February 12, 2025

Call to Order

• Luca called the meeting to order at 4:04 PM. 

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Roll Call

#	Last	First	Present	Late	Absent	Online	Left Early	Excused
1	Paliska	Luca	X
2	Ozturk	Aura	X
3	Sharma	Aditya	X
4	Bravo	Katia	X
5	Hon	Veronica	X
6	Wang	Shiqi						X
7	Ozaki	Michi	X
8	Huang	Jin	X
9	Li	Iris						X (Event)
10	Abukhater	Rami	X
11	Burkhanova	Dariga	X				x (5:18)
12	Chu	Ryan						X (Sick)
14	Hartono	Lauren	X
16	Kim	Minseo	X
18	Ku	Javin	X
19	Lei	Wadi Lin	X				x (left at 6:30 for exam)
21	Madrid	Joshua	X
22	Min	Jin Gi	X
24	Nguyen	Van Loc	X
25	Pham	Victor	X (4:12)
26	Shaikh	Fatima Zehra	X
27	Shamarao	Anish	X (4:05)
28	Teng	Yan Ming	X
29	Van	Hoa	X
30	Estrada Nakamatsu	Matsuko						X
31	Aklilu	Mahder						X
32	Washington (Truong)	Lia (Nhi)	X
33	Yung	Yin Wa	X
34	Krawez	Kyle	X
35	Chang	Tracy	X

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Approval of Minutes

• Aditya motioned to approve the minutes for February 5, 2025. 
• Katia seconded the motion. 

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Public Comments

• Public comments were made. 

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Budgeter's Comments

• Budgeter's comments were made (in person/virtual). 
• In Person: Jason Bram (Marine Biology), Maritza Arreola (Homecoming Events), Maritza Arreola (College Life Programming), Xitlaly Marinez (La Voz), Victor Pham (M@DA), Jin Huang (ICC), Adriana Garcia (Office of Equity). 
• Online: Nazy Galoyen (Outreach), Angelie Lopez (Transfer Center), Christine Chai (PUENTE), Jamie Pelusi (Pride Center), Amy Wang (Impact AAPI), Dayna Swanson (Flea Market), Maurice Canyon (Umoja), Dayna Swanson (Mascot Program), Shaila Ramos-García (HEFAS), 

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Advisor Announcements

• Advisor announcements were made. 

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Senate Announcements

• Jin, Wadi, Aditya, Katia, Lauren, Anish provided announcements. 

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Student Trustee Announcements

• None. 

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External Shared Governance Committee Reports

•  ASFC, Jin Gi, Academic Senate, Art on Campus, Technology and RAPP provided updates. 

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Internal DASG Committee Reports

• Finance, Admin, Marketing and SRE provided updates. 

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Consent Calendar

• Aura moved to approve, Aditya seconded the motion. 
• Motion passed. 

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Business Item 1

Budget Request: De Anza La Voz 

• Farideh presented the item.

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Business Item 2

DASG Events Canvas

• Victor presented the item. 

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Business Item 3

DASG By Law Changes

• Aditya moved to approve the DASG By Laws, motion passed. 
• If both the chair and vice chair are missing and the president appoints someone, then the senate has to agree on the appointed senator. 
• Katia moved to table this item to the next meeting, motion failed. 
• Katia moved to extend time by 7 minutes, motion passed. 
• Aditya moved to end discussion, motion passed. 
• Aditya moved to approve the DASG By Laws as amended. 
• Aditya moved to discuss fund 46 first before fund 41, motion passed. 
• Luca called for a 5 minute recess.
• Recess went for 14 minutes. 

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Business Item 4

2025-2026 DASG Budget – Fund 46 (DASG General Fund)

• • Katia motioned to cut $2,000 from FACCC Advocacy Conference, motion passed.
  • Nhi motioned to add $1,000 to PPS (Public Policy School); motion passed.
  • Rami motioned to add $1,000 to VIDA; motion passed. 
  • Yan Ming motioned to approve the Fund 46 budget for the 2025-2026; motion passed.

Vote to approve Fund 46 budget for the 2025-2026 Year
#	Last	First	Vote
1	Paliska	Luca	Yes
2	Ozturk	Aura	Yes
3	Sharma	Aditya	Yes
4	Bravo	Katia	Yes
5	Hon	Veronica	Yes
6	Ozaki	Michi	Yes
7	Huang	Jin	Yes
8	Abukhater	Rami	Yes
9	Burkhanova	Dariga	Yes
10	Hartono	Lauren	Yes
11	Kim	Minseo	Yes
12	Ku	Javin	Yes
13	Lei	Wadi Lin	Yes
14	Madrid	Joshua	Yes
15	Min	Jin Gi	Yes
16	Nguyen	Van Loc	Yes
17	Pham	Victor	Yes
18	Shaikh	Fatima Zehra	Yes
19	Shamarao	Anish	Yes
20	Teng	Yan Ming	Yes
21	Van	Hoa	Yes
22	Truong	Nhi	Yes
23	Yung	Yin Wa	Yes
Motion passed.

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Business Item 5

2025-2026 DASG Budget – Fund 41 (DASG General Fund)

• Discussion on DASG/OCL Scholarship Compensation took place. 
• Fatima motioned to cut $8,020 from special allocations, motion passed. 
• Luca motioned to allocate $8,020 to student payroll for college life office staff, motion passed. 
• Extensive discussion took place over ICC funding, ICC Award funding and ICC Special Allocations; senate took an unofficial vote and agreed with finance committee recommendations for all categories. 
• Katia moved to extend discussion time by 2 hours, motion passed. 
• Extensive discussion took place over DASG Programs and Services including movie tickets, bike program, DASG Card Production, DASG Scholarships, DASG Flea Market, DASG Scholarships, Legal Advice, Mascot Program, College Life Programming, Arts on Campus, Euphrat Museum of Art, Guided Pathways, Office of Equity, and HEFAS; senate agreed with finance recommendations for all. 
• Katia motioned to cut $2,000 from the food object code from DASG Homecoming; motion passed. 
• Joshua moved to table the item for the next senate meeting, motion passed. 

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Public Comments

•  Public comments were made. 

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Advisor Announcements

•  Advisor announcements were made. 

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Introduction of Prospective Senators 

• Jayven Huang, DASG President

• virginia fidanzi, chair of SRE

• Francesca Cacchione student trustee

• Sheel Shah Chair of Finance

• Jacob Kau (sing) - Chair of Finance

• Riwa Watanabe - Chair of ES

• Martina Ng - Chair of Programs

• Tram Lieng - Chair of Marketing

• Jayven Huar - DASG President

• Hoang Anh Thu Tra - Chair of Marketing

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Adjournment

• Luca adjourned the meeting at  8:50 PM.