El Camino College
Associated Students Organization
Senate Meeting Minutes
26 March 2009
1:00 p.m.
Stadium Room
I. Call to Order
· I. Poste called the meeting to order at 1:02 p.m.
II. Roll Call (by sign in)
· Executive Cabinet
Present:
Megan McLean, Ivana Poste, Joe Udeochu, Clarissa Jones, Chiamaka Sandra Enemuoh, Elise Yerelian, Deyja Charles
Not Present:
Angelina Nader (excused), Michael Pearlson (unexcused)
· Senators
Present:
Joshua Casper, Elizabeth Mercado, Hassanat Kadiri, Michael Hiney, Liz Valencia, Stephanie Perez, Salvatore DiGaetano, Sam Hong, Jose Iglesias, Philip Stokes, John Fornes, Kelly Humphrey
Not Present:
John Wyatt (unexcused)
· Adviser(s)
Present:
Janice Watanabe, Harold Tyler, Jeannine Barba
· Guests
Present:
Usama Ehsan, Hooman Nouri, Michael Cahn, Jeanie Nishime
III. Approval of the Minutes
· The Minutes were approved as presented.
IV. Approval of the Agenda
· Motion to replace New Business item 5.1, Appointments, with Fee Policy, Dr. Nishime. Motion passed.
· Motion to add item 5.4, ASACC Reports, to the agenda as New Business. Motion Passed.
V. New Business
5.1 Fee Policy – Dr. Nishime
· Copies of the Board Fee Policy were distributed. The fees that will be increasing are as follows:
§ Nonresident Tuition Fee per unit
§ Health Fee per semester
§ Transcript / Verification Fee per document – Regular request
§ Transcript / Verification Fee per document – Express request
§ Foreign Student Application Processing per applicant
§ Degree / Certificate Replacement Fee per occurrence
· The most important thing today is to get feedback on whether we should be enforcing the 10-day pay period starting when students enroll in classes (Dr. Nishime).
· Ten days is too short of a time to pay your fees (J. Fornes).
· The Student Government needs to decide who they would like to be the Commencement Speaker for graduation (Dr. Nishime).
5.2 Academic Awards Reception – S. Hong
§ The Academic Awards will be held at the Marsee Auditorium on May 21, 2009, at 5:30 p.m.
§ Help is needed for setup at 4:30 p.m. before the awards.
§ Motion for ASO to sponsor the Academic Awards reception. Moved by S. Hong, Seconded by M. Mc Lean. Motion passed.
§ Since the Cafeteria will not be available next year for this event, we want to transition this event over to the Marsee Auditorium now in order to prevent any technical issues in the future.
5.3 Finance Committee Recommendations – C. Jones
The Finance Committee met on March 25th and recommended that Senate approve the following:
§ $300 from the Corona Del Camino Scholarship account (71-55001-00-836411-7670) to be put into the college’s scholarship fund for the Corona Del Camino Scholarship recipient.
§ $500 from the A.S. Scholarship account (71-55001-00-836380-7670) to be put into the college’s scholarship fund for the A.S. Scholarship recipient.
§ $300 from the NSEW Scholarship account (71-55001-00-836413-7670) for the NSEW Scholarship recipient.
§ ICC’s revised budget proposal to reflect the increase of income and expenditures by $1,100.
§ Up to $2,000 from the ASO Student Rep Fee Conferences account (72-55229-00-836115-7670) for 4 students and 1 advisor to attend the SSCCC Spring Conference in San Diego from May 1-3, 2009.
§ Up to $2,100 from the AS Hospitality account (71-55001-00-83636104-7670) for the Academic Awards reception.
§ Up to $450 from the AS Elections account (71-55001-00-836102-7670) for poll workers and publicity materials for the spring 2009 election.
§ Increase the ASO Copy Center blanket PO by $100 to cover additional printing for election materials from the AS Supplies account (71-55001-00-836101-7670).
§ Motion was made and seconded to approve all ASO Finance Committee recommendations. Motion passed.
5.4 ASACC Reports – M. Mc Lean
§ Overall, the ASACC Conference went exceptionally well and was much more influential than expected (M. Mc Lean).
VI. Old Business
6.1 Talent Competition – J. Fornes
§ The event will be held on Wednesday night, May 6, 2009 at the Marsee Auditorium. Auditions will be held on April 2nd and 3rd, and final auditions will be held on April 9th. We are currently working on fundraising and applications.
§ For fundraising, we have collaborated with California Pizza Kitchen in the Galleria mall to receive a portion of their earnings on April 1st and 2nd and with Chicago for Ribs to receive a portion of their earnings on April 8th.
§ I am trying to set up a booth on the Library Lawn for next week to promote the Talent Competition and will need people to help fill in the missing times frames (J. Fornes).
VII. Reports
7.1 ASO Member Reports
§ E. Yerelian – If any new members have any questions about different ASO roles for next fall, please feel free to come ask the current occupant(s) of that position.
§ H. Kadiri – The new business building will be completed in the fall of 2011. It will have four floors. There were issues with the current curriculum, therefore classes will be cancelled if the curriculum is not up to accreditation par.
7.2 ICC Reports
· P. Stokes – ICC approved two new clubs. ICC is interested in co-sponsoring the Talent Competition with ASO.
7.3 Committee Reports
· H. Kadiri – The Academic Awards Reception Committee needs help with setup on the day of the Academic Awards night. A sign-up sheet was passed around.
· I. Poste – Candidate Petition forms are available. A memo will be sent to the faculty to tell their students about ASO and getting involved. The deadline for turning in these forms is April 23, 2009.
7.4 Advisor Reports
§ H. Tyler – We have to select recipients for the two scholarships that were just approved in item 5.3 by tomorrow, March 27, 2009. If anyone is interested in either of these scholarships, please email me ASAP.
VIII. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
J. Watanabe – Two alerts were sent to your ECC emails last week concerning attacks made on campus. Always be alert and careful.
IX. Adjournment
· Motion to adjourn.
Moved by M. Hiney, Seconded by D. Charles. Motion passed.
· Meeting adjourned at 1:56 p.m.
Minutes recorded by A. Dreiling
Minutes verified by:
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Megan Mc Lean, ASO President Janice Watanabe, ASO Adviser
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