February 5, 2025

Call to Order

• Luca called the meeting to order at 4:04 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			X (Sick)
14	Hartono	Lauren	X
16	Kim	Minseo	X
18	Ku	Javin	X
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 (4:58 PM)
28	Teng	Yan Ming	X
29	Van	Hoa	X
30	Estrada Nakamatsu	Matsuko		X (4:17 PM)
31	Aklilu	Mahder	X
32	Washington (Truong)	Lia (Nhi)	X
33	Yung	Yin Wa	X

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Approval of Minutes

• Aditya motioned to approve the minutes for January 29, 2025. 

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Public Comments

• Public comments were made. 

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Advisor Announcements

• Maliah: Provided an announcement. 
• Dennis: Provided an announcement. 
• Maritza: Provided an announcement. 
• Dayna: Providee an announcement. 

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Senate Announcements

•  Jin Huang, Wadi Lin Lei made an announcement. 

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Student Trustee Announcements

•  Iris made an announcement. 

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External Shared Governance Committee Reports

•  ASFC, RAPP, Academic Senate, EAC, Curriculum provided updates. 

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Internal DASG Committee Reports

•  No updates. 

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Consent Calendar

• None

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Business Item 1

DASG Bylaw Changes

• Wadi presented the item. 
• Rami moved to extend time by 10 minutes, motion passed. 
• Yan Ming moved to end discussion, motion passed.

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Business Item 2

2025-2026 DASG Budget – Fund 46 (DASG Student Representation Fund)

• Aditya presented the item. 

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Business Item 3

2025-2026 DASG Budget – Fund 41 (DASG General Fund)

• Aditya presented the item. 
• Mahder moved to extend by 5 minutes, motion passed. 

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Business Item 4

Midterm Election Process Suggestions

• Wadi presented the item. 
• Luca called a 1 minute recess. 
• Rami moved to extend time by 15 minutes. 
• Aditya moved to switch Business Item 6 (Budget Analyst Midterm Election) to be Business Item 5 and for Business Item 5 (Elections Commissioner Midterm Election) to be Business Item 6; motion passed. 
• Aditya moved to extend discussion by 30 minutes. 

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Business Item 5

Budget Analyst Midterm Election

Candidates:

1. Alan Ma
2. Iker Amox Jimenez
3. Kyle Krawez

• All candidates participated in a 2 minute introduction. 
• All candidates participated in a Q&A based on discussed questions as well as up to 3 follow up questions within the senate. 
• DASG Senate took part in discussion of the candidates for the position. 

Voting Results

Candidate	# of Votes	Voters
Alan Ma	7	Iris Li Mahder Aklilu Michi Ozaki Nhi Truong Rami Abukhater Shiqi Wang Veronica Hon
Iker Jimenez	4	Anish Shamarao Katia Bravo Matsuko Estrada Nakamatsu Van Loc Nguyen
Kyle Krawez	10	Fatima Zehra Shaikh Javin Ku Jin Gi Min Joshua Madrid Lauren Hartono Minseo Kim Victor Pham Wadi Lin Lei Yan Ming Teng Yinwa Yung
None	1	Hoa Nhan Van

• None of the candidates received a majority vote. Therefore, a Run Off Vote took place. 

Run Off Candidates	# of Votes	Voters
Kyle Krawez	12	Javin Ku Victor Pham Yan Ming Teng Yinwa Yung Minseo Kim Lauren Hartono Joshua Madrid Van Loc Nguyen Jin Gi Min Wadi Lin Lei Katia Bravo Fatima Zehra Shaikh
Alan Ma	10	Michi Ozaki Veronica Hon Shiqi Wang Matsuko Estrada Nakamatsu Mahder Aklilu Nhi Truong Iris Li  Hoa Nhan Van  Rami Abukhater Anish Shamarao
Kyle Krawez is new 2024-2025 DASG Midterm Budget Analyst.

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Business Item 6

Elections Commissioner Midterm Election

1. James Nguyen 
2. Tracy Chang

• All candidates participated in a 2 minute introduction. 
• All candidates participated in a Q&A based on discussed questions as well as up to 3 follow up questions within the senate. 
• DASG Senate took part in discussion of the candidates for the position. 

Voting Results

Candidates	# of Votes	Voters
James Nguyen	1	Rami Abukhater
Tracy Chang	17	Hoa Nhan Van Minseo Kim Matsuko Estrada Nakamatsu Michi Ozaki Katia Bravo Fatima Zehra Shaikh Yinwa Yung Nhi Truong Van Loc Nguyen Veronica Hon Lauren Hartono Wadi Lin Lei Joshua Madrid-pelayo Arucan Ozturk Victor Pham Yan Ming Teng Mahder Aklilu
None	6	Shiqi Wang Iris Li Jin Gi Min Javin Ku Aditya Sharma Anish Shamarao
Tracy Chang is the new 2024-2025 DASG Midterm Elections Commissioner.

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Public Comments

•  Public comments were made. 

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Advisor Announcements

•  Advisor announcements were made. 

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Introduction of Prospective Senators 

• Teymur Khanlarov - President

• Ishika Mallikarjun - ICC chair

• Audrey Tai - President

• Dali Guerrero - Student Trustee

• Salvador Pedroza - ICC chair

• Alan Ma - Chair of Finance

• Jared Salazar - ICC Chair

• Varshi - Chair of Admin

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Adjournment

• Luca adjourned the meeting at  8:36 PM.