El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
11 September 2008
1:00pm
Stadium Room
I.
Call to Order
 Ivana Poste called the meeting to order at 1:04pm
II.
Roll Call (by sign in)
 Executive Cabinet
Present:
Megan McLean, Ivana Poste, Joe Udeochu, Clarissa Jones, Chiamaka
Sandra Enemuoh, Elise Yerelian, Angelina Nader, Michael Pearlson,
Deyja Charles
 Division Senators
Present:
Michael Hiney, Salvatore DiGaetano, Sam Hong, Kelly Humphrey, John
Wyatt, Anum Baig, Hassanat Kadiri
Not Present: Esteli Bowman-Rivera, Aileen Kim
 Adviser(s)
Present: Janice Watanabe, Harold Tyler
 Guests
Present:
Nito Edwards, Lance Abdulkader, Kevin Douglass, Amanda Scheliga,
Cassie Liao, Joseph Holliday
III.
Approval of the Minutes
 The minutes were approved as presented.
IV.
Approval of the Agenda
 The agenda was approved as presented with the exception of item 5.5,
Committees on Campus, which was not applicable at this time.
V.
New Business
5.1 College Van Presentation – Dr. Nishime
o ECC may possibly put a driving restriction on student drivers
during off-campus related activities.
o It is currently not difficult to be on ECC’s safe driver list
Therefore, questions have been raised regarding the safety of
passengers when a student driver is behind the wheel.
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o Last Spring, Dr. Nishime collaborated with the department heads.
Together they compiled a list of driving guidelines. The list was
taken to the deans for input and was distributed to the Senate for
discussion at this meeting. Next week the list will be shown to the
Academic Senate for approval.
o Comments regarding presentation:
- El Camino staff does not want students to have to take on
the driving responsibility.
- Drivers should have to go through more training than just
the video, but should be allowed to drive (K. Humphrey).
- Clubs do not have budgets. They may not be able to go on
conferences because of the expenses of not allowing
student drivers (ie. Bus rental, bus driver, etc.)
- Rather than limiting drivers by age, years of driving
experience should be the guidelines.
- Rather than not being allowed to go out-of-state, ECC
should have a mile radius set since some of northern
California is father away than Arizona.
- Only 3 out of 350 faculty members agree to go on trips,
therefore it is very tough limiting them to be the only
drivers.
- Those people who feel strongly about this issue should
make a presentation to the board in favor of allowing
students driving responsibilities.
5.2 Appointments
o Megan McLean recommended the appointment of Cassie Liao, who
served as the Senator of the Humanities Division last year, to be reappointed as the Senator of the Humanities Division.
o Motion to approve Cassie Liao as Senator of the Humanities
Division. Moved by Megan McLean, Seconded by Michael Hiney.
Motion passed.
5.3 Approval of the Finance Committee Recommendations
ASO Finance Committee Minutes of July 29th were distributed. Clarissa
Jones distributed copies of the ASO Budget and the ASO Student
Representation Fee.
5.3.1 SSCCC Fall Assembly
 Motion to approve $4,500 from the conferences account
(72-55229-00-836120) to allow 5 students and 1 faculty
member to attend the SSCCC Fall Assembly. Moved by
Megan McLean, seconded by Kelly Humphrey. Motion
passed.
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5.3.2 Meet and Greet, September 17th, 2008
 Motion to approve up to $100 from AS hospitality
account (71-836104) for light refreshments for attendees
of the Meet and Greet. Moved by Megan McLean,
Seconded by Deyja Charles. Motion passed.
5.4 Rock the Vote 2008
o As an encouragement to register to vote, ASO will be sponsoring an
open event from 1-2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30th, where voter
registration forms will be accessible to students. In addition, possibly
the radio station 93.9 or Power 106 will be DJing this event in order to
bring an upbeat, excited atmosphere to ECC.
o Motion to approve this event. Moved by Megan McLean, Seconded
by Michael Hiney. Motion passed.
VI.
Reports
6.1 ASO Member Reports – New Binders
 New binders were put together containing essential
information regarding ASO and its operations. Binders
should be brought to every meeting. Letterheads will be put
together soon for each member.
6.2 ICC – Club Rush
 5 reps from each organization and 1 rep from each club will
attend Club Mixer on Friday, September 17th to get all
advisers and leaders to work with each other and get in the
spirit of ICC.
6.3 Committee Reports – Furniture
 Two desks from IKEA have been decided on for the ASO
Executive office at $109.00 each and possibly one
additional desk priced at $79.99.
6.4 Advisor Reports
 J. Watanabe - All persons associated with ASO MUST
have a valid ASB Sticker.
 J. Watanabe - Sheets regarding the San Diego Conference
must be turned into Janice Watanabe for all attending and
the alternates.
 H. Tyler - ECC is relatively safe, but be on guard. Two
computer terminals were recently stolen from the math
laboratory. Agreement by all persons present at meeting to
be a good citizen was administered.
 H. Tyler - Make sure there is no “hanky panky)” when
someone is registering to vote.
 H. Tyler - Participate in Meet and Greet.
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VII.
IX.
Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
 Sam Hong - Mirrors in bathrooms need to be replaced because they are
badly scratched.
 Nito Edwards, an employee of 24-Hour Fitness in Redondo Beach, asked
if our school was interested in receiving student discounts for 24-Hour
Fitness. Harold Tyler explained that it is not something he is in charge of,
but rather it is something that the bookstore is in charge of. The bookstore
already declined this offer months ago.
Adjournment
 Motion to adjourn.
Moved by Megan Mc Lean, Seconded by Sam Hong. Motion passed.
o Meeting adjourned at 2:11 p.m.
Minutes recorded by A. Dreiling
Minutes verified by:
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Megan McLean, ASO President
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Janice Watanabe, ASO Adviser
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