May 28, 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	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
First Name	Last Name	Present	Absent	Late	Excused
Alan	Ma		X
Dang Anh Thu (Chrissy)	Ho		X
Hoang Anh Thu (Thu)	Tran		X
James	Nguyen	X
Jayven	Huang				x
Joseph (Joey)	Hua		X
Min	Pyae		X
Myles	Vongnakhone	X
Elora	Zhu	X

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Approval of Minutes

• Katia motioned to approve the minutes, Victor seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Public Comments

• La Voz: Recently won 14 awards -- Excellence in student Journalism; Compete with other Community Colleges. 

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Advisor Announcements

• Maritza: 
  • Reminder that it should just be current senators at the table, to avoid confusion it should be 2024-2025. 
  • Need many of you to RSVP for the student leadership gala, current, incoming, club officers and mentors as well as any interns that are graduating and/or transferring. Make sure to RSVP ASAP. 
  • Should have received an email from DASG Secretary about Mentor Pairings with the incoming senators with the current senate. 

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Senate Announcements

• Aditya: Did not approve the minutes once again and glad it was Katia this time. 

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Student Trustee Announcements

• None

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External Shared Governance Committee Reports

• None

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Internal DASG Committee Reports

• SRE met-- Cultural Day will happen June 2, 2025. Reviewing scholarship applications soon. 

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Consent Calendar

• N/A

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Business Item 1

DASG Funding Request: De Anza Promise Program

• Chai Schweikert presented the item. 
• Question about the grad gifts and whether the
• Aditya moved to approve the full amount requested of $1,000 for food for the Promise Program. Matsuko seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Business Item 2

DASG Funding Request: International Student Programs

• 75 Students have RSVP'd for the End of Year Graduation Celebration (mainly for ISP students). 
• Ryan mentioned that we could likely find other sources but funds are limited. 
• Aditya motioned to approve the full amount requested of $1,000 for food, Matsuko seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Business Item 3

DASG Funding Request: Veteran Students VRC

• Casie Wheat presented the item for $1,000. 
• The food is for students only (parents and families will have separate accomodations). 
• Ryan moved to approve the full amount of $1,200, Katia seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Business Item 4

DASG Funding Request: Men of Color Community 

• Aditya moved to approve the full amount of $1,000 for the Men of Color Program. 
• Clarification on the amount requested was made. 
• Mahder moved to end discussion, Aditya seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Ryan seconded the motion of approving the full amount of $1,000 for the Men of Color Program, no objections--motion passed. 

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Business Item 5

Program Liaisons Amendment

• Katia, Joshua and Ryan presented the item. 
• Question of the timeline for the added (2) senators to have far enough advance notice of upcoming trainings etc. Timeline was included. 
• De Anza Programs would apply for a Program Liaison position within the senate and go through an application process. 
• Goal is to have 1 Program Liaison per committee as well as diversity within DASG. 
• Question of how the program liaisons would get assigned to each committee.
• Aditya moved to extend time by 1 hour, Michi seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Aditya moved to end discussion, Yan Ming seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Business Item 6

Student Rights and Equity (SRE) Proposed Code Changes

• Katia, Joshua and Ryan presented the item. 
• Aditya moved to end discussion, Matsuko seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Public Comments

• None

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Advisor Announcements

• Maritza: Please RSVP for the gala; have check ins with incoming officers, chairs I'm seeing some agendas without minutes on the website; post them asap. 

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Prospective Senators

• Jacob Chen - 2 - Public Relations

• Jacob Kao - 2 - Budget Analyst

• Thin Thida Soe - 3 - Budget Analyst

• Caitlin - 2 - ES Coordinator

• Elora Zhu-1-Student Trustee

• Dali Guerrero Fernandez - 1 - Equity and Diversity Officer

• Salvador Pedroza - 1- Student Rights Officer

• Ethan Brignetti - 2 Bike Program

• Tram Lieng - 5 - Social Media Officer

• Audrey Tai - 2 - Event Cord

• Lakshya Saini - 2 - Flea Market Liaison

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Adjournment

• Luca adjourned the meeting at 5:22  PM.