El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
Thursday, September 21, 2006
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, Soheil Sima, Kelvin Lee, Julian
Peters
◊ Not Present: Ayorinde Aribatise, Habab Budri
 Senators
◊ Present: Jesse Galdamez, Danielle Marquez, Saad Husain, Christina Jack,
Ashley Bachmann, Brittney Hewitt, Brandon Matson, Evan Ortega, Patricia
Servin, Roxanna Seyedin, HongVy Tran, Sean Eggers, Umera Ameen
 Staff
◊ Present: Jana Lampkins
 Advisors
◊ Present: Harold Tyler, Janice Watanabe, Jeannine Barba
 Guests:
◊ Uyanga Ganbat, Robert Doss, Oscar Garcia, Alejandro Ruiz
III. Approval of the Agenda
 The agenda was amended to add “Mission Statement and Goals” as item 6.3 and
to change the orders of the day to move “Reports” before “Action Items”. D.
Marquez made the motion to approve the agenda as amended. The motion was
seconded by D. Nordel. The motion passed.
IV. Approval of the Minutes
(4.1) Minutes of September 14, 2006
 The minutes were amended to include Ashley Bachmann as present and to note
under item (5.2) Finance, J. Galdamez opposed the approval of up to $2,200 for
the CCCSAA Leadership Conference. J. Galdamez made the motion to approve
the minutes as amended. The motion was seconded by D. Nordel. The motion
passed.
V. Reports
(5.1) Executive Cabinet
 D. Nordel: Letters were put in the senate members’ mailboxes regarding
participation on the college’s accreditation committees and members are requested
to reply. He also reported that the following items were discussed by Executive
Cabinet:
◊ Campus Smoking Restrictions
◊ ASO Leadership Conference temporary agenda
◊ Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser
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◊ Biannual Coffee and Donut Giveaway
◊ Rock the Vote
 J. Peters: A summary of the El Camino 2006-2007 budget will be e-mailed to
senate members.
(5.2) Senators
 A. Bachmann: At the Senate Council meeting Tuesday ASO Constitutions and
Bylaws were distributed to the senators. Senator responsibilities and duties were
discussed. Senate Council meetings will be held Tuesdays at 1:00 in the Senate
Office.
 D. Marquez: Will be meeting with the Dean of Behavioral and Social Sciences
next Wednesday.
(5.3) Advisors
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 H. Tyler: State Student Senate will be holding a conference on November 4-5 .
If ASO decides to attend, a delegation of two members would be appropriate. ASO
members are encouraged to enroll in Communications 1abcd for the spring
semester.
(5.4) Inter-Club Council
 U. Ameen: ICC is holding a club mixer Friday 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. in the
Activities Center. Five ICC members will be attending the ASO Leadership
Conference. The ICC Bloodmobile will be held October 3-5 in the Activities
Center.
 D. Marquez: ASO members are invited to attend the ICC Club Mixer.
(5.5) ASO Committees
(no reports)
(5.6) Administrative Committees
 D. Marquez: Today’s Enrollment Management Committee meeting was
cancelled.
VI. Action Items
(6.1) Appointments
 D. Nordel made the motion to ratify the appointment of Brandon Matson to the
position of Senator of Health Sciences and Athletics. The motion was seconded by
J. Peters. B. Matson discussed his qualifications for and interests in ASO. The
motion passed.
 D. Nordel made the motion to ratify the appointment Ashley Bachmann and
Habab Budri as co-chairs of the Fundraising and Activities Committee, of David
Nordel as chair of the Policy Committee, Ayorinde Aribatise as chair of the ASO
Website Committee and Ayorinde Aribatise as the student representative to the El
Camino Web Task Force. The motion was seconded by A. Bachmann. The
responsibilities and duties of the committee chairs were discussed. The motion
passed.
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(6.2) Finance
 D. Nordel made the motion to table all Finance items. The motion was seconded
by A. Bachmann. The motion passed.
(6.3) CCCSAA Leadership Conference
 D. Nordel made the motion to come to an agreement on the selection process for
CCCSAA Leadership Conference attendees. The motion was seconded by A.
Bachmann. The motion passed.
 Different options for the selection process were discussed. D. Nordel made the
motion to select CCCSAA Leadership Conference attendees at random from the
members interested in attending. The motion was seconded by J. Peters. The
motion passed.
 The following members were interested in attending the conference and will be
selected by random draw: David Nordel, Soheil Sima, Kelvin Lee, Julian Peters,
Habab Budri, Danielle Marquez, Saad Husain, Christina Jack, Ashley Bachmann,
Brittney Hewitt, Evan Ortega, Patricia Servin, Roxanna Seyedin, HongVy Tran,
Sean Eggers, Umera Ameen, Brandon Matson
(6.4) Smoking Restrictions
 D. Nordel made the motion to refer the writing of a “Smoking Restrictions”
policy to the Policy Committee. The motion was seconded by J. Peters. The
motion passed.
VII. Discussion Items
(7.1) Rock the Vote
 The Rock the Vote Committee will discuss having a booth to raise student
awareness about the midterm elections the week before the voter registration
deadline.
(7.2) Web Task Force
 An alternate student representative is needed for the Web Task Force
Committee. The meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of the month at 3:00 p.m.
(7.3) Mission Statement and Goals
 The ASO Mission Statement and Goals will be discussed at the ASO Leadership
Conference.
VIII. Public Comment
(no public comment)
IX. Adjournment
 D. Nordel made the motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by
S. Eggers. The motion passed.
 The meeting was adjourned at 1:55pm.
 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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