General Meeting Information

Date: May 15, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Student Council Chambers and Zoom

  • Agenda

    Time Topic Purpose Discussion Leader

    4:00 PM

    Call to Order

    I/D

    • Luca Paliska

    4:00 PM

    Roll Call

    I/D/A

    • Maliah Kenoly

    4:01 PM

    Approval of Minutes

      • May 8, 2024

    I/D/A

    • Senators

    4:02 PM

    Public Comments

    I

    • All

    4:09 PM

    Advisor Announcements

    I

    • Advisors

    4:14 PM

    Senate Announcements

    I

    • Senators

    4:19 PM

    Student Trustee Announcements

    I

    • Iris Li

    4:24 PM

    External Shared Governance Committee Reports

    I

    • Senators

    4:29 PM

    Internal DASG Committee Reports

    • Senators

    Consent Calendar

    1. Appoint Nicholas Turangan to Committee of Online Learning.

    D/A

    • Senators

    4:30 PM

    Business Item 1

    Affordable Student Housing Decision

    This item is to present the upcoming site decision for affordable student/employee housing and to collect thoughts, comments, questions from DASG.

    Time: 15 minutes

    I/D

    • Antonio Facio

    4:45 PM

    Business Item 2

    Police Department Use of Tasers

    This item is to present and discuss the Police department's consideration of adding tasers as a less lethal tool for de-escalation.

    Time: 20 minutes

    I/D

    • Daniel Acosta

    5:05 PM

    Business Item 3

     2024–2025 La Voz News Budget Stipulation Revisions

    This item is to discuss and possibly approve revised 2024-2025 DASG Budget Stipulations for La Voz News (Stipulation # 31 and # 32).

    La Voz Budget Stipulation - Proposed Changes

    La Voz Budget Stipulation - Proposed Changes

    Time: 15 minutes

    I/D/A

    • Izat Rasyad
    • Ann Penalosa
    5:15 PM

    Introduction and Approval of Prospective Senators

    I

    • Prospective Senators
    5:20 PM

    Public Comments

    I

    • All

    5:25 PM

    Advisor Announcements 

    I

    • Advisors

    5:30 PM

    Adjournment

    A

    • Luca Paliska

    A = Action
    D = Discussion
    I = Information

  • Minutes

    Call to Order 

    • Luca called the meeting to order at 4:01 PM. 


    Roll Call 

    #

    Last

    First

    Present

    Absent

    Late

    Online

    Left Early

    Excused

    Vote

    1

    Wong

    Lydia

    2

    Tsang

    Isaac

    x

    3

    Rasyad

    Izat

    x

    x (5:17)

    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

    Ang

    Ian

    x

    11

    Naung

    Ted

    x

    12

    Cheng

    Megan

    x

    14

    Furagganan

    Benjamin

    x

    15

    Kuppa

    Virinchi

    x

    16

    Lee

    Leondre

    x

    18

    Lopez

    Christopher Blu

    x

    19

    Mundanilkunathil

    Aaron

    x (4:21)

    20

    Randhawa

    Reeya

    x

    21

    Sedgwick

    Adrian

    x (4:05)

    22

    Sheriff

    Jannah

    x (4:05)

    23

    Tandiary

    Jason

    x

    24

    Turangan

    Nicholas

    x

    25

    Wang

    Kate

    x

    26

    Fernandes

    Matthew

    x

    27

    Rios

    Daniela

    x

    28

    Estrada-Nakamatsu

    Matsuko

    x

    29

    Nam

    Eddie

    x

    30

    Shamarao

    Anish

    x

    31

    Ku

    Javin

    x

    32

    Li

    Chun Ho

    x

    Approval of Minutes

    • Moved by Isaac, seconded by Ian. 
    • No objections. 


    Public Comments

    • Hyon Chu: Welcome Luca to 1st senate meeting; Raffle off squishmellows and giftcards. 

    Advisor Announcements

    • Maritza: Calendar invite sent out to the newly elected DASG executive senators; need your RSVP form for the Student Leadership Recognition Gala - need dietary needs and where you're going next for college transfer. 
      • To note for Student Accounts, coming to the end of the fiscal year - submit any forms for expenses that are overdue asap! Funds are not carrying over to the new year. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. If you have questions on how to submit these forms, ask us! After June 30th, there's no option to submit. Club funds do rollover. 
      • Gentle reminder: DASG Discord is considered an official communication channel and is representing all committees including the joking channel. If anyone looks in it, how would you feel about it representing you. Thank you very much. 
    • Dayna: Mini Flea Market next Tuesday in the Main Quad: 11am - 4pm. Vendors and fun activites taking place with clubs. 
    • Dennis: Admin is working on ByLaw and elections changes, working on the draft versions for the editable files; I will be sending thos eoit to all chairs (23-24 & 24-25). If listed, vice chairs will be updated. Duties for each position will also be updated. 


    Senate Announcements

    • Matthew: Nominations for Student Leadership Awards are due May 19th, you can find the link to the information in the Discord. 
    • Matsuko: HEFAS having 10th Annual Summit on June 7th. Next week, Undocusign Conference will be in conference rooms A&B along with a panel of undocumented professionals. 
    • Ian: Mini Flea Market from 12PM - 2PM; performances taking place. Volunteer link will be dropped in the senate discord chat. 
    • Chris: DASG and ASFC Bonding; want to see what day would be best. Senate vote, food, drinks etc. See senate chat for the voting link. 
    • Asiya: Link sent for the sign up sheet + transfer center for DASG on June 5th. Need people from DASG to sign up for field hours!


    Student Trustee Announcements

    • None

    External Shared Governance Committee Reports

    • Equity Action Council: Diversity Seats - better to include every group than to not; Suggestions such as student as a chair for shared governance. 
    • Curriculum Committee: CSLOs proposed courses; justificiation on the GE Form and essential student materials. 
    • RAPP: Personal hiring and groups; once starting reconcilliation a certain number of positions. 
    • Academic Senate: Met on Monday, zero textbook cost by fall 2025; one for kinesiology. Report from the GE Commitee that is needed to graduate from De Anza. 


    Internal DASG Committee Reports

    • Programs: Went over Committee Code - bringing to senate next week. Mini Flea Market next week! Be sure to check it out. Carnival Event planning. 
    • Marketing: Reminder that there are free scantrons in the Office of College Life. 
    • Finance: Met on Monday, reviewing the timeline of budget deliberations, interview the students served. 

    Consent Calendar

    • Isaac moved to approve the consent calendar. 
    • Katelyn seconded the motion, no objections. 


    Business Item 1

    Affordable Student Housing Decision

    • Leila Salam presented the item. 
    • Working to advocate that the district use the funds to allocate for affordable student housing. 
    • The Board of Student Trustees officially recommended that housing become available for employees; and student housing for De Anza (look into). 

    Business Item 2

    Police Department Use of Tasers

    • Chief Acosta presented the item. 
    • Benjamin motioned to extend discussion by 10 minutes. 
    • Isaac seconded the motion, no objections. 
    • Adrian moved to extend discussion by 15 minutes. 
    • Seconded by Aaron, no objections. 
    • Asiya moved to extend discussion by 5 minutes. 
    • Ian seconded the motion, Virinchi objected. 
    Motion to extend discussion by 5 minutes. 

    #

    Last

    First

    Vote

    1

    Wong

    Lydia

    yes

    2

    Tsang

    Isaac

    no

    3

    Rasyad

    Izat

    4

    Rabbani

    Hannah

    5

    Khieu

    Katelyn

    no 

    6

    Shaikh

    Asiya

    yes

    7

    Ng

    Joel

    8

    Gomez Tagle

    Javier

    9

    Aguilar

    Arianna

    yes

    10

    Ang

    Ian

    no

    11

    Naung

    Ted

    no

    12

    Cheng

    Megan

    no

    14

    Furagganan

    Benjamin

    yes

    15

    Kuppa

    Virinchi

    no

    16

    Lee

    Leondre

    18

    Lopez

    Christopher Blu

    yes

    19

    Mundanilkunathil

    Aaron

    yes

    20

    Randhawa

    Reeya

    yes

    21

    Sedgwick

    Adrian

    yes

    22

    Sheriff

    Jannah

    yes

    23

    Tandiary

    Jason

    no

    24

    Turangan

    Nicholas

    no

    25

    Wang

    Kate

    no

    26

    Fernandes

    Matthew

    yes

    27

    Rios

    Daniela

    28

    Estrada-Nakamatsu

    Matsuko

    no

    29

    Nam

    Eddie

    yes

    30

    Shamarao

    Anish

    no

    31

    Ku

    Javin

    no

    32

    Li

    Chun Ho

    yes

    No - 12, Yes - 12 

    Motion failed



    Business Item 3

    • Katelyn motioned to approve the revised version of #31 with the changes Maritza sent [“Individual student clubs will work with La Voz directly for their own advertisements and must complete a College Life Pre-Authorization form to verify the availability of funds.”]
    • Seconded by Virinchi, no objections. 
    • Matthew motioned to approve the revised version of #32 with student access instead of student subscription. 
    • Seconded by Kate, no objections. 

    Public Comments 

    • Chris: Recently printed newspaper [La Voz] mentioned Ted's Windex, this is not an approved drink. Disappointed in La Voz and the advisor for allowing this to be in the paper without confirmation. 
    • Asiya: Report with integrity and utilize ethical practices in regards to being misquoted by La Voz and past articles written by others. If anyone else has encountered this, please reach out to myself and/or Chris. 

    Advisor Announcements

    • Hyon Chu: Meeting with the advisor and the dean regarding the La Voz matter. 

    Introduction and Approval of Prospective Senators

    • Rami Abukhater - 2nd Meeting

    • Zachary Ho - 2nd Meeting

    • Van Loc Nguyen - 2nd Meeting

    • Joshua Madrid - 1st Meeting

    • Yan Ming Teng - 2nd Meeting



    Adjournment 

    • Luca adjourned the meeting at 5:52 PM. 

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