El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
Thursday, October 12, 2006
1:00 p.m. – Cafeteria Stadium Room
I.
Call to Order
 L. Ramirez called the meeting to order at 1:04 p.m.
II.
Roll Call
 Executive Cabinet
◊ Present: David Nordel, Luis Ramirez, Julian Peters, Ayorinde Aribatise
◊ Not Present: Soheil Sima, Habab Budri
 Senators
◊ Present: Jesse Galdamez, Danielle Marquez, Saad Husain, Christina Jack,
Ashley Bachmann, Brittney Hewitt, Brandon Matson, Evan Ortega, Patricia

Servin, Umera Ameen
◊ Not Present: Roxanna Seyedin, HongVy Tran, Sean Eggers
Staff
◊ Present: Jana Lampkins
 Advisors
◊ Present: Janice Watanabe
 Guests :
◊ Samuel Sanchez, Oscar Garcia
III.
Approval of the Agenda
 The agenda was approved without objection.
IV.
Approval of the Minutes
(4.1) Minutes of September 14, 2006
 The minutes were amended under item 7.2 Senator Reports, D. Marquez, to read
“Confirmation was received from Mary Jo Ford, John Smith and Paul Thotta as speakers for the Rock the Vote Rally.” The minutes were approved as amended.
V.
Action Items
(5.1) Finance
 Popular Culture Conference – D. Nordel made the motion to approve up to $500 to sponsor ten students to attend the November 11 th Popular Culture Conference.
The motion was seconded by D. Marquez. The student attendees are to be selected by faculty members. Eligible students must have an ASB sticker. The motion passed.
(5.2) Appointments
 D. Nordel recommended the appointments of Danielle Marquez as student representative to the Enrollment Management Committee and Deans Council and
Sean Eggers as student representative to the Curriculum Committee. He then made the motion to approve the appointments. The motion was seconded by J.
Peters. The motion passed.
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(5.3) ASO Mission Statement
 D. Marquez asked that the “overall improvement of campus life” be incorporated into the statement.
(5.4) Letterhead
 Students interested in working on redesigning the ASO Letterhead were Julian
Peters, Jesse Galdamez and Oscar Garcia.
(5.5) Resolution to the Hilton
 D. Nordel made the motion to approve the following statement as the ASO
Resolution to the Hilton:
The Associated Students Organization of El Camino Community College does not approve of the current working conditions at the Hilton. Furthermore we support the unionization of the hotels in the LAX area.
The motion was seconded by E. Ortega. The motion passed.
VI.
Discussion Items
(6.1) Student Services Building Design Participation
 Students interested in participating in the Student Services Building Design were
Julian Peters, Jesse Galdamez, Oscar Garcia, Danielle Marquez and Patricia
Servin.
VII.
Reports
(7.1) Executive Cabinet
 D. Nordel : Executive Cabinet meetings are scheduled for the 1 st
and 3 rd
Wednesdays of the month at 4:30 p.m. in the Senate Office.
 J. Peters : Two contracts will be up for renegotiation on Monday.
(7.2) Senators
 U. Ameen : A meeting was held with the dean of Natural Sciences. It is being made easier for students to take classes at either the El Camino or Compton campus.
 A. Bachmann : Office hours were established for senators.
 E. Ortega : While the new parking structure is under construction alternate parking spaces will be available.
(7.3) Advisors
(none)
(7.4) Inter-Club Council
 U. Ameen : Approximately 353 pints of blood were donated during the blood drive. Candidacy for homecoming queen and king is open to all students with an
ASB sticker. Homecoming will be held November 4 th
.
 D. Marquez : The homecoming committee meets Wednesdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. The homecoming Pep-Rally will be October 31 st
at the activities center stage.
Voting will be held October 31 st
and November 1 st
, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on the
Library Lawn and 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the Activities Center West Lounge.
(7.5) ASO Committees
(none)
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(7.6) Administrative Committees
 D. Nordel : Administration wants to know what Collegial Consultation means to students
VIII.
Public Comment
 Samuel Sanchez : A petition was created asking ASO not to attend the CCCSAA conference.
 D. Marquez (as a member of the public) : The majority of signatures on the petition were students.
IX.
Adjournment
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The meeting was adjourned without objection at 2:00 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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