October 25, 2023

Call to Order

• Lydia called this meeting to order at 4:09 PM. 

Roll Call

#	Last	First	Present	Late	Absent	Online	Left Early	Excused
1	Wong	Lydia	x
2	Tsang	Isaac	x
3	Rasyad	Izat	x
4	Rabbani	Hannah	x
5	Khieu	Katelyn	x
6	Shaikh	Asiya	x
7	Ng	Joel	x
8	Gomez Tagle	Javier	x
9	Aguilar	Arianna	x
10	Ahmad	Umme Zainab	x
11	Ang	Ian	x
12	Cheng	Megan	x
13	Chiu	Kammy	x
14	Furagganan	Benjamin	x
15	Kuppa	Virinchi	x
16	Lee	Leondre	x
17	Li	Christopher	x
18	Lopez	Christopher Blu	x
19	Mundanilkunathil	Aaron	x
20	Nguyen	Ethan			x
21	Randhawa	Reeya	x
22	Sedgwick	Adrian	x
23	Sheriff	Jannah		x
24	Tandiary	Jason	x
25	Turangan	Nicholas	x
26	Wang	Kate	x
27	Fernandes	Matthew	x
28	Rios	Daniela	x
29	Ulloa	Jennifer			x

Approval of Minutes

• Javier G moved to approve the minutes from October 18, 2023. 
• Christopher Blu seconded the motion; no objections. 

Public Comments

• Adrian S: the VTA Event is on October 26, 2023 from 3:00PM - 4:30PM in conference room A if you are interested in an FHDA Bus Line established. The more people that use their voice the more likely it will happen. 
• Hannah R: Resource Fair is next week on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 from 11AM - 2PM. You can sign up for your field hours by volunteering. 
• Leondre: Halloween costume party on October 29, 2023 from 4PM - 8PM at EH Bar. If interested go the the HGSA Instagram to sign up. 
• Reeya: Mentors at De Anza is having a Halloween Mixer on October 31st from 1PM-3PM. 
• Event this Friday on October 27, 2023 it will be on 3 sources. It is a good way to come in a and get introduced to the resources. 
• Umme: S&CCC is having a halloween contest at Hartnell College on Monday, October 30, 2023 from 4PM-8PM. 

Advisor Announcements

• Hyon Chu: Pick up sweatshirts; Dennis is not feeling well and will not be joining us today since he will be chaperoning for the conference over the weekend. 
• Dayna S: Flea market on November 4th and Mini Flea Market on November 14th. 
• Maritza: Getting through emails and coming in person to give reminders is helpful. Tighten up on marketing, make sure all information is clarified before submitting marketing requests to make things run more smoothly. 8.5 x 11 gets sent to college life and posters get sent to Dennis and Maritza. Please do so accurately and timely. 

Senate Announcements

• Isaac: Ethan Nguyen, based on eligibility requirements is no longer able to be on the senate. FYI there is an open seat available. 

Student Trustee Announcements

• Javier G: Go to the VTA meeting tomorrow. 

External Shared Governance Reports

• Isaac T: Curriculum met yesterday, Eric Barry will no longer serve on cochair so Katerina from business will become new cohair. New rep is needed from that division and they are looking for new articulation officer. Need to approve 150 more courses catalogued for 2024 and 2025. 
• Hannah R: Police chiefs advisory committee met on October 19, 2023. Camera that detects cars coming into all Foothill parking lots and want to expand to De Anza. Crime Log and have it be available. A call center for the police and if any student feels unsafe on campus then a police officer will help you. Run Hide and Defend training will be on November 7th. 
• Lydia W: Met with dining services and disconitnued going over the proposal.
• Umme: Delegate assembly meeting on October 24, 2023 to discuss halloween party on October 30, 2023. Discussed important issues such as student housing and forming an external committee.

Internal DASG Committee Reports

• Katelyn: Marketing has official, have editor position open for marketing and details will be discussed post meeting. 
• Asiya: Programs met yesterday, spooky movie night not happening tomorrow and will be postponed. Discussed VTA event this Friday and homecoming updates as well as Intern onboarding. 
• Isaac T: Administrative met. Elections commissioner is a vacant position that is now open and interns can apply however; cannot run for the next year. 
• Hannah: SRE met on October 25, 2023 (today) and planned and finalized resource fair (Tuesday, October 31, 2023. In additon, changes were made to the demographic form that will be presented today in a few minutes. 
• Izat: No updates. 
• Joel N: No updates. 

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Business Item 1

Title: Fall 2023 DASG Senator Demographic Survey

Description: This item is to introduce and complete the Senate demographic form for Fall 2023. Form to be filled by current Senators.

• Hannah R: Diversity seat conversations discussed previously, brought into effect the demographic survey which was done at the beginning of the year and would appreciate you all completing the form.
  • It will be anonymous; unless you state your contact information at the end. Will be working with the equity office. Fill out much of the information as you are comfotable with providing.
  • If you have any suggestions for edits please mention at the end of the survey it also gives quantifiable data of who should have seats within senate.
  • The goal is to make the senate as diverse as possible and represent the groups on campus that exist. All responses will be evaluated as a whole rather than individually. 
  • All senate took time to complete the survey. 

Business Item 2

Class Modality Discussion Updates

Description: This item is to provide updates for the ongoing class modality discussion, including a potential survey.

• Lydia W met with Mallory Newell to draft a survey regarding courses/class modality. 
  • Lydia W went through each survey question; (9 questions).
  • Students will be asked questions based on Village Pathways.
  • Matthew: Question on difference between 'hybrid' and a 'mix of classes.'
  • Lydia W: Whether or not the class has a Canvas page does not make it a fully online course. If a class is online only, it means there are no in person meetings. 
  • The survey will be sent out to every student enrolled at De Anza with a valid email address. 
  • No additional questions; Lydia will be open to any questions and/or feedback. Note: This survey will be sent out soon and will possibly impact the winter scheduling. 

Business Item 3

Election Updates

Description: This item is to present the DASG Senate on the general elections happening in the winter quarter, as well as preparation for the fall and winter info sessions.

• Isaac T: Requesting support with elections to participate in the information sessions: 
  • Fall info sessions on week 5 and week 7 (two weeks from now) plan to have all Mondays and Thursdays from November 6, 2023 to November 16, 2023. 
  • Monday times would be 10am-11am in the morning; Isaac T will not be able to attend these times. 
  • Umme, Virinchi, Asiya etc plan to help with the sessions. Light work load; presentation slides will be provided and you will receive field hours (a total of 8 field hours per quarter is needed). 
  • Application deadline is on February 5, 2024 by 4PM. Campaigning and voting begins Monday, February 26, 2023. Elections should be posted by March 21, 2024; marketing info sessions will be sent out by November 1, 2023. First targeted marketing session will be on November 6, 2023. 
  • Isaac T will sign people up if you do not sign up for a session yourself. Suggestion to have each role to come by for the class presentations so students can know more about your specific position and answer any questions. 
  • Lydia W: Isaac T will send out more information about what is needed for the in class presentations. 
• Hyon Chu: We have struggled with this in the past - we want to give representation and get as many students involved as possible. Students felt intimidated by the process. Suggestion to table everyday about DASG to get students interested in applying to be a senator next year. 

Business Item 4

Discussion on Articulation and Transferability of Classes

Description: This item is to discuss articulation and transferability of classes on the Senate. This item seeks to gather feedback, as well as any concerns related to these issues.

• Isaac T wanted to take classes at De Anza but they wouldn't be transferable and would need to take the course at a different campus. 
• Izat R courses such as CS classes, issues with quarter and semester courses such as the assembly course (21JA) does not articulate at De Anza due to quarter system.
  • Data structures somewhat artculates at De Anza; If you take the 22C course at Foothill it fulfills the UC requirement. 
  • De Anza Engineering: 35 statics transfers over from Foothill but De Anza's was rejected for articulation. 
  • Umme: Why do some courses transfer over at Foothill and not De Anza?
  • Virinchi: For economics majors many courses not offered at De Anza/not articulated such as Macroeconomic Theory of Stats, Microeconomic Theory, Probability & Statistics for Economists. Many are forced to do business economics when some do not prefer it. 
  • Benjamin F: De Anza AP score credit does not always count unless it's a 3 or higher however at UCLA you need a 4 or 5. 
  • Discussion continues over transferability and articulaiton of courses at Foothill vs De Anza. 
  • Virinichi: Foothill has connections with out of state schools such as Cornell; would be nice for De Anza to have more bridge pathways for out f state schools. 
  • Umme: Suggests more transfer expertise in terms of applying to private schools; TAG is a very limited to UC schools. 
  • Adrian S suggests more options for environmental courses; no classes on the biosphere; 
  • Discussion continued over concerns of courses, transferability and course articulation. 

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Public Comments

• Adrian S: Come to the VTA event on October 26, 2023. 
• Maritza: Spooktacular is not an approved event; anyone who is part of the event please check in with Maritza. 
• Megan C: Event in Main quad event from 11:30am - 12:30pm; giving out free flowers. 

Advisor Announcements

• Hyon Chu: See me for a sweat shirt. 

Senate Announcements

• Chris B Need PowerUp Coffee recommendations. 
• Ian A When attending all shared governances, drop the reminder that DASG budget applications are open and are due November 6, 2023. 
• Lydia W: Regarding sweaters, if you have one from last year, you do not get another one. Utilize budget deliberations moving forward. 

Student Trustee Announcements

• No announcements. 

Introduction and Approval of Prospective Senators

• If interested in running for the newly opened Elections Commissioner be sure to put your name down with number of senate meetings you have attended; you must already be an intern in the administration committee; none at the moment. 

Adjournment

• Lydia W adjourned the meeting at 5:11 PM.