April 30, 2025

Call to Order

• Luca called the meeting to order at 4:06 PM. 

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Roll Call

#	Last	First	Present	Late	Absent	Online	Left Early	Excused
1	Paliska	Luca	X
3	Sharma	Aditya	X
4	Bravo	Katia	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 (leave of absence)
14	Hartono	Lauren	X (4:15)
16	Kim	Minseo	X
19	Lei	Wadi Lin	X
21	Madrid	Joshua	X
22	Min	Jin Gi	X (4:15)
24	Nguyen	Van Loc	X
25	Pham	Victor	X
26	Shaikh	Fatima Zehra	X
27	Shamarao	Anish	X
28	Teng	Yan Ming	X
30	Estrada Nakamatsu	Matsuko	X
31	Aklilu	Mahder	X
32	Washington	Lia	X
33	Truong	Nhi			X
34	Yung	Yin Wa	X
35	Krawez	Kyle	X
36	Chang	Tracy	X

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Approval of Minutes

• Aditya moved to approve, Rami seconded, no objections. 

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Public Comments

• Joel Cadiz: City Council of Cupertino is working to put a stop on student housing; 45 day moratorium onb the conversion of multifamily housing to student housing in Cupertino. 
  • See Legal Notice Here
  • Need students to attend the City Council meeting on May 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM to express your support for student housing. 
• Luiza Eloy: Former DASG Senator promoting a study; is currently a research assistant for the computer lab at UC Berkeley and are doing a health lifestyle for bipolar disorder. If you have the disorder you would be given a diet specifically the Mediterranean diet to see if time restrictive eating associated with medication can show some improvement when it comes to symptoms/lifestyle. Please email Luiza here if interested: luizaeloy@berkeley.edu

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Advisor Announcements

• Maritza: Participate in future onboarding of internal officers; anythin gy9ou have learned and taken away from your time in senate please start compiling that information for your transition. The DASG Lounge needs to be cleaned up and put things away. If you attended SSCCC you should have received an email from Dennis -- to get reimbursed be sure to send those in asap. 
• Dayna: Introduced new flea market coordinator -- Jenny Vela. 

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Senate Announcements

• Jin Huang provided ICC Updates. 
• Wadi: Run Off Election for Student Trustee is now open. 
• Katia: Resource Fair: 12-2; Sign up for field hours.
• Anish: Talent Show: Sheet sent out soon to senate chat for field hour sign ups. 

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Student Trustee Announcements

• None

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External Shared Governance Committee Reports

• Academic Senate: went over hiring committee; AI Notetaking thoughts; updates on the full time faculty responsibilites. 

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Internal DASG Committee Reports

• Michi: ES had an earth week event at the Kirsch Center (big success); thank you to everyone who supported! 
• SRE: Program Liaison By Law Presenation; planned for spring resource fair and discussed cultural day to collab with ICC; DASG Scholarships.
• Finance: Presentation to present to the borad of trustees on Monday. 
• Events: Marketing plans for the Talent Show. 
• Marketing: Promo items being sent out and social media. 
• Admin: Internal elections updates. 

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Consent Calendar

• None

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Business Item 1

2025-2026 DASG Budget Stipulation 

2025-2026 Budget Stipulations DRAFT

• Public comment: DASG consider amending student access option. 
• Yan Ming moved to approve, Anish seconded, no objections. 

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Business Item 2

January 2025 - March 2025 Checks of $500 or greater

• Lisa presented the item. 

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Business Item 3

Proposal to appoint DASG Marketing Interns as DASG Social Media Officers

• Victor presented the item. 
• Proposed appointing marketing interns to fill the vacant DASG Marketing positions. 
• Aditya moved to approve, Wadi seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Business Item 4

Internal Elections Rubric

• Discussion took place on the proposed rubric, if approved the rubric would be implemented at the next elections. 
• Yan Ming moved to end discussion, Matsuko seconded the motion, motion failed. 
• Anish motioned to extend the discussion of the item by 10 minutes, Mahder seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Katia motioned to extend discussion by 7 minutes, Van seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Aditya moved to extend time by 10 minutes, Mahder seconded, objection. 

Motion to extend time by 10 minutes
#	Last	First	Vote
1	Paliska	Luca	-
3	Sharma	Aditya	Yes
4	Bravo	Katia	Yes
7	Ozaki	Michi	No
8	Huang	Jin	No
9	Li	Iris	No
10	Abukhater	Rami	No
11	Burkhanova	Dariga	No
12	Chu	Ryan	x (leave of absence)
14	Hartono	Lauren	No
16	Kim	Minseo	No
19	Lei	Wadi Lin	Yes
21	Madrid	Joshua	Abstain
22	Min	Jin Gi	No
24	Nguyen	Van Loc	Yes
25	Pham	Victor	Yes
26	Shaikh	Fatima Zehra	Yes
27	Shamarao	Anish	-
28	Teng	Yan Ming	No
30	Estrada Nakamatsu	Matsuko	No
31	Aklilu	Mahder	Yes
32	Washington	Lia	Yes
33	Truong	Nhi	-
34	Yung	Yin Wa	Yes
35	Krawez	Kyle	Yes
36	Chang	Tracy	Yes
11 - yes, 10 - No, 1- abstain | Time extended by 10 minutes; motion passed

• Aditya motioned to extend time by 15 minutes, Mahder seconded, motion passed. 
• Aditya moved to end discussion, Yan Ming seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Public Comments

• VIDA: If anyone did the cohort with Cynthia in the Fall, let me know and rsvp. 
• Ann: If you did go with the aggregated version would senate share the deaggregated data?
• Yin Wa: SSCCC elections on Friday. 
• Van: Thank you for participating in the business item, I am happy with the progress. I don't hate anyone sharing their opinions. 
• Aditya: I don't hate anyone, no hard feelings towards anyone. 
• Luca: Room filled woth some of the most political and ambitious students, intense discussions will happen. 
• Anish: Flea Market this Saturday! 
• Rami: Flea Market this Saturday! 
• Katia: I don't hate anyone. 

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Advisor Announcements

• None

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Prospective Senators

• Jayven Huang - DASG President

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Adjournment

• Luca adjourned the meeting at 5:52 pm.