General Meeting Information
Date: May 7,
2025
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Student Council Chambers and Zoom
Zoom Information
- Meeting ID: 826 0620 3899
- Passcode: 680968
- Meeting URL: https://fhda-edu.zoom.us/j/82606203899?pwd=FbLAn0Pymu3Uc5awenpx4yO4HsUGVe.1
- Link: Click Here for the Zoom Meeting
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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
- April 30, 2025
I/D/A
- Senators
4:02 PM
Public Comments
I
- All
4:07 PM
Advisor Announcements
I
- Advisors
4:12 PM
Senate Announcements
I
- Senators
4:17 PM
Student Trustee Announcements
I
- Iris Li
4:22 PM
External Shared Governance Committee Reports
I
- Senators
4:27 PM
Internal DASG Committee Reports
I
- Senators
4:32 PM
Consent Calendar
D/A
- Senators
4:35 PM
Business Item 1
Marketing Code Approval
This item is to discuss potential changes for the 2025-2026 Marketing Code.
2025-2026 DASG Marketing Code Draft
Time: 10 minutes
I/D - Victor Pham
4:45 PM
Business Item 2
DASG Fee Increase
This item is to discuss and potentially approve a two dollar fee increase to compensate for increasing costs.
Time: 30 Minutes
I/D/A - Aditya Sharma
- Luca Paliska
5:15 PM
Business Item 3
2024–2025 DASG Internal Officer Elections
This item is to elect 2024–2025 DASG Internal Officers.
Elections Commissioner Candidates
- Harshdeep Singh (He/Him)
- Francesca Cacchione (She/Her)
- Suyash Jevaria (He/Him)
Budget Analyst Candidates
- Inky Ganbold (He/Him/His)
- Nikunj More (He/Him/His)
- Chan Toe (She/Her/Hers)
- Jacob Kao (He/Him/His)
- Kyle Krawez (He/Him)
- Leo Huang (He/Him/His)
- Iker Amox Jimenez (He/Him/His)
- Zane Dsouza (He/Him)
- Sheel Shah (He/Him/His)
- Thin Soe (She/Her/Hers)
Time: 3 hours
I/D/A - Wadi Lin Lei
- Tracy Chang
8:15 PM Public Comments
I
- All
8:20 PM Advisor Announcements
I
- Advisors
8:25 PM Introduction of Prospective Senators
I
- Prospective Senators
8:30 PM Adjournment
A
- Luca Paliska
A = Action
D = Discussion
I = Information -
Minutes
Call to Order
- Luca called the meeting to order at 4:04 PM.
Roll Call
# Last First Present Late Absent Online Left Early Excused 1 Paliska Luca X 2 Sharma Aditya X 3 Bravo Katia X 4 Ozaki Michi X 5 Huang Jin X 6 Li Iris X 7 Abukhater Rami X 8 Burkhanova Dariga X 9 Chu Ryan X 10 Hartono Lauren X 11 Kim Minseo X 12 Lei Wadi Lin X 13 Madrid Joshua X 14 Min Jin Gi X 15 Nguyen Van Loc X 16 Pham Victor X 17 Shaikh Fatima Zehra X 18 Shamarao Anish X 19 Teng Yan Ming X 20 Estrada Nakamatsu Matsuko X 21 Aklilu Mahder X 22 Washington Lia X 23 Truong Nhi X 24 Yung Yin Wa X 25 Krawez Kyle X 26 Chang Tracy X 27 Tram Lieng X 28 Fiona Chang X Incoming DASG Executives
First Name
Last Name
Present
Absent
Late
Excused
Alan
Ma
X
Dang Anh Thu
Ho
X
Hoang Anh Thu
Tran
X
James
Nguyen
X (online)
Jayven
Huang
X
Joseph
Hua
Min
Pyae
X (online)
Myles
Vongnakhone
X
Approval of Minutes
- Aditya moved to approve the minutes, Van seconded, no objections.
Public Comments
- None
Advisor Announcements
- Maritza: All candidates be sure to attend at least 1 one of the
- Dayna: Spotlight Talent Show on Friday, May 16, 2025.
Senate Announcements
- Run Off Election for student trustee
- Resource Fair: 12-2; Sign up for field hours
- Talent Show: Sheet sent out soon to senate chat for field hour sign ups.
Student Trustee Announcements- None
External Shared Governance Committee Reports
- Academic Senate provided updates.
Internal DASG Committee Reports
- Finance: Had budget presentation on Monday to the board of trustees.
- SRE: Went over resource fair last week; reviewed budget; starting process of contacting programs.
- Events: Diversity in Politcs Panel on June 6, 2025; if interested in supporting please let Rami know.
Consent Calendar
- None
Business Item 1
DASG Marketing Code Revisions
- Victor presented the item.
Some of the updates made include:- Removed pair bonding events; produce marketing material; committees are required to fill out a fully detailed request form.
- Includes two DASG Social Media Officers and 1 Public Relations Officer. Removed the Vice Chair Role.
- Email marketing updates and added marketing liaision tasks to the role.
Business Item 2
DASG Fee Increase
- Aditya presented the item.
- Questions on why DASG senate decided to increase the student body fee.
- Kyle motioned to approve the $2 student body fee, Anish seconded the motion, no objections.
Business Item 3
2024–2025 DASG Internal Officer Elections
- Suggestion came up to have each candidate address different questions per trait.
- Candidates will come in 1 by 1, and ask them to stay inside after they finish answering their question.
- The senators discussed which questions to ask each of the Elections Commissioner candidates.
Harshdeep Singh, Francesca Caccione, Suyash Jevaria all participated in the elections process.
- Provided an introduction. (1 min)
- All participated in a Q&A.
- Closing Statement (no limit)
- Discussion took place on each of the statements given by each of the candidates based on the selected questions. The senators focused on each of the traits in discussion.
- Aditya motioned to got do a 5 min intermission, Matsuko seconded the motion, motion failed.
2025 - 2026 Elections Commissioner Voting Results Name of Candidate # of Votes Senator Votes Harshdeep Singh 2 - Aditya Sharma
- Alan Ma
Francesca Cacchione 17 - Anish S
- Jin Gi Min
- Katia Bravo
- Ryan Chu
- Fiona Chang
- Jayven Huang
- Jin Huang
- Joshua Madrid
- Kyle Krawez
- Michi Ozaki
- Minseo Kim
- Rami Abukhater
- Matsuko Estrada Nakamatsu
- Van Loc Nguyen
- Victor Pham
- Yinwa Yung
- Wadi Lin Lei
Suyash Jevaria 18 - Fiona Chang
- Jayven Huang
- Jin Huang
- Joshua Madrid
- Kyle Krawez
- Michi Ozaki
- Minseo Kim
- Rami Abukhater
- Matsuko Estrada Nakamatsu
- Van Loc Nguyen
- Victor Pham
- Yinwa Yung
- Aditya Sharma
- Alan Ma
- Iris Li
- Yan Ming Teng
- Wadi Lin Lei
- Tracy Chang
Abstain 2 - Talia Washington
- Tracy Chang
- 20 Minute intermission for dinner
Budget Analyst Candidates Inky Ganbold, Nikunj More, Chan Toe, Jacob Kao, Kyle Krawez, Leo Huang, Iker Amox Jimenez, Zane Dsouza, Sheel Shah, Thin Soe all participated in the elections process.
- Provided an introduction. (1 min)
- All participated in a Q&A.
- Closing Statement (no limit)
- Discussion took place for all of the candidates based on selected questions
- Aditya moved to extend time by 2 hours, Ryan seconded the motion, no objections.
- Alan proposed to first eliminate Inky Ganbold, Nikunj More and Zane Dsouza from initial discussions.
- Discussion moved forward with discussions for the rest of the candidates.
- Katia motioned to vote for the position of budget analyst, motion passed (based on voting).
Motion to move forward with voting for the budget analyst positions Last Name First Name Vote 1 Paliska Luca - 2 Estrada Nakamatsu Matsuko - 3 Krawez Kyle - 4 Sharma Aditya No 5 Li Iris No 6 Lei Wadi Lin No 7 Nguyen Van Loc No 8 Teng Yan Ming No 9 Chang Tracy No 10 Chang Fiona No 11 Ma Alan No 12 Huang Jayven No 13 Bravo Katia Yes 14 Ozaki Michi Yes 15 Huang Jin Yes 16 Abukhater Rami Yes 17 Chu Ryan Yes 18 Hartono Lauren Yes 19 Kim Minseo Yes 20 Madrid Joshua Yes 21 Min Jin Gi Yes 22 Pham Victor Yes 23 Shamarao Anish Yes 24 Washington Lia Yes 25 Yung Yin Wa Yes 26 Lieng Tram No - Jayven motioned to start the voting process, Joshua seconded the motion, motion passed.
2025 - 2026 Budget Analyst Voting Results Name of Candidate # of Votes Senator Votes Inky Ganbold 0 - N/A
Nikunj More 0 - N/A
Chan Toe 2 - Yan Ming Teng
- Yinwa Yung
Jacob Kao 18 - Katia Bravo
- Talia Washington
- Iris Li
- Yan Ming Teng
- Yinwa Yung
- Jayven Huang
- Minseo Kim
- Rami Abukhater
- Aditya Sharma
- Jin Huang
- Joshua Madrid-pelayo
- Lauren Hartono
- Victor Pham
- Wadi Lin Lei
- Anish Shamarao
- Fiona Chang
- Jin Gi Min
- Ryan Chu
Kyle Krawez 22 - Katia Bravo
- Talia Washington
- Tracy Chang
- Michi Ozaki
- Iris Li
- Yan Ming Teng
- Yinwa Yung
- Jayven Huang
- Minseo Kim
- Rami Abukhater
- Aditya Sharma
- Jin Huang
- Joshua Madrid-pelayo
- Lauren Hartono
- Victor Pham
- Wadi Lin Lei
- Anish Shamarao
- Alan Ma
- Van Loc Nguyen
- Fiona Chang
- Jin Gi Min
- Ryan Chu
Iker Amox Jimenez 11 - Katia Bravo
- Talia Washington
- Tracy Chang
- Michi Ozaki
- Iris Li
- Jayven Huang
- Minseo Kim
- Rami Abukhater
- Anish Shamarao
- Alan Ma
- Van Loc Nguyen
Zane Dsouza 0 - N/A
Sheel Shah 0 - N/A
Thin Soe 11 - Tracy Chang
- Michi Ozaki
- Aditya Sharma
- Jin Huang
- Joshua Madrid-pelayo
- Lauren Hartono
- Victor Pham
- Wadi Lin Lei
- Alan Ma
- Van Loc Nguyen
- Ryan Chu
- Luca Paliska
Abstain 0 - N/A
- Luca Paliska's vote was needed in order to avoid a tie in voting results.
- Kyle Krawez, Jacob Kao and Thin Soe are the 2025-2026 Budget Analysts.
Public Comments
- Alan: Does not believe someone should be factored into a decision for fund 46.
- Jin Huang: Please run for ICC Chair of Finance next year.
- Wadi: Thank you to everyone for all of your efforts.
- Ann: Would not have written paper on removal of electronic devices.
- Katia: Should not be scared to vote someone in.
- Van: Wants to keep discussion over candidates equitable.
- Public: Feels double standards within the senate within discussion.
- Aditya: More discussion on financial decisions; thank you to all of the candidates.
Advisor Announcements
- Maliah: Thank you for all of your support whenever people ask to help me out when doing set up; shout out to admin committee for the guided discussion sheets.
- Dennis: Provided a public comment.
- Maritza: Provided a pubic comment.
Prospective Senators
- Jayven Huang - President
- Alan Ma - DASG Chair of Finance
- Yoon Po
- Melinda Nguyen
Adjournment
- Luca adjourned the meeting at 10:13 PM.