General Meeting Information
Date: May 14,
2025
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: DASG Lounge
Zoom: 5/14 Zoom
Meeting ID: 895 9477 3800
Passcode: 528357
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Agenda
Time Topic Purpose Discussion Leader 11:30 AM Call to Order A Katia Bravo 11:30 AM Roll Call I/D All 11:35 AM Approval of Minutes - 5/7/25 A SRE Senators 11:35 AM Advisor Announcement I/D Maliah Kenoly 11:40 AM Public Comment I/D All 11:45 AM Business Item #1
Student Questions and Concerns
This item is to allow a space for discussion about student concerns to be brought up.
I/D
Ryan Chu
11:50 AM Business Item #2
Program Liaison: Application & Rubric Draft
This item is to go over the first version of the application for programs to apply for a liaison, as well as the rubric of how we will select programs.
I/D
Katia Bravo
12:15 PM Business Item #3
Spring Resource Budgeting for 25-26
This item is to review SRE's budget on resource fair for next year.
I/D
Ryan Chu
12:20 PM Business Item #4
Cultural Day
This item is to give an update on planning, including food vendor updates.
I/D
Joshua Madrid
12:25 PM Business Item #5
DASG Scholarships: Awarding
This item is to read over the current scholarship applications to decide who to award them to.
I/D
Katia Bravo
12:45 PM Business Item #6
SRE Code Final Code
This item is to review the final changes from the previous year and meetings.
A
Katia Bravo
12:55 PM Public Comment
I/D
All
1:00 PM Adjournment
A
Katia Bravo
A = Action
D = Discussion
I = Information -
Minutes
Call to order: 11:35am
Roll Call: Joshua, Ryan, Katia, Nishita, Maliah, Bryan, Ella, Angeles, Ethan (Online)
Approval of mins: May 8th: Ryan; Seconded by JoshuaSummary: This meeting of the Student Rights and Equity (SRE) Committee covered several key items including student concerns, program liaison applications, resource budgeting, and code updates.
Student Concerns:- Discussion about converting bathrooms to gender-neutral single-stall facilities, with some students expressing safety concerns
- Update on the Cupertino City Council vote (3-2) to study ways to prevent the sale of property for student housing, with the city encouraging on-campus housing instead
Program Liaison Application Development:
- Microsoft Form draft reviewed with sections on:
- Interest and commitment from programs
- Capacity of programs to support liaisons
- Alignment with DASG's equity goals
- Collaborative potential between programs and DSG
- Time constraint noted: only three remaining meetings to finalize this initiative
- Concerns raised about potential SRE influence in the selection process
- Clarification that only one program liaison would join each committee
Budget Review:
- Resource fair spending breakdown: Fall ($911), Winter ($797), Spring ($120)
- Discussion about refreshment options for future events, including boba and popcorn
- Budget request of $3,300 for next year confirmed
Cultural Day Planning:
- Action needed to contact vendors immediately
- Food trucks (Kona Ice and El Bombero) confirmed with setup time at 12:00
DASG Scholarships:
- Limited applications received: approximately 24 for general scholarships, 19-20 for special scholarships ($2,000-$5,000)
- Discussion about poor advertising of scholarship opportunities
- Need to schedule application review either in a special meeting or next week's meeting
- Senators noted they cannot apply for these scholarships
SRE Code Updates:
- Reviewed and approved final code changes including:
- Designation of one program liaison per committee
- Replacement of term "underrepresented" with "disproportionately impacted"
- Addition of program liaison summit
- Removal of midterm senator application process
- Updates to equity and diversity officer responsibilities
- Will require two Senate meetings for final approval
- Moved to approve by Joshua
- Seconded by Ryan
Announcements: Teriyaki dinner will be provided at tonight's Senate meeting
Meeting adjourned at 12:15 PM