THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT GOVERNMENT OF CUYAMACA COLLEGE
Cuyamaca College, Rancho San Diego Parkway, El Cajon, California, 92019
Associated Student Government Meeting Agenda
Student Center, I-124
Friday, March 4th, 2016 at 12:30pm
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Associated Student Government of Cuyamaca College (ASGCC) will hold a Regular Meeting on March 4th,
2016. The meeting time and location are noted above. The ASGCC reserves the right to suspend the orders of the day if necessary to conduct
business. All ASGCC meetings are held in locations that are wheelchair accessible. Other disability-related accommodations will be provided to
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Order of Business
Quorum was established. Meeting was called to order at 12:31pm by President Mariah
Moschetti.
I.
Present: Mariah Moschetti, Evan Esparza, Onjoli Jones, Davi Peterson,
Alan Kassab, Julio Chavez, Brianna Winans, Jesus Suarez, Mason Thurman,
Tamarah Ibraheem, Niveen Almezory, Tanuja Adigopula, Carol Bianchi
II.
Adoption of the Agenda
III.
Approval of Minutes
ASGCC Regular Meeting Minutes from February 26th, 2016
 Approved
IV.
Public Comment
This time is reserved for members of the public to address the ASGCC with concern to any
agenda item or matter under the ASGCC’s jurisdiction. A time limit of three (3) minutes
per speaker and ten (10) minutes per topic shall be observed. The law does not permit
any action to be taken, nor extended discussion of any items not on the agenda. The
ASGCC may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed; however, for further
information, please contact the ASG Secretary for the item of discussion to be placed on a
future agenda.
(Brown Act § 54954.3)
V.
Reports of Officers (3 minutes per officer)
A. Tommie Post, Activities Assistant- Absent
B. Niveen Almezory, Public Relations Assistant- Presented the idea of
having students dress up for the Star Wars event.
C. Onjoli Thomas Jones, Secretary- Attended the Post Modern Social
Justice Symposium at SDSU where three women spoke on feminism,
racial identity, mental health, and LGBTQIA issues.
D. Mawj Hasan, Club Coordinator- Dr. Starck took the ASG members on a
tour of SDSU’s Cross Cultural Center, now named the Center for
Intercultural Relations.
E. Senators, Manny Juarez, Alex Cintron, Julio Chavez, Donnel Endaya,
Carol Bianchi, Shams Judhi, Tanuja Adigpoula, James Miller
Manny- Attended the PMSJ Symposium and found it fun and interesting.
Julio- Attended the Activities committee meeting where they are looking
for ways to advertise better; working on his senator project, but need the
Roberts Rule of Orders book to make further progress.
Donnel- Attended the Student Equity Forum.
Carol- Also attended the PMSJ Symposium. She commented how inspiring
it was to know that all of the accomplished speakers that attended started
at a community college.
Jimmy- Attended the Syposium and is currently working to talk to
Rachels Women Center.
F. Evan Esparza, Trustee- The Alumni Fest takes place on March 11th and
hopes some of us can volunteer.
G. Andrew Watkins, Treasurer- Absent
H. Jesus Suarez, Evening Vice President- Met with staff members to talk
about the project for Ariel, and he also hosted the Student Forum.
Currently working on getting joint Cross Cultural Center meetings with
Dr. Starck.
I. Davi Peterson, Executive Vice President- Has formulated a new system
of signing in during office hours and is now keeping track of absences
during ASG meetings.
J. Lauren Vaknin, ASG Advisor- Absent
K. Mariah Moschetti, President- Cuyamaca College will be hosting the next
Region X meeting.
VI.
Reports of Standing Committees
Webmasters Committee, Niveen Almezory- Would like to have the Cuyamaca
College website office hours, tutoring hours and clubs updated
VII.
Reports of Special Committees
VIII.
Reports of College Committee Representatives
IX.
Special Orders
1. Guest Speaker Randy Clark: Districtwide Sustainability ProgramImplemented a sustainability program with Synergistic where the goal is to
save $500,000 a year by conserving energy. Ways of doing so include turning
off the lights, electricity, appliances etc. during weekends and breaks. There
will also be new buildings designed to conserve energy. The speaker would
like to set up one on one interviews of what motivates us to be sustainable.
X.
Unfinished Business
XI.
New Business
A1. Approval of the Cyber Security Club
 This club encourages learning about computer defense and how to look
at code. Students do not need a technical background in order to join.
They will meet Friday afternoons
 Julio moves; seconded (6,0)
o Approved
A2. Approval and Allocation of Funds for the Purchase of the Book for the
Cultural Center: “And Her Name Was Katrina” by Dr. Tanis Starck
 Julio asks what the book is about and why we are approving it.
 Dr. Tanis King Starck methodically lays out the real story through the
words of those who live it, through historical facts and through her own
insights and emotions (Amazon)
 We are approving it because the book relates to our current culture and
the author works closely with Cuyamaca College and we would like to
promote local authors as much as we can.
 Davi moves to allocate $30.00 for the purchase of the book; seconded
(6,0)
o Approved
A3. Discussion and Approval of Purchasing an ASGCC Camera
 Niveen found a Canon camera online ($429.95) that would be useful for
documenting events and publicity.
 Jesus moves to allocate $450.00; seconded
o Approved
A4. Discussion and Approval of Adding Voting Members to the Webmasters
Committee
 Meeting time is 11:30am on Fridays. Voting members include: Evan,
Carol, Alan, Jesus, Davi, Mawj, Tanuja, Donnel.
A5. Discussion and Approval of Adding Voting Members to the Cross Cultural
Center Committee
 Meeting time is to be determined. Voting members now include: Davi,
Tanuja, Julio, Manny, Niveen
A6. Discussion and Approval of Adding Voting Members to the Activities
Committee
Meeting time is Thursday at 2pm. Voting members now include: Jesus, Julio,
Davi, Niveen, Mawj
A7. Discussion and Approval of Adding Voting Members to the Public Relations
Committee
 Meeting time is to be determined. Voting members now include: Jesus,
Julio, Davi, Tammy, Tanuja
A8. Discussion and Approval of Adding Voting Members to the Newsletter
Committee
 Meeting time is to be determined. Voting members now include: Julio,
Davi, Jesus, Tanuja
A9. Approval of Evan Esparza to the CBOC Committee
 Citizen Bond Over site Committee
 Jesus moves; seconded (6,0)
o Approved
A10. Approval of the Revised Region X Constitution as Presented
 Item postponed to next meeting
A11. Approval of the Revised ASGCC Constitution as Presented
 Julio comments that in order to change the Constitution, the
Constitution states that ASG has to get 3% of the campus to vote in
favor in two weeks and that this might me a challenge
 Jesus motions to previous question; 2/3 vote yes; motion approved
 ASG members would like to add a cover page and line breaks to the
Constitution
 All in favor
o Approved
XII.
Open Forum
This time is reserved for the ASGCC to informally discuss any topics that do not appear
on the agenda and do not require action to be taken. A limit of five (5) minutes per
speaker and ten (10) minutes per topic shall be enforced. If any item needs further
discussion or action, please contact the ASG Secretary for the item to be placed on future
agendas.
Jesus- Send Jesus flower recommendations that will be used for Ariel’s memorial.
Evan- Announced that the member of the month is Niveen!
Mariah- We need to discuss what food we will be serving for the Region X meeting
XIII.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 1:55pm