Santiago Canyon College
Associated Student Government
8045 E Chapman Ave, Orange CA 92869, A-205
December 3, 2015, 3:30pm - 5:30pm (E-203)
Council Minutes
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Associated Student Government of Santiago Canyon College will hold a meeting on the designated date,
time, and location stated above. Those wishing to address the Council shall be recognized during public forum to express their concern. All
Associated Student Government Council meetings are held in locations that are wheelchair accessible. Other disability accommodations will be
provided upon request; please notify Diana Casares at (714) 628-4912 for said accommodations.
I. Call to Order
Underwood calls the meeting to order at 3:33pm.
II. Roll Call
POSITION
NAME
ATTENDANCE
ASG President
Vacant
ICC President
Gerardo Padilla
E
Vice-President of Senate
Seham Nabilsi
E
Vice-President of Activities
Sydney Gaughan
P
Treasurer
Vacant
Treasurer At-Large
Edward Rebolledo
E
Secretary
McKenna Dice
P
Supreme Justice
Nathan Underwood
P
Senator At-Large
Vacant
Senator of Academics
Marc Magaña
Senator of Accreditation
Vacant
Senator of Advocacy
Christopher Barajas
P
Senator of Budget
Noe Hernandez
P
Senator of Educational Planning
Anthony Hernandez
P
Senator of Enrollment
Esther Chian
E
Senator of Facilities
Isabelle Chau
P
Senator of Honors
Tamara Nabulsi
E
Senator of Innovation & Sustainability
Vacant
P
Senator of International Affairs
Jennifer Puchana
E
Senator of Planning & Institutional Effectiveness
Amber Wagstaff
P
Senator of Planning & Organizational Effectiveness
Andre Eng
P
Senator of Student Success
Vacant
Senator of Technology
Gregory Pierot
E
Senator of Veteran Affairs
Ricky Clemenz
E
Director At-Large
Troy Gagnon
P
Director of Academics
Vacant
Director of Athletics
Bryan Orrillo
E
Director of Community Service
Thomas Hatch
P
Director of Fundraising
Vacant
Director of Green Operations
Tristan Carr
P
Director of Health and Wellness
Sophia Cho
P
Director of Journalism
Lauren Williams
E
Director of Marketing
Noah Nawabi
P
Director of Public Relations
Vacant
Student Trustee Liaison
Raquel Manriquez
P
Student Life and Leadership Liaison
Diana Casares
P
Commissioners: Malique Berry (P), Richelle Brothers (P), Amal Fahmi (E), Nadia Fakhari (E), Meghan Grech (P),
Katherine Gutierrez (E), Nico Heaverlo (P), Lindsay Jameson (P), Solomon Jones (P), Trevor McBrayer (P), Christina
McKay (E), Rachelle Rivera (P), Eduardo Rubio (E), Christian Vargas (E), Alex Wakely (E), Blake Williams (P).
III. Amendments to Agenda
Gagnon moves to Amend the Agenda to include Line Item 7.04 Special Elections, Seconded by Hatch
Padilla Moves to Add Line Item 7.05 Resolution VI Helpful Hawk Project, Seconded by
Gaughan Moves to move to Line Item 7.05 Special Elections, Seconded by Pierot
IV. Approval of Minutes
Gagnon Moves to Approve the Minutes, Seconded by Hernandez
V. Public Forum
Pham- Resigned from the position of President as of yesterday. Will be helping the newly elected President.
VI. Unfinished Business
6.01 Appointment of New Members
Noah Nawabi gave a formal resignation to the Council from his position of Director of Marketing, effective
today.
Move to item 3 amendments to the agenda, Seconded by
Nathan Underwood gives a formal resignation to the Council from his position of Supreme Justice, effective
today.
Noah Nawabi as Vice President of Activities and Nathan Underwood as President
6.02 Resolution Reconciliation
6.03 Impeachment
VII. New Business
7.01 Allocation of Funds for Renovations to the Cafeteria and T-107 – Diana Casares (Discussion/Action)
The cafeteria and T-107 will be renovated over the break. The cost will be $17,000 which will be taken from the
Equipment Fund of the ASG Budget left over from last year. ove to approve up to $17,000 for portable
renovations
7.02 Approval of New Budget – Diana Casares (Discussion/Action)
Nabulsi Moves to Suspend 7.02 until next council meeting, Seconded by Barajas
7.03 Funding request for EOPS Holiday Funding, Guardian Scholarship, Student Services Specialist –
Diana Casares (Discussion/Action)
With the allocation of $1,000 they would be able to help up to 250 students. Gerardo Moves to allocate up to
$1,000 to fund the EOPS Holiday Celebration, Seconded by Pierot. Objected by Gagnon.
Padilla A
Gaughan A
Dice A
Magana A
Barajas A
Hernandez A
Hernandez A
Chian A
Chau A
Nabulsi A
Wagstaff A
Eng A
Pierot A
Gagnon Abstain
Hatch A
Carr A
Cho A
Nawabi A
Raquel A
Berry A
Guardian Scholars helps support foster youth who are registered at SCC. This will provide them with bus
passes, notebooks, school supplies, and food cards. There is currently $3,000 allocated by ASG, and they are
requesting $2,000 now. Padilla Moves to allocate $2,000 to fund guardian Scholar, Seconded by A Hernandez.
Student Services Specialist is requesting $10,000 to hire short term staff who would be able to assist ICC until
the end of June so that Casares can focus more on multicultural Events, ASG, and other commitments. Padilla
Moves to allocate up to $10,000 for the Student Services Specialist for the Office of Student Life and
Leadership to hire a short time employee to assist with ICC, Seconded by N. Hernandez
7.04 Special Election
Gagnon nominates Nathan underwood as the position of President, Seconded by Eng (33-0-0)
Chau nominates Noah Nawabi as the position of VP of Activities, Seconded by Berry (21-0-0)
Jones nominates Troy Gagnon as the VP of Activities, Seconded by Nabulsi (9-0-0)
Barajas Moves to Suspend the Orders of the Day and move back to item 6.01 Appointment of New Members,
Seconded by Eng
7.05 Resolution VI Helpful Hawk Project – Kevin Pham (Discussion/Action)
Gaughan Moves to waive the second reading of resolution VI The Helpful Hawk Project, Seconded by Hatch
Padilla moves To Approve Resolution VI The Helpful Hawk Project, Seconded by Nawabi (17-1-1)
Gerardo Padilla A
Seham Nabilsi
Sydney Gaughan A
Edward Rebolledo
McKenna Dice A
Nathan Underwood
Marc Magaña A
Christopher Barajas A
Noe Hernandez A
Anthony Hernandez A
Esther Chian A
Isabelle Chau A
Tamara Nabulsi A
Jennifer Puchana
Amber Wagstaff A
Andre Eng A
Gregory Pierot A
Ricky Clemenz
Troy Gagnon O
Bryan Orrillo
Thomas Hatch Abstain
Tristan Carr A
Sophia Cho A
Lauren Williams
Noah Nawabi A
Berry A
Raquel Manriquez A
Resolution VI the Helpful Hawk Project passes.
Paddila Moves to reinstate the orders of the day, Seconded by Barajas
VIII. Reports
8.01 Inter-Club Council Report
Padilla- ICC President, there were many plans for the ICC Branch next semester, but several board Members
are leaving. There are now Executive Board Member positions open and available to any members of ASG who
would like to apply. Currently Secretary, Treasurer, and Public Relation positions are open, along with others.
The Math Club had their event with mathematical games and brain games. They also had a successful Beautiful
mind Event.
Several Clubs are teaming up to do an open mic night next semester. If you are interested in performing or
helping with that event contact Padilla.
8.02 Senator Reports
Nabulsi- Academic Senate is planning on redesigning the Orange Education Center for those who haven’t
completed a high school education. They were forced to relocate classes due to violations in their building.
Returned from a TAG Meeting at the District, and they went over the Illution portal app. The app was well liked
and effective. They are hoping to have students look over the demo in the summer.
Wagstaff- had their meeting yesterday and will be voting whether or not they approve of a resolution
8.03 Director Reports
Hatch- The Toy Drive end tomorrow so donate toys! Disappointed that the school newspaper wasn’t able to be
approved. Great job to those who worked on it.
Carr-Tomorrow Green ops is having a campus cleanup from 1:00pm-3:00pm. There will be food afterwards!
This Tuesday he had meetings to discuss three upcoming events. There will be an electronics drive this January
30, 2016 from 11:00am-2:00pm. If you have electronics it is important you do not throw them away because it
is very bad for the environment. There will be shirts donated to this event. Earth Day on April 21, 2016 will
have food vendors. On April 23, 2015 there will be a second Electronic drive.
8.04 Executive Reports
Gaughan- Apologized for the abruptness of her resignation. Thanked everyone in council. Will still be here until
December 10, 2015. Winterfest is this Tuesday and there will be a crafts fair. Just received an order of 25 boxes
of donuts and coffee. All proceeds will go to the Trevor Project. Tomorrow will be the last banquet Committee
chaired by Gaughan in H-206. If you would like to chair the committee please see Gaughan. Director meetings
will be taking place in H-216.
Nawabi- Introduced himself to the Council.
Underwood- thanked the Council for voting him into the position of President. Hopefully will be working on
new projects next semester as a whole and grow closer as a family. There is an open door policy, so if you have
any ideas, comments, or concerns please let him know. Will be starting training of the new Executive Board
members tomorrow.
8.05 Office of Student Life and Leadership Report
Going to have materials available if you would like to sign up for SLI. It will be held from March 4-28, 2016. It
is a State certified program. ICC paperwork is available online if anyone wants to start a club next semester.
Will be here from December 14-18, 2015 and all throughout January 2016.
8.06 Board of Trustee Liaison Report
Congratulations to the new members elected today. For those who are transferring the UCs decided to extend
the deadline for community college students to January 4, 2016. This next year UCs will be accepting 5,000
more students from California. By 2020 there will be an additional 5,000 Californian students. If you want more
information you can visit the Transfer Center. Next Monday will be a Board of Trustee Meeting at the District
Office at 4:30pm. Met with several people from the Admissions office and IT and discussed what would need to
be changed to the website to change the format of paying for the Student life and Leadership Fee. Decided to
not include some students in the automatic charge, such as students who are at the training academy and are off
campus. At Orange Coast College they have a machine that allows students to check out books, and she will be
researching how much that would cost because it would be very helpful for students. It would allow students to
scan the book they wanted to check out onto their laptops. Good luck with finals everyone!
8.07 Delegate Report
There is a Region Meeting Tomorrow at 12:30pm
8.08 Ad-Hoc Reports
Obama’s College Promise- The first Council of next semester there will be a third reading of the resolution.
IX. Events and Reminders
9.01 Student Life and Leadership Sticker
If you haven’t gotten your student life and leadership sticker please do so. Tell your friends and classmates that
there are positions open if ASG if they are interested.
9.02 Public Relation Committee’s Turn to Clean Room
X. Public Forum
Heaverlo- Ultimate Frisbee game tomorrow at the practice soccer field at 4:00pm.
Nabulsi- The OEC was initially bought for 7.4 million. Good luck with finals!
XI. Adjournment
Underwood adjourns the meeting at 5:04pm.