ASUC SENATE MEETING
October 9, 2013
Sixth Week
This regular meeting of the ASUC Senate was called to order by Nolan Pack at 7:05 p.m. in the Assembly
Room, Anna Head Alumnae Hall.
REPORTS FROM REPRESENTATIVES TO THE ASUC
Report from the UCPD Liaison
Sgt. Williams said the police had a pretty good week, as thefts were down again. They only had five bike
thefts that week. That was good. Two laptops were taken and two phones were taken. Since there was
nothing else to report, it was a really good week for the UCPD.
Sgt. Williams said that one thing he wanted to talk about quickly was the group that he knew was talking
about a phone app for students’ safety. Whenever people are approached about something like that, they
can refer them to the UCPD. In order to be made available through the campus, the app had to be free.
There had to be no charge for students. Any safety app also had to link directly to 911, which was rare.
A lot of phone apps are supposed to be for safety, but emergency calls go to the Internet and through different channels, and the call never makes it to 911, unless 911 was specifically monitoring that system.
And if there's a power outage, for instance, the app wouldn't work.
Sgt. Williams said he didn't know if this issue was coming up before the Senate, but somebody dropped
him a line asking him if the police were aware this. If something like that comes up, the people behind
the app should be referred to the UCPD. The police didn't want to be the keepers of apps and just wanted
to make sure that if students rely on something for safety, that the app was actually good and wasn't just a
vendor trying to make a profit. On a yearly basis, the police get no less than a few hundred companies
trying to present to the police an app to provide to the students. And the police generally kick them all
out. The police had to make sure an app does what it was supposed to do.
The police actually would like to have an app for students. When they go into a lot of buildings on campus, there's no radio reception. There are also some apps that don't actually call 911, and instead, it's an
internal system that the company itself monitors. One thing the UCPD does is to test apps for accuracy
and response time. The response time for some of them can be up to five minutes. And if somebody calls
911 and had to wait for five minutes, that was not a good thing. So he would ask people to keep these
things in mind.
Lastly, Sgt. Williams said Vice President Pack will probably talk to the Senate about this later, but the
UCPD would like to have an open house for Senators. It would be nice to have Senators’ at the UCPD’s
Report from the UCPD Liaison (cont'd)
Report from the ASUC Auxiliary
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house. He’s always in the Senate’s “house.” The open house was basically for Senators to be presented
with anything they'd like to see inside the UCPD and how it actually works. People could send any questions to Mr. Pack, who will talk more about this later. Hopefully, for once, he could have Senators at his
“house.” That was all he had for his report.
Mr. Pack called for any questions, and seeing none, said he would like to thank Sgt. Williams.
Report from the ASUC Auxiliary
Mr. Pack said he would like to welcome Chris Wong to give the Auxiliary report.
Chris Wong introduced himself and said he would give the Auxiliary report that week.
Mr. Wong read the following:
--------------Begin written report from the ASUC Auxiliary
Staffing & Hiring Updates
This week and next, the ASUC Auxiliary and Student Affairs IT are hosting on-campus interviews for
two IT positions that will be focused on completing the TPT report item concerning the upgrading and
unification of Event Planning services into a “one-stop-shop” for students, student groups, campus, and
the community.
Event Services is hiring! We are looking to hire 3-5 Event staff. Interested students should please send
your resume and class schedule to Monica Duran. Her email is moduran@berkeley.edu.
Construction/Facilities Updates
Lower Sproul Project -- It is an exciting time. The concrete slab for Eshleman is being poured over the
next two weeks. This project is on schedule and on budget. Furniture stakeholder meeting will take place October 22 and 23. Please contact Bahar Navab
if you have any questions.
Program/Service Updates
1.1 TGIF released the 2013-2014 Annual Report, available on our Website (tgif.berkeley.edu).
Highlights include:
●
The selection of twelve (12) fall mini-grants and fourteen (14) spring grants, awarding a
total of $296,000 in new grant funding and creating thirty-six (36) new student
internships.
Report from the ASUC Auxiliary (cont'd)
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--------------Written report from the ASUC Auxiliary (cont'd)
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Since its inaugural grant cycle in spring 2008, TGIF has awarded over $1.5 million in
grants to ninety-six (96) projects, in the form of eighty-four (84) spring grant awards and
twelve (12) fall mini-grant awards. These grants have included the funding of one hundred ninety-five (195) student sustainability internships.
●
Fifty-three (53) TGIF projects have successfully concluded and forty (40) are currently inprogress. Only three (3) projects have been discontinued.
1.2 TGIF just sent its coordinator and 4 students to the 2013 Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Conference and gave a total of five presentations.
1.3 We just received 8 applications for the October Mini-Grant Program.
2.1 Multi-Cultural Greek Council (MCGC) is open for expansion to new organizations. Applications are available on the MCGC CalLink Website and are due on October 24th.
Upcoming Events
Friday, October 25 - Save the Date - Northwest Stair, Lower Sproul Plaza - Come celebrate the
Opening of the Northwest Stair. This is a milestone accomplishment within the Lower Sproul
Redevelopment Project. The event will take place from 11:30 - 3 pm.
Other Updates
The Organization & Governance Committee of the CSSB will be reviewing the current Commercial Activities Agreement (CAA) and looking to rewrite/streamline parts of it. Senators wishing
to contribute thoughts or ideas should contact DJ Pepito and/or Bahar Navab.
Responses to previously asked questions:
1. To Senator Week: On Spieker Plaza reservation - Please contact Event Services, who will
work with Athletics and the UCPD to discuss event options. Due to construction, Spieker
Plaza may not be recommended for events. It's not definite, but if people work with Event
Services, they could provide a definite answer for a particular event.
2. To Senator Mullen: Leadership Symposium presenters should be notified by this week as to
their session times.
End written report from the ASUC Auxiliary
--------------Mr. Wong said that concluded the report. Mr. Pack called for any questions, and seeing none, said he
would like to thank Mr. Wong.
Report from the Finance Officer
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Mr. Pack said that as a reminder to everybody who was there as a member of the public, if they were
interested in making a public comment on a particular agenda item, public comment cards were available
and they should fill them out and give them to Ms. Hennes, the Vice Chair. Ms. Hennes will then call
them up to give their comment on that agenda item.
Report from the Finance Officer
Mr. Lee said that he included everything in his written report. He authored the Budget Bill. In his report
he also talks about ASUC funding and what they could do with the Cal Lodge. Mr. Lee said he planned
on terminating operation of the Cal Lodge at the end of that month. A bill about that will be coming to
the Senate in the next two weeks. He called for any questions. Seeing no questions, Mr. Pack said he
would like to thank Mr. Lee.
--------------Begin written report from Finance Officer D. Lee
List Administrative or ASUC Committee Meetings attended:
Standing Committee on Finance - 10/7
List campus-wide committee meetings attended, including a summary of actions and decisions made by
the committee:
N/A
List of accomplishments and fulfilled duties:
Authored Week 6 Budget Bill
Met with EVP Pack
- Discussed possible investment options with ASUC endowment
- Discussed possible timeline to terminate the operation of Cal Lodge
List of proposed goals for the upcoming week:
Contact Boston Trust, research on possible investment options
Project the losses of Cal Lodge for the winter months
Prepare a Cal Lodge presentation for ASUC Senate
Prepare a bill in support of terminating the operation of Cal Lodge
List any expenditures and allocations made from any account or fund overseen by your office:
N/A
Report from the Finance Officer (cont'd)
Approval of the Minutes
New Business
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--------------Written report from Finance Officer D. Lee (cont'd)
Budget/ Expenses
Uploaded File: <em>No Response</em>
List any other relevant information:
N/A
Date Submitted: 10/7/2013 5:49 p.m.
Submitted by: Dennis Lee
Date Approved: 10/9/2013 2:08 a.m.
Approved by: Heidi Kang
End written report from Finance Officer D. Lee
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Mr. Pack said that anybody, a member of the public, who would like to give a Guest Announcement or
give a comment could do so at that time. Seeing none, he said they would move on.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Mr. Pack said the Chair would like to entertain a motion to approve the minutes from the October 2
meeting. It was so moved and seconded by Ms. Pacheco and Ms. Raffi. Mr. Pack called for any objection. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 2, 2013 SENATE
MEETING PASSED WITH NO OBJECTION.
NEW BUSINESS
Mr. Pack said he would propose assigning the following bills to the following committees:
SB 27, To Address the Irrational Decision by the Administration to Have Classes the Very Next Day, to
the University and External Affairs Committee
SB 28, In Memory of the 21st Anniversary of the Passing of Grace Asuncion, to the University and
External Affairs Committee
SB 29, In Support of the Week 6 Budget Bill, to the Finance Committee
New Business (cont'd)
Approval of the Agenda
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Mr. Pack noted that Con-Review had no bills that week, which was fine because Con-Review had JCouncil appointments going on.
Mr. Pack called for a motion to approve New Business. It was so moved and seconded by Mr. Tan and
Mr. Fineman. THE MOTION TO APPROVE NEW BUSINESS PASSED WITH NO OBJECTION.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA (Oct. 16)
Mr. Pack asked if there were any Special Orders people would like to request to add to the agenda for
next week’s meeting.
Mr. Pack said he received a request to hold a Special Order next week from the Public Service Center,
which would like to give a presentation. The request was from Mike Bishop, who spoke to the Senate
during Senate Training.
Mr. Pack called for any other amendments or changes to next week’s agenda.
Mr. Iwuoma said he was going to move to table his bill, SB 8, In Support of IGNITE, and he would like
to request a Special Order for the bill, regarding the IGNITE campaign.
Mr. Pack said that with the two proposed amendments, he called for a motion to approve next week’s
agenda, with the two added Special Orders. It was so moved and seconded by Ms. Pacheco and Ms.
Quinn. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR THE OCTOBER 16 SENATE MEETING,
AS AMENDED, PASSED WITH NO OBJECTION, WITH SPECIAL ORDERS FROM THE PUBLIC
SERVICE CENTER AND ON SB 8, IGNITE.
Mr. Pack said they had a mildly awkward wait of 60-seconds to take attendance, when it would be 7:20.
He said he’d like to thank them for their patience.
Roll call was taken for attendance.
MEMBERS LEGALLY PRESENT:
Courtney Chow
Katherine Chung
Grant Fineman
Destiny Iwuoma
Justin Kong
Karen Lee
Naweed Mohabbat
Briana Mullen
Solomon Nwoche
Wendy Pacheco
Sahil Pandya
Caitlin Quinn
Liza Raffi
Quinn Z. Shen
Mr. Pack noted that they had perfect attendance.
Sevly Snguon
Sean Tan
Emily Truax
Pavan Upadhyayula
Lauren Week
Eric Wu
Report from the Executive Vice President
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REPORTS FROM EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Report from the Executive Vice President
Mr. Pack said that beyond the printed report that was included in Senators’ binders, with all the meetings
he’s attended and the things his office has worked on, he wanted to note a couple of things. He and Vice
Chair Hennes have been taking about this, and they'd like to make a change in the way they put the Senate
binders together. In an effort to save paper, they’d like to not print all the bill appendices for Senators,
since it seemed that a lot of people were not taking the appendices home and were leaving them behind in
the binders. So what they'll probably end up doing is to print most of the agenda packet the way it is, so
Senators could have it in front of them. But they'd leave off the appendices for the finance bill every
week.
Mr. Pack asked for a show of hands of people who do take appendices with them. He noted that the people who raise their hands were Fi-Comm members. He asked if it would be okay to continue to print the
appendices for Fi-Comm members, but not for the rest of the Senate, and asked if that would work for
people. That would be with the understanding that appendices were part of the agenda packet anyway,
and anyone could see them when they're sent out, when the agenda is e-mailed. So from the show of
hands, Fi-Comm members would like to continue to have the appendices printed. So Mr. Pack said they'd
do that and print them for Fi-Comm members only. This was an effort to mitigate the amount of paper
that was used in the packets. They use re-used paper when they can, but he personally has run out of his
stockpile of reused paper.
Mr. Pack said he also wanted to get some feedback from Senators on focus groups. After talking with
Department Directors in his office, they're wondering whether it would be easier for Senators to set up
specific dates where there would be focus groups about things like the Wiki, the Student Resource Portal,
the Cal Lodge, or any number of other things. If they set dates in advance throughout the semester, and
then invite people to participate, Senators could help promote those. Or, if Senators would like Directors
to make an effort to connect with them individually, a day could be set up for Senators’ communities, and
Directors or representatives could be at community meetings to talk for about 15 minutes, or so.
Mr. Pack asked if there was a preference among Senators. He asked if it was the preference of the Senate
to set up dates for focus groups throughout the semester, with the understanding that the office would
need Senators’ help to promote these gatherings in their communities, so everybody’s input was heard in
these processes. He saw people nodding enthusiastically. So they'd move forward with that
understanding.
Mr. Pack said the last thing he wanted to get a little bit of feedback on for moving forward was what Sgt.
Williams mentioned earlier, a time for the Senate to visit the UCPD. It wouldn't be held on October 23,
because of a conflicting event the UCPD has, and Mr. Pack said he would continue to work on dates for
this proposal. Based on speaking with the UCPD, and based on the UCPD’s preference in trying to
accommodate the Senate, so everybody was able to attend, it seemed like the best option for the Senate to
Report from the Executive Vice President (cont'd)
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have an open house at the UCPD was to have it occur during the time when the Senate would typically
hear Special Orders. So the Senate would recess at 8 p.m., go to the UCPD, and then come back after
some period of time. The UCPD would give a presentation and would provide food, which was very
generous of them, and then Senators would also mix briefly with UCPD staffers and officers.
Mr. Pack said he would propose that the Senate allow 30 minutes for this. That would be 15 minutes for
a presentation and 15 minutes to socialize and to get food, and then allow for a total of 50 minutes or so,
for walking back and forth to Sproul Hall. Moving as a large group can sometimes be slow.
Mr. Pack asked if Senators had a preference for a longer, shorter, or different length of time.
Mr. Nwoche said he would suggest making it an hour. Mr. Pack said that the suggestion is that rather
than rather than having this at 50 minutes, they’d schedule this for an hour. With ten minutes to walk to
and then back from Sproul, that would give the Senate a total of 40 minutes. The UCPD needs 15
minutes for a presentation, and the remainder of that time would be a social mixer. He asked if that
sounded good to everyone, and said he would move forward with that understanding.
Mr. Shen said that just to confirm, he asked if this will occur next week during the Senate meeting. Mr.
Pack said it wouldn't be next week. It would be held at 8 p.m. when Special Orders would normally be
heard. What the Senate will do is they'll try to schedule the open house far enough in advance so they
don't have a Special Order scheduled during that time. So it could be the 30th, or the first week of
November, something like that, something that would work for both the Senate and the UCPD. His goal
would be to do it in an evening when there were no other Special Orders. Since the Senate has two Special Orders already next week, that would probably be an awkward time for the Senate to do this. So with
the plan as articulated, Mr. Pack asked if he could get nods from people if they were okay with this. He
noted that there was agreement.
Mr. Pack said there was one last thing he needed in order to make the open house work. The UCPD was
really interested in understanding what Senators want to know about how the UCPD works, so he would
ask Senators for a commitment from each of them to e-mail him by next Wednesday’s meeting one thing
they would like to know about how the UCPD works. He’ll forward that to the UCPD and that could
inform the presentation. It could be anything Senators would like to know about the UCPD.
Mr. Pack said with that said, that summed up the sort of impromptu section of his report. The rest of it
was written. If Senators had questions about what was written in his report, or anything about administrative meetings he had, or will have, he would ask them to please feel free to talk to him offline, e-mail
him, text him, etc. But that was all he had at that time for his report. He called for any questions.
Ms. Mullen said she had a question about Executive reports. The way their binders were currently put
together, Senators don't get Executives’ reports until the time the Senate meets. She asked if there was a
way to get the reports before then. She knew Officers send in Exec reports on Tuesday.
Mr. Pack said they submit them on Monday night. He asked if she’s tried to look at the reports on
CalLink, and asked if she had access to that. The Execs submit reports to the Senate page, so it was really
easy to be able to view them. If that was not the case, and Senators couldn't view them, he would definitely look into that and try to make sure Senators get that access privilege. And then they'll suggest to
Report from the Executive Vice President
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Mr. Tauber that Officers’ reports are included in the packet. He thought Ms. Mullen was right, in that
these reports should be included beforehand, for the purpose of transparency and to have a complete
packet posted online. So he and Ms. Hennes will talk to Jordan Tauber about that. Mr. Pack called for
any other questions, and seeing none, said he would like to thank them.
--------------Begin written report from Executive VP Pack
List ASUC Committee Meetings attended:
N/A
List campus-wide committee meetings attended, including a summary of actions and decisions made by
the committee:
N/A
List Administrative meetings attended:
EVP
10/2 - Student Store vendor discussion with CSSB members.
10/4 - MLK, Eshleman, & Lower Sproul food vendor proposal review.
STUDENT RESOURCES
Met with Nolan to discuss goals for the semester and timeline for the year.
Decided on Director Assignments for each of the interns and coordinated a meeting for the
interns to meet directors and understand the goals of EVP SRD.
Asst. Director of Student Spaces:
Sharay - meeting about the planning of Room 17; action items and deadlines have been
established.
Nolan - meeting about space updates, including Room 17, Food Pantry, and went over
things to talk about with Suzi (room 17, long-terms spacing plans, and meditation space issues).
Asst. Director of Allocations
Ismael and Arthur have decided on allocations and revisions will be sent to
ConRev.
PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT
Matt Wong, 10/2.
- Working on uploading the ASUC handbook.
- Working on uploading CalSearch.
Department meeting, 10/2
- Overview of projects.
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--------------Written report from Executive VP Pack (cont'd)
- Check in on wiki assignments.
- Temperature check on tasks.
CalCentral, 10/3
- Presented CalSearch function, also asked about wiki.
- Super supportive of CalSearch function. Seems interested in integrating into CalCentral
once we have a more complete function of it.
- Had a lot of questions about wiki.
- Lots of advice between usability research, user experience research, focus groups.
- Will f/u end of the month.
David Wang, 10/4
- Offered position as Asst. Director.
- Isn't over involved or overbooked, so seems ready to take on a lot of the projects.
- Has experience with visual media, photography, project management, and nonprofit
development.
- Assigning him to manage the wiki project, documentary help, ASUC narrative focus
groups help.
Jonathan, Publications/OCF, 10/4
- Touched base.
- Will connect me with his boss who may have more feedback on search, wiki.
- Will connect me with projects director at OCF.
Jaimie & Brett, Students of the World, 10/4.
- Will work on a production pitch on Cal documentary series, submit by 10/25, present
maybe that weekend.
- Has equipment!!! Woo! Need to get permission from HQ and plan out before time. Need
sound equipment. ASUC should also get its own camera.
- Future talks about developing decal curriculum for participatory media.
COMMUNICATIONS
OCF ASUC Meeting, with Mon-Shane.
Met with Joanna to talk about the future of search in the ASUC.
Department meeting to discuss weekly events and tasks.
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--------------Written report from Executive VP Pack (cont'd)
List events and activities sponsored by you and/or your office staff:
LEGISLATIVE
10/2/13 Chancellor/ Senate Mixer.
SUSTAINABILITY
Department bonding breakfast.
List any expenditures and allocations made from any account or fund overseen by your office:
LEGISLATIVE
10/2/13 Senate/ Chancellor Mixer: $103
Upload the most recent version of your office's budget and account balances
Uploaded File: EVP_10_6_budget.pdf
List additional fulfillment of duties required by the Constitution and/or By-Laws, and duties assigned by
the Senate:
STUDENT RESOURCES
Set up an appointment with Amanda to discuss focus group/ semester planning on Thursday.
Ismael is working on setting an appointment with Sadia this week as well.
Will meet with Suzi to discuss more about event services.
Interns will be assigned to contact student groups that did not fill out agreements for spaces.
SUSTAINABILITY
Put KXL Participant training event on facebook and booked Anna Head for November 3 from
12-6 p.m.
Got an Environmental Advocacy Coordinator!
FINANCE
Working on multiple CACSF grant applications for: EEF, budget realignment, investment
planning fellow (all other projects on back burner to meet upcoming deadline)
PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT
ASUC documentaries - will update on budget request for camera equipment when I hear back
from SotW next week.
Report from the Executive Vice President
Report from the President
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--------------Written report from Executive VP Pack (cont'd)
Cal Search function lookin' good.
Asst. Director!
Wiki meditating.
COMMUNICATIONS
Website updates with Lizzy on Bill Tracker, discussing layout and features.
Start of cleanup of ASUC website, found of entire pages and started counting broken links.
List any other relevant information:
N/A
End written report from Executive VP Pack
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Report from the President
Ms. Pepito said she had a lot to talk about that evening, and a lot to add to her report. As for some highlights from what was written in her report, last week she and other student leaders had a meeting with
Vice Chancellor Gabor Basri to talk about the multicultural hiring committee that’s being formed. It
looks like that will turn into a student of color advisory committee for the campus. Again, this was a preliminary meeting, and they're still trying to flesh out the charge the committee would have. At their next
meeting they'll talk more about structure. There are different students participating in this, along with
staff and alumni. She’d keep the Senate updated on it.
Ms. Pepito said her standing meeting last week with Chancellor Dirks was really effective. It was the day
after the emergency. She mentioned some of what they talked about last week at the Senate meeting.
Moving forward, she’s already been in contact with Associate Vice Chancellor Ron Coley, who will take
over the review process for emergency protocol and procedures when it comes to a campus response. Ms.
Pepito said she’ll work with staff to make sure that student opinion is included and how communication
to students should look like for any upcoming emergencies on campus.
The next fireside chat will be with the undocumented community, as a request from the Chancellor himself. Part of the reason for that was because Pres. Napolitano’s visit to campus was to have been November 15. To give an update on the visit, Ms. Pepito said they heard from UCOP on Tuesday that the visit
was postponed. Ms. Pepito said that when she learned that, she immediately e-mailed the Council of
Presidents to figure out if it was just the Berkeley campus that was being postponed or if it was all the
campuses. And it looks like it's only the Berkeley campus. Ms. Pepito said they're trying to figure out
why Berkeley was getting postponed. November is crazy for them at Cal because Chancellor Dirks’
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Convocation is November 8 and Ms. Napalitano’s visit was going to be on the 15th. Then they'd all be
going off for Thanksgiving, followed by Winter Break. So they're afraid the visit might get pushed back
to next semester, which wouldn't necessarily be accessible. So they're trying to figure out what was going
on with this.
Ms. Pepito said that if people didn't notice, on Bancroft there used to be a big sign up at a bookstore
claiming that it was “the student store.” A couple of weeks ago she and Mr. Pack directed the ASUC
attorney, Greg Brock, to write a cease and desist letter to the store, because that was in direct competition
with the Cal Student Store. The letter worked, and the sign was covered as of last Friday. So the ASUC
now didn't have to take legal action.
Additionally, one thing that wasn't in her report was is that Ms. Pepito said she has been approached by
Vice Chancellor John Wilton and Dan Mogulof, who want to do an Athletics finance information session.
It will be next Tuesday, the 15th at 6:30. Ms. Pepito said she needed around three to five student reps.
She hoped Senators attend the information session. Free pizza will be provided. If people were interested
in going, she would ask them to please send her an e-mail. It will be first-come, first-served. The idea is
that a lot of this is in response to the media and the media attention the Stadium has been getting for its
financial model. Originally, that was going to be the focus, but now they're looking at this more holistically, and looking at the broader financial model for Athletics, for students to better understand the model
and so there's better communication.
Also, Ms. Pepito said the UCPD is doing a lieutenant search at that time. There will be interviews the
week of October 21. If Senators were interested in being involved in the interview process, they should
message her or text her. Chief Bennett mentioned that she was interested in having Sen. Iwuoma participate again, as he participated last time. But this process wasn't closed, so if anybody was interested, Ms.
Pepito said she would ask them to please let her know. People should remember the interviews for these
positions are time demanding. There will be five interviews. It would be great if Senators could help her
out so she didn't have to go to all of them.
Ms. Pepito said she had her standing with Vice Chancellor Gabor Basri that day and she mentioned the
ACES (American Cultures Engaged Scholarship) stuff that has been going on lately, and a lot of the
effort that has been happening from Senators and other students to make sure ACES was sustained. She
had an update on that, and if Senators were interested in knowing more, she would ask them to please talk
to her.
Regarding CACSSF proposals, for immediate, one-time spring funding, the deadline is next Monday. If
people are submitting proposals, Ms. Pepito said she would ask them to please be cognizant that they had
to be submitted through either her, AAVP Jameson, or SAO Semenov. Student proposals have to be
submitted by one of the ASUC Executives sitting on the CACSSF Committee. Students have been
meeting every week to talk about proposals that are coming up, and to make sure they know how to advocate for them, or how they can negotiate the proposals with the CACSSF Committee. If Senators have a
proposal or were interested in submitting one, and she or the other students on the Committee didn't know
about it, she would ask them to please let them know. It was really difficult to have conversations about
potential student proposals and then find out about other proposals that come in later. She wanted to be
able to make sure she was advocating for students’ proposals in the right way. She couldn't do that without additional information. So she would ask them to please talk to her about this. That was all she had
for her report. Mr. Pack called for any questions.
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Mr. Iwuoma asked about than item in her report, about the discussion she had with Amanda Ridel to discuss climate in the ASUC and relationship building. Ms. Pepito said that was a conversation about better
relationship building among Executives and Senators and how things were going lately. They talked
about what she needed to do as President, and also, what the LEAD Center needed to do, as partners, to
make sure the conversations they have work and that the relationship develops. It was more of a check-in
than anything else.
Mr. Iwuoma asked about potential student fees for that year. Ms. Pepito said that regarding potential student fees for this year, as she mentioned in her report a couple of weeks ago, the Student Fee Referendum
Committee met two or three weeks ago. What was happening at that time is that by the end of this month,
they'll have concepts submitted to the Committee, not for approval, but just to start conversations.
They've already been having conversations. Max Gee, the GA President, is kind of taking over figuring
out how a health and wellness fee would be done, and if it would be done again. Mr. Gee did a temperature check of the Delegates at the last GA meeting, and the Delegates would be okay with not pursuing a
health and wellness fee that year. If it were postponed, people could look at other ways to fund it. There
were also a lot of issues around being able to do another construction project on campus at that time. So
people were thinking of taking a different route and figuring out whether or not the campus can do this,
pay for it, or do fundraising for it. So it looks like a health and wellness fee will be put on hold for this
year.
Ms. Pepito said the other two options for proposed student fees, just to be transparent, was that people
were thinking about implementing an additional ASUC fee that would increase the ASUC budget to provide more funding for student groups and general ASUC programming. If people have any questions
about that, they could ask her and/or EVP Pack. A second possible fee being considered is a student
technology fee. They're in the process of negotiating that at that time. They still had to check in with
some folks about it. The tech fee would largely be modeled after CACSSF. Students would want the
money to go to the ASUC, and to then have a committee of students in charge of make allocations. A
portion of that would probably go to software, and they're trying to figure out how much the fee would
have to be to do that.
Mr. Pack said that if there were additional questions at that point, they'd need to extend speaking time.
But if there weren't, they could move forward. Seeing no further questions, Mr. Pack said he would like
to thank Ms. Pepito.
--------------Begin written report from Pres. Pepito
List ASUC Committee Meetings attended:
N/A
List campus-wide committee meetings attended, including a summary of actions and decisions made by
the committee:
CSSB subcommittee meeting (10/2)
- Met to narrow down potential bookstore vendors and discuss process moving forward. Will
be sending out offers to a select few vendors to send us their best pro formas.
Report from the President (cont'd)
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--------------Written report from Pres. Pepito (cont'd)
Student Systems Executive Steering Committee (SSESC) (10/2)
- Discussed SIS survey and statement of work (SOW) progress
- Briefed committee on potential student technology fee conversations
CSSB Org & Gov Committee meeting, part 2 (10/4)
- Further discussed ASUC Auxiliary branding vision
- Will be meeting on 10/10 to do a CAA re-writing brainstorm
Equity and Inclusion Multicultural Advisory Committee preliminary meeting (10/4)
- Initial meetings to confirm charge and membership for a students-of-color advisory
committee that was an item on the MSD Advisory Committee report from last year.
List Administrative meetings attended:
Standing with Chancellor Dirks (10/1)
- Discussed emergency response protocol and how to improve communication to the student
body, staff, and faculty.
- Decided to send out the joint email (you all should have received it).
- If you have feedback for how to improve communication to campus in the event of an
emergency, email suggestions to president@asuc.org.
- Confirmed President Napolitano's campus visit for November 15 (after Chancellor Dirks'
inauguration on November 8).
- Concluded on inviting the undocumented student community to the next Fireside Chat,
October 28th - per request by the Chancellor.
- Briefed him for the ASUC Senate visit (hope you all enjoyed it last week).
- Gave him packet of materials to overview the work of OP with sexual assault task force and
the recent events with the audit, etc.
ASUC/GA joint standing with the Chancellor (10/3)
- Chancellor Dirks requested a follow up on AB 123, per Senator Tan's questions from the
Senate meeting.
- Confirmed that Linda Williams (AVC) will be working on planning the campus visit with
Napolitano. Keep you updated with details. Meeting with Linda will be Tuesday, 10/8.
- Discussed issues surrounding access to higher education from financial aid and admissions
policies.
- Chancellor Dirks also confirmed his approval to enlarge budget for Cal Student Central for
more staffing so we can avoid long lines again for spring.
Report from the President (cont'd)
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--------------Written report from Pres. Pepito (cont'd)
List events and activities sponsored by you and/or your office staff:
DoS Search Student Forum (10/3)
- Decent enough turn out. Thank you to Senators Tan, Mullen, and Iwuoma for coming!
List any expenditures and allocations made from any account or fund overseen by your office:
N/A
Upload the most recent version of your office's budget and account balances
Uploaded File: Screen_Shot_2013-10-07_at_4.05.26_PM.png.
List additional fulfillment of duties required by the Constitution and/or By-Laws, and duties assigned by
the Senate:
Planning on how to execute ASUC Advocacy Agenda
- Haven't been writing letters (if charged to do so by a bill) just because I didn't know there
were bills requiring me to do so until recently. OP is working with EVP to come up with a
better process that will notify the Execs when we have duties being asked of us. Once we
get better organized with bills, we'll turn things over faster.
- If you're writing a bill that requires an Exec to do something, please contact them just give
them a heads up please.
List any other relevant information:
Meeting: Bahar, Max, and Nolan (10/1)
- Discussed priorities for bookstore vendor selections.
CACSSF student meeting (10/1)
- Discussed potential proposals coming to CACSSF.
- If you are applying, remember the deadline is October 14.
Meeting with Amanda Ridel (10/4)
- Discuss climate in the ASUC and relationship building.
Lower Sproul food vendor space meeting (10/4)
- Looked over revised floor plans for food vendor space from Chartwells.
- Will be making some changes in the concepts of the NE corner space and will be transitioning design privileges away from Chartwells.
Report from the President (cont'd)
Report from the External Affairs Vice President
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--------------Written report from Pres. Pepito (cont'd)
Meeting with Greg Brock (10/4)
- Cease and desist letter was sent to Bancroft Clothing two weeks ago, they complied as of
the morning of 10/4.
- Discussed long term plans for potential ASUC fundraising efforts.
Spoke at the Homecoming Rally (10/4)
- It was fun.
Date Submitted: 10/7/2013 4:07 p.m.
Submitted by: Donna-Jo Pepito
Date Approved: 10/7/2013 11:38 p.m.
Approved by: Elizabeth Hennes
End written report from Pres. Pepito
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Report from the External Affairs Vice President
Ms. Mecklai said that most of what she did that past week was in her Exec report. She’d elaborate on the
more interesting things. First of all, she’d start with event reminders. She sent an e-mail to Senators and
Facebook harassed them about the public meeting at Anna Head on Thursday about the retrofit ordinance
being considered by the City of Berkeley. This is a unique opportunity because normally, City of Berkeley meetings are held at the North Berkeley Senior Center or at the Main Library, locations that tend to be
somewhat inaccessible to students. That’s why she decided to partner with the City to hold this public
meeting at Anna Head, and to make sure students would be able to attend.
Students who live in soft-story buildings should have received a postcard letting them know the meeting
was occurring. The EAVP’s office has also been doing Facebook and CalLink outreach. She passed out
fliers about this. If Senators or people they know live in a soft-story building, or know people who are
passionate about this issue, she would encourage them to come and meet with people in the City working
on this; or if somebody was just interested in Berkeley politics, which were really interesting, they should
attend.
Ms. Mecklai said applications are still out for the Students of Color Conference, and will be accepted
until Sunday night. A lot of people are kind of complaining that questions were long. She would ask
people to please be sure to get their applications in. Right now, the number of students they're taking is
85, which was pretty huge, and would be a pretty big delegation from Berkeley. Ms. Mecklai said the
office was also doing a lot of fundraising, and she needed help with that as well.
Ms. Mecklai said that past weekend she was in Riverside for the UCSA Board meeting. It was a really
productive meeting. One thing that she went into the meeting really wanting to make sure about was for
Report from the External Affairs Vice President (cont'd)
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the UCSA to finally vote on the demands to Janet Napolitano from the undocumented community. The
UCSA tabled those for too long, so she made sure they were voted on; and they passed, which was really
exciting. The demands were in the form of the demands that the undocumented student community and
allied leaders presented to Pres. Napolitano when they met her. They're slightly different from the ones
the Senate passed as an ASUC. With that said, she did present the Senate’s Resolution to the Board, as
was mandated in the bill, and asked the Board to make it a priority. She would send out the rest of the
demands.
In addition, the Board divided the bill into two Resolutions, one being the demands and the second one
specifically about the transparency of the process. So what they did was to not only research what that
process looked like, but they also made recommendations on how policy could be changed. She thought
it is a good Resolution. They tried to be as creative as possible to get more student voice in that process.
She’d send that out to Senators and would be happy to hear any comments. Or, if they want to be
involved in implementation, that would be awesome as well.
Ms. Mecklai said she met with Pres. Napolitano on Tuesday for the first time, as part of the UCSA leadership. . It was Ms. Napalitano’s second meeting with students. It was a really interesting meeting. As
for the agenda of the meeting, they talked about UCSA’s structure; what the UCSA looked like; where
their power came from; how they represent students; and the UCSA’s campaigns for the year. Ms.
Mecklai said she was pleasantly surprised that Ms. Napalitano was familiar with a lot of the UCSA’s
campaigns. They then touched back on the concerns that students have raised about Ms. Napalitano filling the UC President position. The UCSA wanted to hear her responses, and if she had comments about
the concerns that students raised. They also reiterated the demands that the undocumented community
already presented to Ms. Napalitano, and asked again for her to make a commitment on them. Ms.
Napalitano still said she would have her staff look them over. But she repeated that she probably did
support the TRUST Act, because of those demands and because undocumented students met with her. So
it was good to know she was listening to students.
Ms. Mecklai said the UCSA then had a series of concerns, or “asks” for Ms. Napalitano, mostly that she
recommit to the mission of the UC being accessible, affordable, and of quality. And they asked her for
feedback about innovative ways she would do that.
After that Ms. Mecklai said the UCSA presented its budget demands for the University. The most interesting ones, and the primary ones, are that recruitment and retention centers across the UC be funded by
the University, especially at UC Merced, because it does not have one. And they asked her to fund those
at $2 million. They also asked that she fund more student services, especially services that UC should
pay for, that are being provided by others. So they asked that UC prioritize student services as well as
professional development programs for graduate students. Ms. Mecklai said she would be happy to elaborate on any of those.
Ms. Mecklai said they then asked Ms. Napalitano how she saw their relationship in the future. She committed to having quarterly meetings with the UCSA leadership. And they got her to soft commit to participating in lobby visits. She didn't say she would for sure do that, but she kind of alluded to participating in lobby visits. She also mentioned she was interested in looking at Prop. 13 reform and the oil
extraction tax. She was also very accessible to the idea of fuel divestment, and she was excited that was
one of the ASUC’s goals for the year. Ms. Napalitano thought it was a good time to bring that issue up;
and she looked at that favorably.
Report from the External Affairs Vice President (cont'd)
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Ms. Mecklai said the other thing she talked to Ms. Napalitano about was about hearing that her UC
Berkeley visit would be delayed. Ms. Napalitano said that she was definitely working to get that visit
done this semester. So it wouldn't occur next semester, but will probably be sometime in November. Ms.
Mecklai said she would keep the Senate updated about the progress of this visit. But Ms. Napalitano did
say it would be this semester.
Ms. Mecklai said there was last thing that was important about the meeting. Ms. Napalitano’s Chief-ofStaff for student affairs, and her student affairs team was in the room, and Ms. Mecklai said she began to
establish a relationship with them. As a result, if Senators have Resolutions they want to present to the
Office of the President, Ms. Mecklai said she was the only External VP who got a letter back personally
from Pres. Napolitano. So Berkeley they can continue to have a lot of input at the Office of the President.
So if Senators wanted to take political advantage of this, or talk about what issues Ms. Napalitano was
most accessible to, or if people wanted to set up meetings and wanted access to her staff, Ms. Mecklai
said she would be more than happy to help arrange that. One of the nice things about Berkeley getting
more involved with the UCSA that year was definitely having more access. Ms. Mecklai asked Senators
to please utilize that and utilize her for that. She would also pass around fliers and would ask people to
take some. That concluded her report. Mr. Pack called for any questions.
Mr. Mohabbat asked if she could speak to the soft-story buildings, and what they are, and how students
can know if they live in one of those buildings. Ms. Mecklai said soft-story buildings are registered with
the City of Berkeley, so people could check if their building is or isn't soft-story. She could send out the
link to find out that information. If people weren't sure or couldn't find it online, she could look it up for
them or for their constituents and help people find out if they live in a soft-story building. Soft-story
buildings are built in a way that makes them most susceptible to damage if there was an earthquake of a
certain magnitude. They tend to be buildings that require a retrofit, which costs a lot of money. As for
the proposed City ordinance, it would work to address soft-story buildings, and especially ones that house
tenants. It basically relates to tenant safety.
Ms. Week said she talked to City Council member Kriss Worthington about progress for creating an
appeal process for second responses to fraternities. She asked if Ms. Mecklai had any information on
that. Ms. Mecklai said she would present on that next week in more detail. It was something the office
was considering, but not something they were organizing about. She would keep Ms. Week updated by
e-mail or in person. She didn't know of any progress.
Seeing no other questions, Mr. Pack said he would like to thank Ms. Mecklai.
--------------Begin written report from External Affairs VP Mecklai
List ASUC Committee Meetings attended:
Attended the University and External Affairs Committee Meeting on Monday.
List campus-wide committee meetings attended, including a summary of actions and decisions made by
the committee:
None
Report from the External Affairs Vice President (cont'd)
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--------------Written report from External Affairs VP Mecklai
List Administrative meetings attended:
Met with UC President Janet Napolitano on 10/8/2013: discussed UCSA structure, UCSA campaigns, our concerns with her, the demands of the undocumented community, what her vision is for
partnership, what her vision is for the UC, how she plans to fund the UC.
Met with President, ED, and organizer of AFSCME 3299 to discuss our relationship and labor
solidarity.
List events and activities sponsored by you and/or your office staff:
Launch of SOCC application
Interviewed with OP Videographer for video for Filipino American History Month
Met with the Mayor's office about Telegraph business improvement and potential for a City and
University collaboration project
UCSA Board Meeting
Met with "Off the Grid" to discuss student collaboration
List any expenditures and allocations made from any account or fund overseen by your office:
Spent approx $200 on hotel and $100 on gas for UCSA trip, will have exact amounts next week.
Upload the most recent version of your office's budget and account balances
Uploaded File: EAVP_Budget_10_6_13.xlsx
List additional fulfillment of duties required by the Constitution and/or By-Laws, and duties assigned by
the Senate:
N/A
List any other relevant information:
No Response.
Date Submitted: 10/9/2013 12:35 p.m.
Submitted by: Safeena Mecklai
Date Approved: 10/10/2013 3:00 p.m.
Approved by: Elizabeth Hennes
End written report from External Affairs VP Mecklai
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Report from the Academic Affairs Vice President
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Report from the Academic Affairs Vice President
Andreas Lazaris introduced himself and said he was the Chief-of-Staff in the AAVP office. There were a
number of things going on that past week. There was a meeting with the Public Service Center advisor to
further advance the conversation around public service, particularly diversity programs and how the
ASUC could get involved in those. There was also developing plans for the Fall Program for Freshmen
Banquet. Additionally, Ms. Jameson is finalizing a CACSSF proposal to bring the transfer program to the
spring cycle.
Mr. Lazaris said that Grants Committees have been filled, and he wanted to thank Senators for serving on
those committees. Unfortunately, unlike in years past, there's a shortage of applicants for the Multicultural Fund. So if Senators have any students who would benefit from the MCF, he would ask them to
please reach out to them, since money is available. So he would ask people to please apply.
Additional Academic Senate representatives are being finalized. The office will institutionalize the
review process with individuals and chairs. In the past, formal minutes have taken a very long time to be
produced for the public. So in conversations last year with the former Academic Senate Chair, Christina
Maslach, the AAVP was able to receive her approval to create a group process in which students would
write their own summaries of the meetings they attended, and then, through conversation with their committee chairs, the chair would approve them, basically, and then release them on the Academic Senate
student site.
Additionally, Mr. Lazaris said that standing meetings with the Academic Senate Chair are finalized. The
first meeting will be to discuss institutionalizing a syllabus review process, health and wellness, and academic resources. This is something there have been many conversations about, including with the Mental
Health Advisory Committee, on which he sits. They were able to get support from the Academic Senate
Chair to take this on as a process within the Academic Senate, to include resources that are campus-wide
in the syllabus review process, and to have faculty members include resources.
Regarding the Textbook Scholarship, Mr. Lazaris said that infrastructure for this program was created last
year. Several Senators were involved, including Sen. Vertiz. Infrastructure was currently being built.
The scholarship will be released in the spring. They're gathering Senators for a review committee. He’d
send out an e-mail. Ms. Jameson has mentioned this in her past Exec reports. They'll also e-mail the Bylaws that are involved, the bill that formed the scholarship, and the breakdown of how this operates.
They're looking for a committee of four Senators to serve on the Scholarship Review Committee. Applications will be coming out. If people were interested, they should send an e-mail to the office.
Mr. Lazaris said that additionally, conversation has begun to join the AAVP with Berkeley Connect,
which is like the Undergraduate/Graduate Mentorship Program, and is what it sounds like, pairing grads
and undergrads. That’s something that has historically been run by the Academic Affairs VP. There are
several campus programs in existence that might benefit from including the GA and the ASUC. He’s had
questions from Sen. Kong about this. There will be topics like getting into graduate school and the possibility of special services for student with such needs. Mr. Lazaris said those were the updates. Mr. Pack
called for any questions.
Report from the Academic Affairs Vice President (cont'd)
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Ms. Lee asked if he could talk more about the Standing FPF meeting and what that entailed. Mr. Lazaris
said he didn't have details on that. He’d forward that question to Ms. Jameson.
Ms. Lee said that as a follow-up on this report, she asked if there were reasons why the report he was
giving was not the actual AAVP report that Senators had, and said that report was basically blank. She
asked if Senators could get more information from the report. Mr. Lazaris said he could forward that
request.
Mr. Pack said that Executive reports are required from the previous week. So when he gives his report, it
was for the previous week, Monday through that Sunday. So they also may or may not update the Senate
on things that happened on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, because that was not really what goes in
that week’s report. That was something to remember.
Seeing no other questions, Mr. Pack said he would like to thank Mr. Lazaris.
--------------Begin written report from Academic Affairs VP Jameson
List ASUC Committee Meetings attended:
n/a
List campus-wide committee meetings attended, including a summary of actions and decisions made by
the committee:
n/a
List Administrative meetings attended:
n/a
List events and activities sponsored by you and/or your office staff:
Intern Training for Grants Department
List any expenditures and allocations made from any account or fund overseen by your office:
No reimbursements have been processed. The budget is intact.
Upload the most recent version of your office's budget and account balances
Uploaded File: initial_account_balance.png
List additional fulfillment of duties required by the Constitution and/or By-laws, and duties assigned by
the Senate:
n/a
Report from the Academic Affairs Vice President (cont'd)
Report from the Student Advocate Office
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--------------Written report from Academic Affairs VP Jameson
List any other relevant information:
- Meeting with Public Service Center Director to further advance the conversation around public
service. Particularly at non-funded university funds programs: BUILD, ACES, Alternative
Breaks
- Developing the planning for FPF program/consolidation within banquet.
- Finalizing CACSSF proposal
Date Submitted: 10/9/2013 2:11 a.m.
Submitted by: valerie jameson
Date Approved: 10/10/2013 3:00 p.m.
Approved by: Elizabeth Hennes
End written report from Academic Affairs VP Jameson
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Report from the Student Advocate Office
Mr. Semenov said he had a couple of things that weren't in the written report. The Bank Consolidation
Committee, which he’s talked about for the last few weeks, had another meeting last Tuesday. The
meetings are centered on student specifics and what will be included in the RFP. If Senators have any
feedback on that, Mr. Semenov asked them to please use the spreadsheet that was circulated last week.
This is a great opportunity if people were interested.
The office continues to get a lot of cases. Their caseworkers have more than one case and are pretty busy.
The office just completed training for their new hires, which they're really excited about. Trainees will
have two months this semester to shadow current caseworkers.
In addition to the traditional training the office does, they're also trying out two new things that semester,
training in mediation and restorative justice practices. They'll host the training with Boalt Law School
Prof. Shackford Bradley, and it will be held that month. The training is for caseworkers and will cover
best practices and how to mediate conversations between faculty and students, or staff and students. In
addition, Mr. Semenov said the office is in the process of getting together a sensitivity training on sexual
assault with some folks from the BAWAR. Training in these topics is new for that semester, and training
in these areas is good for their caseworkers’ expertise.
Mr. Semenov said he sits on the Police Review Board, which is finally up and running. It will meet in the
coming weeks. This is a body that handles complaints against UCPD officers and writes status reports on
UCPD practices. It also occasionally writes specialized reports for specific incidents, such as October 11.
Report from the Student Advocate Office (cont'd)
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It was good that the PRB was up and running since it has not been functional for the past year. Getting it
going again was due to a lot of pushing by students.
Mr. Semenov said the SAO has been made official representatives to the focus group that will give input
on redesigning the Financial Aid Web site. Two caseworkers will sit on the focus group and provide
feedback. Lastly, Mr. Semenov said that the SAO is working with Cal Student Central on its practices,
trying to see what recommendations could be made to be more efficient and to provide the best possible
service. The office will circulate a survey to solicit feedback on it. If Senators could please forward that
to their constituents, that would be much appreciated. Mr. Semenov said those were all the additional
items he had to report.
Mr. Pack called for any questions.
Mr. Wu asked if the SAO received any complaints or cases because of the power outage. Mr. Semenov
said that as some of them know, the SAO solicited students about that, or asked individuals to reach out to
the office if they were asked to continue taking examinations during the blackout. Some students have
reached out. He wouldn't name the cases, for the sake of confidentiality, but the SAO talked to the students about strategy and moving forward. If these students really want to move forward with this, the
office will try to create opportunities for them to take the test again. If that’s what the students want,
that’s what the SAO will work for. Otherwise, they'll approach the departments involved about how to
proceed. The office hasn't really followed up yet and they'll follow-up on seeing what the students’
objectives are.
Seeing no other questions, Mr. Pack said he would like to thank Mr. Semenov.
--------------Begin written report from Student Advocate Semenov
List ASUC Committee Meetings attended:
None
List campus-wide committee meetings attended, including a summary of actions and decisions made by
the committee:
Grievance Procedure Revision Committee (10/4)
- attended by Caseworker Leah Romm
- committee discussed best practices from other universities' grievance policies
- skeletal outline of policy will be completed by the next meeting (10/18)
List Administrative meetings attended:
CSC Director Standing Meeting (10/7)
- attended with Golnoosh Salimpour, SAO Conduct Division Director
- discussed recent issues with conduct officers missing scheduled meetings as well as staff
miscommunications related to drinking sanctions
Report from the Student Advocate Office (cont'd)
Appointments
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--------------Written report from Student Advocate Semenov (cont'd)
Independent Hearing Officer Standing Meeting (10/7)
- attended with Rishi Ahuja
- discussed progress in the Grievance Procedure Revision Committee
UC Berkeley SHIP Meeting (10/4)
- attended by Crissa Conella, Kim LaPean, Laurel Halsey, and Bene Gatzert from UHS
- we will be partnering with the SHIP office to assist our clients, and launch an outreach
campaign regarding the spring 2014 waiver cycle
List events and activities sponsored by you and/or your office staff:
None
List any expenditures and allocations made from any account or fund overseen by your office:
$446.25 for a banner and flyers used to publicize our Fall 2013 recruiting cycle
Upload the most recent version of your office's budget and account balances
Uploaded File: SAO_Budget_-_10.07.13.pdf
List additional fulfillment of duties required by the Constitution and/or By-Laws, and duties assigned by
the Senate:
None
List any other relevant information:
None
Date Submitted: 10/7/2013 6:51 p.m.
Submitted by: Timofey Semenov
Date Approved: 10/7/2013 11:38 p.m.
Approved by: Elizabeth Hennes
End written report from Student Advocate Semenov
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APPOINTMENTS
Mr. Pack said they have many people present to be appointed that evening. He would request that people
who are appointed write down their names for Mr. Litwak for the purposes of reporting their names
correctly.
Appointments -- Darrin Wallace, Perspectives Director
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Also regarding appointments, Mr. Pack said they were in an interesting position at that time, which he’d
explain after the Senate considers the nominees. The way appointments are supposed to work is for the
appointment to be announced at one meeting with the Senate to vote on approval of the appointment at
the following meeting, after a series of verifications have taken place. Starting with Pres. Pepito’s
appointments, he would ask that all appointments be announced at that time. He would then have a brief
conversation about the dilemma the Senate was in because of getting pushed back a week as a result of
the campus being shut Monday night.
Ms. Pepito said she would like to formally nominate Darrin Wallace for Perspectives Director. She forwarded his résumé out to the Senate listserve. She highly believed in Mr. Wallace and his abilities to run
Perspectives that year. Mr. Wallace would say a few words and answer any questions people might have.
Darrin Wallace introduced himself. He read the following:
--------------Begin statement by Mr. Wallace
During my time here at Cal, I have been tremendously involved in the black community and the multicultural coalition. As the Social Retention Coordinator of the Black Recruitment and Retention Center, I
planned many programs on campus that aimed at the active, social retention of my brothers and sisters,
and the enrichment of the black community at Cal. These programs were the Welcome Black BBQ, The
Harvest, and bridges Senior Weekend.
I also worked as the Director of Swag for the Afrikan Black Coalition Conference, which brought over
800 black students UC wide to build kinship and discuss the black experience on our campuses. Also,
while being an intern at the Multicultural Community Center, I worked as the committee lead for the
Community Based Media Committee, which handled all of the social networking for the space.
Within the student-fought, student-won, and student-lead space, I learned more about solidarity, and the
deep history of resistance that links all communities of color on this campus, such as the twLF movement,
whose 45th anniversary is this year. I also engaged in original programming by creating the Threaded
Souls Project, a project that focuses on the intersectionalities of our identities and how we express our
experiences through the clothes we wear.
After working in all of these spaces, I moved into the African American Theme House, which at the time
was predominantly white. The mission of the House was to offer a safe space for black students in the
co-op system. Seeing that it wasn’t fulfilling those needs, five others and myself moved in to reclaim the
House for the community. After a year of organizing, tough conversations, and community support, the
House is currently all students of color. He also helped tremendously with Cal-SERVE and is deeply
involved in the coalition.
As Executive Director, I feel as though I can bring not only a different, creative twist on Perspectives, but
hopefully echo the stories of students on this campus, and speak to how we interact with one another and
the rest of the world. My vision for Perspectives is that it attempts to engage with students, and reconnect
and reconcile with the hxstories and experiences every student carries with them as they move through
campus. How do we connect our past experiences to our future struggles and achievements? How do we
Appointments -- Darrin Wallace, Perspectives Director
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--------------Written report from Mr. Wallace (cont'd)
come to terms with our perspectives of one another based on certain trials and tribulations? How can we
reconcile struggles while finding the beauty in our differences and letting them remain?
Perspectives serves as a space in which students and the community at large can intentionally engage with
themes such as race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and the hxstories that make us who we are to each
other, through a night of dance, spoken word, visual media, and other volumes of expression.
End statement by Mr. Wallace
--------------Mr. Pack called for any questions. Mr. Shen asked how he planned on making Perspectives even better
that year. Mr. Wallace said that what he noticed about Perspectives was that it missed some stories on
campus. So he wanted to have direct collaboration, and also have workshops, so people could actively
engage. He didn't just want to have dance and performance on stage, but for people to actively learn.
Ms. Truax asked if he could elaborate on the workshops he wanted to have. Mr. Wallace said that if
appointed, workshops he wanted would be for the overall enhancement of the community.
Ms. Lee said that since there are multiple cultures on campus, she asked how he was going to go about
choosing which communities will be represented in Perspectives. Mr. Wallace said he would do that by
definitely looking at past groups, while maintaining a fresh vision, his own vision.
Seeing no other questions, Mr. Pack said that Mr. Wallace has been formally nominated. According to
the process that’s set forth in the By-laws, the Senate will consider the approval of the appointment next
week. People should feel free to ask questions in the meantime.
Mr. Pack said he would also like to throw out his endorsement of Mr. Wallace, who has worked really
hard so far and has met with all the leaders from last year’s Perspectives showcase to get the timeline, the
events, the budget, etc. So he’s done a lot of work behind the scenes in addition to creating a vision for
the show.
Mr. Iwuoma said he would also like to express his endorsement of Mr. Wallace. He worked with Mr.
Wallace a lot in the Black Recruitment and Retention Center. Mr. Wallace always tried to make an inclusive space, as he did with the African American Theme House. So Mr. Iwuoma said he thought Mr.
Wallace would be a great Perspectives Director.
Seeing no other questions, Mr. Pack said he would like to thank Mr. Wallace.
Mr. Pack said that if there were no other appointments from any other Executive Officers, he’d like to
turn the floor over to Chairs of Search Committees to talk about their nominations.
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Ms. Quinn said the Search Committee for the Director of Sustainability was nominating Haley Broder.
(Applause)
Haley Broder introduced herself and said she was very passionate about the Sustainability position. She’s
been doing a lot of work for sustainability on the campus already that year. She worked in the Sierra
Club last year and has been collaborating with them this year. They're organizing a big rally against the
Keystone XL Pipeline. They've also been working on the Sustainability Master Plan, and on a whole lot
of exciting, new ideas for the campus for environmental advocacy and education, something she was
really passionate about and interested in as well. She wanted to thank them.
Mr. Pack called for any questions, and seeing no questions, said he would like to thank Ms. Broder.
Ms. Quinn said the Search Committee's next nominee was Andrew Truong, for Director of the Green
Certification Program. (Applause)
Andrew Truong introduced himself and said he currently works with the Sustainability Department in the
EVP’s office. He was really passionate about the environment. He worked in the ASUC last year. He
planned to do an overview of the Green Certification Program, a fund for student groups on campus,
whether ASUC-funded or not, to make groups’ events and projects more green. There's about $20,000
left in the fund. The goal that year will be to continue having the fund available for groups.
Mr. Pack called for any questions, and seeing none, said he would like to thank Mr. Truong.
Mr. Pack called for any other committees with nominations to make.
Mr. Pack said that while they were on this agenda item, they would move into a conversation about a
dilemma the ASUC has regarding appointments, and the effect the campus shutdown on Monday has had
on the ASUC’s timeline. The original timeline of the committees had interviews scheduled the day the
shutdown occurred, with follow-up interviews to occur the following week, and for nominees to come to
the Senate meeting that evening for consideration.
The problem is that several positions, foremost of which he’d say was the Attorney General, had to be
appointed by next week, on Wednesday, per the way the By-laws were written. Not to put pressure on
the Selection Committee, but if they don't have a nominee by next Wednesday’s meeting, the Senate
would not be able to conduct any business. That would mean that they could convene to hear reports, but
that there would be no roll calls for attendance, and so forth. It would be a regular Senate meeting, but
the Senate could not vote on any business except the appointment of people who need to be appointed by
the sixth regular Senate meeting. Those positions are the Attorney General and the Comptroller General.
Originally, Mr. Pack said he considered putting forward a suggestion to suspend a section of the By-laws
so the Senate could get around the week-six requirement, if that became necessary. But that was not an
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option because suspension of the By-laws had to be supported as main motions, i.e., a bill; and bills had
to be put on the agenda a week in advance before they could be voted on.
It's been interesting having to work with the shutdown and not being able to meet on Monday. He’d like
to talk to Selection Committee members offline, if they could hang around briefly after the Senate meeting, so they could strategize on this and make sure they're on track, and that they could move forward.
Mr. Pack said he wanted to stress to all of the Selection Committees to please reference the By-laws for
the positions they're supposed to be searching for and confirm that they are, in fact, on track to appoint the
position by the time that is required by the By-laws. It was possible, if they don't follow this closely, that
the Senate could run into a position where they weren't able to vote on anything. He’s been reminding
them every meeting about the sixth week because it's a really important deadline.
Mr. Pack said there was also another dimension to the problem. Even if the Search Committee chooses
people on Monday, the nominations would be announced at the meeting next Wednesday, and they'd have
to wait a week before they could vote on them. The Senate couldn't suspend any parts of those By-laws a
bill to do that would have had to be put forward last week. So they were in a little bit of a bind, and
couldn't just put people forward now because they haven't gone through the committees’ voting processes. So this was a dilemma indeed. He asked if people had any thoughts on this.
Mr. Pack said at the start of their sixth meeting, the Senate couldn't vote on anything except the appointment of the AG. He knew it sounded like there was no way out, and that was probably because there
wasn't a way out.
Mr. Fineman asked if people had to be voted on by the sixth week or appointed by the sixth week. Mr.
Pack said the way the appointment process works, the appointment is announced, either during committee
reports or Executive Officer reports, with the nominees to be voted on at the following week’s meeting.
So there's a one-week timeline. If they announce the AG candidate that evening, they'd be on track to
vote for the person by the Senate’s next meeting. Mr. Fineman said this was the fifth week, and he asked
if the Senate could appoint somebody next week and vote on them on the seventh week. Mr. Pack said
the Senate wouldn't be able to conduct any action during the sixth-week’s meeting. Any bills approved
out of committee, or any other appointments that would need to be done, could not be done until the AG
and Comptroller General were appointed.
Mr. Nwoche moved to recess for three minutes. Mr. Pack asked if he could state the purpose of the
recess. Mr. Nwoche said they need to have a name out there for the Attorney General. So he would suggest that people meet together to put forward a name. Mr. Pack said that would be circumventing the
committee process and the applicants who have not been interviewed. This wasn't the fault of the committees, but resulted in everything being pushed back by a week because the campus was effectively shut
down on Monday night, when committees were going to meet. So what would have been on schedule is
now not on schedule.
Mr. Shen said he wasn't suggesting this, but said he was wondering if it would be hypothetically possible
to pull a non-contentious bill from the Consent Calendar and add whatever they needed to add on to that
bill. Mr. Pack said that would be disingenuous. Technically it was possible. If the Senate were to add
something to the text of a bill, they'd suspend Title I, Article 4.2 and/or Title I, Article 9.3.5. That was
something to consider.
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Mr. Pack asked if there were any other questions about this, and if people were on the same page about
why they're in this bind at that time.
Mr. Nwoche said he authored what he believed to be a non-contentious bill that he was going to pull from
the Consent Calendar. So if the idea was to include appointments on that, he’d be willing to do that.
Mr. Pack asked if there were any thoughts about Mr. Nwoche’s suggestion.
Mr. Upadhyayula asked if they could see by a show of hands if people were okay with that idea.
Mr. Pack said he just thought of an idea. It involved Special Meetings of the Senate. He asked if Mr.
Sabo could clarify whether, when an appointment is nominated to the Senate, it immediately becomes
part of Immediate Consideration, or, is considered the following regular meeting. That may be a way out.
Mr. Pack said that while he and Mr. Sabo dig through the By-laws to work this out, he would suggest
having the Senate move on with the agenda so they could continue to be productive.
Mr. Pack said they have two Special Orders that evening. The first is on Student Information Systems.
While that presentation occurs, Mr. Pack said they'll work diligently to try and find a solution.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY -- Presentation on the Student Information System, by Angela
Blackstone, Associate CIO, Student Experience; and Jennifer
Stringer , Associate CIO, Academic Engagement.
Angela Blackstone introduced herself, Associate CIO for Students on the Berkeley campus. She was
there with Jennifer Stringer, the Associate CIO for Academic Engagement. They were there to talk to the
Senate about the Student Information System project, which many Senators have heard about. They'll
talk about its structure and funding and they had a hand-out to distribute. They put the presentation on a
slide show since there were so many people in attendance that evening. They’d start conversationally and
would make sure there was time for questions. This wasn't the last time they'd be there. This was basically the beginning of a longer conversation, as this is a multi-year project.
Ms. Blackstone said that for the first time since she’s been there, this was an opportunity for students to
actually drive the system for a digital environment. She thought that was pretty exciting.
Most people are familiar with Tele-BEARS. Her job is to apologize to every student she knows about
Tele-BEARS and to make a commitment to them that very soon, it will no longer be the worst system
students use. One thing she wanted to mention before getting deeper into the conversation is that they are
in the process at that time, which was also quite exciting, of trying to get input from students, faculty, and
staff on replacement systems. This also deals with the power outage that apparently affected some of the
Senate’s appointments that evening. But this is outreach that was actually in progress at that time.
They're trying to get input from students who were affected by that delay, especially coming at midterms.
She knew there were students who were very concerned about that.
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Ms. Blackstone said that Ms. Stringer would distribute a hand out.
Ms. Blackstone said that Ms. Pepito and Max Gee, of the GA, have been amazing advocates for getting
the student voice represented in this project. Ms. Blackstone said she’s been on campus a very long time
and she’s witnessed many people try to attempt to deal with the student systems there, and realize that
they could do much, much better, and that these systems weren't reflective of the caliber of systems that
many students would like to see. She thought they have an opportunity at that time, and campus leadership realizes what a critical investment this is for them. Senators and Ms. Pepito have an opportunity to
have the same type of leadership, authority, and input that they have in Lower Sproul. And she’d have to
say that was unprecedented, and was a really important opportunity. This was really the time to jump in.
Ms. Blackstone said that she what she would talk through was the structure of the project, because they're
talking about Phase 1 and Phase 2. At that time they're in the process of organizing the project.
This was happening very quickly. It's a large project that will probably take multiple years and will cost
between $40 million, for universities of Cal’s size, up to $60 million. These are big systems, and it takes
years to replace what they have. It takes a very concerted effort, including senior leadership at the highest
levels of campus.
As for where they are right now, Ms. Blackstone said they're at the end of a quality control effort, after a
six-year investment that did not result in an actual project. And during that time, their system has continued to age. But their new Chancellor has this as a top priority. There are outside contractors and consultants that will shape this work. They're actually in the process of organizing government and student
participation.
Ms. Blackstone said that the screen showed, Phase 1 planning, which was just organizing work. The
campus has been structured around different systems, and this is the first student system. The student
system includes Vice Chancellors Senators that were very familiar with, such as Harry LeGrande, Student
Affairs. Cathy Koshland, Academic Planning, also is very concerned about advocating for this project.
And there's a new CIO, Larry Conrad, who has been told that this was at the top of the list. So top
administrators are involved.
Senators will notice that among the voting members, ASUC and GA Presidents are actually at the table
making decisions at the voting governance group. The SIS Planning Group is comprised of Larry
Conrad, CIO; Anne De Luca, the OCIO office, and SAIT. The screen showed the SIS Leadership Group.
And there are additional appointments to be made from the ASUC and the GA, as well as representation
from the Student Technology Council.
As they go into Phase 2, where the work will actually start to happen, there is an opportunity to have student involvement at almost every level of the work. And that wasn't just with governance, but with making decisions and actually helping to run the project. Ms. Blackstone said that in the experience of the
administrators, that was unprecedented. That’s also the experience of the vendors they talk to, who have
never experienced this either. This is the part where the rubber will hit the road, the actual time when the
investment happens, when people will be showing up. This was actually dedicated work. Students will
also be employed on the project, and work on functional teams, and drive the effort. There will also be a
mix of input from a number of access points; and they're looking at the ASUC as a key partner in this.
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For a little more on the structure of the project, the slide showed project working teams. There will be
teams in different structural areas. These teams will have technical expertise, staffing, and functional
needs, and include students who are interested in key areas. And these areas go across the whole
environment.
They're looking to make sure there are technical architecture decisions made that are in line with similar
decisions that have been made across the country. Ms. Blackstone said that Ms. Stranger has been at
Stanford and at NYU, and Berkeley is really in the Dark Ages. A lot of that was because their work has
been in administrative systems and other areas. But students will start to see a structure developed around
the types of areas they’d want to give input on. If a student sees an area where they have an interest, or if
they know people with an interest in an academic field or a computer field, and have passion about it,
they should be involved.
Ms. Blackstone said the other thing they want to do is to have a very transparent process around decision
making. It's difficult, but they'll really try and push down the decision making to the lowest levels possible. They'll have working teams, and they want to make sure students are involved at every level of decision making.
For roles and responsibilities, Ms. Blackstone said they want people to realize that they're being very
thoughtful about what was needed. In the SIS Leadership Group, there will be students who are decision
makers in the room. They'll by really pushing to make decisions quickly because they have a very tight
timeline.
The next slide showed what was in Student Information Systems. It's not very sexy. But it is what students need to actually matriculate, as well as graduate and transfer. It will definitely not be the stuff that
will be as cool as some stuff people saw from other seems. But administrators want to make this work and
for it to actually be reliable. For example, one thing they want is unified financial aid, where students
wouldn't have to spend extra time to get an accurate bill in front of them. People working on this need to
make sure it's very, very solid. It's about students’ data.
The slide showed that the campus very much has isolated islands, with systems, data, and information that
don't talk to one another. With this change, there will actually be a unified system that’s highly functional
in a highly integrated system that will give real-time information.
Ms. Blackstone said that for their timeline, they're in the planning stages, where they're gathering
requirements and developing RFPs (Request for Proposals). Vendors are actually very versed in moving
this stage forward. Vendors have been to other institutions and have done this before. At Cal they've
done it in scale. But at this point they're trying to get as much information as possible about base
requirements.
There are potentially 4,800 legal requirements for a system like the SIS system. So they're trying to make
sure they get just the ones they need. They're in the process of having a series of workshops, that some
Senators have actually shown up to, for requirements development.
The Web site is sis.berkeley.edu. Any student or staff is welcomed to attend workshops. And they’d love
to see more students there, as it would be great to have more people in on this conversation. They hope to
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have something out by November to allow vendors to respond to them. Vendors will put their information together, after which a vendor will be chosen and a contract will be negotiated.
Once they're in Phase 2, and driving down the path to implementation, they'll focus on operations, configuring, and building and testing the system. Right now they're going to try to start in the fall of ’14 and
go through until the fourth quarter, 2016.
Ms. Blackstone said they wanted to make sure that Senators have an opportunity for questions.
Ms. Stringer said that one thing she wanted to add is that she’s actually done this at a number of other
institutions before coming to Cal. She wouldn't say the “S” word, but she worked there for quite a while.
She was actually there as they did the growout of their SIS implementation. And then she went to NYU,
and she happened to come into their space as they went through their SIS system implementation. So one
thing she could offer is an outsider’s perspective on what the process looks like, and also reaffirm that
nowhere that she’s been has there been this level of student representation. And quite frankly, they're
doing that because the students were helping administrators to pass this, and will be using the system.
But to just echo what Ms. Blackstone said, students should all have gotten an e-mail about a survey that
they could participate in. SIS would apologize for the clumsiness of the survey itself, but it will really
give them a lot of good data to start the RFP process, so they can actually begin to select not only a good
vendor, but really begin to think about the implementation path. So it was really important. So far
they've had 18 students register, and 11 participants. Ms. Stringer said they really need to hear students’
voices, because this was something they'll show to the consultant and the team. And it shows students’
commitment to participating in this long and very involved process. The students are beating the faculty
by one registrant. For total participants, faculty are up by three. She just wanted to point that out to
students.
Mr. Nwoche asked what days and times the open meetings are held, and he asked how Senators and students could get involved. Ms. Blackstone said the workshops are listed on the public Web site,
sis.replacement.berkeley.edu. It has a schedule of events and a short description of the workshops, and
the topics being covered. And again, all were located across from the Extension building, at 1950 University. So people could look on the calendar, which has more detail available if people need it. Also,
Max Gee and Ms. Pepito will have information about this. Before the Thanksgiving timeframe, that’s
when they’ll really need to get students’ thoughts.
Ms. Pepito said she’s been sending Senators e-mails that she’s been getting for this. Hopefully, the Special Order has made this have a little more sense for them and has made things clearer about what was
needed and what these workshops will accomplish. Whenever she gets an invitation or summary, she
forwards them to Senators, and Senators should be cognizant that she wasn't sending them e-mails just for
fun.
Ms. Stringer said the Business Practices Workshop, around student accounts, was really relevant to students in terms of how their accounts are billed. Students are the subject matter experts in how they deal
with paying their bills and how they deal with their student accounts. So SIS needed to hear from them.
Ms. Raffi said she would like to thank them for taking the time to be there and for their commitment. She
asked what the intersectionality was with Cal Student Central. Ms. Stringer said Cal Central is actually a
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project being run out of the Operational Excellence, and that was a great question. Cal Central is, at the
moment, designing some of the change points people are already seeing around the system. People saw
them in a slide earlier. Moving forward, Ms. Stringer said SIS sees the two of them working together.
What SIS is providing is additional functionality on the Cal Central side to aggregate all of the systems.
There's the SIS system, which has a lot of important things, but doesn't include things like bSpace and
bCourses, a new system SIS will roll out soon. And Cal Central doesn't include bConnected, e.g. The
idea is that Cal Central will be a complement to the SIS system and will actually show students what they
need to do in the moment, and then take them to the SIS portal, or the SIS functionality area, for what a
student needed to do. If a student needed to pay a bill, Cal Central would know and would provide a link
to pay it, and that would be through Student Information Systems.
Ms. Raffi said she attended a workshop in September and they discussed Phase 3, regarding a continuous
evaluation of the system. She asked if they could talk more about that. Ms. Blackstone said they actually
have a real commitment on the part of the CIO and the rest of the team to have quality assurance throughout the project. They don't want to simply think they know what people want, and then send that to a
vendor and hope things go well. They'll circle back and do tests, and basically do quality assessment and
assurance, and actually have a separate request to do that. So they'll have an outside agency, almost like
an auditor, to make sure they don't end up in a situation where they don't actually provide the service that
was necessary. If any people were interested in certain types of fields, or areas of interest, there was a lot
of involvement that was possible. They need people interested in business functionality, for instance, and
auditing functionality, and not just in technology. It's a technology project, but it's a student service project that’s actually driven by students. As a technologist, this is not just technology for technology’s sake,
but to have the underlying systems that support the technology that students want, and that students use
every day.
Ms. Raffi asked if it was possible to get the PowerPoint that was shown. Ms. Blackstone said it was, and
said they were trying to get a whole set of slides up on the Web site. They're feeling a little behind on
communications and outreach, and they're about to hire a communications person, so all this information
will be exposed at public sites and available. Students could hook up with Ms. Pepito and others, and not
just in the ASUC. Instead, they want to do better outreach to the larger student community. They'll ask
Senators for ideas on how best to do that.
Ms. Mullen said that regarding the vendor, she asked if they will also be in charge of ensuring continuing
the program and following up on things. That’s been a problem, because a lot of the system was homegrown. She asked how they'll follow-up.
Ms. Blackstone said they’re trying to actually get a good balance, so the vendor they bring in to provide
the software will not be the vendor who monitors the work. They'll have a separate vendor doing that.
Ms. Mullen said she had a little constructive criticism. Slides that were shown weren't, she thought,
accessible to the larger student body. She asked if SIS could provide more digestible information. Ms.
Blackstone said she agreed. That’s why they want to have more students involved in communication and
outreach. People they're interviewing and selecting for the communication position are folks who have
worked with and who value the voice of students.
Mr. Iwuoma said he had a question about student engagement. He asked where they saw the most student
engagement coming from in this process. Ms. Blackstone said she’s been in IT for a long time, and in
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support services for a long time, and one thing she’s really struggled with is not having students in place
to they decide on what they'd get. For the first time ever, the door is cracked open to not just tell students
what they'll get, but for students to shape what this looks like. The structure they've planned on is unique,
and actually met with initial resistance from senior leadership. But as with Lower Sproul, decisions will
be made by students in real time; and they'd actually see the buildings going up. That model worked and
was being translated down to digital space. So campus leadership was very supportive, such as like Harry
LeGrande, Student Affairs, Cathy Koshland, and Larry Conrad, their CIO.
Ms. Blackstone said that Larry Conrad started in February, and staff started explaining to him that students there really wanted to have a way to participate. And he said that his experience was that students
weren't really very interested, and wanted to go to class and study, and wouldn't want to give SIS much
more than cursory feedback. Someone told him that it might be different here. And again, this goes back
to the persistence of students who are involved in this, especially Ms. Pepito and Mr. Gee, who were
really pushing. Students want an advocate and voice. And now, Mr. Conrad explains to vendors that students want to be involved. The vendors say, “Yeah, yeah, yeah.” And Mr. Conrad tells them that Berkeley students are different, and really do want to drive this. Mr. Conrad has opened that door and has taken
that seriously. And he has accepted the report and recommendations Ms. Pepito and Mr. Gee worked on
in terms of additional participation. These are not just workshops, but are real areas of operation.
Mr. Fineman said he would like to thank them for coming, and said he really appreciated it. He wasn't
very tech savvy, but he’s spent hours on Tele-BEARS, frustrated, angry, and disappointed. The programs
SIS is talking about seemed to be more for students who have technical backgrounds, or were interested
in technology. He asked how they'll get input from students like him who weren't technically savvy,
especially since the majority of students have problems with these programs and don't have a tech
background.
Ms. Blackstone said she agreed. Again, she would apologize for Tele-BEARS. She didn't think they
have a real focus on the technology stuff and they'll actually have input on how the technology needs to
function so it's not an obstacle or barrier to getting administrative work done on this campus.
Ms. Stringer said that for example, a student who attended the business practice workshop wouldn't have
to be technical at all. For student accounts, students would be asked about their current experiences, what
the barriers were, and how they'd systems to work. This wasn't about the technology that people know
about, but what they want the experience to be. So when they ask about how to get students excited, or
enthusiastic, or engaged, they want to figure out how to work on communications, and want to bring students on board to actually come up with some sound bites. SIS could point folks to the right way to participate, to really make sure their voices are heard at key points. They'll ask students how to make this
better.
Mr. Pack said he would encourage people to talk further offline, if possible, since otherwise speaking
time would need to be extended. This was the first step in an ongoing conversation the Senate will have
about this, and they'll hear more about this project it continues. So there will be ample opportunity to
continue this discussion. He would like to thank the guests for coming and talking to the Senate. Ms.
Blackstone said she would like to thank the Senate. (Applause)
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SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY -- Presentation by Nomads from LiNK (Liberty in North Korea)
Mr. Pack said the Senate would hear an additional Special Order regarding Sen. Chung’s bill, SB 18, In
Awareness of the Crisis in North Korea, and would hear from representatives from Liberty in North
Korea.
Carrie Kim introduced herself and said she was the President of the Berkeley Chapter of LiNK. They
have with them that evening Presidents from their headquarters, located in Torrance, California, to help
out with the goal they're supporting and to talk about what people could do to support this cause. They
made a presentation to some people in the room on Monday. They believe, as leading educators of the
nation, and of this world, that Berkeley is responsible for supporting this cause.
Jessica (1), Jessica (2), and Josh introduced themselves. Jessica (1) said they work for Liberty in North
Korea and they are the Cal West Nomads. They travel throughout California to bring awareness about
what was going on in North Korea today.
As to how she got involved, she grew up in Seoul, South Korea, not knowing what was going on in North
Korea and the human rights violations occurring there. When she learned about that, she was moved to
get involved. And that’s why she was present that evening to talk to the Senate.
As for a little background on what was going on in North Korea, the people of North Korea are denied
their basic humanity. They're denied freedom of movement, of speech, and of religion, and they're totally
controlled by the regime. And because of that, they escape to China, where they live in fear of being
incarcerated and sent back to North Korea, where they would face punishment, such as being sent to
political prison camps. These political prison camps exist today, five of them, with 150-200,000 political
inmates who live I them. What was different about the political prison camps, compared to concentration
camps, is the collective punishment that was involved. If an individual is sent to a political prison camp,
not only that person is sent, but also three generations of their family are sent, including their mothers,
fathers and their children. She said that Jessica (2) would speak about what the group does as an
organization.
Jessica (2) introduced herself. She said there are thousands of North Korean refugees hiding in China. If
they're sent back to North Korea, they're punished. Liberty in North Korea works to rescue North Korean
refugees and resettle them in Australia or the United States. LiNK has been able to rescue 188 people,
and unite 46 families. They help them with financial services, career development, and social development, to get them on their feet and independent, and able to to have opportunities. LiNK also works to
shift the conversation and discussion about North Korea from politics to the potential of the people. They
believe change in North Korea will come from the bottom up.
Josh said that people in Berkeley are in line with the activism behind this. The group believes in the freedom of the North Korean people. LiNK has a rescue team, and they've raised awareness and funds to rescue two North Korean refugees, on in South Korea and one in America. Josh said people in the group
hear stories about refugees, and one that stuck in his mind was about an elderly man who escaped when
he was 70 year old. He was asked why he would escape at that age, and he said that even one day was
precious. People at Berkeley have lots of precious days. LiNK is asking people to recognize and
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acknowledge that this North Korean crisis was happening at that time, and to acknowledge the plight and
the power of the people of North Korea. One day people will write about North Korea and will ask if
people, contemporaries, took a stand. People in Berkeley have a chance to answer that question that
evening. He wanted to thank the Senate for having the group. (Applause)
Mr. Pack called for any questions for the presenters.
Mr. Upadhyayula said he wanted to thank them so much for coming to the Senate and for opening their
eyes. He asked if there was any way for people to communicate with people who are in North Korea.
Josh said that was the crux of what the group believes in, bottom-up change. A lot of North Korean refugees send money back to family and friends back in North Korea. Jessica (1) said that refugees who
defected have connections in North Korea; and there's a telephone signal from China that people could
use to talk to people in North Korea. So it was possible to contact people in there. People are still dying
of starvation. There's no medicine, food, or money. And this situation has been going on for many years.
Ms. Mullen said they mentioned their efforts to bring refugees to the United States. She asked if they
could speak about the refugees in the US and how the government has responded. Jessica (2) said people
get refugee status in Southeast Asia. The group guides them on a journey from China to Southeast Asia,
where they get refugee status, and they can choose whether to settle in the US or in South Korea. If they
choose the US, they get three months of federal benefits. But as people could imagine, that’s not much.
So LiNK develops a very intimate relationship with them, whether it's mentoring, providing legal services
for citizenship, or subsidized housing. They were there to help.
Mr. Fineman asked if much has changed since the North Korean dictatorship changed. Jessica (2) said
people don't have a lot to say about Kim Jong Un because he’s only been in power for two years. But
he’s cracked down on the borders, and 50% less people have defected in the last two years. But they
always seem to come up with creative and innovative ways to leave. But he has definitely cracked down
on the borders.
Ms. Raffi asked if refugees have access to any other assistance. Josh said that organizations like the Red
Cross and the UN are not allowed to enter North Korea. However, there are sources that collaborate the
existence of prison camps, which they know exist from satellite images. North Korea refuses to
acknowledge them. That’s why international organizations aren’t able to go to them. There will be a
documentary on Thursday that the Berkeley Chapter of LiNK is putting on. If people have any more
questions, they would love for people to come out and see it. It will be in 101 Morgan Hall at 7 o'clock.
Seeing no other questions, Mr. Pack said he would like to thank the presenters. (Applause)
Mr. Pack said there were no Legislative Officers to give reports, so they would move on.
Standing Committee Reports
Mr. Pack said he would ask the Standing Committee Chairs to reference Title 1 of the By-laws, Administration. There's a format for Standing Committee Reports, and what information was supposed to be
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delivered to the Senate. Specifically, the Senate needed to know which bills were passed, which bills
failed, and which bills passed with amendments. So he would ask Senators to please reference that in
their reports. For now, he just needed to know which bills passed out of committee, which bills failed,
and which passed with amendment.
Reporting for the Finance Committee, Mr. Mohabbat said that the Week 4 Budget Bill passed, with
amendments. The entire bill amount was $1,618.96; and the amount out of the Contingency Fund was
$1,418.96, with $200 allocated from the Reservation Fund.
The Week 5 Budget Bill was also approved, with a total of $5,019.76. Out of the Contingency Fund that
represented an allocation of $2,439.76, with $2,580 allocated from the SRF .
Mr. Mohabbat said the other bill they had, SB 21, failed.
Mr. Pack said they needed the numbers of bills for the Consent Calendar list. So from Fi-Comm, SBs 19
and 26 passed with amendments.
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Finance Committee
Monday, October 7, 2013
Unit 1 APR, 8:30 p.m.
AGENDA
I.
Call to Order
a. Call to order 8:44 p.m.
I.
Roll Call
a. at 9:51 p.m.
Voting Members
Senator Destiny Iwuoma
Senator Justin Kong
Senator Karen Lee
Senator Naweed Mohabbat
Senator Sahil Pandya
Senator Sevly Snguon
Senator Lauren Week
I.
Approval of Minutes
a. Lee makes motion
b. Pandya seconds
present
present
present
present
present
present
absent
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I.
Guest Announcements
a. none
I.
Public Comment
a. none
I.
Reports
a. none
I.
Business
a. Fall 2013 Week 4 Budget Bill
i.
Suitcase Clinic
1. fliers → $60
2. up the quantity to 1000
3. tickets are $20
4. markers → $10
5. no technology anymore
a. ask innovative entertainment
6. $155.96
7. $200 from Student Spaces Reservation
8. $355.96 total
9. Pandya motion to amend
10. Kong seconded
ii.
International Service Learning
1. changing posters → 1$ per soft caps
2. soft cap at $250 for SISG
3. Kong makes motion to amend
4. Pandya seconded
iii.
CalPirg
1. did not show up
2. reduce to $800 out of senate contingency
3. Pandya move to amend
4. Lee seconded
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iv.
Latino Pre-Medical Student Association
1. Sponsorship only
v.
Student Abolitionist Movement
1. 42.05 for fliers based on softcaps
2. 250 only total
3. no food stuff allowed
4. Poster board $10
5. $213 total
6. Pandya move to amend
7. Kong seconded
vi.
Motion to amend Week 4 Budget Bill
1. $1618.96 total
2. $1418.96 senate contingency, $200 reservation fund
b. Fall 2013 Week 5 Budget Bill
i. Humanity First
1. fliers → originally requested ~211$ → $50
2.
$80 student spaces reservation fund
a. RSF space
3.
Prizes are not funded so subtract $100
4.
10$ and 60$ for supplies
5.
public service fund for this event
6.
total: 120 from senate contingency, 80$ from reservation fund
7.
Pandya move to amend
8.
Snguon seconded
ii. oSTEM
1. sponsorship only
iii. Envision at Berkeley
1. $120 for publicity
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
$500 from reservation fund
$50 for banner, $50 for blackboard (breaking soft cap for blackboard in exchange for
none for helium tank)
$220 from contingency, $500 from reservation
Pandya move to amend
Kong seconded
iv. Circle K International
1. Snguon moves to deny senate contingency request and change to zero funds
2.
Pandya seconded
3.
Snguon moves to approve Circle K being able to transfer $1300 from their personal student org account to an org member for fronting the costs
4.
Mohabbat seconded
5.
Bertha Te would be the point person for the funds to be transferred
v. TASA
1. totally worked fine
2. Thank you, Emily Chen !
vi. Californians
1. Amend budget to $800 total for operations costs
2. Californians will apply to AAVP Grants for each event
3. Pandya motion to amend
4. Kong seconded
vii. Professional Development in Asia
1. Soft caps problems with each of the line item budgets
2. Kong motion to amend total to $154.76 for operations costs
3. Pandya seconded
viii. UNAB
1. Tabled
ix. Body Peace
1. Tabled
x. Cal Dems
1. Kong makes motion to approve the waiver
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2.
3.
4.
Iwuoma seconded
Snguon motion to amend budget requested to zero dollars from senate contingency
Pandy seconded
xi. AAA
1. $2000 from reservation fund
2. $700 from senate contingency
3. Kong move to move AAA to week five budget bill
4. Pandya seconded
5. Kong move to change Asian Asian Association to Asian American Association
6. Snguon seconded
7. Kong move to change years of sponsorship to 15 years
8. Dennis seconded
9. Kong move to change spring budget allocation to zero
10. Snguon seconded
11. Kong move to change how much spring budget allocation to zero
12. Lee seconded
13. Kong motion to $2000 from reservation fund and $700 from senate contingency
14. Snguon seconded
xii. Berkeley College Republicans
1. Could not come to last week’s meeting
2. California Republican Convention
3. Requesting finance waiver
4. BCR given permission to use funds for travel
5. Snguon move to add BCR waiver to week five budget bill
6. Kong seconded
xiii. Week five budget bill
1. Weekly: $5,019.76
2. Contingency: $2,439.76; SSRF: $2,580
3. Kong motion to approve week five budget bill
4. Pandya seconded
c. SB 21
i. Solomon talks about why this bill is important
ii. Discussion about transparency vs. accountability vs. Accessibility
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iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
Discussion about student fees and how it should be spent
Possibly getting this money from the small amount of money from senate only funds
Dennis brings up that it happened at his community college as well
Votes:
1. Iwuoma - No with comment
a. further conversation about how to be transparent, accessible, and accountable
2. Kong - No
3. Lee - No
4. Pandya - No
5. Snguon - No
6. Week - Absent
7. Mohabbat Comment - other ways to approach issue as well
d. Miscellaneous Discussion
i. Kong asks Finance Officer to change spelling errors on Finance Form
ii. Dennis Lee asks to add section discussing specification of actually requesting funds from
senate contingency or from their own bank accounts
iii. another change to the form: student groups HAVE to use given template
I.
Elected Official Announcements
a. Finance Officer - talk to Nolan, need one more thing from Dan, we’re still losing money every
month, some Cal student groups booked it already in the winter, will be talking to Dan to talk
about details on this / whether or not they should be waiting til winter to close anyways, bill will
be coming
I.
Adjournment
a. at 11:32 p.m.
Senator Destiny Iwuoma
Senator Justin Kong
Senator Karen Lee
Senator Naweed Mohabbat
Senator Sahil Pandya
Senator Sevly Snguon
Senator Lauren Week
present
present
present
present
present
present
absent
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Reporting for the Constitutional and Procedural Review Committee, Mr. Tan said that SBs 15 and 20
passed with amendments.
Mr. Tan said there was one note from Con-Review. On Monday Con-Review was placed in the basement
of Anna Head, which was difficult, because they had an interviewee for the J-Council who needed special
accommodations for sound. Since there was another committee in the Assembly Room, they held the
interview downstairs.
Mr. Pack said this was not the time to revisit this discussion, but offline he’ll talk with Committee Chairs.
He would ask them to please get feedback from their Committees, and they'd re-evaluate whether meeting
at Anna Head was the right thing for all the committees to do. The reason they went forward with either
meeting at Anna Head or Unit 1 was so that all the committees were next to each other. So if it was the
will of the Senate that committees begin to meet in Unit 1 instead, for accessibility and separation reasons, they could do that. They just have to have that conversation. He and Ms. Hennes would talk separately to see how Mr. Tan felt about that.
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Start Time: 9:00 p.m.
Location: Anna Head Alumnae Hall
I.
Call to Order
9:10 pm
II. Roll Call
Senator Katherine Chung Present
Senator Grant Fineman Present
Senator Briana Mullen Present
Senator Sean Tan Present
Senator Quinn Shen Present
Senator Pavan Upadhyayula Present
Senator Solomon Nwoche Present
III. Guest Announcements
This Saturday is Nigerian Independence Day at Afro House at 9 p.m.
IV. Public Comment
Proposal from General Counsel
There are ways we can amend the by laws to make them more coherent and efficient.
Some of the by laws are redundant and could be slimmed down to make them more functional.
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Created a position for administrative affairs.
Not fully capitalizing on Senate Office Manager.
We can group together some directors to a centralized manager who would report back to
the senate.
There are both short-term and long-term solutions to clarifying the ambiguity of the By-laws.
V. Reports
VI. Old Business
SB 15 A Bill to Institutionalize the Executive Officer Committee Reports
Senator Mullen changed the title of the bill
Senator Upadhyayula motioned to amend a “whereas” clause.
Senator Upadhyayula motioned to amend in the “therefore be it resolved” clause
Senator Tan motioned to amend in the “therefore be it resolved” clause
Senator Nwoche called the previous question
No objection / abstention
10:28 Bill passed with amendments.
VII. New Business
Judicial Council Interview -- One nominee had been interviewed.
The committee will interview the last wave of nominees at the upcoming committee meeting and appoint Associate Justices. All appointed nominees will be sent an email no later
than Tuesday after the meeting at 9 p.m.
SB 20 A Bill to Amend Title I Article V of the By-laws
Amendments are reflected in the bill.
11:49 Bill passes unanimously with amendments.
Senate Mullen moves to create a Con Rev calendar of future by law projects in a google doc. The
ViceChair is charged with this task.
Seconded
Passes
VIII. Adjournment
11:56 PM
End written report from the Constitutional and Procedural Review Committee
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Reporting for the University and External Affairs Committee, Ms. Truax said there was some confusion.
UEA bills weren't under CC and the amended versions weren't included. They will be next week. The
Committee approved SBs 18; 8; 25, as amended; 24; 14; 13; and 16, as amended.
Mr. Pack asked if there were any bills that weren't passed. Ms. Truax said there weren't.
--------------Begin minutes from the University and External Affairs Committee meeting of October 7
University and External Affairs Committee
Monday, October 7, 2013
Anna Head, 7:00 p.m.
I.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:16 p.m. by Chair Truax.
II.
Roll Call
Voting Members
Roll Call #1
Roll Call #2
Senator Courtney Chow
Absent
Absent
Senator Wendy Pacheco
Present
Present
Senator Caitlin Quinn
Present
Present
Senator Liza Raffi
Absent
Present
Senator Emily Truax
Present
Present
Senator Eric Wu
Present
Present
III.
Adoption of the Agenda
Pacheco moved to adopt; seconded; adopted by unanimous consent.
IV.
Approval of Minutes
No minutes to approve.
V.
Special Orders
a. SB 13: A Bill in Support of the Berkeley Dance Community, The University of California
Rally Committee, and Event Services Space Reservations: Presentation by UCPD Sgt.
Williams
i. Week moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
ii. Week moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
iii. Pacheco moved to approve as amended; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
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VI.
New Business
a. SB 18: A Bill in Awareness of the Crisis in North Korea:
i. Public Comment
ii. Presentation up to 30 minutes – Senator Chung
iii. Senate Discussion
iv. Quinn moved to approve; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
b. SB 14: A Bill in Opposition to the FDA’s Lifetime Ban on MSM Blood Donations
i. Public Comment
ii. Senate Discussion
iii. Wu moved to approved; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
c. SB 8: A Resolution in Support of the IGNITE (Invest in Graduations, Not Incarceration.
Transform Education) Campaign and UC Diversity Pipeline
i. Public Comment
ii. Presentation up to 30 minutes – Senator Iwuoma
iii. Senate Discussion
iv. Pacheco moved to approve; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
d. SB 24: A Bill in Support of the It Can Wait Campaign
i. Public Comment
ii. Senate Discussion
iii. Quinn moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
iv. Pacheco moved to adopt as amended; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
e. SB 25: A Bill in Support of Public Education and the ACES Program
i. Public Comment
ii. Senate Discussion
iii. Quinn moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
iv. Quinn moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
v. Wu moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
vi. Quinn moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
vii. Quinn moved to approve as amended; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
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f. SB 13: A Bill in Support of the Berkeley Dance Community, The University of California
Rally Committee, and Student Space Reservations
i. Public Comment
ii. Presentation up to 30 minutes – Senator Week
iii. Senate Discussion
g. SB 16: A Bill to Censure the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) for the Appropriation of
Latin@/Xican@ Culture
i. Public Comment
ii. Presentation up to 30 minutes – Senator Pacheco
iii. Senate Discussion
iv. Wu moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
v. Pacheco moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
vi. Pacheco moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
vii. Pacheco moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
viii. Pacheco moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
ix. Pacheco moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
x. Pacheco moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
xi. Pacheco moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
xii. Pacheco moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
xiii. Pacheco moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
xiv. Wu moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
xv. Wu moved to amend; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
xvi. Pacheco moved to approve as amended; seconded; approved by unanimous consent
VII.
Elected Official Announcements
Quinn: National Coming Out/Coming Out Week (queer.berkeley.edu) 7:30pm on Thursday (free
Thai food); Queer Womyn Picnic
VIII.
Roll Call #2
See above
IX.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 11:26pm by Chair Truax.
End minutes from the University and External Affairs Committee meeting of October 7
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Consent Calendar -- SB 13, In Support of the Berkeley Dance Community, the UC Rally
Committee, and Event Services Space Reservations
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CONSENT CALENDAR
The following Resolutions were up for consideration that evening under the Consent Calendar:
SBs 19, as amended; 26, as amended; 15, as amended; 20, as amended; 18; 8; 25, as amended; 24; 14; 13;
and 16, as amended.
Mr. Pack said this was the time to pull bills from the Consent Calendar to do things other than pass them
immediately.
Mr. Upadhyayula asked if SB 21 was on the Consent Calendar. Mr. Mohabbat said that bill failed. Mr.
Pack said bills on the Consent Calendar were only those that passed out of committee.
Mr. Pack called for any bills to be pulled from the Consent Calendar.
Mr. Iwuoma asked to remove SB 8 from the Consent Calendar.
Mr. Shen asked if Senators could hear the titles of the bills. Mr. Pack said the titles were on the agenda.
Mr. Shen asked if they could recess for three minutes to look at the bills under CC. Mr. Shen moved to
recess for three minutes. Mr. Pack said that before moving to that motion, he would ask if Ms. Truax
could read the bills with titles. Ms. Truax read bill titles.
The following bills remained under the Consent Calendar: SBs 19A; 26A; 15A; 20A; 18; 8; 25A; 24; 14;
13; and 16A.
On a point of information, Ms. Week said her bill was passed with amendments and with a change in its
name. Mr. Pack said that will be reflected in the minutes Mr. Litwak will send out. As long as they have
updated versions of bills as they came out of committee sent to Mr. Litwak, all those changes will be
reflected.
Mr. Pack called for any other bills to be pulled from the Consent Calendar, and hearing none, called for a
motion to approve.
Mr. Iwuoma said he would like to table his bill, SB 8. Mr. Pack said he could make that motion under IC.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR WAS APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION: SB 13; SB 14; SB 15, AS
AMENDED; SB 16, AS AMENDED; SB 18; SB 19, AS AMENDED; SB 20, AS AMENDED; SB 24;
SB 25, AS AMENDED; AND SB 26, AS AMENDED.
The following Resolution, SB 13, was approved under the Consent Calendar and was authored by Ms.
Week; Sam Kim (Co-Chair, The [M]ovement); Amy Fei (Co-Chair, The [M]ovement); Ross Crockett
(Chairman, University of California Rally Committee), and was co-sponsored by Mr. Wu; Ms. Mullen;
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Excel Love (Choreographer/Officer, Danceworx); Dylan Tong (President, Dwinelle Hall Breakers); Lilly
Sedaghat (President, Dwinelle Hall Breakers); Samantha Dizon (Executive Director, Main Stacks); David
Brill (Executive Director, Main Stacks); Frances Jih (President, Danceworx); Alina Zhu (President,
Danceworx); and Eshaan Kashyap (Captain, Azaad):
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE BERKELEY DANCE COMMUNITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA RALLY COMMITTEE, AND EVENT SERVICES SPACE RESERVATIONS
WHEREAS, the ASUC Auxiliary stands as “the administrative arm of the ASUC,[1]” whose functions
include, but are not limited to, overseeing the use and operation of buildings granted to the
ASUC by the University[2]; and
WHEREAS, such buildings include the Lower Sproul Student Union,[3] as well as “replacement space for
ASUC Student Activities;[4]” an agreement that is reemphasized by the Lower Sproul Plaza
Project’s second Memorandum of Understanding;[5] and
WHEREAS, the ASUC Auxiliary has managed this task through the services of the LEAD Center and
Event Services, who oversee Anna Head Alumnae Hall, outdoor spaces, including Savio
Steps on Upper Sproul, the Student Tabling Program, and Hearst Gym,[6]; and
WHEREAS, although the ASUC Auxiliary has authority in the use and operations of the aforementioned
spaces, it is granted by the Commercial Activities Agreement that the ASUC, and not the
Auxiliary, “shall have the full authority to assign Student Activity Space to registered student organizations or University entities,[7]”; and
WHEREAS, due to the Lower Sproul Plaza Project, registered student organizations have lost “Student
Activity Space” in Lower Sproul/the Student Union, and have therefore utilized Event Service’s registration system to find “replacement space,” one example being the use of Savio
Steps in Upper Sproul; and
WHEREAS, the [M]ovement, a student dance group, and representative of the greater Berkeley dance
community, is a registered student organization, and thereby also stands as a representative
of all registered student organizations, has found “replacement space” in the previously
described manner; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the [M]ovement is as follows: “to promote the art of dancing in the campus
community by giving people of varying skill levels a chance to perform and to improve as
dancers and choreographers in a family atmosphere”[8]; and
WHEREAS, this purpose was directly disrupted during an incident that occurred on Saturday, September
14, 2013; and
WHEREAS, on this date, The [M]ovement was holding auditions, and had reserved Savio Steps through
Event Service’s online reservation system; and
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Committee, and Event Services Space Reservations (cont'd)
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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE BERKELEY DANCE COMMUNITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA RALLY COMMITTEE, AND EVENT SERVICES SPACE RESERVATIONS (cont'd)
WHEREAS, on the same date, the California Football Team was playing against the Ohio State Buckeyes
at 4 p.m., making this day a football “game day” for the University of California, Berkeley
campus; and
WHEREAS, on Football “Game Days” various pre-game activities take place before the start of the
game, traditionally two hours before, which include, but are not limited to, the pre-game
rally, which takes place on Savio Steps, and the pre-game parade through campus, which
starts on Upper Sproul plaza and ends at California Memorial Stadium; and
WHEREAS, the University of California Rally Committee, which is also a registered student organization, defined by the purpose of ”organiz[ing] and coordinat[ing] all rallies and all activities
of the rooting section,” and acting “as the official guardian of the traditions and spirit of the
University of California”;[9] and
WHEREAS, the Rally Committee upholds this function and purpose through multiple means, including,
but not limited to, being “responsible for the direction and production of all spirit rallies on
campus”;[10] and
WHEREAS, such rallies include Noon Rallies, the Homecoming Rally, the Bonfire Rally, and Special
Rallies, such as Night Rallies and Big Game Week events;[11] and
WHEREAS, as stipulated by the preceding list, despite the function and purpose of the University of
California Rally Committee, the organization, and its members actually have no direct
authority and/or oversight in the planning and execution of Football “game day” pre-game
activities, including, but not limited to, the rally itself; and
WHEREAS, such planning and execution actually falls under the jurisdiction and authority of the
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics; and
WHEREAS, the Department has historically never reserved Savio Steps for important, yet possibly conflicting, pre-game activities; and
WHEREAS, due to lack of reservation by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, a conflict arose,
which resulted in the forced removal of The [M]ovement from Savio Steps by the University
of California Police Department, despite the student organization’s right to be there under
campus policy and their reservation; and
WHEREAS, furthermore, this conflict directly resulted from a lack of communication between campus
administrative departments, including, but not limited to, the ASUC Auxiliary and its affiliated services, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, and the University of California
Police Department; and
Consent Calendar -- SB 13, In Support of the Berkeley Dance Community, the UC Rally
Committee, and Event Services Space Reservations (cont'd)
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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE BERKELEY DANCE COMMUNITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA RALLY COMMITTEE, AND EVENT SERVICES SPACE RESERVATIONS (cont'd)
WHEREAS, this resulted in The [M]ovement, the University of California Rally Committee, and both of
the organizations’ members, being placed into direct conflict with one another, and furthermore, one or both of the student organizations were faced with the following: verbal
abuse,[12] threat of punishment[13], and marginalization;[14] and
WHEREAS, the University of California Police Department is charged with providing “high-quality, professional crime prevention, protection, and law enforcement services to maintain and promote human safety,”[15] while also enforcing national, State, and campus law and policies;
and
WHEREAS, the University of California Police Department failed to protect human safety and did not
justly enforce campus policies regarding space reservations; and
WHEREAS, The [M]ovement, the University of California Rally Committee, and furthermore, all student
organizations at the University of California, Berkeley, and their members, deserve equal
protection, due process, and a guarantee of feeling safe and protected on this campus; and
WHEREAS, future conflicts of a similar nature can be better addressed, or completely avoided if the following actions take place, remembering the ASUC’s authority in allocating “student activity
space”;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that ASUC President Deejay Pepito write and send a letter to the
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, specifically addressing Director of Athletics Sandy
Barbour, Assistant Athletic Director of Events Management Gordon Bayne, and Assistant
Athletic Director of Facilities Management Mike Huff, in order to communicate and resolve
the conflict at hand.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that President Pepito call for two separate meetings, with one meeting
including herself, necessary ASUC representatives, including, but not limited to, ASUC
Senators, and the necessary representatives of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics;
and the second meeting among the necessary representatives of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the leadership of the Berkeley Dance Community, including, but not
limited to, the current and former Presidents of the Dance Board and other dance group
leaders.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the former meeting will address and resolve issues and concerns of
space conflicts between Athletics and student organizations in general. Within this meeting,
President Pepito will advise the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics to coordinate and
communicate with the ASUC Auxiliary, the LEAD Center, and Event Services, and aim to
have Athletics, while working in partnership with the University of California Rally Committee, reserve spaces which are under the authority of Event Services for pre-game rallies
and events, as well as other functions.
Consent Calendar -- SB 13, In Support of the Berkeley Dance Community, the UC Rally
Committee, and Event Services Space Reservations (cont'd)
-- SB 14, In Opposition to the FDA’s Lifetime Ban on MSM Blood Donations
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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE BERKELEY DANCE COMMUNITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA RALLY COMMITTEE, AND EVENT SERVICES SPACE RESERVATIONS (cont'd)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the latter meeting will focus on discussing possibilities of cooperation between the Berkeley dance community and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics,
in order to build a sustainable relationship that provides for the needs of both Athletics and
student dance groups.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, under this new relationship, submit a formal apology to The [M]ovement and to the greater Berkeley dance community, addressing the issues that have arisen due to space conflicts, including, but not limited to, the dance community's use of Savio Steps and Spieker Plaza.
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[1]
Commercial Activities Agreement (2012), Section 1.
[2]
Commercial Activities Agreement (2012), Section 7.2.
[3]
Commercial Activities Agreement (2012), Section 7.2.
[4]
Commercial Activities Agreement (2012), Section 7.4.
[5]
Memorandum of Understanding #2: Lower Sproul Plaza Project (2010), Section1.
[6]
ASUC Auxiliary, “Venues and Programs,” Event Services, http://eventservices.berkeley.edu/
index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=143&Itemid=194, 22 September 2013.
[7]
Commercial Activities Agreement (2012), Section 7.5.
[8]
The [M]ovement Constitution, Section 1.
[9]
University of California Rally Committee Constitution, Section 1.
[10]
University of California Rally Committee, “What We Do,” About, http://ucrc.berkeley.edu /2012/?page_id=14, 23
September 2013.
[11]
University of California Rally Committee, “What We Do,” About, http://ucrc.berkeley.edu /2012/?page_id=14, 23 September 2013.
[12]
For example, a member of The [M]ovement was called a “Nazi” by a member of the Rally’s audience.
[13]
For example, the University of California Rally Committee received a formal complaint from Event Services threatening
their ability to reserve space in the future, while The [M]ovement, after relocating under the University of California Police
Department’s (UCPD) directions, were approached by a staff member of Haas Pavilion who threatened to have them arrested
by UCPD.
[14]
Due to the circumstances, and how the situation was handled, both groups’ reputations have been compromised within the
campus community.
[15]
University of California Police Department, “Mission Statement,” About UCPD, http://police.berkeley .edu
/about_UCPD/mission.html, 23 September 2013.
CC -- SB 14, In Opposition to the FDA’s Lifetime Ban on MSM Blood Donations (cont'd)
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The following Resolution, SB 14, was approved under the Consent Calendar and was authored by Ms.
Quinn and was co-sponsored by Ms. Chow, Mr. Fineman, Mr. Iwuoma, Mr. Kong, Ms. Lee, Mr.
Mohabbat, Ms. Mullen, Ms. Pacheco, Ms. Raffi, Mr. Snguon, Mr. Tan, Ms. Truax, Mr. Upadhyayula, Ms.
Week, Mr. Wu, Michelle Carney (President, Red Cross at Cal Club), Suraj Nagaraj (student, UC Berkeley), and Maddie McClure (Director, Cal Service Network):
RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE FDA’S LIFETIME BAN ON MSM BLOOD DONATIONS
WHEREAS, approximately 6 million Americans need blood annually, and 44,000 blood donations are
needed a day, averaging out to blood needed every 2 seconds, ranging from car accident
victims, cancer and leukemia patients, sickle cell and other diseases, surgery and transplant
patients, newborn infants, etc.; and
WHEREAS, the policy of excluding men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood began in
1983 due to concerns of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 1977, and currently prevents an estimated eligible 2,600,000 men from making blood donations, with an estimated loss of
219,000 blood donations annually, disproportionately targeting and discriminating against
gay and bisexual men from donating blood; and
WHEREAS, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, the Williams Institute,
supports the information mentioned above, estimating that lifting the FDA’s ban on MSM
blood donations would help save up to approximately 657,000 lives; and
WHEREAS, thousands of potential donors who identify as MSM are turned away due to this policy,
despite, after 30 years of technological advancement, all donated blood being tested for
bloodborne pathogens, including HIV Types 1 and 2, utilizing NAT and antibody detection
with a screening error rate between 1 in 2 million and a risk of both tests yielding a false
negative of 0.1 per 2 billion now; and
WHEREAS, according to the Stanford Blood Center and the American Red Cross Blood Region, the
“blood supply in the Bay Area has dropped to critically low levels,” in which, “of approximately 7.1 million residents, only 39% are eligible to donate at any given time, and of that,
only about 3% actually donate.” And in the Bay Area, “24% of the organization's blood
donations come from high school and college students”; and
WHEREAS, the Blood Products Advisory Committee, consisting of the American Association of Blood
Banks (AABB), America’s Blood Centers (ABC), and the American Red Cross (ARC),
issued a joint statement declaring that the ban is “medically and scientifically unwarranted,”
and urged the FDA to modify blood donation policies so that they are “comparable with criteria for other groups at increased risk of sexual transmission of transfusion transmitted
infections.”[1]; and
WHEREAS, on June 18, 2013, the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to urge the FDA to
change its lifetime deferral policy for blood donations by men who have sex with men where
AMA Board member Dr. William Kobler pointed out that "the ban on blood donation for
CC -- SB 14, In Opposition to the FDA’s Lifetime Ban on MSM Blood Donations (cont'd)
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RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE FDA’S LIFETIME BAN ON MSM BLOOD DONATIONS
(cont'd)
men who have sex with men is discriminatory and not based on sound science. This new
policy urges a federal policy change to ensure blood donation bans or deferrals are applied to
donors according to their individual level of risk and are not based on sexual orientation
alone."; and
WHEREAS, on July 20, 2013, The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) approved a policy, along
with the Blood Products Advisory Committee (AABB, ARC, ABC), calling on the FDA to
“end the indefinite deferment period for Men who have sex with Men (MSM),” and to
“modify the exclusion criteria for MSM to be consistent with deferrals for those judged to be
at an increased risk of infection.”; and
WHEREAS, on August 1st, 2013, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and a group of 86 other signatories
from Congress sent a letter to call for an end to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)
ban on blood donors who are “men who have had sex with other men (MSM) at any time
since 1977,” a policy the FDA has had in place since the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA, has yet to release
information about the proposed study; and
WHEREAS, Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA), Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (DNY) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), all openly gay or lesbian members of Congress, authorized three studies to examine how the current policy could be changed, all scheduled to be
completed between August 2013 to October 2014. Yet, as the statement on Warren’s Website says, “HHS leadership has yet to release information about the design of the proposed
study, how study information will be used to shape policy changes, or a timeline for changing this discriminatory policy.”; and
WHEREAS, as of July, 2013, 21 countries, including Canada, UK, and countries located in South Africa,
have already replaced lifetime MSM blood bans with deferral periods for MSM that vary in
length from six months to five years, prompting the assertion from Time correspondents that
“the U.S. is far behind”; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Evan Low of Campbell, California was banned from donating blood and started a
petition with 61,000+ signatures on Change.org to urge the FDA to “stop discrimination
from gay men” in which he states “I firmly believe that the lifetime prohibition on gay and
bisexual blood donors will one day exist as a relic of historical discrimination and that there
will be a future in which we cherish gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people as equal
members of society;” and
WHEREAS, Jeff Bennett, a professor at the University of Iowa and author of “Banning Queer Blood”,
states “an entire population is excluded from helping to save lives, regardless of the longevity and monogamy of their relationships, their safe-sex practices, or their HIV status; and
CC -- SB 14, In Opposition to the FDA’s Lifetime Ban on MSM Blood Donations (cont'd)
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RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE FDA’S LIFETIME BAN ON MSM BLOOD DONATIONS
(cont'd)
WHEREAS, the FDA’s ban on MSM blood donations "perpetuates the stigma that gay and bisexual men
are dangerous to public health," as stated by Jason Cianciotto in the Huffington Post; and
WHEREAS, the ban reinforces negative stereotypes about gay and bisexual people, which is especially
problematic due to the majority of blood donations occurring at blood drives in workplaces
or schools, where gay and bisexual donors may worry about employment or social ramifications of not donating;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Associated Students of the University of California opposes
the Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) lifetime ban on blood donations from men who
have sex with men (MSM) for the reasons stipulated above.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that ASUC President Deejay Pepito write a letter to President Obama,
Senators Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein, and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, pointing out
the concerns outlined in this bill, while asking them to oppose the FDA’s ban on MSM
blood donations.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Associated Students of the University of California stand in solidarity with the queer community in opposition to the discrimination, as outlined in the Federal Drug Administration’s donation ban on men who have sex with men, targeting and preventing gay and bisexual men from donating.
_______________[sic]
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/262297.php
http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/events/annual-businessmeeting/Documents/2013%20Annual%20Business%20Meeting/2013%20HOD%20Resolutions/H-400-A-2013ELIGIBLE%20BLOOD%20DONORS-SOMA.pdf
http://www.aabb.org/pressroom/statements/Pages/bpacdefernat030906.aspx
http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2011/03/give-yourself-a.html
http://www.redcrossblood.org/learn-about-blood/blood-facts-and-statistics
http://www.change.org/gaybloodban
http://www.gmhc.org/advocate/msm-blood-ban
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/health&id=8699996
http://www.kent.edu/uhs/upload/formattedmsm_goldberg_gates.pdf
http://rt.com/usa/fda-gay-blood-donors-discriminatory-980/
http://www.warren.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=196
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-headlines/canada-lifts-ban-on-gay-men-donating-blood-must-be-abstinent-for-5-years1.129
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/11/national-gay-blood-drive-_n_3581358.html
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/230481.php
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/08/21/campbell-mayor-wants-feds-to-lift-ban-on-gay-men-donating-blood/
Consent Calendar -- SB 15, To Institutionalize the Executive Officer Department Reports
(Title I, Section 5.15)
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The following Resolution, SB 15, as amended in committee, was approved under the Consent Calendar
and was authored by Ms. Mullen and was co-sponsored by Ms. Chung, Mr. Fineman, Mr. Tan, Mr.
Nwoche, and Mr. Upadhyayula:
RESOLUTION TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER DEPARTMENT REPORTS
(TITLE I, SECTION 5.15)
WHEREAS, the ASUC suffers from an annual institutional memory loss by not ensuring that all of its
members have the chance to transition their successors and debrief about past, future and ongoing work; and
WHEREAS, by reporting to the Senate, Executive Office’s staffmembers have the chance to have their
work known, as well as to be more accountable to the student body at large; and
WHEREAS, the student body at large should have access to the programs and projects that each Executive Office is taking on by means of public posting of the Senate minutes; and
WHEREAS, the basic functioning of the ASUC suffers when information, reflection, and experience is
failed to be passed on; and
WHEREAS, currently ASUC Executive Officers are mandated to provide weekly reports through
CalLink forms;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the By-laws now read:
5.15 Executive Officer Reports
1. Under Executive Officer Reports, any ASUC Executive Officer reports their activities to the Senate. Executive Officers shall be placed on the Senate agenda each
week. A written copy of each Executive Officer’s report must be provided to the
Comptroller General no less than 48 hours prior to the start of each regular Senate
meeting. Written reports shall address the Executive Officer’s activities during the
previous week and shall include the following information:
-- A list of ASUC committee meetings attended.
-- A list of Campus-wide committee meetings attended, including a summary of
actions and decisions made by the committee.
-- A list of Administrative meetings attended.
-- A list of events and activities sponsored by the Executive Officer and/or their
office staff.
-- A list of any expenditures and allocations made from any account or fund overseen by the Executive Officer.
-- The most recent version of the Executive Officer’s budget and account
balances.
Consent Calendar -- SB 15, To Institutionalize the Executive Officer Department Reports
(Title I, Section 5.15) (cont'd)
-- SB 16, Condemning the Negligence of Cultural Awareness Within the
Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC)
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RESOLUTION TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER DEPARTMENT REPORTS
(TITLE I, SECTION 5.15) (cont'd)
-- Fulfillment of duties required by the Constitution and/or By-laws, and duties
assigned by the Senate.
2. Other relevant information.
3. Executive Officers shall make a Report at every regular Senate meeting, and are
required to yield unused time to questions from the Senate.
4. ASUC Executives shall submit reports every two weeks to the Senate collected
from their respective division/department leaders to include in their executive
report back.
-- Division/department leaders reports shall contain a summary of department
activities, including summaries, processes, and reflections.
5. These reports shall be compiled at the end of the year by the ASUC Office Manager and passed on to the incoming Executive Office staff.
6. No report shall exceed ten (10) minutes unless extended for a definite period of
time by the Senate.
7. Reports shall not last more than 30 minutes unless extended by a two-thirds vote of
the Senate.
The following Resolution, SB 16, as amended in committee, was approved under the Consent Calendar
and was authored by Ms. Pacheco and was co-sponsored by Gabriela Cano (YQUE!)*; Michael Cervantes
(YQUE!)*; Stephany Martinez (TRENZA)*; Jennifer Lopez (Lambda Theta Nu Sorority Inc.)* David
Jaramillo (La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc.)*; Stephany Rodas (RRRC)*;
Vanessa Ojeda (RRRC)*; Wendy Ortiz (In Xochitl In Cuicatl)*; Juan M. Heredia (RRRC)*; Rogelio
Gutierrez-Pinto (La Fe)*; Any Angeles (La Fe)*; Lizbeth Moreno (Hermanas Unidas Inc.)*; Adrian Garcia
Hernandez; Luis Huerta (Casa Mora)*; Michelle Duarte (RAZA Caucus)*; Daniela Bernal (RAZA Caucus)*; Vanessa Hernandez (RAZA Caucus)*; Christian Vigil (Gamma Zeta Alpha Inc.)*; Melanie Zamora
(Ballet Folklorico Reflejos de Mexico)*; Marisol Sanchez (C.A.S.A)*; Abraham Rios (Lambda Theta Phi
Latin Fraternity Inc.)*; Daniela Miramontes (Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority)*; Andrés R. Vindas
Meléndez (M.E.Ch.X.A)*; Eduardo Gonzalez (M.E.Ch.X.A)*; Ms. Quinn; Ms. Jameson; Rebekah O.
Adeyemo President (NPHC)*
*
titles for identification purposes only
Consent Calendar -- SB 16, Condemning the Negligence of Cultural Awareness Within the
Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) (cont'd)
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RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE NEGLIGENCE OF CULTURAL AWARENESS WITHIN THE
INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL (IFC)
WHEREAS, a Bloods and Crips-themed party was hosted by Alpha Delta Fraternity on July 26, 2013 at
Dartmouth College, which raised concerns by students who have been personally affected by
gang violence, an issue that affects low-income communities of color[1]; and
WHEREAS, Pi Kappa Alpha hosted a “Compton Cookout” party at the University of California, San Diego explicitly mocking Black History Month by inviting guests to come dressed as "ghetto
chicks" and gangsters[2]; and
WHEREAS, Lambda Theta Delta Fraternity, at the University of California, Irvine produced a parody
music video for the song “Suit and Tie” and had one of their members in blackface[3]; and
WHEREAS, Theta Delta Chi (TDX) at UC Berkeley placed a zombie hung by a noose outside of their
window, right across from the African-American themed floor in Unit 1 on October 31,
2012; and
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2013 Delta Chi at the University of California Berkeley hosted a
“Quinceñera” themed party where members came dressed up with sombreros, fake mustaches, blown up cacti, and dress that was reflective of “cholos”; and
WHEREAS, “the IFC Vice-President Risk Management must conduct Social Chair and Risk Management Committee training sessions at the beginning of each semester, copy and fax party
registration forms, coordinate and notify presidents’ reviews reports following parties, write
up incident reports for Greek Code of Conduct violations, and be an upstanding, reputable
member of the Cal Greek community” [4]; and
WHEREAS, the Vice President of External Affairs of IFC is responsible for “monitoring how the IFC
and its member chapters interact with each other and with outside groups, including non-IFC
fraternities and sororities, the University, and the City of Berkeley. Additionally, he promotes a positive image of the IFC and its member chapters through public relations efforts”
[5]
; and
WHEREAS, the Xican@/Latin@ culture, or any culture for that matter, is not a costume for others to
wear nor something to be mocked; and
WHEREAS, although this incident is appalling, it is one of many that continue to happen on college campuses all across the United States; and
WHEREAS, the University of California, Berkeley is a flagship university that should be setting a positive example for universities across the world, but instead, time and time again, greek
organizations on this campus exhibit a lack of cultural awareness and continue to disrespect
communities of color; and
Consent Calendar -- SB 16, Condemning the Negligence of Cultural Awareness Within the
Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) (cont'd)
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RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE NEGLIGENCE OF CULTURAL AWARENESS WITHIN THE
INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL (IFC) (cont'd)
WHEREAS, the ASUC’s response to the Theta Delta Chi lynching display “urg[ed] the campus to
implement mandatory racial sensitivity curriculum for Greek organizations” [6]; and
WHEREAS, the Greek community should be a culturally aware body, charged with educating its members on how their actions have consequences that affect members on this campus, particularly communities of color; and
WHEREAS, this incident is not reflective of the individual sentiment of each individual in the Greek
community; and
WHEREAS, the appropriation of culture is not exclusive to the Greek community and is a national phenomenon and indicative of institutionalized racism in the larger campus context;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the ASUC condemn culturally appropriated themed parties.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Delta Chi write a public apology directed towards the
Xican@/Latin@ community for appropriating our cultural traditions as well as reproducing
stereotypes of our culture and identity for their entertainment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the ASUC EVP Nolan Pack shall designate a professional to facilitate a one-hour Special Order on intent versus impact by the end of Fall Semester.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this cultural awareness training be urged by the ASUC for all student organizations on campus.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each of the four Council Presidents will be charged with meeting
with the three LEAD Center advisors and the author of the bill in order to oversee the
implementation of a task force on cultural awareness within the Greek community.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the ASUC recommends a permanent task force that will be comprised of two participants from each Council and two members at large from an entity within
the Division of Equity and Inclusion that will be responsible for reinforcing a new cultural
awareness requirement that each Greek chapter must fulfill.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the ASUC urges the four Greek Councils to consider amending the
All-Greek Social Code to include issues of culture awareness as a prime responsibility of the
entire Greek community and give legitimacy to the aforementioned clause.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that plans be implemented to allot a portion of the All-Greek Council
risk-management trainings in the beginning of the semesters to be dedicated to issues of
cultural awareness and that the LEAD Center advisors maintain ongoing communication
with Chapter Presidents, Social Chairs, and Risk Management Chairs to ensure that events
are upheld to a high standard in all aforementioned areas.
Consent Calendar -- SB 16, Condemning the Negligence of Cultural Awareness Within the
Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) (cont'd)
-- SB 18, In Awareness of the Crisis in North Korea
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RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE NEGLIGENCE OF CULTURAL AWARENESS WITHIN THE
INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL (IFC) (cont'd)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the ASUC continue to highly urge the implementation of cultural
awareness trainings for all Greek organizations developed in partnership through the Division of Equity and Inclusion, the Inter-Fraternity Council, the Panhellenic Council, the
Multi-Cultural Greek Council, the National Pan-Hellenic Council, and Multicultural Student
Development Offices, so that it will be the catalyst for the future implementation of such a
program throughout the larger UC Berkeley campus.
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[1]
http://thedartmouth.com/2013/08/16/news/party
[2]
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Compton-Cookout-Creates-Campus-Uproar-84648212.html
[3]
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2013/04uc_irvine_lambda_theta_delta_blackface.php
[4]
http://gawker.com/5965719/penn-state-sorority-holds-mexican+themed-party-proves-once-again-thatmexican+themed-parties-are-a-bad-idea
[5]
http://www.calgreeks.com/ifc/ifc-executive-officers/
[6]
http://asuc.org/senate-bills/fall-2012/a-bill-recognizing-the-history-and-presence-of-lynching-and-antiblack-sentiment-in-the-united-states-of-america-state-of-california-and-uc-berkeley/
The following Resolution, SB 18, was approved under the Consent Calendar and was authored by Ms.
Chung and Nicholas Do (Director, Office of Sen. Chung), and was co-sponsored by Mr. Kong, Ms.
Truax, Ms. Mecklai, and Griffin Mori-Tornheim (External Coordinator, LiNK):
RESOLUTION IN AWARENESS OF THE CRISIS IN NORTH KOREA
WHEREAS, Korea has repeatedly been invaded, influenced, and fought over by neighboring countries;[1]
and
WHEREAS, after the end of World War II in 1945, Korea was divided into two occupation zones - areas
north and south of the 38th parallel; and
WHEREAS, during the Korean War, border clashes and warfare broke out between the two Koreas; and
WHEREAS, the war took lives of “more than 33,000 Americans” along with about “3.5 million Asians
beginning in June 1950”[2]; and
WHEREAS, in July of 1953, both sides reached a ceasefire agreement ending the Korean War but permanently establishing the division of north and south between the two Koreas along the 38th
parallel; and
Consent Calendar -- SB 18, In Awareness of the Crisis in North Korea (cont'd)
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RESOLUTION IN AWARENESS OF THE CRISIS IN NORTH KOREA (cont'd)
WHEREAS, the 38th parallel is now known as the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) -- one of the most
heavily fortified borders in the world; and
WHEREAS, North Korea is currently a communist state under which its citizens face unspeakable
atrocities; and
WHEREAS, humans rights are being violated on a daily basis through the labor camps in which the
North Korean government is torturing and killing its citizens with methods such as starvation, dehydration, sexual violence, disease, mutilation, and more[3]; and
WHEREAS, North Korea is actively denying basic human rights by allowing “no organized political
opposition, free media, functioning civil society, or religious freedom”[4]; and
WHEREAS, the inability to properly provide their citizens with sufficient living necessities, along with
their practicing of labor camps, executions, and torture, labels the government of North
Korea as a corrupt police state; and
WHEREAS, the North Korean government is shrouding their reprehensible actions by detaining, executing, and punishing their citizens for leaking information to the outside world or attempting to
escape the country as a means of survival; and
WHEREAS, North Korea is reminiscent of a modern-day Gulag with its prison camps and its implementation of a “three generation, collective punishment system,” which subjects a family to
detainment and torture for three generations[5]; and
WHEREAS, the United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor have acknowledged
North Korea as “deplorable” for its violation of basic human rights due to its “arbitrary and
unlawful deprivation of life”, government executed disappearances, practices of “torture,
and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment”, “arbitrary arrest or detention”, “denial of fair public trial”, “arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence,” amongst other inexcusable acts[6]; and
WHEREAS, the international community has identified and condemned North Korea for their violation
of basic human rights but has failed to take certain proactive measures to protest and fight
against the human rights tragedy, due to a lack of unified efforts and unpublicized
information; and
WHEREAS, an international movement from the outside world against North Korea is lacking in terms of
militant action and assistance for refugees through global awareness; and
WHEREAS, “human rights and humanitarian crises have gone on for years, but traditional international
attention on North Korea has focused on issues of high politics, nuclear weapons, international politics, and intrigue into the regime leadership”[7]; and
Consent Calendar -- SB 18, In Awareness of the Crisis in North Korea (cont'd)
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RESOLUTION IN AWARENESS OF THE CRISIS IN NORTH KOREA (cont'd)
WHEREAS, “the incredible challenges facing the North Korean people are left ignored, and their resilience and dynamism as they struggle to overcome these challenges and drive change inside
the country remains unknown”[8]; and
WHEREAS, this attitude fails to move the issue forward or provide any tangible changes or solutions to
aid the North Korean people; and
WHEREAS, Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) works to promote awareness of the ongoing crisis in North
Korea and also provides humanitarian relief to the country’s refugees by rescuing, sheltering, and helping them resettle into new societies and systems[9];
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Associated Students of the University of California urge the
world community to recognize the need to re-evaluate the policy on North Korea and pay
heed to the pressing humanitarian and human rights emergency that is currently taking place
in North Korea.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the students of the University of California, Berkeley acknowledge
and understand the importance of the crisis occurring in North Korea, and the magnitude in
which it not only oppresses and persecutes North Korean citizens, but also violates the basic
essence of human and individual rights.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the ASUC External Affairs Vice President’s International Office
work collaboratively in the future with the University of California, Berkeley’s student
organization, LiNK, to host a campaign and/or a discussion panel centered on raising awareness against the crisis in North Korea.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Associated Students of the University of California stand in solidarity with the victims of North Korea’s despotic regime, with LiNK, and with all other
organizations and entities that work to establish justice for the North Korean people.
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http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/north-korea/history
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=3324
3
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/world/asia/north-korea-human-rights-kirby/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews
4
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-north-korea
5
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/06/20353287-human-rights-group-thousands-of-n-korean-prisonersdisappeared-from-gulag?lite
6
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-north-korea
7
http://libertyinnorthkorea.org/redefining/
8
http://libertyinnorthkorea.org/redefining/
9
http://libertyinnorthkorea.org/refugeework/
2
Consent Calendar -- SB 19, On the Fall 2013 Week 4 Budget Bill
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The following Resolution, SB 19, as amended in committee, was approved under the Consent Calendar
and was authored by Finance Officer Dennis Lee and was sponsored by Mr. Pack:
RESOLUTION ON THE FALL 2013 WEEK 4 BUDGET BILL
WHEREAS, the funding and sponsorship requests submitted this week are summarized in the following
table:
APPENDIX
GROUP NAME
REQUEST
AMT. REQUESTED
FUNDING SOURCES
A
The Suitcase Clinic
Sponsorship & Funding
$308.05
Senate Contingency
B
International Service
Learning
Sponsorship & Funding
$387.00
Senate Contingency
C
California Public Interest
Research Group
(CalPiRG)
Sponsorship & Funding
$1,600.00
Senate Contingency
D
Latino Pre-Medical
Student Association
Sponsorship Only
$0.00
N/A
E
Student Abolitionist
Movement
Sponsorship & Funding
$221.00
Senate Contingency
Weekly Total Request
$2,516.05
Senate Contingency After
Allocation
$35,816.79
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the ASUC Senate allocate funding to the following groups as indicated in the below table:
Appendix Group Name
A
SB
C
D
E
Purpose
Amt. Allocated
Funding Source
$155.96
Senate Contingency
$200.00
Space Reservation
Sponsorship & Funding
$250.00
Senate Contingency
Sponsorship & Funding
$800.00
Senate Contingency
Sponsorship Only
$0.00
N/A
Sponsorship & Funding
$213.00
Senate Contingency
Weekly Total Allocation:
$1,618.96
Total Allocation from Senate Contingency:
$1,418.96
The Suitcase Clinic
International Service
Learning
California Public Interest
Research Group
(CalPiRG)
Latino Pre-Medical
Student Association
Student Abolitionist
Movement
Sponsorship & Funding
Total Allocation from Space Reservation:
$200.00
Consent Calendar -- SB 20, Amending Title I, Article V of the By-laws
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The following Resolution, SB 20, as amended in committee, was approved under the Consent Calendar
and was authored by Mr. Nwoche, Ms. Mullen, Mr. Shen, Mr. Tan, Mr. Fineman, Ms. Chung, and Mr.
Upadhyayula:
RESOLUTION AMENDING TITLE I, ARTICLE V OF THE BY-LAWS
WHEREAS, ASUC Representatives serve an important function in keeping the Senate well versed in the
school’s activities from different groups and communities; and
WHEREAS, The ASUC By-laws and Constitution serve as the overarching governing documents of the
Senate and are in serious need of attention; and
WHEREAS, Title I, Article V, Section 5.17.1 of the By-laws reads: “Every ASUC Representative shall
make a Report at every Regular Senate Meeting.”; and
WHEREAS, Title I, Article V, Section 5.17.1 of the By-laws CONTRADICTS Title I, Article IX, Section
9.2.8 of the By-laws, which reads: “The Comptroller General shall be responsible for contacting all ASUC Appointed Officials and ASUC Representatives on a weekly basis to collect their reports for submission to the Senate. These reports shall be organized and compiled into a Report Packet by the Comptroller General for submission to the Senate as part of
the Agenda Packet (Title 1, 5.20), with missing reports noted. The Report Packet shall be
included in the Senate Minutes;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, Title 5 now reads:
The Senate shall adopt the Agenda for each regular meeting at the immediately preceding
regular meeting. The Senate shall adhere to the previously approved agenda, provided that
the Senate may, by a two-thirds vote of the entire Senate, change the order of items on the
agenda for that meeting. The Agenda for Regular Meetings shall consist of the following
classes of business:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Approval of the Minutes
New Business
Approval of the Agenda
Guest Announcements
Elected Official Announcements
Representatives to the ASUC Reports
Chancellor’s Representative
UCPD Representative
Graduate Assembly Representative
VII. ASUC Auxiliary Report
VIII. ASUC Store Operations Board Report
IX. Finance Officer Report
X. Committee Reports
Standing Committee on Constitutional and Procedural Review
Standing Committee on Finance
Consent Calendar -- SB 20, Amending Title I, Article V of the By-laws
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RESOLUTION AMENDING TITLE I, ARTICLE V OF THE BY-LAWS (cont'd)
Standing Committee on University and External Affairs
XI. Consent Calendar
XII. Reports
Attorney General
Solicitor General
Judicial Council Representative
Elections Council Chair
Director of Cal Housing
Marketing and Communications Director (MCD)
Greek Affairs Officer
SUPERB Representative
Services Board Director
Director of Environmental Sustainability
XIII. Immediate Consideration
XIV. Old Business
XV. Appointments
XVI. Executive Officer Reports
President
Executive Vice President
External Affairs Vice President
Academic Affairs Vice President
Student Advocate
XVII. Elected Officials Committee Reports
Standing Committee on Advocacy Agenda
Advocacy Agenda Issues Committee on …
Advocacy Agenda Issues Committee on …
Advocacy Agenda Issues Committee on …
Advocacy Agenda Issues Committee on …
Temporary Committee on the Selection of the Attorney General and Solicitor
General
Temporary Committee on the Selection of the Elections Council Chair
Temporary Committee on the Selection of the Greek Affairs Officer
Temporary Committee on the Selection of the Public Relations Director
Temporary Committee on the Selection of the ASUC Recognition Awards for the
Oski Leadership Awards
Temporary Committee on the Selection of the Undergraduate Rep to the SOB
Temporary Committee on the Selection of the Services Board Director
Temporary Committee on the Selection of the Commissioner of Diversity Affairs
Temporary Committee on the Selection of the Fundraising Director
Temporary Committee on Reforming Elections By-laws
Temporary Committee on the Berkeley Students Foundation
XVIII. ASUC Representatives Report
ASUC Representative to the Residence Hall Assembly
ASUC Representative to the Inter-Fraternity Council
Consent Calendar -- SB 20, Amending Title I, Article V of the By-laws
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RESOLUTION AMENDING TITLE I, ARTICLE V OF THE BY-LAWS (cont'd)
ASUC Representative to the College Panhellenic Association
ASUC Representative to the National Pan-Hellenic Council
ASUC Representative to SUPERB
ASUC Representative to the Graduate Assembly
ASUC Representative to the Committee of Student Fees
ASUC Representative to the Re-entry and Transfer Students Association
ASUC Representative to the Student Athlete Advisory Committee
ASUC Representative to the Haas Business Students Association
ASUC Representative to the Berkeley Student Cooperative
Jengyee Liang Memorial ASUC Representative to the Engineers Joint Council
ASUC Representative to the Recreational Sports Advisory Board
ASUC Representative to the Committee for Academic Opportunity
ASUC Representative to the Committee for Intellectual Community
ASUC Representative to the C.A.L. Housing Commission
ASUC Representative to the Lobby Corps Commission
ASUC Representative to the Fall Freshman Extension Program
ASUC Representative to the Removing Impediments to Students’ Education
(RISE)
Scholarship Program
ASUC Representative to the Bridges Multicultural Resource Center
ASUC Representative to the Immigrant Student Issues Coalition
ASUC Representative to the Gender Equity and Resource Center
5.17 ASUC Representatives
1. Every ASUC Representative shall make a Report at every Regular Senate
Meeting.
1. ASUC Representative reports shall be organized and compiled into a Report
Packet for submission to the Senate as a part of the Agenda Packet (Title I, 5.20)
with missing reports noted by the Comptroller General. Oral reports shall only
be given after a major event, or by request of the Senate.
2. No Report shall exceed ten (10) minutes unless extended for a definite period of
time by the Senate.
2. Two (2) minutes will be reserved for each ASUC Representative to communicate with the Senate. Time may be extended for a definite period of time by the
Senate.
3. Reports shall not exceed more than 30 minutes unless extended by a 2/3 vote of
the Senate.
4. Weekly Senate agendas will only reflect ASUC Representatives who were
requested and approved to speak a week in advance by the Senate .
5. ASUC Representatives will be confirmed by the Senate with the following
recommendations:
ASUC Representative to the Residence Hall Assembly (RHA President or
appointee)
Consent Calendar -- SB 20, Amending Title I, Article V of the By-laws
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RESOLUTION AMENDING TITLE I, ARTICLE V OF THE BY-LAWS (cont'd)
ASUC Representative to the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC President or
appointee)
ASUC Representative to the College Panhellenic Association (Panhellenic or
appointee)
ASUC Representative to the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC President
or appointee)
ASUC Representative to the Multi-Cultural Greek Council (MCGC President
or appointee)
ASUC Representative to SUPERB (SUPERB Board Member or appointee)
ASUC Representative to the Graduate Assembly (President of the GA or
appointee)
ASUC Representative to the Committee of Student Fees
ASUC Representative to the Re-entry and Transfer Students Association
ASUC Representative to the Student Athlete Advisory Committee
ASUC Representative to the Haas Business Students Association (President of
HBSA or appointee)
ASUC Representative to the Berkeley Student Cooperative (External Affairs
Officer of the BSC or appointee)
ASUC Representative to the Engineering Student Council (President of ESC or
appointee)
ASUC Representative to the Recreational Sports Advisory Board
ASUC Representative to the Committee for Academic Opportunity
ASUC Representative to the Committee for Intellectual Community
ASUC Representative to the C.A.L. Housing Commission (Recommended by
EAVP)
ASUC Representative to the Lobby Corps Commission (Recommended by
EAVP)
ASUC Representative to the Fall Freshman Extension Program (Recommended
by AAVP)
ASUC Representative to the Removing Impediments to Students’ Education
(RISE)
Scholarship Program (Recommended by AAVP)
ASUC Representative to the Ethnic Studies Fifth Account Committee (Recommended by AAVP)
ASUC Representative to the Committee for Educational Enhancement
ASUC Representative to the ASUC Outstanding Student Recognition Evaluation Committee
ASUC Representative to the Multicultural Fund Selection Committee
(Recommended by AAVP)
ASUC Representative to the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability
(EVP)
ASUC Representative to the Bridges Multicultural Resource Center (Bridges
Board Member or appointee)
ASUC Representative to the Immigrant Student Issues Coalition
ASUC Representative to the Gender Equity and Resource Center
Consent Calendar -- SB 20, Amending Title I, Article V of the By-laws
-- SB 24, In Support of the It Can Wait Campaign
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RESOLUTION AMENDING TITLE I, ARTICLE V OF THE BY-LAWS (cont'd)
ASUC Representative to the Jewish Student Union (JSU President or appointee)
ASUC Representative to the Black Student Union (BSU President or appointee
ASUC Representative to the Organization of African Students (President of
OAS or appointee)
ASUC Representative to the Multicultural Immigrant Student Program
ASUC Representative to the Multicultural Student Development Office
ASUC Representative to the Cal Spirit Committee (Rally Games Board Member
or appointee)
ASUC Representative to the Berkeley Dance Committee (President of the Dance
Board or appointee)
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Title I Article V, Section 5.17.1 of the By-laws, be
amended to read: ASUC Representative reports shall be organized and compiled into a
Report Packet by the Comptroller General for submission to the Senate as part of the
Agenda Packet (Title 1, 5.20), with missing reports noted. Oral reports shall only be given
after a major event, or by request of the Senate.
The following Resolution, SB 24, was approved under the Consent Calendar and was authored by Kris
Nalla and Mr. Upadhyayula and was co-sponsored by Ms. Mecklai, Ms. Pacheco, Ms. Quinn, Ms. Truax,
and Mr. Wu:
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE IT CAN WAIT CAMPAIGN
WHEREAS, texting while driving is a pressing issue of our time. A large portion of car accidents are
caused by drivers distracted by checking or replying to text messages; 23% of auto mobile
accidents involved cell phones[1]; and
WHEREAS, texting and driving heavily impairs one’s judgment. It disrupts vision and slows break speed
by 18% (HumanFactors & Ergonomics Society); and
WHEREAS, the governing body of UC Berkeley cares about the student body and the residents of this
City, both of whose lives are put at risk when commuters text and drive; and
WHEREAS, texting while driving is illegal in the State of California, and it is a ticket-able offense to do
so. It's not worth the upwards of $200 citation to exchange greetings with a friend; and
WHEREAS, the ItCanWait campaign -- and many other programs -- already has more than 2 million
pledges from people committed to not endangering lives by texting and driving; and
Consent Calendar -- SB 24, In Support of the It Can Wait Campaign (cont'd)
-- SB 25, In Support of the Public Education and the ACES Program
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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE IT CAN WAIT CAMPAIGN (cont'd)
WHEREAS, we, teens, are the largest offenders of texting while driving. 77% of teens drivers are confident that they can safely text and drive[2]. The commitment to resolve this problem starts
with us;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the ASUC Senate will join with the City of Berkeley to endorse
the It Can Wait Campaign on campus.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the External Affairs office will support efforts to inform students on
campus about the hazards of texting and driving.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the External Affairs Vice President shall draft a correspondence that
will be sent out to all UC Berkeley students urging them to take the pledge for the ItCanWait
campaign.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the ASUC will arrange for a booth in Sproul Plaza from at least
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for at least one week before the end of the Fall Session for an
ItCanWait Pledge drive, so that we can ask students to take the pledge to never text and
drive.
The following Resolution, SB 25, as amended in committee, was approved under the Consent Calendar
and was authored by Mr. Upadhye and Mr. Iwuoma and was co-sponsored by Mr. Wu and Ms. Truax:
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE ACES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the mission statement of the UC System states, “The distinctive mission of the University is
to serve society as a center of higher learning, providing long-term societal benefits… and
provide other kinds of societal benefit”[1]; and
WHEREAS, UC Berkeley was founded as a marriage of a land-grant public institution and a State-run
institution with the purpose of advancing generations and the communities of California[2];
and
WHEREAS, in the wake of budget problems, increasing amounts of funding are coming from private
institutions and tuition instead of from State funding, and this challenges the core of what it
means to be a public institution[3]; and
WHEREAS, as public institutions search for their roots regarding their public character, it is increasingly
important for educators and systems of education to understand the democratic potential of
education rooted in a culture of questioning and personal experience[4]; and
Consent Calendar -- SB 25, In Support of the Public Education and the ACES Program (cont'd)
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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE ACES PROGRAM (cont'd)
WHEREAS, the practices of a public institution should be concerned foremost with the lived experience
and empowerment of the majority of students who define this campus; and
WHEREAS, our education should not strictly have knowledge as an end goal, but instead should use
partnerships with local communities that produce knowledge through the shared experience
of students and community members; and
WHEREAS, understanding education through this community engaged scholarship manifests itself in the
following ways:
1. Scholarly investigation of real-life social problems or public issues;
2. Real-life social problems and research to address these problems that are defined with
or by the community;
3. Community-University partnerships that are collaborative and reciprocal and have
shared authority in defining success;
4. Knowledge to solve or improve public issues that is collaboratively developed by
universities and communities;
5. The utilization of institutional resources and knowledge to solve these real-life social
problems; and
6. Community-engaged research or projects that are related to and forward faculty
members’ research and teaching.[5]
And
WHEREAS, prioritizing these learning outcomes is necessary for students to become active leaders capable of change instead of acquiescence in the face of structural inequality; and
WHEREAS, the American Cultures Requirement was voted on by the student body, and established in
1989 and has required all students since 1991 to fulfill this requirement for graduation; and
WHEREAS, the American Cultures requirement has allowed students to grapple with complex social
problems relating to racial inequality and justice-oriented scholarship,[6] through a researchled environment; and
WHEREAS, the American Cultures Engaged Scholarship (ACES) program has provided upwards of 30
courses that “engage students in community-based learning”[7]; and
WHEREAS, this program has been funded exclusively from private sources through a grant from the
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Foundation, without any institutional funding from the University;
and
WHEREAS, the program operated on a budget shy of 900,000 dollars over a five-year period and was
still able to create over 30 courses ranging across many departments and create lasting partnerships with local communities; and
Consent Calendar -- SB 25, In Support of the Public Education and the ACES Program (cont'd)
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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE ACES PROGRAM (cont'd)
WHEREAS, the cost of creating additional programs is 7,000 dollars, and once running, these courses are
often self-sufficient through the community they connect students to; and
WHEREAS, through its tenure ACES has achieved numerous benchmarks in achieving specific learning
outcomes and goals by incorporating community within education and has improved the
quality of research and knowledge the students come away with after a course; and
WHEREAS, incorporating this pedagogy in all departments provides promising avenues for more realworld research, and greater depth of learning for all students; and
WHEREAS, the ACES program model has been adopted by other institutions of higher learning such as
Stanford, due to its remarkable success in achieving statistically significant increases in
learning outcomes related to participatory citizenship, justice-oriented citizenship, and
structural thinking about racial inequality;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the ASUC encourages UC Berkeley to fully fund and institutionalize the ACES Program and provide for its expansion in coming years.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that AAVP Jameson draft a letter to admin and faculty, namely the Vice
Provost for Teaching, Learning, Academic Planning and Facilities, the incoming Executive
Vice Chancellor and Provost, and the American Cultures Academic Senate Chair, outlining
the stance taken herein by students.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that EAVP Mecklai reach out to other student bodies of public institutions, including the UCSA, and start a conversation regarding how this model can become
actively incorporated as a core of nationwide public education.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that President Pepito correspond with Chancellor Dirks regarding the
ACES program and its future funding on campus.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the ASUC recognizes the ACES model as a forward-thinking and
organic approach to public education that should be brought to all departments on campus.
_______________
[1]
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/aboutuc/missionstatement.html
http://www.berkeley.edu/about/hist/foundations.shtml
[3]
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/22/local/la-me-college-pay-20110822
[4]
http://chronicle.com/article/Lessons-From-Paulo-Freire/124910/
[5]
Gordon da Cruz, C. (2013). Critical democratic citizenship: The effects of community-engaged scholarship and inequality
content on student learning.
[6]
Gordon da Cruz, C. (2013). Critical democratic citizenship: The effects of community-engaged scholarship and inequality
content on student learning.
[7]
http://diversity.berkeley.edu/aces
[2]
Consent Calendar -- SB 26, on the Fall 2013 Week 5 Budget Bill
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The following Resolution, SB 26, as amended in committee, was approved under the Consent Calendar
and was authored by Finance Officer Dennis Lee and was sponsored by Mr. Pack:
RESOLUTION ON THE FALL 2013 WEEK 5 BUDGET BILL
WHEREAS, the funding and sponsorship requests submitted this week are summarized in the following
table:
APPENDIX
GROUP NAME
REQUEST
AMT. REQUESTED
FUNDING SOURCES
A
Out in Science,
Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics
(oSTEM)
Sponsorship Only
$0.00
N/A
SB
Envision at Berkeley
Sponsorship & Funding
$550.00
Senate Contingency
$500.00
Space Reservation
C
Circle K International
Sponsorship & Funding
$1,200.00
Senate Contingency
D
Taiwanese American
Student Association
(TASA)
Sponsorship & Funding
$445.00
Senate Contingency
E
The Californians
Sponsorship & Funding
$1,300.00
Senate Contingency
Few
Professional
Development in Asia
Sponsorship & Funding
$250.00
Senate Contingency
G
United Nations
Association of Berkeley
Sponsorship & Funding
$330.00
Senate Contingency
H
Body Peace
Sponsorship & Funding
$190.00
Senate Contingency
I
Humanity First at
Berkeley
Sponsorship & Funding
$471.68
Senate Contingency
J
Cal Berkeley Democrats
$1,185.00
Senate Contingency
Sponsorship & Funding
Finance Rule Waiver
Weekly Total Request:
$6,421.68
Remaining Funds in
Senate Contingency
$38,333.02
Remaining Funds in
Space Reservations
$32,733.00
Consent Calendar -- SB 26, on the Fall 2013 Week 5 Budget Bill (cont'd)
Items for Immediate Consideration, SB 8, In Support of IGNITE
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RESOLUTION ON THE FALL 2013 WEEK 5 BUDGET BILL (cont'd)
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the ASUC Senate allocate funding to the following groups as indicated in the below table:
Appendix
A
Group Name
Out in Science,
Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics
(oSTEM)
Purpose
Amt. Allocated
Funding Source
Sponsorship Only
$0.00
N/A
$220.00
Senate Contingency
$500.00
Space Reservation
SB
Envision at Berkeley
Sponsorship & Funding
C
Sponsorship & Funding
$0.00
Senate Contingency
Sponsorship & Funding
$445.00
Senate Contingency
Sponsorship & Funding
$800.00
Senate Contingency
Sponsorship & Funding
$154.76
Senate Contingency
Sponsorship & Funding
Tabled
Senate Contingency
H
Circle K International
Taiwanese American
Student Association
(TASA)
The Californians
Professional Development
in Asia
United Nations
Association of Berkeley
Body Peace
Sponsorship & Funding
Tabled
Senate Contingency
I
Humanity First
Sponsorship & Funding
$120.00
Senate Contingency
$80.00
Space Reservation
J
Cal Berkeley Democrats
Finance Rule Waiver
D
E
Few
G
Approved
From Week 3 Budget Bill:
K
Asian American
Association (AAA)
From Week 6 Budget Bill:
Berkeley College
D
Republicans
Sponsorship & Funding
$700.00
Senate Contingency
$2,000.00
Space Reservation
Finance Rule Waiver
Approved
Weekly Total Allocation:
$5,019.76
Total Allocation from Senate Contingency:
$2,439.76
Total Allocation from Space Reservation:
$2,580.00
ITEMS FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
Mr. Pack said that Mr. Iwuoma would like to table SB 8. It was so moved and seconded by Mr. Iwuoma
and Mr. Fineman.
Mr. Pack asked if the goal was to table the bill, send it back to committee, or table the bill to a future date.
Mr. Iwuoma said he would like to table the bill until next week. THE MOTION TO TABLE SB 8
UNTIL NEXT WEEK PASSED WITH NO OBJECTION, IN SUPPORT OF IGNITE.
Appointments (cont'd)
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Appointments (cont'd)
Mr. Pack said he wanted to briefly talk about a potential solution to the Senate’s small dilemma with its
appointment processes. There were two possible scenarios. He’d lay them out for Senators for them to
choose. He personally was not a fan of suspending the By-laws ever, although it may be necessary. The
Senate’s first option, without suspending the By-laws, was to call for a Special Meeting of the Senate on
Friday, or possibly Saturday, where the Senate would convene to hear the announcement of candidates
who had to be appointed by the sixth week. That announcement would be made during Special Committee Reports. That meeting would have to be sometime after 9:12 p.m. on Friday because 48-hours notice
was needed for a Special Meeting. They would keep on the agenda Special Committee Reports and
Appointments so the Senate would have the capacity to deal with the appointment process, but the Senate
would not conduct any other business besides that. The Senate would then have the Selection Committee
responsible for the Attorney General selection process move Committee interviews to Thursday and Friday, prior to the time of the Special Meeting, to be sure the Senate had a name to approve by Friday.
Mr. Tan said that would be very difficult for J-Council nominees. Mr. Pack said that J-Council selection
was not bound by the Senate’s sixth-week restriction. There are Officers that are supposed to be
appointed by a certain week or the Senate would have to stop functioning as a body. That was the distinction.
Mr. Pack said the other option for the Senate was to pass under Immediate Consideration a main motion
that he just wrote. He wouldn't read it out loud right at that time and would first assess if the Senate was
interested in entertaining this option. Article IX, Section 2.D of the Constitution allows the suspension of
public notice requirements for main motions in the event of a crippling disaster or work stoppage, which
is what happened last week. So basically, Mr. Pack said he would propose suspending public notice only
to specifically vote on this main motion, which would allow the Senate to suspend the By-laws on
appointment processes. So they'd suspend Title I, Article 4.2 of the By-laws and the six-week requirement clause. So rather than pushing the appointment back to the following week, the Senate would be
able to appoint somebody at the same meeting that they were announced as a candidate.
Ms. Raffi asked if the Senate could receive the names ahead of time to do their due diligence. Mr. Pack
said that would be up to the Selection Committees. As soon as these Committees announce their candidates, the Senate would presumably hear about it. Ms. Mullen said they could send an e-mail to Senators
by 9 p.m. on Monday.
Mr. Pack said those were the two options the Senate had. He asked for comments on one side or the
other, favorable or not favorable, to those approaches. He asked if they could do a straw poll and called
for a show of hands of those in favor of the Special Meeting route, and of those in favor of route that
would suspend the By-laws requiring advance notice. Mr. Pack said the latter was more popular.
Mr. Pack said it looked like that was the will of the Senate. Mr. Pack said he would read out the motion
he wrote, for the record, and would type it out. The bill would be Senate bill 30, Resolution In Support of
Expedited Appointments of Legislative Officers, authored and sponsored by EVP Pack.
The bill would read as follows:
Appointments (cont'd)
Items for Immediate Consideration, SB 30, In Support of Expedited Appointments of
Legislative Officers
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“Whereas, Article IX, Section 2.D allows the suspension of public notice requirements for main motions
in the event of a crippling disaster or work stoppage; and
“Whereas, on Monday, September 30, committee meetings were canceled due to a crippling disaster and
consequent work stoppage;
"Resolved, that the ASUC Senate waive Article IX, Section 2.A of the Constitution, to allow action on
this main motion (SB 30).
“Further Resolved, that the ASUC Senate suspend Title I, Article 4.2 of the By-laws regarding the following week’s requirement for appointments, effective immediately, through 11:59 p.m. on
Wednesday, October 16.”
End proposed SB 30
--------------Mr. Pack said the suspension would basically effective through the end of next week’s meeting, after
which the suspension would stop.
Mr. Pack said he would forward this main motion into Immediate Consideration, as it's been articulated.
Mr. Upadhyayula asked if there was any way the Senate could have the names of the positions in the bill,
so it was clear what positions were involved.
Ms. Mullen asked if the Elections Council Chair was also bound by the sixth-week requirement. Mr.
Sabo said he believed the deadline for that position was nine weeks.
Mr. Pack said that rather than the name the specific positions, they could add wording to the effect that
suspension would apply to the positions that were required to be appointed by the sixth week, just in case
the Elections Council Chair was one of those positions. That would have the last Resolved Clause raise:
“Further Resolved, that the ASUC Senate suspend Title I, Article 4.2 of the By-laws regarding the following week requirement only for appointments that must be made by the sixth week, effective immediately, through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16.”
Mr. Pack asked if that was okay with people, and seeing no objection, said they would proceed with that
wording. Again, he would apologize for the Senate having to do this. Unforeseen circumstances have
put them in this situation.
ITEMS FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
Mr. Pack said he first needed a two-thirds vote to invoke Article IX, Section 2.D of the Constitution, to
allow the Senate to suspend the public notice section of Senate rules in order to consider SB 30. The
Chair would like to entertain a motion to invoke Article IX, Section 2.D of the Constitution, in order to
suspend Section 2.A of the Constitution. It was so moved and seconded by Mr. Upadhyayula and Ms.
Quinn.
SB 30, In Support of Expedited Appointments of Legislative Officers (cont'd)
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THE MOTION TO APPROVE INVOKING ARTICLE IX, SECTION 2.D OF THE CONSTITUTION,
TO ALLOW FOR THE SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE-VOTE.
Mr. Pack said the Senate could now enter into consideration of SB 30.
The following Resolution, SB 30, as amended on the floor, was authored by Mr. Pack:
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF EXPEDITED APPOINTMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS
WHEREAS, Article IX, Section 2.D allows the suspension of public notice requirements for main
motions in the event of a crippling disaster or work stoppage; and
WHEREAS, on Monday, September 30, committee meetings were canceled due to a crippling disaster
and consequent work stoppage;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the ASUC Senate waive Article IX, Section 2.A of the Constitution, to allow action on this main motion (SB 30).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the ASUC Senate suspends Title I, Article 4.2 of the By-laws
regarding the following week requirement only for appointments that must be made by the
sixth week, effective immediately, through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16.
Mr. Pack said the Chair would like to entertain a motion to approve SB 30, as amended on the floor. It
was so moved and seconded by Ms. Quinn and Mr. Fineman.
Mr. Pack said SB 30 would also require a two-thirds vote because it suspends the By-laws.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE SB 30, AS AMENDED ON THE FLOOR, PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
BY HAND-VOTE, 18-0-0, RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF EXPEDITED APPOINTMENTS OF
LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS.
Mr. Pack said he believed the Senate has resolved its problem for appointing the positions in question,
contingent upon the Selection Committee having appointments to forward to the Senate on Wednesday.
Mr. Pack said he would like to thank them all for enduring the procedural nonsense.
Mr. Pack said they were still under IC. He called for any other business under IC, and hearing none, said
they would move on.
Mr. Pack said there was no Old Business.
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Special Committee Reports
Mr. Pack said he believed the Special Committee Reports the Senate received on the appointments should
be sufficient for most of the Special Committees. If a Selection Committee has not selected someone that
a committee rep talked about during appointments, and would still like to give a report, or a status update
from any Special Committees doing selections, and various things like that, this would be the time to
make a report. Seeing none, said they would move on.
Mr. Pack call for any Reports from ASUC Representatives.
Ms. Quinn said a nominee was present and could make a statement. She asked if they could return to
Appointments to hear from the Co-operative Affairs Director. Mr. Pack asked if his name has already
been submitted. Ms. Quinn said it has been. Mr. Pack said that if Ms. Quinn would like to yield time to
him to make a statement, she could do that. If Senators would like hear from him and be able to ask
questions, they'd have to move back to Appointments.
Mr. Fineman asked if the Senate could hear from the nominee by yielding time. Mr. Pack said he would
like to hear from the nominee under the proper agenda item, to keep this consistent with past Senate
practices.
Mr. Fineman moved to go back to Appointments. The motion was seconded by Ms. Quinn and passed
with no objection.
APPOINTMENTS (cont'd)
Ms. Quinn said she would like to introduce Max Rosen, the nominee for the position of Co-operative
Affairs Director. (Applause)
Max Rosen introduced himself and said he’s been a member of the Berkeley Student Co-operative for
about a year and a half. He’s very passionate about the community. And he knew a lot of members of
the greater Cal community. He would love to serve as a representative to the BSC to the Senate and
report to the BSC on the Senate. Mr. Pack called for any questions, and seeing none, said he would like
to thank Mr. Rosen.
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Mr. Wu said he had two updates. First, he’s working, with Sen. Chung on extending the move-out date
for dorm residents. They'll send out some surveys that week and he’d forward it to Senators to send to
their constituents. That would be much appreciated. Secondly, the International Student Association at
Berkeley will have a volleyball tournament at Memorial Glade. It will start at 1 p.m. and end around
4:30. It's open to everyone, not just international students. People should feel free to stop by.
Mr. Upadhyayula said that on Thursday the Graduate Student Mentorship Program will meet from 1:00 to
5:00. Undergrads can learn more about graduate school. If people had any questions, they should let him
know.
Mr. Snguon said that on Saturday there will be a teach-in on the tenth anniversary of the death of an
honor student who was shot on her doorstep ten years ago. She was really engaged and was brutally
murdered. There will be a candlelight vigil. A foundation in her memory was started. The ten-year
anniversary to remember her will be at the Richmond Public Library from 6:00 to 7:00 on Saturday.
Mr. Shen said that on Tuesday there was an Academic Senate meeting of the Library Committee. They're
finalizing the report of the Commission on the Future of the UC Berkeley Libraries. It's a 30-page report
that talks about a lot of things dealing with libraries, such as discoverability versus usability, access versus control, the case for reinvestment, and investing in Berkeley libraries. In 2003, UC was the #4
national university in terms of how much they invested in their libraries, at $60 million per year. In 2011,
they dropped down to #14. The Committee offered recommendations. One interesting thing is that following the Senate’s Action Agenda Item #2, to increase study space at Berkeley, part of the Committee’s
report actually had a recommendation to open the 2nd floor of Doe from 9:00 to 5:00 on Saturday and
10:00 to 5:00 on Sunday. It also encourages remodeling Moffitt for 24/7 study space.
Also, on SIS, Mr. Shen said he wanted to get the Senate’s opinion on his views of SIS. He really loved
Ms. Stringer and Ms. Blackstone’s presentation, but he thought one issue is that based on the timeline, it's
a two-year project, which the administrators said would be student focused. But the survey that came out
about a week and a half ago requires a registration process with Cal Central, and Cal IDs were needed.
Only a handful of people have actually taken that survey. And students’ fees were being based on that.
Mr. Shen said he had concerns about this and just wanted to know how Senators felt about it, and if they
wanted to push that back, since students are the focus of the project. There was also no incentive for filling out the survey. In thinking about the campus climate report, another really long survey, there were
big prizes for people who participated, and a lot of students filled it out because of that. So Mr. Shen said
he was going to recommend that SIS do something like that. But he would like to hear Senators’ opinions
on this.
Ms. Pepito said she’s been stressing to the folks working on SIS that this was not a good time to be asking
students to fill out such a long survey, especially because of the power outage last week and because it's
midterm season. She thought it would be powerful if Senators skimmed over the survey and looked at the
concerns or questions being raised and try to assess it, and think about that on their own, and then pass a
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bill about it as well. In that way, students could deal with this in different phases and talk about what students want and what the priorities there should be as the Statement of Work and the RFP process
develops.
Mr. Tan said that Grace Asuncion’s memorial will be held October 13, at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hearst
Field Annex. Grace was a treasured member of UC Berkeley and the Filipino campus community. She
served as Academic Affairs Chair for the Pilipino American Alliance from 1991 to 1992. Though her
death was a tragic loss, because of her story, the University took more interest in providing a safer environment for present and future students, such as having blue, emergency telephones across campus. In
honor of Grace Asuncion and the Filipino community on campus, and the greater campus community that
she was dedicated to, every year Grace is remembered through an annual memorial service and a scholarship in her name.
Ms. Quinn said the USSA is interested in working with her on a teach-in at Berkeley about student loan
debt. If Senators were interested in collaborating, they should let her know. Also, this week is National
Coming Out Week. There will be a big queer event on Thursday night at Anna Head. She’s announced
it the last three weeks. There will be free Thai food. Also, Ms. Quinn said her office is co-hosting a
queer women’s picnic. People didn't have to be queer or a woman to come, if they were an ally. It's a
potluck-style picnic, and they'll talk about issues that affect queer women. It will be at Memorial Glade
from 11:00 to 1:00 on Friday.
Ms. Quinn said she also had an Academic Senate Committee meeting, on the AC requirements. They're
really excited and like the ACES program and want to keep it going. And it looks like there will be an
engineering class with an AC requirement, which was really cool.
Lastly, Ms. Quinn said she was recently appointed to the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on LGBT
issues. So people should let her know if they had LGBT issues.
Ms. Pepito said her office is hosting a film screening on Thursday from 6:00 to 10:00, “Bread and Roses,”
at 250 Dwinelle. There will be free food and drinks. She would ask Senators to please come out. It's
kicking off the office’s larger Workers’ Speak-out/Awareness Month. They'll do programming in collaboration with several unions and coalitions on campus, and with other students working on these issues,
largely speaking.
Mr. Pack said he wanted to point out to everyone there that while the actual federal government was busy
running itself into the ground, and shutting itself down, because people in the federal government couldn't
collaborate, the ASUC Senate dealt with two weeks’ worth of really challenging bills in one evening, and
on Monday at committee meetings. And now the Senate was finishing up and it wasn't even 10 o'clock
yet. So he had to commend all of them for the incredible amount of collaboration, discourse, and cooperation that has occurred both in and outside of Senate meetings. They have all vastly surpassed anyone’s
expectations of how a Senate class could be. Mr. Pack said his Senate class, by this time of the year, had
multiple meetings that either went to or past midnight, over things that were vastly less important than
some of the things the Senate discussed on Monday in committees. So again, even in the space of a very
challenging discussion that happened in committees, he was constantly impressed by the way Senators all
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came into the Senate space with a level of professionalism and not decided not to make this space about
demagoguery, spectacles, or that sort of thing. They all were incredibly efficient, and he really appreciated that about them.
Mr. Pack said that again, if any of them were ever struggling with the Senate and how time consuming
and difficult it could be, he would ask them to just remember that in one evening, that evening, they literally averted a shutdown of government, something their leaders in Congress were not capable of doing.
So he would like to congratulate them, and thought they should give themselves a pat on the back. He
wanted to thank them all for being so co-operative, and just wanted to bring that to the table. (Applause)
Mr. Pack said he was looking forward to working with them all through the rest of the year. He would
ask them to please let him know if they had questions, comments, or concerns. And he would like to
thank them very much for helping them to not have an ineffective meeting next week, as a result of the
impromptu legislation the Senate passed that evening. He would apologize again for this disaster that he
had no control over, and the way it pushed them back a week. He wanted to thank them for going with
the flow and making sure they continue to be effective as a body.
Mr. Nwoche said on Saturday, the Nigerian Students Association will have a party at Kappa House. People should definitely come out. It will cost $5. Also, he wanted to make sure people got the e-mail about
the bill he wrote regarding the blackout. He would send it out again that evening, and would ask people
to please look out for it. If they wanted to add anything, they should let him know. It was under New
Business that evening, and he just wanted to remind Senators about it again.
Ms. Mullen said the offices of the President, the EAVP, and her office were working on the Workers’
Speak-Out. She tabled that day on Sproul, and will table on Thursday, with a whiteboard explaining why
she supports the campus service workers. They're taking pictures of students to show their support for
these workers. The workers are very scared with the contract implementation the campus is imposing, so
students want to show support and solidarity with them. Her office will show a solidarity video and have
a town hall. Alexis and other people will be tabling. Ms. Mullen said that people really appreciate Senators’ solidarity with campus service workers.
Secondly, Ms. Mullen said she would give a report on CAPRA, the Committee on Campus and Academic
Planning and Resource Allocation. They discussed different issues that the campus has brought up with
Athletics and student academic retention, and ways to alleviate some of those issues. Ms. Pepito mentioned this. If people have any input on those kinds of concerns, especially if they have contact with student athletes, they should let them know about this. The Committee wants to know what would best
serve the athletes for their academic retention.
CAPRA also had a presentation from the Director for Operational Excellence, Andrew Szeri, regarding
Shared Services and issues with that model. In the interim, some things have been covertly implemented,
and some things weren't working out the way they thought they would. Ms. Mullen said the Committee
will try to deal with that before it affects student employees.
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Ms. Lee said the Undergraduate Marketing Association will have a speaker on Thursday at 5:15 for a talk
on how to get involved in fashion, how to be an entrepreneur, and how to start a business and do development. A lot of coupons will be given out.
Also, Ms. Lee said the Start-up Fair was that day at the I-House. Around 30 start-up companies were
there, recruiting for technical and business internships and full-time jobs. It was an awesome opportunity
for students to get involved in the start-up world. Included was a business run by The Foundry. It's great
to be able to build things. When people think of start-ups they think of coders and mobile app programs.
But people can get involved in other ways. People could ask her if they have any questions.
In addition, AXO, Alpha Chi Omega Sorority, raised over $500 in Have-a-Heart Week, bringing
awareness to domestic violence. Additionally, Ms. Lee said her office is throwing an Event Services 101
for professional organizations and the business community, to make sure they plan events well, such as
details on how to have outside companies come in, where speakers could park, the room they'd book, etc.
The event will be mandatory for these groups.
Mr. Iwuoma said that on Friday there's a Funding Opportunity Workshop to let people know how FiComm works. He would ask Senators to please let community members know and to share this with their
constituents. It will be on Friday at 3:00 at 2050 VLSB. He’d send an e-mail out to the listserve. And
there will be a Facebook event.
Mr. Fineman said some of them took him up on coming to a Hillel barbecue. It's right before the Senate
meeting, at 6 o'clock on Wednesday. They can meet members of the Jewish community. Senators were
more than welcome to attend. It's held every week. Also, on Friday, in line with Ms. Quinn’s announcement, the newest member of the Jewish group community, Q-Jew, will host a Shabbat dinner. Shabbat is
the Jewish day of rest. Services start at 6:00 and dinner starts at 7:00. If people want to come learn about
the group or just share Shabbat with them, they could come at 7:00.
Ms. Chung said the Asian American Christian Fellowship is having its weekly meeting, from 7:00 to 9
p.m. on Thursday. It will focus on controversial issues, like the reliability of the Bible. Secondly, Catholics at Cal will have its ecumenical worship at Union Hall on Friday at 7 p.m.
Ms. Week said that Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority will have a breast cancer awareness event. They want to
“pink out” Memorial Stadium for the next football game, a week from Saturday, October 19. People can
get $10 tickets and a free pink T-shirt. Football players will also wear pink.
Mr. Pack said he would ask people to think about making all their announcements when it's their turn to
do so, as they go around the room, because otherwise it can go on indefinitely.
He wanted to thank them all for a quick, efficient meeting.
With no objection, that concluded their business and they would adjourn.
Roll call was taken for attendance.
- 83 Members present were:
Courtney Chow
Katherine Chung
Grant Fineman
Destiny Iwuoma
Justin Kong
Karen Lee
Naweed Mohabbat
Briana Mullen
Solomon Nwoche
Wendy Pacheco
Sahil Pandya
Caitlin Quinn
Liza Raffi
Quinn Z. Shen
This meeting adjourned at 9:47 p.m.
These minutes respectfully submitted by,
Steven I. Litwak
Recording Secretary
Sevly Snguon
Sean Tan
Emily Truax
Pavan Upadhyayula
Lauren Week
Eric Wu