ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Oct. 15 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.
Meeting called to order at 6:11 p.m.
Joe Chatham, ASUCD president, present
Chris Dietrich, ASUCD vice president, arrived late
Joemar Clemente, ASUCD senator, present
Danny Garrett, ASUCD senator, present
Justin Gold, ASUCD president pro-tempore, present
Erin Lebe, ASUCD senator, present
Kevin Massoudi, ASUCD senator, present
Justin Patrizio, ASUCD senator, present
Laura Pulido, ASUCD senator, present
Shawdee Rouhafza, ASUCD senator, present
Trevor Taylor, ASUCD senator, present
Mo Torres, ASUCD senator, present
Previn Witana, ASUCD senator, present
Jack Zwald, ASUCD senator, present
Appointments and confirmations
Gold was appointed as president pro-tempore for the meeting with a 6-5-0 vote.
Daniel Goodman was appointed as a member to the Elections Committee.
The senate approved four new members to the Business and Finance Commission (BFC).
Allyson Knight was appointed as a member of the Outreach Assembly.
Brian Nuss was appointed commissioner of the Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission, ECAC.
Sergio Cano, Subhan Cheema, Don Ho, Amy Martin, Max Mikalonis and Kevin Navarro were appointed commissioners to the Internal Affairs Commission, IAC.
Nareen Bagdasarian, Danny Carlson, Jess Lam, Darwin Moosavi and Jennifer Urrutia were appointed commissioners to the Environmental Policy and Planning Commission, EPPC.
Jennifer Casanova was appointed as a commissioner to the Gender and Sexuality Commission, GASC.
Don Gibson was appointed City and County Affairs Director.
Unit Director Reports
Will Klein of the Campus Center for the Environment, CCE, stated that they are having weekly meetings with all the environmental clubs, working on a plastic bag ban in the city and also that the John Muir Institute contacted them about getting compost bins set up around campus. There will also be a meeting on Wednesday teaching people how to fix their own bike tires to save money.
Public Announcements
Jeff Williams of the BFC announced that it is still hiring.
Priya Shukla of EPPC announced that the environmental showcase will be Monday at 7 p.m. as well as a CCE orientation event.
Torres announced that there will be a Safe Zone training session on Thursday and that Friday is the 20th annual “Davis is Burning” drag festival.
Jasmine Smith of the ECAC announced that it has extended its application deadline to next week.
Amy Hartstein of the IAC announced that its meetings are on Mondays at 5:10 p.m. in the Garrison Room, and that there will be a legislature-writing clinic on Monday, Nov. 16.
Sarah Raridon of GASC announced that Student Housing may be shutting down the Davis student co-ops, which would evict 13 people from the property.
Ex-Officio reports
Dana Percoco of the External Affairs Commission (EAC) announced that it is planning to distribute maps telling first-year students where they can use their Aggie Cash.
Consideration of Old Legislation
Senate Bill 5, authored and introduced by Witana, to update the duties of the Senate President Pro Tempore, passed unanimously.
Senate Bill 6, authored and introduced by Witana, to amend Section 502 B as to improve flexibility in forming an Interviewing Committee, passed unanimously.
Senate Resolution 3, authored by Dietrich and co-authored and introduced by Zwald, opposing the proposed fee increases and the related effects on the students of the University of California, passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 9:07 p.m.
ARNOLD LAU compiles the senate briefs. He can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.
