El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
27 March 2008
1:00 p.m. – Stadium Room
4
Call to Order
 A. Bachmann called the meeting to order at 1:14 p.m.
5
Roll Call
5.1 Executive Cabinet

Present: Vivian Amezcua, Roxana Seyedin, Ashley Bachman, Vincent
Armstrong, Christina Jack, Kaysha Morgan, Philip Bryant, Adaobi
Enemioh
5.2 Senators:
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Present: Dean Paily, Ivana Poste, Ivette Diaz, Ngoc Lim, Michael
Pearlson, Hassan Washington, Elise Yerelian, Elysia Gallindo-Ramirez,
Angelina Nader, Cassie Liao
5.3 Comissioner:
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Present: Clarissa Jones
5.4 Staff:
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Present: Bryan Lee
5.5 Advisors:
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Present: Jeannine Barba
5.6 Guests:
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Present: Freddy Mendoza, Jynifer Nordorf, Lauren Carbajal
6
Approval of Minutes
3.1 No minutes were presented.
7
Approval of Agenda
4.1 The Agenda was approved without objection.
8
New Business
8.1 Appointments

V. Amezcua made the recommendation to appoint Angelina Nader as
Senator of Fine Arts. I. Poste made the motion to approve the
appointment. C. Jack seconded the motion. The motion passed.

V. Amezcua made the recommendation to appoint Hassan Washington
as Senator of Industry and Technology. C. Jack made the motion to
approve the appointment. D. Paily seconded the motion. The motion
passed.
8.2 Finance
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C. Jack: At the Finance Committee Meeting on March 26, 2008, four
expenditures were discussed- the motion to spend up to $500 from the
AS Elections account on the elections, the motion to transfer $1,000
from the Representation Fee Technology Management Systems account
to the Representation Fee Conferences account and to approve $2,500
from this account to allow 6 students and one advisor to attend the
SSCCC spring general assembly, the motion to approve $2,000 from the
AS Year End Banquet account for the end of the year banquet, and the
motion to approve $1,000 for the Corona Del Camino Club account and
$300 from the AS Corona Del Camino account for the Corona Del
Camino event. C. Jack made the motion to approve these expenditures.
I. Diaz seconded the motion. The motion passed.
8.3 Election Calendar Schedule

V. Armstrong: the Election guidelines have been submitted for approval
by the senate. Changes to the guidelines from last year include the
requirement that those running under a nickname must also use their
full name as registered by the college, and new poll times. V. Armstrong
raised the motion to approve the election guidelines. C. Jack seconded
the motion. The motion passed.

V. Amezcua requested that guideline # 6 be amended to clarify language
involving the number of times that a candidate’s name would be
featured on a sign or banner. Potential changes to the wording were
discussed. The decision to change the wording of the last sentence of
the 6th guideline from "Regardless of who’s materials are used, each
candidate is limited to 2 signs per kiosk and 2 banners posted on
campus at any given time" to say "Regardless of whose materials are
used, each candidate's name may only be displayed on 2 signs per kiosk
and 2 banners posted on campus at any given time." was reached. V.
Armstrong made the motion to approve the amendment. C. Jack
seconded the motion. The motion passed.
9
Reports
6.1 Executive Cabinet

V. Armstrong: Changing the class schedules to include class descriptions
has been discussed. These changes would only be enacted on the online
schedules due to budget constraints. This change should take effect in
the next few years.

V. Amezcua: Due to funding cuts, a measure to raise money by
increasing the student representation fee by $0.50 will be put on the
ballot for the May elections. This funding can help to pay for such
programs as a recycling program.
6.2 ICC Reports

J. Nordoff: The Blood Bank fell short of the goal of 360 units of blood,
only 312 units of blood were collected. Tomorrow, Spring games will
begin. An international food fair is also scheduled.
6.3 Committee Reports

V. Armstrong: The Election Committee discussed the Election Calendar.
The committee also discussed how to increase voter turnout from 1% at
El Camino to meet or exceed 2%, the national average for community
colleges. One solution discussed was increasing the number of
candidates running for any given office.
6.4 Advisor Reports

J. Barba: Need a graduation speaker by May 9th. The speaker will give a
3 minute speech that addressed graduation class but does not have to
specifically be about graduation.
10 Public Comment
10.1
R. Seyedin: Collected sheets where people chose what night was best for the
end of the year banquet.
11 Adjournments
11.1
D. Paily made the motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by
I. Diaz. The Motion passed.
11.2
The meeting was adjourned at 1:39 p.m.

B. Lee recorded the minutes.
Minutes approved by:
Ashley Bachmann
ASO Vice President
Harold Tyler
Director, Student Development