El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
Thursday, March 1, 2007
1:00 p.m. – Stadium Room
I. Call to Order
 L. Ramirez called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m.
II. Roll Call
 Executive Cabinet
◊ Present: David Nordel, Luis Ramirez, Vivian Amezcua, Julian Peters,
Ayorinde Aribatise
 Senators
◊ Present: Jesse Galdamez, Christina Jack, Ashley Bachmann, Brittney
Hewitt, Brandon Matson, Patricia Servin, Roxanna Seyedin, Sean Eggers,
Umera Ameen
◊ Not Present: Saad Husain, HonngVy Tran
 Commissioner
◊ Not Present: Shahla Siddiqui
 Staff
◊ Present: Jana Lampkins
 Advisors
◊ Present: Janice Watanabe
 Guests
◊ Phillip Bryant, LaChanel Newell, Renard Smith
III. Approval of the Agenda
 The agenda was amended to add the approval of the December 7, 2006 minutes
to item 4.1. The agenda was approved as amended.
IV. Approval of the Minutes
(4.1) December 7, 2006 and February 15, 2007 minutes
 The minutes were approved without objection.
V. Action Items
(5.1) Appointments
 D. Nordel made the recommendation to appoint V. Amezcua as the student
representative to the Enrollment Management Committee, Deans Council, and
College Council. J. Peters made the motion to approve the appointment. The
motion was seconded by R. Seyedin. The motion passed.
 D. Nordel made the recommendation to appoint V. Amezcua as the corepresentative to the Planning and Budgeting Committee. R. Seyedin made the
motion to approve the appointment. The motion was seconded by C. Jack. The
motion passed.
(5.2) Finance
 V. Amezcua: College Council discussed the possibility of starting a publication
to update faculty with information from administrative committees. College
Council would like to know if ASO would be supportive of such a publication. D.
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VIII.
IX.
Nordel made the motion to table this item. The motion was seconded by J. Peters.
The motion passed.
Discussion Items
(6.1) Student Trustee
 Julian Peters: A new policy is being discussed which would allow a student
trustee to serve two terms.
(6.2)Tuition Sensitivity Bill
 D. Nordel: The Pell Grant Tuition Sensitivity Bill was passed.
Reports
(7.1) Executive Cabinet
 J. Peters: Both the dean of the Fine Arts division and the dean of Health Sciences
and Athletics resigned. The Board of Trustees would like more feedback from
students.
(7.2) Senators
 P. Servin: A student from the Women in Industry and Technology program is
interested in the position of Senator of Industry and Technology.
 R. Seyedin: The Mathematical Sciences department will meet next week.
(7.3) Advisors
 J. Watanabe: A student representative is needed fro the Police Advisory
Committee which will meet March 21st. An Election Committee needs to be
formed by next week.
(7.4) Inter-Club Council
 U. Ameen: The positions if president, vice president and other positions were
filled at the last ICC meeting. The Anthropology Club was given $500 and $2,000
was given for the Powwow. The Club Mixer will be tomorrow from 12:00 – 2:00
in the Activities Center East Lounge. The Blood Mobile will be March 20th and
22nd from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and March 21st from 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. in the
Activities Center East Lounge.
(7.5) ASO Committees
(none)
(7.6) Administrative Committees
 D. Nordel: Three ASO members will attend the Enrollment Management
workshop tomorrow.
Public Comment
 R. Smith: Hopes to join ASO and discussed his qualifications and interests in
ASO.
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 D. Nordel: Senate meetings will be held the 2 and 4 Thursdays of the month.
Adjournment
 D. Nordel made the motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by
C. Jack.
 The meeting was adjourned at 1:39 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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