Associated Student Government
Senate Meeting Minutes
Los Angeles City College | 2nd floor Conference Room | Student Union Building
Thursday, November 5th, 2015 |3:30 PM
Notice is hereby given that the Associated Student Government (ASG) of Los Angeles City College will convene their Senate Meeting at the place and time listed
above. The starting and ending times are approximate. This meeting is to be called under the authority of the California Government Code Section 54956. The
Board invites public testimony in conjunction with each item of business after formal discussion. The agenda is as follows:
*** PLEASE NOTE***
ASG SENATE BOARD HAS THE DISCRETION TO TAKE AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF ORDER
I.
II.
Call to Order- 3:32PM
Roll Call:
PRESIDENT, Bryant Woodert, arrived at 3:34PM
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, Rose Oscar, present
PARLIAMENTARIAN, Kazi Mahmood, absent
VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE, Sheldon Harvey, arrived
at 3:41PM
VICE PRESIDENT OF CLUBS, Saeed Hossaeini, present
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, Tristan Bantog, present
SENATOR, Lavel Berry, left at 5:13PM
SENATOR, Murat Gabriel, left at 5:08PM
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IV.
V.
SENATOR, Owen Grissom, present
SENATOR, Jenne Henry, present
SENATOR, Scheick Toure, arrived at 3:52PM, left at
5:11PM
SENATOR, Arsen Shakhbazyan, present
SENATOR, Alyssia Hogue, present
SENATOR, Mandie Dixon, present
SENATOR, Diego Mendez, present
ADVISOR, Alen Andriassian, present
Approval of Minutes Hossaeini motioned to approve the minutes with the corrections that Henry’s officer report did not reflect that evaluations for
stipends will be happening. No objections.
Public Forum
This time is reserved for members of the public to address the Board on issues not already appearing on the agenda. Each member will be limited to
a total of Three (3) minutes. (Limited to 20 minutes)
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Alexandra Meck: The Book Program will be planning events regarding immigration topics, featuring famous authors who wrote about
their immigration stories.
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Lewis Viramontes: Offers his assistance as a representative of the weekend Swap Meets. Students can receive a spot in the swap meet if
they inquire a week in advance.
Reports (Each member will be limited to a total of Five (5) minutes)
A. President’s Report The negative check-off process is currently working. Tomorrow is the SAC meeting, the use of bond funds and Higher
One have been added to the agenda.
B. Officer Reports/Committee Reports Berry: Support Staff review is tomorrow. Members have found out that some of their duties have been
too much to handle along with academics or have been told they aren’t fulfilling duties correctly. Certain members of the Support Staff may be
assigned to a Senator in order to increase effectiveness. Currently working on implementing a set of procedures in the event of Berry’s
absence. The Veterans will be having a flag raising on Tuesday. Hogue: A Google Drive account has been set-up in order to share standard
documents and ASG photos and events. No businesses agreed to donate picture frames, but agreed to extend their services in future events.
Dixon: A survey was created and will be placed in the newsletter. Henry: Sip-N-See 2.0 will be on November 17th. Please donate paper bags
for the event. Oscar: Any items you would like to be placed on the Joint-Council meetings can be given to Caroline in the Office of Student
Life. No Joint Council meeting this Thursday. Petitions for December are out right now. If you are above a 2.5 GPA you can go through the
Academic Renewal process if you received an unfavorable grade. Donations are currently being accepted for Christmas toy-drives. Harvey:
Apologized for having his worst Finance meeting ever. In the future, he guaranteed it would never be as bad. The budget summary has been
printed out and created. Mendez motioned to add Action Item G “Add $200 to fund Marvel vs DC Club video game event”. Oscar voted yes,
Harvey voted yes, Hossaeini voted yes, Berry voted yes, Gabriel voted yes, Grissom voted yes, Henry voted yes, Toure voted yes,
Shakhbazyan voted yes, Hogue voted yes, Dixon voted yes, Mendez voted yes. Motion passed unanimously. Gabriel: Currently trying to
change the date or time of the Health Fair from November 19 th. Funding will resume. African club would be willing to help and would like to
have fundraisers at the event. The President of the OSS requested signage-asking students to be considerate of the visually impaired. Toure:
SSCCC packets were only sent to those students who were planning to attend. If you would like to have something publicized in the
NOTICE: In compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (California Government Code 54950-54963) this meeting shall be open to all members of the public, press, and media. In compliance with the California Public Records Act aka
CPRA (California Government Code 6250-6270), this agenda and all meeting materials distributed during this public meeting shall be made available and in alternate formats upon request. Please contact the Associated Student
Government (ASG) office located in the 2nd floor, Student Union Building in person or by phone at (323) 953-4000, Ext. # 2475. You may also address any comments, concerns, or requests to Bryant Woodert, ASG President, in
person at his office in the Student Union Building, by calling (323) 953-4000, Ext. # 2478, or via email: asgpres@lacitycollege.edu
VI.
Collegiate, contact Toure. Hossaeini: Complaints were received regarding the air conditioning temperatures. Currently planning a Club
Council meeting on the 3rd floor for November 12th at 12PM, any clubs seeking funding will be sent to Hossaeini and be approved in the Club
Council. Mendez: Business Office stated that they will not make Purchase Orders with monetary accounts from ASG.
C. Advisor’s Report Please submit your evaluation sheets as soon as possible. An itinerary has been created for the SSCCC conference and all
arrangements have been made.
Discussion Items (Each Discussion Item is limited to a total of Ten (10) minutes)
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C.
VII.
Student Concerns Jimenez DeSantiago: Complaints have been presented about the lack of empathy from students toward blind students.
Andriassian: Whenever signs are created addressing an issue there must be a process of committee approval. Elias: Events should be planned
around raising awareness toward those with special services. Hogue: Office of Special Services should present at the Health Fair. Elias: A lot
of students have been complaining about Financial Aid and the lack of communication with students. Andriassian: A meeting will be planned
with Financial Aid in order to address complaints. Elias: A lot of complaints have been filed regarding students being followed or attacked
during night- classes. Rico: There is a lot of coordination that is required in order to plan a successful Health Fair event.
Intramural Sports Andriassian: With the cooperation of Dr. al-Amin there will be a lot of coordination before the Spring Intramural Sports
goes through. Hossaeini: Head of Kinesiology department is willing to participate in intramural sports. A meeting will be planned with
everyone who will be involved in the decision making process.
ASG Newsletter Hogue: A lot of emails have been sent out with few responses. The ASG Newsletter covers a variety of different topics. The
Newsletter was designed in order to be very comprehensive and to grab students’ attentions. Anytime a club has an event it should be placed
on the Newsletter. Hossaeini motioned to extend the discussion by 5 minutes. Oscar voted no, Harvey voted yes, Hossaeini voted yes, Grissom
voted yes, Henry voted no, Shakhbazyan voted no, Hogue voted yes, Dixon voted yes, Mendez voted yes. Motion passed. Woodert: Use key
headlines to get draw students’ attentions on certain issues they may be unaware of.
Action Items (Each Action Item is limited to a total of Ten (10) minutes) 4:00pm
A.
$1,500.00 for Mac computer and Tablet to be used by ASG. Mendez motioned to allocate $1,500.00 for Mac computer and Tablet to be
used by ASG from Project Reserves. Mac Minis or iPads will be purchased using the allocation. The devices will be used at ASG events, video
editing, etc. Items all come with warranties. Items are accessible to the student clubs. Oscar voted yes, Harvey voted yes, Hossaeini voted yes,
Berry voted yes, Gabriel voted yes, Grissom voted yes, Henry voted yes, Toure voted yes, Shakhbazyan voted yes, Hogue voted yes, Dixon
voted yes, Mendez voted yes. Motion passed unanimously.
B. $100.00 for food for the Black Student Union Motivational Speaker Event. Hossaeini motioned to allocate $100.00 for food for the Black
Student Union Motivational Speaker Event from Club Activities account #5550. Event may be cancelled due to insufficient funds. Oscar voted
no, Harvey voted no, Hossaeini voted no, Berry voted no, Gabriel voted no, Grissom voted no, Henry voted yes, Toure voted no, Shakhbazyan
voted no, Hogue abstained, Dixon abstained, Mendez abstained. Motion failed.
C. $50.00 for refreshments Black Student Union Introduction Workshop. Hossaeini motioned to allocate $50.00 for refreshments Black
Student Union Introduction Workshop from Club Activities account #5550. Workshop is an introduction as to the mission statement of the
Black Student Union club on November 12th. Money will be used for drinks and power bars. Funding requests should be directly sent to
Hossaeini. Oscar voted yes, Harvey voted yes, Hossaeini voted yes, Berry voted yes, Gabriel voted yes, Grissom voted yes, Henry voted yes,
Toure voted yes, Shakhbazyan voted yes, Hogue voted yes, Dixon voted yes, Mendez voted yes. Motion passed unanimously.
D. $80.00 for Transferring Empowered Youth (TEY) event. Motion failed in the Finance Committee.
E. Building Fund Harvey motioned for the approval of moving forward with the building fund. Berry motioned to vote on the vote. Oscar
abstained, Harvey voted yes, Hossaeini voted yes, Berry voted yes, Gabriel voted yes, Grissom voted no, Henry voted yes, Toure voted yes,
Shakhbazyan voted yes, Hogue voted yes, Dixon voted no, Mendez voted yes. Motion passed. Harvey motioned to vote on the action item.
Oscar voted no, Harvey voted yes, Hossaeini voted yes, Berry voted yes, Gabriel voted yes, Grissom voted no, Henry voted yes, Toure voted
yes, Shakhbazyan voted yes, Hogue voted yes, Dixon abstained, Mendez voted yes. Motion passed.
F. SSCCC General Assembly Resolutions Packet No motion was passed in order to discuss the action item. Item will be placed on next
meeting’s agenda.
G. $200 for Marvel vs DC Club Activity Oscar motioned to approve the funds coming from Club Activities account #5550. Matthew Ware:
Funds would be used for refreshments and prizes for the video game tournament on the 3 rd floor. Event has a $10 buy-in to the competition but
the event is free to watch. Event will be on Friday November 13 th. Oscar voted yes, Harvey voted yes, Hossaeini voted yes, Berry voted yes,
Gabriel voted yes, Grissom voted yes, Henry voted yes, Toure voted yes, Shakhbazyan voted yes, Hogue voted yes, Dixon voted yes, Mendez
voted yes. Motion passed unanimously. Oscar motioned for a 15-minute recess. Oscar voted yes, Harvey voted yes, Hossaeini voted yes, Berry
voted yes, Gabriel voted yes, Grissom voted yes, Henry voted no, Toure voted yes, Shakhbazyan voted no, Hogue voted yes, Dixon voted yes,
Mendez voted yes. Motion passed.
VIII.
IX.
NEW BUSINESS Voting on SSCCC packets, $200 for ASG Senate T-Shirts.
PROGRESS REPORT
NOTICE: In compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (California Government Code 54950-54963) this meeting shall be open to all members of the public, press, and media. In compliance with the California Public Records Act aka
CPRA (California Government Code 6250-6270), this agenda and all meeting materials distributed during this public meeting shall be made available and in alternate formats upon request. Please contact the Associated Student
Government (ASG) office located in the 2nd floor, Student Union Building in person or by phone at (323) 953-4000, Ext. # 2475. You may also address any comments, concerns, or requests to Bryant Woodert, ASG President, in
person at his office in the Student Union Building, by calling (323) 953-4000, Ext. # 2478, or via email: asgpres@lacitycollege.edu
X. ANNOUNCEMENTS Elias: Programming Board is planning a canned food drive. Would like to plan an event where Programming Board meets the members of the Senate
Board. Mendez: Hogue is designing the ASG business cards. Andriassian: Flight for SSCCC is at 8:45PM so likely meeting time is 6PM. Oscar: BSU Introduction
Workshop November 12th at 12:30PM. Anyone is welcome.
XI.
ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 6:02PM.
NOTICE: In compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (California Government Code 54950-54963) this meeting shall be open to all members of the public, press, and media. In compliance with the California Public Records Act aka
CPRA (California Government Code 6250-6270), this agenda and all meeting materials distributed during this public meeting shall be made available and in alternate formats upon request. Please contact the Associated Student
Government (ASG) office located in the 2nd floor, Student Union Building in person or by phone at (323) 953-4000, Ext. # 2475. You may also address any comments, concerns, or requests to Bryant Woodert, ASG President, in
person at his office in the Student Union Building, by calling (323) 953-4000, Ext. # 2478, or via email: asgpres@lacitycollege.edu