November 13, 2024

Call to Order

• Luca called the meeting to order at 4:08 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 (4:17pm)
6	Wang	Shiqi			x (out sick)
7	Ozaki	Michi	x
8	Huang	Jin		x (4:31pm) (notified Maliah prior to the meeting)
9	Li	Iris	x
10	Abukhater	Rami	x
11	Burkhanova	Dariga	x
12	Chu	Ryan	x
14	Hartono	Lauren	x
15	Ho	Zachary	x
16	Kim	Minseo	x
18	Ku	Javin	x
19	Lei	Wadi Lin	x
21	Madrid	Joshua	x
22	Min	Jin Gi	x
23	Nam	Eddie	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
30	Estrada Nakamatsu	Matsuko	x
31	Aklilu	Mahder	x
32	Truong	Nhi	x
33	Yung	Yin Wa	x

Approval of Minutes

• Aditya motioned to approve the minutes from November 6, 2024. 

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Public Comments

• La Voz representative and Javin made public comments. 

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Advisor Announcements

• Hyon Chu made an announcement. 

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Senate Announcements

• Matsuko made an announcement regarding HEFAS. 

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Student Trustee Announcements

• None

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External Shared Governance Committee Reports

• Joshua reported updates from EAC (Equity Action Council).
• Aditya provided updates from RAPP (Resource Allocation Program Planning). 
• Javin provided updates from ASFC (Associated Students of Foothill College). 
• Ryan provided updates for CC (Curriculum Committee). 

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Internal DASG Committee Reports

• Michi provided updates for the Environmental Sustainability Committee. 
• Rami provided updates for the Mini Flea Market.
• Jin Gi provided updates for Programs. 
• Katia provided updates for SRE. 

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Consent Calendar

• None

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Business Item 1

Midterm Election for the Legislative Affairs Liaison Position

• All candidates participated in a 1:30 min introduction. 
• All candidates participated in a Q&A Session. 
• Aditya moved to extend discussion by 15 minutes for the Q&A session. 
• Aditya moved to extend discussion by 15 minutes. 
• Yan Ming moved to extend time by 20 minutes.
• Iris moved to end discussion.
• All senators participated in a discussion a session for each of the candidates. 
• Aditya moved to extend discussion by 20 minutes. 
• Fatima moved to end discussion; motion failed. 
• Aditya moved to extend discussion by 5 minutes. 
• Luca moved to a 5 minute recess. 
• All senators participated in voting for the DASG Legislative Affairs Liaison Position. 

2024-2025 DASG Midterm Election Voting Results
Name of Candidate	Number of Votes	Names of Voters (Senators)
Allen Tran	1	Yan Ming Teng
James Nguyen	5	Aura Ozturk Yin Wa Yung Nhi Truong Wadi Lin Lei Eddie Nam
Nishita Mekala	0	N/A
Cuong Vuong	0	N/A
None of the Above	22	Ryan Chu Lauren Hartono Zachary Ho Jin Huang Iris Li Matsuko Estrada Nakamatsu Javin Ku Rami Abukhater Joshua Madrid Dariga Burkhanova Van Loc Nguyen Victor Pham Minseo Kim Fatima Zehra Shaikh Veronica Hon Michi Ozaki Anish Shamarao Aditya Sharma Jin Gi Min Katia Bravo Mahder Aklilu Hoa Nhan Van
No DASG Midterm 2024-2025 Legislative Liaison was selected at this time.

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Public Comments

• Joshua, Wadi, Dennis, Matsuko, Katia and Javin made public comments. 

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Advisor Announcements

• Hyon Chu made an announcement regarding the tonight's elections. 

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Introduction of Prospective Senators 

• Allen Tran 1st

• James Nguyen 1st

• Vuong theCuong 1st

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Adjournment

• Luca adjourned the meeting at 6:44 PM.