3:00 PM, Student Senate Chamber, SAC East

ASCC Minutes 3:00 PM, Student Senate Chamber, SAC East 14th February, 2008

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I. ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS 1. Call to Order/Roll call 3:06 Voting members: 14 Voting members needed for quorum (1/2 +1): 10 Votes needed to pass budgets/bylaws (2/3): 12 2. Approval of the Minutes (Benjamin/Nicola) Approval of the Agenda (Rebeca/Benjamin)

II. PUBLIC COMMENTS 5 Minutes

Sen. Edgar—resigned from senate. Bravely informed senators that he lost his eligibility. Pres. Marko encouraged him to attend meetings and to remain involved.

Mil Alba—announced her interest for an executive position as either Vice president or ICC Chair. Experience: 2 semesters as senator-at-large. Semester at De Anza College. Connections with The Voice. She was finishing her application. Marko—she was one of the original reasons he joined senate.

Isaiah—visiting the senate for first time. He encouraged the senate to update website.

III. PRESIDENT MARKO’S REPORT 10 Minutes

Asked senate: what is our vision for next semester? Outlined his main priorities: 1. To furnish and finish SAC East. 2. To drum real loud about textbooks—“The most expensive thing for students at Cabrillo.” He also stated that his job as president was to protect the senate’s revenue streams. The senate can do more with more money. He predicted an uphill battle with benefits check-off for a couple of semesters. Personal goal: run more efficient meetings: timely fashion. Informed senators that there would be a survey later in the meeting about improvement.

IV. APPOINTMENTS OF NEW, QUALIFYING SENATE MEMBERS AND PROMOTION TO EXECUTIVE POSITIONS.

1. Vice Presidency—BENJAMIN elected a. Sen. Benjamin—has put lots of time and energy in the senate. He hoped that he had proven himself in past work for senate. Marko mentioned his important work with constitution and bylaws. b. Sen. Andreas—would live to exercise leadership skills and to make a difference in the senate.

2. Treasurer—RICHARD elected a. Sen. Richard’s Statement—“I’ve thought very seriously about applying for the position of treasurer. It’s not about seeking a position of power or getting a title or getting to sign checks (that’s overrated), it’s about performing a role. During my first semester as a senator, I did not fully understand our funding. Consequently, I was less certain about the voting on issues. I’m hoping to get some clarification on this and, if elected, help other people who may choose to know more about the budget.

As for experience, I have a fair amount managing budgets for the projects I supervised in high tech. So, I can make the columns add up and move the money around if necessary. Also, when I think about it, I’ve had years of experience managing my own money and not falling on my face. It’s a long learning curve.

My feeling is that sometimes we as senators are penny wise and pound foolish. I see my role as someone who would oversee the budget so that we spend wisely. We need to plan up front the issues that we feel our important to the student body and spend accordingly.”

3. Scotts Valley Representative—ANTHONY a. Former senator Anthony Garza—wanted to be part of the senate again. Realized after ending first terms that the ASCC senate is one of the most involved. Wants to help students at both the Scotts Valley Center and at the Aptos campus. “Cabrillo is an example of what a community college can be.” Rebeca—met Anthony a year ago when he was part of Social Justice Club. She considered him one of the key people that made the social justice conference happen.

4. Senate-at-large—WILL & SOFIA a. Will—emphasized his extensive network at Cabrillo. Horticulture center needs someone speaking for them. Richard—Will you be able to put aside personal issues for the concerns of the student body? Timmie—Will’s passion is necessary for the senate.

b. Sofia—thanked senators for their support and introduction to the senate last semester. She spoke about how she has grown from an art student to a history major at Cabrillo. Marko—blessed the community for having so many people to fill positions.

PRES. MARKO CONDUCTED THE SENATE PLEDGE FOR VP. BENJAMIN, TREAS- RICHARD, SV REP. ANTHONY, SEN. WILL AND SEN. SOFIA.

VI. INFO/ACTION 5 Minutes

1. Pres. Marko—$130,000 from Student Center to reimburse Cabrillo for existing new furniture/walls, dividers in SAC east. (Nicola/Elowyn) 14/0 Approved

2. Pres. Marko—$1800 from Student Center for medical defibrillator for SAC East. (as per advised by Kate Hartzel)

(Steven/Nicola) 14/0 Approved

3. Leg. Ryan—$1400 from Student Representatives to augment budget for Legislative Conference. Sent 5 students and 1 advisor to Sacramento. Considering safety issues and incredible storm, stayed one night more. Ben—agreed to send 3 students. Spots approved were all filled. People returned to rave about conference. (Rebeca/Jon) 14/0 Approved

4. Leg. Ryan—$375 from Student Center for Microwave for Cafeteria for student use. (as per request by Taher and Food Service committee.) Ryan emphasized that Taher was taking responsibility for the new microwave’s cleanliness and maintenance. Sesario—previous microwaves weren’t commercial grade and so past companies wouldn’t clean them. Taher however will maintain most microwaves. Rebeca—tiny silver microwave for $375. Nicola—why didn’t Taher come to us before purchasing the microwave? Jon—college is supposed to provide facilities. Ben—is the cafeteria considered part of the student center? Marko—sometimes price goes over. Elowyn—why is there a new microwave when the previous one was in decent condition? Sesario—safety and performance are important. Taher paid for the microwave at the Gazebo. Senate—How would we pay for one of these? Sesario—buy it, the senate will probably approve the funds. If you don’t approve it, I will find a way to pay for it through another funding source. According to the committee, the microwave was a reasonable request. Ryan—coming from an enormous budget, students were constantly complaining how long previous microwave required. The money is coming out of a large account. Gabe—students complained that there weren’t any microwaves. Marko—this happened during break. Anthony—agreed with Ryan’s comment that the microwave could have been further researched. He was impressed with Taher. Thought it was responsible of them to purchase a microwave. Marko—Taher giving away a mountain bike and a flat screen TV. Eric—in order to get cost down—you must invest time. Time was probably more valuable to Taher than price was. Jon—don’t care about thrift, just the process. I think people need to be asked

(Ryan/Anthony) 11/3, Katie abstained, Approved

5. Pres. Marko—$3757 from Programs for Second Harvest. (total of deposits)

(Sofia/Steven) 14/0 Approved

6. Pres. Marko—$2500 augmentation for book loans. ($1500 extended to Watsonville) from Program account. Ben—how quickly can funds be transferred? Immediately. Ryan—do we need to approve minutes before check? Marko—No, we would just need to wait for the account to be replenished. Anthony—Scotts Valley doesn’t have access to book loans. Is there a way for this to be approved? Sesario—who will process loans at the Watsonville and the Scotts Valley centers? It’s a matter of personnel. We can figure it out for Watsonville but not as easily for Scotts Valley. Rebeca—Scotts Valley staff already burdened with current responsibilities. Consider the situation before adding more responsibilities. Suggested Scott Trippel as a good person to approach. Able to advocate for students. Katie—there could be a referral for SVC students to get a book loan at Aptos. Ryan—students can’t enroll until debt is paid. Marko—we won’t be able to give anyone more money unless we approve money for it. Right now students have to pay back loan or else they need to put a hold on registration. We give a voucher.

(Katie/Rebeca) 14/0 Approved

7. Sen. Katie--$200 from Programs for letterhead/envelopes for Senate use.

To be used during Welcome Week—letterheads are professional. Student senate. Marko—last semester letterheads passed? Richard—purchased letterheads last semester. Marko—business cards next week. Katie—existing Cabrillo format.

(Katie/Nicola) 14/0 Approved

VII. Information 5 Minutes

1. VP Benjamin—another look at merging VP and ICC positions. Eric—Two excellent ideas. Car ride to conference. Problem with ICC chair is the title. If we changed the name to vice president, things would change very well. Vice President of Student Organizations, Vice President of ICC Chair. Benjamin—against, we should get clear names. Not to discuss any further without too much discussion. Jon—if the order were changed—the treasurer wouldn’t be sharing meetings. Katie—more people is better.

2. Leg. Ryan—Grassroots Leg. Conference in Sacramento April or March. Idea to get student body agitated about budget as priority. Last time this happened: 2003. Sesario—200 students didn’t show up, 4 or 5 buses turned down. Many students showed up and students rallied at the capitol. Will have more information at next meeting. Katie—what is the state of our budgets. Sesario—2 buses would be enough.

3. Pres. Marko—augmentation of library’s textbook endowment. Timmie—this is an incredible service to have books available to everyone. Elowyn—was proud when asked about senate’s contribution. Katie—senate's job is to serve the students. This is one of the most important things the senate could do. Rebecca Smith recently advertised the program. Ryan— status of rental program on reserve. Had experience with Biology instructor. Instructor uses 7th edition. Bookstore sells the 8th. Why is the bookstore stocking the newest book? Marko—when the edition goes out of print the bookstore can’t buy the new edition. Rebeca—as one of hundreds of students without textbooks. Only 10 percent of students had textbooks. The more money we can allocate to helping students with books. 70% of charges incurred to students from books at Cabrillo. Anthony—some teachers had texts that he liked, others didn’t. Marko—academic freedom for instructors. Anthony—definitely agreed that helping students get books was very important. Endowment for the library: in favor. Ryan—$15,000, we could ask the bookstore if they could pitch in some money. Ben—newsletter to all teachers about textbooks.

4. Sesario—Senator feedback forms for next week. Commentary about leadership. Important for leaders to check-in with constituents. Survey intended for students. How can Sesario, Marko and Gabe improve? On back of feedback forms; questions such as: how do you feel about weekly meetings? What can you do to ensure that the senate has a great performance next semester?

VIII. EVENT UPDATES/REVIEW 1. Welcome Week—Sen. Katie Different days for different issues: National Day. MLK Day. Sustainability Day. Soapbox—some time devoted to what students want to say. Bata Yogi people to supply food. 25th—28th. Nicola—where can I sign-up? We really, really need people to help and to participate. We need people there to ensure that things go well. Will—how large will the area be? Spoke with Mike the power guy. Steven—Wednesday, when we collaborate—will snacks and food be provided? Wednesday, 10am, meeting.

2. MLK Day—Sen. Steven Colored Ink to perform—spoken word, performing arts, present powerful message, one speaks and the other talks. We have Mangula, an African drummer. Sesario—she’s a drummer storyteller, if her itineraries work out perfectly. Food—we could put in perspective—trash cans full of plastic. Food giveaway would be bring your bags. Present pictures of ecosystem: north pacific gyre.

3. Bike Co/op—Sen. Timmie to manifest the bike co/op—we are going to make sure that it stays on track. Plethora of spaces. Looks good. Ben—do we have back-up for Andrea? Timmie—we have 3 or 4 more qualified people.

4. Conference Recap—Sesario, Jon, Ryan, Rebeca. Cabrillo students got to mingle with CEOS and others from around the state. One of the facilitators mentioned Cabrillo for having so many students. Sitting down with Trustees. Opportunity for students to have a direct dialogue with people affecting student body the most. Jon—the conference was inspiring. Received great information to return with. Jon Laird was a keynote speaker. Clear then that Prop 92 would fail. There were holes. There was no security to K-12, CSU, UC. Huge cute to everyone. Inappropriate for community colleges to ask for security when entire state in need. Seeing capital and how things were done was motivating. Advertised Sacramento State program to receive a masters. Working 11 months. Lot of state legislators went through program. Rebeca—amazing, had opportunity to network with influential people in education and in government. Learned about government. Conference was instrumental to her. Learned about state national Latino organizations. How the Dream Act—how students of undocumented immigrants are being assisted or not. Higher education—tour of the capital. Happy to make connections with legislatures and their teams. To have someone say yes to coming to Cabrillo and giving a talk=amazing. Speaking with Rebeca Garcia=amazing. Proud to represent demographics. Eric— asked senators to raise hands for how much the budget of California is? $100 billion. When we go and have propositions. Helpful to making decisions. We keep talking about state deficit? $14 billion. We spoke with important people. Budget stuff is vital to understand. Jon—for the senators who will continue next year—hopes that more students are sent to conventions. Not appropriate to send hundreds of reps. But a couple is good.

IX. SENATOR GOALS

Jon—textbooks—got a book loan from Onya—could only afford to buy books for one class. Will need to borrow books and do something. Textbooks are huge. Marko—will be addressing CPC about textbooks.

Sophia—textbooks

Ryan—campus art, climate commitment (rounding up engineering students), events (social justice, earth week), students have say in curriculum at other institutions.

Ben—textbooks, keeping senate energetic, outreach, forming election committee, website.

Elowyn—textbooks, textbook rental program, open education resources— textbooks that can be edited online (creative commons foundation), spending time with Print Smith (independent publishers).

Will—compost situation improved, changing habits of college, Horticulture Department to having say in landscaping, education about plastics.

Hugo—review of what we thought of doing at retreat: have we done from retreat? Finish what we started. What’s happened with our t-shirts, etc.

Richard—more presence with students, mentoring system, promoting the arts— integral part of education.

Anthony—textbooks, bike racks.

Andreas—recruitment, to be of service.

Steven—speaking at SVC on March 4th, interact with community, keeping youth directed to education, similar programs.

Nicola—textbooks, bulletin board—what are we doing.

Rebeca—promoting the senate in classes and in affiliations, connecting Latino clubs with senate, participating in external committees, working for Dr. Chen, voice for students, mentoring, learning a lot from semester.

Eric—to do a lot less in every aspect, several semesters committing too much time, senator reports on agenda. Katie—to survive welcome week while being appreciative of everyone who assists.

Sesario—stop making promises, starting to debate, risk is increasing, debate, elections are a top priority, one or two senators working, constitutional amendment, identify goals, what are your 1, 2, 3 team goals together. What’s the update with benefits check-off. How will you spend your money? The message you give will be make or break. What do we expect the revenue to be? We have a credit card—in Sesario’s name. Second—in Gabe’s name. Retreat center— asking for a deposit—it was well spent money—good location, adequate, this senate shouldn’t be making a commitment for the location of the next senate. Staff development committee—same time—meets only once a month.

Isaiah—like what you guys do, improving the life of students at Cabrillo.

Mil—this is an amazing group, there was a lot of drama at first

Anthony—should we give ourselves a round of applause?

X. ADVISOR REPORTS 6 Minutes

XI. AGENDA BUILDING

XII. ADJOURNMENT 5:29pm