El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
Thursday, March 22, 2007
1:00 p.m. – Stadium Room
I. Call to Order
 L. Ramirez called the meeting to order at 1:04 p.m.
II. Roll Call
 Executive Cabinet
◊ Present: Luis Ramirez, Julian Peters, David Nordel, Vivian Amezcua
◊ Not Present: Ayorinde Aribatise
 Senators
◊ Present: Jesse Galdamez, Saad Husain, Christina Jack, Ashley Bachmann,
Brittney Hewitt, Brandon Matson, Roxanna Seyedin, Sean Eggers
◊ Not Present: Patricia Servin, HonngVy Tran, Umera Ameen
 Commissioner
◊ Not Present: Shahla Siddiqui
 Staff
◊ Present: Jana Lampkins
 Advisors
◊ Present: Harold Tyler, Janice Watanabe, Jeannine Barba
 Guests
◊ Bessie Coronado-Vigil, Robert Doss, Renard Smith, Johnny Sheridan,
Avinash Gautam
III. Approval of the Agenda
 The agenda was approved without objection.
IV. Approval of the Minutes
(4.1) March 1, 2007
 The minutes were approved without objection.
(4.2) March 8, 2007
 The minutes were approved without objection.
V. Action Items
(5.1) Appointments
 D. Nordel made the recommendation to appoint Avinash Gautam as the Director
of Academic Affairs. B. Matson made the motion to approve the appointment. The
motion was seconded by A. Bachmann. A. Gautam discussed his qualifications
and why he is interested in ASO. The motion passed.
 D. Nordel made the recommendation to appoint Bessie Coronado-Vigil as the
Senator of Humanities. C. Jack made the motion to approve the appointment. The
motion was seconded by B. Hewitt. B. Coronado-Vigil discussed her
qualifications and why she is interested in ASO. The motion passed.
 D. Nordel made the recommendation to appoint S. Husain as a member of the
Election Committee. B. Matson made the motion to approve the appointment. The
motion was seconded by J. Peters. The motion passed.
(5.2) Finance
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The Finance Committee approved $300 for the NSEW Scholarship; $100 from
the Public Relations account (83-6412) and $200 from the ASO Textbook
Assistance account (83-6117). D. Nordel made the motion to approve $300 for the
NSEW Scholarship from the said accounts. The motion was seconded by B.
Matson. J. Peters abstained. The motion passed.
(5.3) Negative Check-off Policy
 D. Nordel made the motion to table this item. The motion was seconded by A.
Bachmann. The motion passed.
(5.4) Terms
 S. Eggers made the motion to approve the following constitutional amendments
to be placed on the ballot in the spring elections:
Article II
Section 8- Term Limitations for Executive Officers
To encourage education, enlarged input and a variety of outlooks from all students,
the following limitations on terms is applicable:
A. The Student Trustee and ASO President shall only be eligible to serve in
their respective positions for one (1) term maximum.
B. Should a member of ASO assume one of these positions as dictated by the
constitution and by-laws mid-term or having been elected through any
special election, this section shall not apply and the individual shall still be
eligible to run for another term of office for the respective position.
C. Once assuming their respective positions at the beginning of the fiscal year,
the representative shall be considered ineligible to run for that office in any
subsequent year.
D. Ineligibility shall only apply to the particular position that the
representative held (i.e.- A Student Trustee that serves one term cannot run
for Student Trustee again, but that individual may run and serve as ASI
President in any subsequent year so long as all other article of the
constitution, By-laws, Board policies and other issues of legality are
adhered).
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Proposed amendment to the ASO By-laws:
103 – Clarification of Article II, Section 7
(CONSTITUATIONAL REF. – SECTION 7)
Pertaining to the term of office of the Executive Cabinet, the Student Trustee and
the ASO President shall be limited to serving only once in their respective
positions if elected through the general election in the spring of each academic
year; furthermore, the individual will be considered ineligible immediately
following the beginning of their term of office , but disqualification only applies to
those that take office at the beginning of the fiscal term following the general
elections held in the spring semester of each academic year.
The motion was seconded by B. Hewitt. The motion was amended to approve
only Article II – Section 8. J. Peters and J. Galdamez opposed the motion. The
motion passed.
 D. Nordel made the motion to approve By-law 103 and clarify Article II –
Section 8. The motion was seconded by V. Amezcua. J. Peters opposed the
motion. The motion passed.
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D. Nordel made the motion to table the remainder of the agenda. The motion was
seconded by J. Galdamez. J. Peters opposed the motion. The motion passed.
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VI. Adjournment
 A. Bachmann made the motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was
seconded by D. Nordel.
 The meeting was adjourned at 1:57 p.m.
 J. Lampkins recorded the minutes.
Minutes verified by:
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Luis Ramirez, ASO Vice President
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Janice Watanabe, ASO Advisor
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