February 11, 2026

Call to Order

• Jayven called the meeting to order at 4:10PM. 

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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 (7:54)				x
4	Ho	Chrissy	x				x (7:38)
5	Tran	Hoang Anh Thu	x
6	Hua	Joey	x
7	Vongnakhone	Myles	x
8	Pyae	Min	x
9	Cacchione	Francesca Pia	x				x (7:36)
10	Manglona	Gabe	x	x (4:19)
11	Jevaria	Suyash			x
12	Lam	Caitlin	x
13	Brignetti	Ethan	x
14	Tai	Audrey	x
15	Vahidi	Ben	x
16	Saini	Lakshya	x				x (6:15)
17	Yi	Ryan	x
18	Krawez	Kyle	x
19	Kao	Jacob	x
20	Soe	Thin Thida	x
21	Faisal	Aisyah	x
22	Chen	Jacob	x
23	Lieng	Tram	x
24	Guerrero Fernandez	Dali	x	x (4:20)
25	Pedroza	Salvador	x
26	Ashebr	Blen			x
27	Serrano	Brandon	x
28	Blackman	Zander	x

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Approval of Minutes

February 4, 2026

• Francesca motioned to approve, Min seconded, no objection, motion passed.

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Public Comments

• Ann Penalosa: In the future, please clarify in the recording minutes the last name initial since there are two Jacobs in this senate.
• Hansen: my name is Henson Wong, and I'm here on behalf of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges (SSCCC). Each year, community college students from across the state come together in Sacramento for March in March Advocacy Day to advocate directly to legislators about the issues impacting community college students. This includes funding, financial aid access, and resources that support student success. We're inviting students from your campus, to join us in Sacramento on March 12th as we march to the steps of the State Capitol, to bring awareness to the needs of community college students in the state. This march is open to all students, faculty, staff, and supporters. I'll share the RSVP link and the QR code in the chat. If you want to learn more, DM us on Instagram at @SSCCC_official to get the RSVP link or ask any questions. 
  • March in March
  • Date: March 12, 2026
  • Time & Start Location: TBD
  • End Location: Capitol Steps, Sacramento, 3:30 p.m.
  • Join students, SSCCC leaders, and union representatives as we march to the Capitol and participate in speeches and events highlighting our collective commitment to change.
  • RSVP HERE
• Salvadore: There's a group of us from VIDA going to March in March together. If there are any senators interested in going with us, please reach out to me and I can connect you with the trip group. 
• Francesca: If you are an elections candidate, please remember to check your emails since we send out important information from the DASG Elections account. Elections have dropped all candidates with no-shows to the election info session, in accordance with our bylaws. 

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Budgeter Comments

• Jason Bram for Marine Biology:
  • I teach marine biology at De Anza College, and each quarter I take my students on a camping trip to a UC reserve. Your funding covers the food, equipment, and camping fees, which allows every student to participate without worrying about cost. I’m deeply grateful for this support because I could not run these trips on my own.
• Gavin Rust and Jason Huang for La Voz:
  • La Voz needs to focus less on sustaining advertisement and more on reporting on local news. The skills we teach to students are directly used in the journalism industry. As one of the most awarded colleges in country for journalism, we should be able to support our students more, not less.
• Charles Van Meurs for Men of Color:
  • We are requesting $6,400 for a myriad of purposes to further support the Men of Color community including but not limited to university tours, trips to different companies such as Google and Linkedin, and our graduation ceremony.
• Adriana Garcia for Office of Equity:
  • With DASG funding, I’m able to help build a strong and inclusive community on our campus. My office hosts monthly Heritage Month events—sometimes two at once—highlighting groups such as Latinx, Filipino American, and LGBTQ+ communities. These events promote representation, cultural learning, intersectionality, wellness, empathy, and student leadership, all of which strengthen our campus climate.
• Ethan Nguyen and Kyi Sin Win Khant for InterClub Council (ICC):
  • ICC has 80+ clubs, club days, and many mini events all year round Clubs provide not only learning opportunities and leadership experience but also make lifelong memories However with the increasing amount of clubs and meetings we’re doing, there are two major challenges. Our Advisor and administrative officers are being overworked by club affairs such as agenda and minute submissions of club meeting, monitoring club statuses and managing club events. The 12k approved was helpful but with the number of hours our assistant needs to work, it’s not sufficient. Another challenge is the food budget. Our events have big food expenses in order to gain engagement and attendance. in order to continue planning impactful events we need more funds for food.
• Casey Wheat for Veterans:
  • At the Veterans Resource Center, I support active military members, veterans, and their dependents. My students asked me to advocate for a Veterans Career Fair focused on hiring veterans, so this funding would cover food and event supplies. I’m also requesting continued funding for book vouchers, which are crucial for new veterans who often experience gaps in their educational benefits. I want to thank you for always supporting our veteran students.
• Casey wheat for basic needs:
  • For the Basic Needs Center, I plan to expand our quarterly events next year, including a Fall Resource Fair, a Winter CalFresh event, and a Spring Student Employment Job Fair. Funding would mainly support food for participants. These events help students learn about campus resources, financial aid, employment, and general basic needs support, and they encourage them to visit our center more often.
• Sabrina Moore and Gillian Grubb for FA PAC:
  • We want to thank you for approving our budget. At FA PAC, we advocate for students, staff, and faculty, and we’ve worked on initiatives like the Prop 50 campaign, Measure A, and the Measure G housing plan. This year, we had to cut A&P budget in order to hire more staff, but we hope to restore those plans next year. We truly appreciate your support.

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Advisor Announcements

• None

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Senate Announcements

• Dali: We have set up a vigil right outside of the cafeteria honoring the 9 people that have been killed by ICE. Over 40 volunteers come out and make posters, community circle, and collaborate across offices. This is a collaboration between FA PAC, Public Policy School, and VIDA. It's nice, there's flowers, candles, handmade posters. I would really encourage you guys to check it out.
• Min: ICC is collaborating with DASG Student Rights and Equity to have a cultural day. It is planned to be on March 2nd, from 12 to 2.30pm in the main quad.
• James: Elora has resigned as student trustee.
  • Min: Who is going to represent De Anza College at the board?
  • Hyon Chu: We can either appoint someone to go for the March board meeting, or we can have the new student trustee that’s to be sworn in start their term early.

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Student Trustee Announcements

• None

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External Shared Governance Committee Reports

• Gabe: SSCCC wants to look for people to go to General Assembly. If you would like to go to the conference, reach out to me and Dennis.
• Brandon: EAC is looking for student representation at the governance, and volunteers for both RAPP and College Council.

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Internal DASG Committee reports

• Jacob C.: Still working on lights out promotion.

• Ryan: Mini Flea Market coming up on February 25 from 11am-3pm.

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Consent Calendar

• None.

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Business Item 1

2026-2027 DASG Budget – Fund 46 (DASG Student Representation Fund) - First (1st) Vote

• The Finance Committee presented an overview of the Fund 46 budget.
• Salvadore motion to approve the DASG Budget for the 2026-2027 Fund 46 Student Representation Fund. James seconds.
• Votes called:

  First	Last	Vote
  Jayven	Huang	Yes
  James	Nguyen	Yes
  Alan	Ma	Not Present
  Chrissy	Ho	Yes
  Hoang Anh Thu	Tran	Yes
  Joey	Hua	Yes
  Myles	Vongnakhone	Yes
  Min	Pyae	Yes
  Blen	Ashebr	Not Present
  Zander	Blackman	Yes
  Ethan	Brignetti	Yes
  Francesca Pia	Cacchione	Yes
  Jacob	Chen	Yes
  Aisyah	Faisal	Yes
  Dali	Guerrero Fernandez	Yes
  Suyash	Jevaria	Not Present
  Sing (Jacob)	Kao	Yes
  Kyle	Krawez	Yes
  Caitlin	Lam	Yes
  Tram	Lieng	Yes
  Gabe	Manglona	Yes
  Salvador	Pedroza	Yes
  Lakshya	Saini	Yes
  Brandon	Serrano	Yes
  Thin Thida	Soe	Yes
  Audrey	Tai	Yes
  Ben	Vahidi	Yes
  Ryan	Yi	Yes

• 25 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain, 3 not present.
• Motion passes.

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Business Item 2

2026-2027 DASG Budget – Fund 41 (DASG General Fund) - First (1st) Vote

• Salvador moves to move introduction of candidates and prospective senators before business item 2, Jacob C. seconds. all in favor. Motion passes.
• Jayven moves to recess senate at 6:00pm.
• Jayven calls the meeting back into session at 6:39pm.
• James motion to cut 41-51162 Student Leadership Training, $2000 from professional services. Salvadore seconds.
• Discussion of Student Leadership Training occured. 
• Kyle motions to end discussion, Ryan seconds
• Votes called:

First	Last	Vote
Jayven	Huang	No
James	Nguyen	Yes
Alan	Ma	Yes
Chrissy	Ho	Not Present
Hoang Anh Thu	Tran	No
Joey	Hua	Not Present
Myles	Vongnakhone	Yes
Min	Pyae	Not Present
Blen	Ashebr	Not Present
Zander	Blackman	No
Ethan	Brignetti	Yes
Francesca Pia	Cacchione	Not Present
Jacob	Chen	No
Aisyah	Faisal	No
Dali	Guerrero Fernandez	No
Suyash	Jevaria	Not Present
Sing (Jacob)	Kao	No
Kyle	Krawez	No
Caitlin	Lam	Yes
Tram	Lieng	No
Gabe	Manglona	No
Salvador	Pedroza	No
Lakshya	Saini	Not Present
Brandon	Serrano	No
Thin Thida	Soe	No
Audrey	Tai	No
Ben	Vahidi	Not Present
Ryan	Yi	No

• 5 yes, 15 no, 0 abstain, 8 not present 
• Motion fails.
• Salvadore motion to table first vote to next senate meeting and continue from where we left off, Ethan seconds.

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Public Comments

• Thin: Thank you for everyone for staying until the end
• Dali: vigil posters are still outside on the campus center, please go check it out

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Advisor Announcement

• Hyon Chu: Thank you for being so thoughtful during the facilitation. This is a great deliberation.

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Introduction of prospective senators and executive elections candidates

• Arin Kumar
• James Yoshida
• Alissa Lo
• Nam Khanh Le
• Yumin Chiang
• Ha Le
• Vincent Goldomez

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Adjournment

• Jayven adjourned the meeting at 8:38PM.