El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
28 February 2008
1:00 p.m. – Board Room
1. Call to Order
 A. Bachmann called the meeting to order at 1:03 p.m.
Roll Call
2. Roll Call
 Executive Cabinet
2..1 Present: Vivian Amezcua, Ashley Bachman, Vincent Armstrong, Christina Jack, Kaysha
Morgan, Philip Bryant, Adaobi Enemioh, Meagan Muean
 Senators:
2..1 Present: Dean Paily, Ivana Poste, Ivette Diaz, Ngoc Lim, Anum Iqbal, Abdulshafil Ahmed.
 Commissioner:
2..1 Present: Clarissa Jones
 Staff:
2..1 Present: Bryan Lee
 Advisors:
2..1 Present: Janice Watanabe, Harold Tyler
 Guests:
2..1 Present:
3. Approval of Minutes
3.1 No minutes were presented.
4. Approval of Agenda
 The agenda was approved as presented.
5. New Business
 Appointments
5..1 V. Amezcua made the recommendation to appoint Vincent Armstrong, Elysia GalindoRamirez, and Dean Paily to the May election committee, with V. Armstrong acting as
the Chair.
5..2 V. Amezcua made the recommendation to appoint V. Amezcua as the student
representative to the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. V. Armstrong made the
motion to approve the appointment. The motion was seconded by Yvette Diaz. The
motion passed.
5..3 V. Amezcua made the recommendation to appoint A. Bachman as the student
representative to the Distinguished Faculty Committee. D. Paily made the motion to
approve the appointment. The motion was seconded by I. Poste. The motion
passed.
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Reports
6.1 Executive Cabinet
 V. Armstrong: Due to recent safety concerns on college campuses, an emergency school
notification system using the telephone or email is being discussed.
6.2 ICC Reports
 At the recent club rush, 31 clubs participated, including 4 new clubs. There are a total of 10
new clubs. The blood mobile will be here on March 18th, 19th, and 20th. The ICC approved
partial funding for the annual Powwow, which will be funded by 4 clubs. The Powwow takes
place on April 5th-6th.
6.3 Committee Reports
6.4 Advisor Reports
 J.Watanabe: 250 scholarships are available, but only 40 applications have been received.
Many student email accounts are full, and unable to receive any new messages. These
accounts might be purged of old notifications to make room for new ones. Out of 26 people
involved in the ASO, 14 or more maintained a 4.0 GPA last semester, with 3 students
maintaining a 4.0 GPA over their entire time at El Camino. This makes the ASO look better to
administration.
 H. Tyler: V. Armstrong and Harold to give a presentation to management at 8:00 on
Thursday morning.
6. Public Comment
 J. Watanabe: A reminder to file intent to graduate forms.
7. Adjournments
 Christe made the motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by V.
Armstrong.
 The meeting was adjourned at 1:27 p.m.
 B. Lee recorded the minutes.
Minutes approved by:
Ashley Bachmann
Harold Tyler
ASO Vice President
Director, Student Development