November 15, 2023

Call to Order

• Lydia W called the meeting to order at 4:03 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
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

• November 8, 2023
• Asiya S moved to approve the minutes. 
• Leondre seconded the motion; no objections. 

Public Comments

• Adrian S requests to not always have office hours upstairs in the cafeteria for accessbility reasons. 
• Isaac T there will be a form for the finalist for vice president of instruction; one of the finalists quit. 
• Lydia W if you have not taken the class modality survey it is due today, November 15, 2023; link is in the DASG Senate Discord channel.  

Advisor Announcements

• Dennis S for executives there will be some changes to Microsoft 365 and Zoom etc. 
  • For senators, Microsoftw will be expanded for use to be more efficient. 
• Maritza A sent the RSVP Form for check in to go smoothly at Homecoming: https://forms.office.com/r/12XbBMRh99
  • Need support with set up and clean up. Volunteer form: https://forms.gle/g17pkdfdmPqHj5Lu8 (please fill out by today!)
• Hyon Chu everyone must RSVP and receive field hours for it; registration is a little over 160; goal is 200 students to sign up; please be there to support and spread the word!

Senate Announcements

• Ian A Mini Flea Market was a success and big shout out to Jannah and everyone who helped out; great example of how events should run. 
• Asiya S Attend Homecoming! 
• Isaac T According to bylaws, leave of absences must be approved and report to the DASG President and DASG Vice President. Isaac approves an emergence leave of absence for Megan Cheng for the dates: November 20th - November 22nd.

Student Trustee Announcements

• Excused for today. 

External Shared Governance Reports

• Arianna Equity Action Council met on 11/15 and discussed conecpts of cultural humity and consciousness etc.
• Izat R Academic Senate met and recieved budget request forms; will be meeting to go through them. 
• Lydia W Academic Senate met and discussed plenary resolutions
  for the Academic Center for California community colleges. Topics covered included concern class concern course, numbering and online class proctoring as well as test options. They also covered measure g updates, including the plans, updates, and timeline for the Mega project, including concerns regarding the Medical Center and funding. They also discussed training and support for Rsi/online teaching as well as the campus model. 

Internal DASG Committee Reports

• Katelyn reels have been posted; flyer are up for Homecoming. 
• Isaac T approved of 4 interns.
• Asiya S approved two more interns and if any committee needs an intern helper, we have many in Programs so if anyone needs them we can send them your way. Hoemcoming has been finalized. If anyone is interested in planting the wildflower seeds reachout to Adrian S know. 
• Hannah R SRE met on 11/15 and discussed outreach for elections during the winter quarter. 
• Izat R finance committee discussed process of how people can request budget funding; approved public policy conference budget request etc. Also the process of moving flea market to the programs committee as well as the forms process when requesting funds. Funding was approved for $5,000 for ther public poilcy conference. 

Consent Calendar

Moved by Virinchi, seconded by Katelyn; no objections. 

Business Item 1

De Anza Connect 

• Umme presented the item regarding De Anza Connect (8 weeks old) goal is to help students to receive the resources that students need. 

Business Item 2

Public Policy School Budget Request for Advocacy Academy Conference 

• Hannah R, Chris Blu-L, and Daniela presented the item. 
• Katelyn moves to approve the funding request (write out the whole thing). 
• Aaron seconded the motion; no objections. 

Business Item 3

Measure G Updates

• Isaac T, Dennis and Hyon Chu presented the item. 
• Isaac provided an overview of Measure G. Not enough budget; fund comes from a specific bond. 
• Dennis reiterated the overview of Measure G;  people are concerned about how the new health clinic will ultimately benefit students. 

Business Item 4

DASG Student Leader Scholarship Code

• Dennis S presented the Scholarship Code item. 
• Katelyn moved to approve the changes to the scholarship code. 
• Jason T seconded the motion; no objections. 

Public Comments

• No public comments. 

Advisor Announcements

• No advisor announcements. 

Senate Announcements

• Lydia W will be holding the internal elections for the Elections Commissioner position on November 22, 2023. 

Student Trustee Announcements

• Excused for today. 

Introduction and Approval of Prospective Senators

• Arman Daghbashyan - (2nd meeting)
• Thet Htoo Naung(Ted) - (4th meeting)

Adjournment

• Asiya S adjourned the meeting at 5:00pm.