: Josh Casper, Jose Iglesias, Ana Safazada, Jessica Lopez, Elizabeth Mercado, Lisa
Sue Brown, Walter Mendez, Breeanna Bond, Philip Stokes
 Senators
Present: Begona Guereca, Kevin Isomoto, Erika Maldonado, Timothy Johnson, Johanna
Zamora
Not Present: Anthony Nguyen, Liz Valencia (excused), John Linehan (excused), Heather
Roberts, Paul Hiney, Brenda Kaing (excused), Ashley Smith (excused), Kirstin Nguyen,
Mark Rehbein, Edmond Abdou (excused), Michael Shodiya (excused)
 Justices (Non-voting)
Present: Karla Villasenor, Danielle Parsons, Hashim Tyler
 Appointees and Commissioners (Non-voting)
Present: Christopher Pham, Meg Panlaqui, Raven Sevilleja, Genesis Flores
Not Present: Samantha Glunt, Lucy Rivera, Tim Linehan (excused)
 Administrative Assistant (Non-Voting)
Not Present: Jeethu Joseph (excused)
 Advisers (Non-Voting)
Present: Harold Tyler, Janice Watanabe
III. Approval of Minutes
 Minutes of December 3, 2009 were approved without objection.
IV. Approval of Agenda
 Agenda of December 17, 2009 was approved without objection.
V. New Business
5.1 Appointments and Removals – Josh Casper
 Commissioner of Fundraising Committee Appointment
Josh Casper announced two appointments to be made. The first was for the position
of Commissioner of Fundraising Committee to be filled by Meg Panlaqui. Josh
introduced Meg to the Senate talking about her qualifications. As a commissioner,
Meg will be a voting member in the Fundraising Committee but not in the Senate.
 Motion to approve Meg Panlaqui as the Commissioner of Fundraising. Moved by
Josh Casper, Seconded by Ana Safazada.
o The Senate was then given a chance to ask questions to Meg Panlaqui.
Motion Passed.
 Director of Finance Appointment
The next appointment made by Josh Casper was that of the position of Director of
Finance to be filled by Jessica Lopez, the current Commissioner of Finance. Josh
informed the Senate that Jessica has been receiving high compliments for her work as
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the current Commissioner of Finance and how she would now be chairing the Finance
Committee if moved to Director of Finance.
Motion to approve Jessica Lopez as the Director of Finance. Moved by Josh Casper,
Seconded by Begona Guereca.
o The Senate was then given a chance to ask questions to Jessica Lopez.
Motion Passed.
Jose Iglesias introduced the new Student Trustee, Lisa Sue Brown.
5.2 Finance Items
 Approval of Transfer of Funds
Josh Casper informed the Senate that the Finance Committee approved the transfer
of $500 from the Rep Fee Technology account (72-56422-00-836115-7670) to the Rep
Fee Advocacy account (72-55714-00-836115-7670) to be used for ASO apparel as
designed by the PR Committee.
 Motion to approve transferring $500 from the Rep Fee Technology account (7256422-00-836115-7670) to the Rep Fee Advocacy account (72-55714-00-8361157670). Moved by Josh Casper, Seconded by Begona Guereca.
o There was an inquiry as to why the money couldn’t be allocated directly to
the PR account in which Josh Casper replied that money from the Rep Fee
Technology account could not be moved to the PR account due to the
different account numbers and type.
Motion Passed.
 Approval of Purchase of ASO Apparel
Motion to approve up to $500 for the purchase of ASO apparel from the Rep Fee
Advocacy account (72-55714-00-836115-7670). Moved by Josh Casper, Seconded by
Walter Mendez.
o Walter Mendes informed the Senate that shirt designs will be voted on by the
Senate once the PR committee has that available. Walter also stated that
ideally the shirts will be in school colors.
Motion Passed.
VI. Old Business
6.1 ASO Info Table
 To keep students informed about what ASO is doing, Josh Casper would like to start
having an information table out on campus headed by Christopher Pham and Meg
Panlaqui.
 Motion to approve Christopher Pham and Meg Panlaqui to head up the ASO
information Table Committee. Moved by Josh Casper, Seconded by Walter Mendez.
Motion passed.
6.2 Academic Awards
 Josh Casper explained that every year ASO holds the Academic Awards in Marsee
Auditorium and the event is directed and planned by students working with
administrators. With the amount of planning that is involved, there is a need to form
an Academic Awards Planning Committee.
 Begona Guereca nominated Danielle Parsons seconded by Josh Casper
 Christopher Pham nominated Raven Sevilleja seconded by Ana Safazada.
 Motion to approve the forming of the Academic Awards committee co-chaired by
Raven Sevilleja and Danielle Parsons. Moved by Josh Casper, Seconded by Ana
Safazada. Motion passed.
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VII. Reports
7.1 ASO Members Reports
 Academic Affairs - Ana Safazada
o Ana Safazada attended the Academic Senate meeting and reported the
following:
 El Camino is applying for eligibility to have the Compton Center become
an accredited college on their own.
 El Camino’s First Year Experience program is one of the top academic
programs in the State. First Year Experience earned the top honorable
mention ( Project Success was the only other program to have won in
1991)
 Fee Payment Program is in effect and students are currently being
dropped for non-payment. As of December 15th, 998 student were being
dropped from their classes due to non-payment. The Fee Payment
program has no accommodations for faculty mistakes.
 ICC was recognized for putting together a very successful Children Holiday
Party. Dr. Vakil praised ICC for being productive in putting together a
great event for underprivileged children. Ana congratulated Chris Pham
for chairing the event.
 President – Josh Casper
o In addition to the 4 college VP’s, the administration has created a fifth VP for
the Compton Center. Barbara Perez is the new VP working alongside the
Special Trustee and Dr. Fallo.
o Winter session there will be more H1N1 shots given by the Health Services
Center in the ASO Office – approx. date is Jan 25th.
 Region 7 Representative – Philip Stokes
o Philip attended the Region 7 meeting on Friday and reported the following:
 Prez of Santa Monica College is redoing the constitution.
 Region to seek out legal counsel for Harbor College- the advisor was
spending funds illegally - HCtides.com.
7.2 ICC Report – Philip Stokes
 Very successful ICC Holiday Party for Head Start children.
 Having a Chili’s fundraiser tonight at Hawthorne and Sepulveda.
 “Loathing in Las Vegas” event planning meeting tomorrow to discuss details.
 Philip resigned from ICC cabinet, also other vacancies on the cabinet.
7.3 Committee Reports
 Public Relations Committee – Walter Mendez
o Had planned to make ASO more visible by putting videos on the ASO website.
Went to the Finance Committee to get approval for equipment to film in
January and it was not approved and now would be backed up so probably
will not happen.
o Will meet over the winter break to discuss the t-shirts
 Fundraising Committee – Christopher Pham
o Will create a list of fundraising for Spring alongside with PR.
 Special Election Committee – Jose Iglesias
o Thanked the committee for their hard work and congratulated Lisa for
winning the position of Student Trustee.
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Finance Committee – Jessica Lopez
o Clarified that the PR video project did not pass in the Finance Committee
because they wanted the Senate as a whole to approve the project before
referring it to the Finance Committee.
7.4 Advisor Report – Janice Watanabe
 The Activities Center will be closed next week until the first day of the Winter Session.
 Reminded Senate members of the GPA and unit eligibility requirements and also
payment of $10 fee for a Spring 2010 ASB sticker.
VIII.
Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
 Raven Sevilleja suggested contacting the Film Club if you need any help with filming.
 Philip Stokes asked Josh who is going to head policy committee.
 Tim Johnson asked if there will be Winter session meetings. Answer: “Yes”, check email
to confirm meeting date/time.
IX. Adjournment
 Motion to adjourn. Motion made by Josh Casper, Seconded by Walter Mendez. Motion
passed.
 Meeting adjourned at 1:54pm.
Minutes Recorded by Breeanna Bond
Minutes Verified by:
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Josh Casper, ASO President
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Janice Watanabe, ASO Adviser