February 26, 2025

Call to Order

• Luca called the meeting to order at 4:05 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
10	Abukhater	Rami	X
11	Burkhanova	Dariga						X
12	Chu	Ryan	X (4:11)
14	Hartono	Lauren	X
16	Kim	Minseo	X
18	Ku	Javin		X (4:48 PM)
19	Lei	Wadi Lin	X
21	Madrid	Joshua	X
22	Min	Jin Gi	X
24	Nguyen	Van Loc	X
25	Pham	Victor	X
26	Shaikh	Fatima Zehra						X
27	Shamarao	Anish	X
28	Teng	Yan Ming	X
29	Van	Hoa						X (Out sick)
30	Estrada Nakamatsu	Matsuko	X
31	Aklilu	Mahder	X
32	Washington	Lia	X
33	Truong	Nhi						X (out sick)
34	Yung	Yin Wa						X (out sick)
35	Krawez	Kyle	X
36	Chang	Tracy	X

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Approval of Minutes

• Aditya motioned to approve the minutes for February 19, 2025.
•  Wadi seconded the motion, motion passed. 

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Public Comments

• Aura: Clarifying campaign expenses; have to be $100 for everything. You cannot excedd that amount even if using your own funds. 
• La Voz: Xitlaly mentioned the campaigning posts available, specifically for Instagram -- available for $15.00 to post candidate campaign content. Email Lavoz@fhda.edu and/or Instagram/Discord. 
• Jin: ICC info sessions happening this week as well as Chair positions. 
• Shiqi: Talent Show Auditions are this Friday; link to sign up is in the senate chat on Discord. 

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Budgeter's Comments

• In Person: Xitlaly Martinez - La Voz
• Online: None

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Advisor Announcements

• Maritza: Submit reimbursements in a timely manner; 
• Dayna: Flea Market this Saturday, March 1, 2025. 

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Senate Announcements

• None

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Student Trustee Announcements

• None

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External Shared Governance Committee Reports

• Tracy: General Education met on 2/21, went over criteria for each area and revised the statements for each area. 
• Jin Gi: Updated online AI Usage and Instructions. 
• Minseo: Upcoming outreach event tpday from 5-7pm. 
• Victor: Academic Senate met on Monday, went through tthe hiring committee for the Humanities instructors; went over equity rubric and the document report. 
• Ryan: Presdient Torres did a presentation on about non credit Curriculum. 

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Internal DASG Committee Reports

• SRE: By Law changes require 3 meetings two Information/Discussion meetings and one to include an Action item. 
• Marketing: Revising Tik Tok account. 

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Consent Calendar

• Aditya moved to approve the consent calendar; seconded by Aura; motion passed. 

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Business Item 1

Programs Committee Code Changes

• Shiqi presented the item. 
• Changing the name of programs to events committee, ES removed from the code. No questions from last senate meeting. 
• Aditya motioned to approve the changes made to the Programs Committee Code; Matusko seconded the motion; motion passed. 

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Business Item 2

Environmental Sustainability Committee Code Changes

• Michi presented the item. 
• ES Committee Code is the same last week with exception to a couple updates; DASG Sustainability Officer as a non voting member. 
• Changed title of Programs committee to ecents 
• Aura motioned to approve the changes to the ES Committee Code Changes; Aditya seconded the motion; motion passed. 

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Business Item 3

2025-2026 DASG Budget – Fund 41 (DASG General Fund) - FIRST (1ST) VOTE* 

• Men of Color program updated budget request that does not include payroll. 
• Aura motioned to cut $10,000 from Special Allocations; Matsuko seconded the motion. Motion passed. 
• Katia motioned to move $10,000 from Special Allocations to the Men of Color Field Trip object code, Matsuko seconded the motion; motion passed. 
• Maritza gave a brief overview of context for ICC and Mentors positions; emphasized the importance of tracking how much time you spend in each of your roles. 
• General consensus was taken on whether or not scholarship amounts should be decreased as well as whether or not discussion should continue on the item. 
• Discussion took place on the workload of ICC Chair positions. 
• Aura motioned to end discussion on ICC position workloads. 
• General consensus on ICC scholarships and whether they should be increased, remain the same or decrease. 
• Suggestion to make the scholarship compensations need based. 
• Aura proposed increasing $200.00 to increase the scholarship amounts for DASG Chairs. 
• Aura moved to end discussion; Matsuko seconded the motion; motion passed. 
• Yan Ming moved to approve the 2025-2026 DASG Budget for Fund 41 in the amount of $1,355,566.98; Kyle seconded the motion; Van objected the motion. 

Motion to approve the 2025-2026 DASG Budget for Fund 41 in the amount of $1,355,566.98
#	Last	First	Vote
1	Paliska	Luca	-
2	Ozturk	Aura	Yes
3	Sharma	Aditya	Yes
4	Bravo	Katia	Yes
5	Hon	Veronica	-
6	Wang	Shiqi	Yes
7	Ozaki	Michi	-
8	Huang	Jin	Yes
9	Li	Iris	Yes
10	Abukhater	Rami	Yes
12	Chu	Ryan	Yes
14	Hartono	Lauren	Yes
16	Kim	Minseo	Yes
18	Ku	Javin	Yes
19	Lei	Wadi Lin	Yes
20	Madrid	Joshua	Yes
21	Min	Jin Gi	Yes
22	Nguyen	Van Loc	No
23	Pham	Victor	Yes
24	Shamarao	Anish	Yes
25	Teng	Yan Ming	Yes
26	Estrada Nakamatsu	Matsuko	Yes
27	Aklilu	Mahder	Yes
28	Washington	Lia	-
29	Krawez	Kyle	Yes
30	Chang	Tracy	Yes
Totals: No - 1, Yes - 28 - Motion passed

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Public Comments

• Luca: Thank you for hanging in there during the senate meeting. 
• Matsuko: Please watch your tone when you speak to someone; try to make up for it next time. 
• Aura: Want to thank the finance committee for their hard work! 
• Joshua: Sing Happy Birthday to Katia! 
• Rami: Flea Market this Saturday! Be there or be square!
• Shiqi: Talent Show Auditions this Friday. 
• Javin: Opportunity to win $500 -- this Friday. 

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Advisor Announcements

• Maritza: Look forward to working with you all to compile the information we have for the DASG scholarship compensation.

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Introduction of Prospective Senators 

• Maurice Growney IV - Student Trustee
• Elora Zhu - Student Trustee
• Shuhong Wang - Chair of Programs

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Adjournment

• Luca adjourned the meeting at 5:42 PM.