General Meeting Information

Date: February 28, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Student Council Chambers and Zoom

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  • Agenda

    Time Topic Purpose Discussion Leader

    4:00 PM

    Call to Order

    I/D
    • Lydia Wong

    4:00 PM

    Roll Call

    I/D/A

    • Maliah Kenoly

    4:01 PM

    Approval of Minutes

    • February 21, 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

    • Javier Gomez Tagle

    4:24 PM

    External Shared Governance Committee Reports

    I
    • Senators

    4:29 PM

    Internal DASG Committee Reports

    I 
    • Senators

    Consent Calendar

    1. Appoint Pranita Jaware as Intern on the Finance Committee.
    2. Appoint Allison Trinh as Intern on the Finance Committee.
    3. Appoint Thandar Nyunt as Intern on the Administration Committee.
    4. Appoint Bryan Hernandez as Intern on the Student Rights & Equity Committee.
    5. Appoint Pranita Jaware as Intern on the Student Rights & Equity Committee.
    6. Remove Shreya Rallabandi as Intern from the Administration Committee.  
    7. Remove Arman Daghbashyan as Intern from the Administration Committee. 

    D/A
    • Senators

    4:29 PM

    Business Item 1

    Vice Chair Vacancy Appointment Process

    This item is to discuss the process of the committee chair appointing a senator in their committee to the position of vice chair in case of a vacancy, and possibly approve Reeya Randhawa as vice chair of the Programs Committee. 

    Time: 20 Minutes

    I/D/A
    •  Lydia Wong
    • Asiya Shaikh
    • Dennis Shannakian

    4:49 PM

    Business Item 2

    Class Scheduling Discussion

     This item is to discuss conflicts between STEM lab sections, and potential resolution to solve this issue.

    Time: 30 Minutes

    I/D
    • Isaac Tsang

    5:19 PM

    Business Item 3

    Medical Centre, Measure G, Affordable Housing, and Flea Market Updates

    This item is to update the Senate about the Medical Center, Measure G, Affordable Housing, and Flea Market issues.

    Time: 30 minutes 

    I/D
    • Erik Woodbury
    5:49 PM

    Public Comments

    I

    • All
    5:54 PM

    Advisor Announcements 

    I

    • Advisors
    5:59 PM

    Introduction and Approval of Prospective Senators

    I

    • Prospective Senators
    6:04 PM

    Adjournment

    A

    • Lydia Wong

    A = Action
    D = Discussion
    I = Information

  • Minutes

    Call to Order 

    • Lydia called the meeting to order at 4:05 PM. 


    Roll Call 

    # Last  First Present Late Absent Online Left Early Excused Vote
    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 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            
    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 Estrada-Nakamatsu Matsuko x            

    Approval of Minutes

    • Isaac Tsang moved to approve minutes from 2/21.
    • Seconded by Ian, no objections. 


    Public Comments

    • None

    Advisor Announcements

    • Hyon Chu: Elections went smoothly.  
    • Dennis: Will not need to extend elections. 


    Senate Announcements

    • There were none. 


    Student Trustee Announcements

    • Javier: Demolition of the flint center soon. 

    External Shared Governance Committee Reports

    • Campus Center Advisory met on Monday - New meditation room, new dining service update. 
      • Dennis: Food Pantry will move to past small cafe area, less of a stigma for students to go in; will be a market style. 
    • Curriculum: Met discussing student learning outcomes, instructional and administrative services; instructor side; asking senate to give their feedback on their experience when reading student learning outcomes. 
    • Nicholas: Rapp met Tuesday, 27th college council to decide what to do with it. 
    • Benjamin: 14.5 million dollars in permanent vacancies discuss 2023 year and basically it. 
    • Classified Senate: EOPS came and presented about their program; forwarding the ask to the senate to share an interest form and flyer along with services offered + eligibility requirements. Would be helpful to get students aware of the program. Classified senate handbook for police and campus advisory committee. 
    • Chancellor's Advisory Council: Reviewed 4 administrative procedures; Accessibility guidelines by law; AP5520 on student process and discipline, AP2410 Admin Procedure as a review of how work policies and admmin procedures to be drafted and approved. Affordable Housing Task Force - approached by the town of Los Altos Hill. Foothill De Anza Academic Senate online education requirements. 
    • De Anza Academic senate: Concerns about transparency with funding etc. 

    Internal DASG Committee Reports

    • Marketing: Tik Tok posts being made for DASG Tik Tok page. 
    • Programs Committee: Did not meet. 
    • SRE: SRE did not meet. 
    • Administration: Did not meet. 
    • Finance Commitee: Met Monday to brainstorm on how to make the deliberations more streamlined. Finance canvas video updates. 
    • ICC: Instagram about ICC Elections Info Sessions, be sure to follow, if you're a club rep join the ICC Discord Server. 

    Consent Calendar

    • Ted moved to approve the consent calendar.
    • Seconded by Kate, no objections. 


    Business Item 1

    Vice Chair Vacancy Appointment Process

    • Dennis presented the item. 
    • Asiya moves to approve that a Chair will be able to appoint a chair to take the position for the Vice Chair in the case of a vacancy. 
    • Leondre seconded the motion, no objections. 
    • Asiya moves to approve Reeya Randawa as the Vice Chair. 
    • Isaac seconded the motion, no objections. 
    • Motion passed, Reeya is approved as the Vice Chair. 

    Business Item 2

      • Isaac presented the item. 


    Business Item 3

    •  Erik Woodbury presented the item. 
    • Proposal to redistribute the money from Event Center Measure G Project  to service other projects including: 
      • Infrastructure needs at De Anza (Electrical wires, boilers, hot/cold water issues etc.)
    • Medical Centre
      • Medical Centre plans to be build in the same parking lot that is currently occupied by the De Anza Flea Market. 
      • This project would severely impact the De Anza Flea Market Revenue. 
      • The Medcial Centre currently does not offer services to students. 
    • Please attend board meeting on Monday, March 4, 2024 to make a public comment regarding these issues. 

    Public Comments 

    • Lisa: Send in reimbursements before the week of spring break. 
    • Jason: Friday - at 5pm Research Symposium: Students from UCLA come by to present their research findings. Great way to connect with others that are interested in research!
    • Carys: If you want to attend the symposium, Alpha Sigma Alpha De Anza. Refreshments will be provided. 
    • Chris Blu: Attend the board of trustees meeting! Info on how to make a public comment will be sent out. 

    Advisor Announcements

    • Dayna: Will be attending the meeting on Monday, March 4, 2024. 
    • Maritza: Will be out of office next week, email before the end of the work day on Friday, March 1, 2024. Remember to request rooms, tabling, equipment etc. Time and labor is done to setup. 

    Introduction and Approval of Prospective Senators

    • Eddie Nam - Legislative Liaison Affairs - 2nd Meeting
    • Javin Ku - Social Media Officer - 1st Meeting
    • Jin Gi Min - Event Coordinator - 1st Meeting
    • Anish Shamarao - 2nd Meeting - Bike Program Coordinator
    • Allyson Le - 2nd Meeting - Social Media Officer
    • Krishna Sumesh - 1st meeting - Social Media Officer
    • Victor Pham - 3rd Meeting - Social Media Officer
    • Thomas Cheung - 3rd Meeting - Social Media Officer
    • Chun Ho Li - 1st Meeting - Events Coordinator
    • Joe Maggard - President
    • Thomas Cheung - Vice President
    • Yan Ming Teng - Chair of Finance
    • Javin Ku - Chair of Marketing
    • Victor Pham - Chair of Marketing
    • Ryan Chu - Chair of SR&E
    • Madhav Shukla - Chair of SRE
    • Fatima Zehra Shaikh - Social Media Officer


    Adjournment 

    • Lydia adjourned the meeting at 5:56 PM. 

2024-2025 DASG Budget Deliberation Schedule

  • Wednesday, January 31, 2024
    Final proposed draft presented to DASG Senate as an Information item
  • Wednesday, February 7, 2024
    Final proposed draft presented to DASG Senate as an Action item for First Vote*
    - All requestors will have an opportunity to speak on their funding requests at this meeting. Each program area, not individual person, will be allowed up to two (2) minutes maximum to speak on their funding request.
  • Wednesday, February 14, 2024
    Final proposed draft with revisions if any presented to DASG Senate as an Action item for Second Vote (tentative)*
  • Monday, May 6, 2024
    DASG Senate approved Budget presented to Board of Trustees for their approval.
  • Monday, July 1, 2024
    New FHDA Fiscal Year Begins; Funds Become Available

* The date of the Second (2nd) Vote depends on when the First (1st) Vote takes place. If the deliberation is not complete on the 7th it will continue to the 14th and the Second (2nd) Vote will be pushed to the 21st. Also, the DASG Budget requires a confirming vote of the same budget without changes between the votes. If any changes take place the day of the Second (2nd) Vote it goes back to being a First (1st) Vote and will require a new date for a confirming Second (2nd) Vote.

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