November 19, 2025

Call to Order

• Jayven called the meeting to order at 4:03 PM. 

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Roll Call

#	Last	First	Present	Late	Absent	Online	Left Early	Excused
1	Huang	Jayven	X
2	Nguyen	James	X
3	Ma	Alan	X
4	Ho	Chrissy	X
5	Tran	Hoang Anh Thu	X
6	Hua	Joey	X
7	Vongnakhone	Myles	X
8	Pyae	Min	X (4:06)
9	Zhu	Elora	X
10	Cacchione	Francesca Pia	X
11	Manglona	Gabe	X
12	Jevaria	Suyash	X
13	Lam	Caitlin	X
14	Brignetti	Ethan	X
15	Tai	Audrey	X
16	Vahidi	Ben	X
17	Saini	Lakshya	X
18	Yi	Ryan	X
19	Krawez	Kyle	X
20	Kao	Jacob	X
21	Soe	Thin Thida	X
22	Faisal	Aisyah	X
23	Chen	Jacob	X
24	Lieng	Tram	X
25	Guerrero Fernandez	Dali	X
26	Pedroza	Salvador	X
27	Ashebr	Blen	X
28	Serrano	Brandon	X
29	Blackman	Zander	X

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Approval of Minutes

November 12, 2025

• Suyash motioned to approve the minutes, Caitlin seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Public Comments

• None

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Advisor Announcements

• Maritza: Make sure you are 

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Senate Announcements

• None

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Student Trustee Announcements

• None

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External Shared Governance Committee Reports

• Academic Senate: Security protocols for football game coming up and restructuring the roles within RAPP. 
• College Planning: Cancelled agenda; no agenda for the month.
• Student Senate for California Community Colleges (SSCCC): Delegate report is due next week so any info that should be included please reach out to Gabe.

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Internal DASG Committee Reports

• Marketing: Discussed updating website showing support for undocumented students, resource fair and de stress. 
• Administration: Focused on intern projects and changes for elections timelines. 
• Events: Destress event on 12/1 and 12/2.

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Consent Calendar

• None

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Business Item 1

De Anza Basic Needs Hub Request 

• Finance Committee recommended $2,200 for the request. 
• Discussion took place on the item. 
• Kyle motioned to approve $1,400 for the request which includes,  Ben seconded the motion, discussion took place on the motion. 
• Salvador motioned to amend the motion to change to $2,200 (full amount). 
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Motion to amend the food budget to $2,000 | yes - , no
#	Last	First	Vote
1	Huang	Jayven	-
2	Nguyen	James	No
3	Ma	Alan	No
4	Ho	Chrissy	Yes
5	Tran	Hoang Anh Thu	Yes
6	Hua	Joey	Yes
7	Vongnakhone	Myles	Yes
8	Pyae	Min	Yes
9	Zhu	Elora	Yes
10	Cacchione	Francesca Pia	Yes
11	Manglona	Gabe	Yes
12	Jevaria	Suyash	No
13	Lam	Caitlin	Yes
14	Brignetti	Ethan	Yes
15	Tai	Audrey	Yes
16	Vahidi	Ben	Yes
17	Saini	Lakshya	Yes
18	Yi	Ryan	Yes
19	Krawez	Kyle	No
20	Kao	Jacob	No
21	Soe	Thin Thida	No
22	Faisal	Aisyah	Yes
23	Chen	Jacob	Yes
24	Lieng	Tram	-
25	Guerrero Fernandez	Dali	Yes
26	Pedroza	Salvador	Yes
27	Ashebr	Blen	Yes
28	Serrano	Brandon	Yes
29	Blackman	Zander	Yes
No - 6		Yes - 21

no - 6, 21 - yes

• Amended motion passed. 
• Discussion on the amended motion took place. 
• Min motioned to end the debate, Suyash seconded the motion. 
• Vote to approve the $2,200 for the Basic Needs Funding Request (2000 - food, 100 - printing, 100 - supplies) Kyle seconded, roll call vote. 

Vote to approve the $2,200 for the Basic Needs Funding Request
#	Last	First	Vote
1	Huang	Jayven	-
2	Nguyen	James	No
3	Ma	Alan	No
4	Ho	Chrissy	Yes
5	Tran	Hoang Anh Thu	Yes
6	Hua	Joey	Yes
7	Vongnakhone	Myles	Yes
8	Pyae	Min	Yes
9	Zhu	Elora	Yes
10	Cacchione	Francesca Pia	Yes
11	Manglona	Gabe	Yes
12	Jevaria	Suyash	No
13	Lam	Caitlin	Yes
14	Brignetti	Ethan	Yes
15	Tai	Audrey	Yes
16	Vahidi	Ben	Yes
17	Saini	Lakshya	Yes
18	Yi	Ryan	No
19	Krawez	Kyle	No
20	Kao	Jacob	No
21	Soe	Thin Thida	Abstain
22	Faisal	Aisyah	Yes
23	Chen	Jacob	Yes
24	Lieng	Tram	No
25	Guerrero Fernandez	Dali	Yes
26	Pedroza	Salvador	Yes
27	Ashebr	Blen	Yes
28	Serrano	Brandon	Yes
29	Blackman	Zander	Yes
No - 7, 1 - abstain		Yes - 20

• Motion passed. 

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Business Item 2

Helya Bahari Kashani Memorial Scholarship Proposal

• Melody Yazdi and Vala Makhfi presented the item. 
• Discussion on scholarship amount options took place. 
• Min motioned to support the Helya Bahari Kashani Memorial Scholarship, Chrissy seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Business Item 3

Foothill-De Anza Community College District Academic Freedom and Free Speech Policy

• Gabe presented the item. 
• Min motioned to approve the endorsement of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Academic Freedom and Free Speech Policy, Salvador seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Business Item 4

Election Code & Posting Guidelines Changes

• Jayven motioned to amend the section 2 insert and non candidates 
• Jayven motioned to Caitlin seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Jayven motioned to extend time for 30 minutes, Jacob seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Jayven motioned to amend Section 2 article A-1, Jacob seconded the motion, no objections.
• Jayven motioned to delete a spoken public apology in front of the senate that lasts 3 minutes, Chrissy seconded the motion, raise of hands vote took place, motion failed.
• Jayven motioned to amend the elections code (section 3 complaints and appeal meetings), Chrissy seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Jayven motioned to extend the meeting for an additional 15 minutes, Jacob seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Suyash motioned to amend by deleting (Article 6, Section 1) to automatically end the day before the DASG Senate meeting, before spring trainings begin and then replace it with or 1 meeting. Jacob seconded the motion, no objections.
• James motioned to revert changes to (Article 7, Section G1 & G2), Bryan seconded the motion, no objections.
• James motioned to approve the DASG Elections Code for November 19, 2025, Suyash seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Public Comments

• Jayven: Thanks for everyone who stayed through the entire meeting. 
• Thin Thida: Next week will be last senate meeting for fall quarter.

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Advisor Announcement

• Maritza: Please be more professional moving forward and minimize chatter for captions and minutes. Be mindful of how you're conducting yourself throughout senate. We have budgeted for a certain number of meals for the year and don't want you to not have meals for major meetings like budget deliberations and elections. 
• Dennis: Some things are very important such as the elections code so please be mindful of when you choose not to extend time for time sensitive items. 

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Adjournment

• Jayven adjourned the meeting at  6:51 PM.