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Lucky Reggion VII November 2014

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fall 2014 general assemblymeeting’s highlights

Interview: Colin van loonInterview: Ttiana buttice

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Assembly

Saturday general session

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General A

external affairs meetingmarch in march item discussion

The SSCCC external Affairs committee met during a special meeting to discuss the future of the march in march . The committee concluded that a recommendation to council should be to hold a rally in march for advocacy training

Followed by legislative visits.

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Assembly

resolutions sessiongeneral assembly minutes

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General A

resolutions sessionThe following resolutions sponsored were sponsored by

Region VII and were passed at the general assembly: 27.01 Advisor’s Role26.06 Prop 13 Reform

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Highlights

region vii at the regional meeting at general assembly

11/14/14

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Meeting’s H

left to right: gregory peterson, compton education cen-ter; ray gosen, lamc; ali khan, smc; mark marrufo, lahc; gerald powell, lattc; nick alderete, pcc; hubert tran, pcc; justin blackburn, laswc; Austin smith, lavc; delegate, ccc; Sabrina Farah, El Camino Community college; sunny mar-

tinez, east los angeles college; quincy coleman wlac.

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Highlights- Working to acquire a food truck - Wifi is still an issue as only two buildings have rudimental wifi access

compton ed. center

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- Working to renovate their cafeteria- Minimum wage has been changed from $11.75 -> $15.00

east la college

- Recycling has been a major focus- Student Activity fee implementation- Improvement of veteran’s division counselors

el camino cc

- Fundraiser for homeless and disadvantaged students- Black History Month celebration will have poetry speakers, and accomplishments

los angeles cc

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Meeting’s H11/14/14

- G.A. Public Forum - 3 main portions: 1. club presentations 2. resolution portion – summary, pro/cons 3. any student feedback

la harbor college

- Repurposing old parking meters as donation boxes for homeless students- Charging stations in tables- Had their first job fair in 10 years- Sheriffs -> free services for students- Escorts -> will take students to their cars - Multicultural day

la mission college

- Holding a car show- Work service center opened

lattc

- Health center – assistance with alcohol, do-mestic violence- ASR broadcast 1 hour on the radio

la valley college

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Highlights- Know your rights events- Student rep fee discussion- Student Lobby communication leg visits

Pasadena city c.

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- Students gift card for cafeteria + books- Food pantry- UC Davis – Sustainable Convergence- Organic learning Garden- Student Success Award $500,00 - $1000.00 including a banquet- Movie nights- ASO credit card- Book share programs, textbooks, and bookshelf

santa monica c.

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Meeting’s H- Food service complaints looking at alternatives- Students feeding students- ASACC Conference in New Orleans

west la college

- Technology innovations: ASO mobile phone app- Counseling app including petitions and ed plan- Toy drive in December- Spring masquerade ball

la southwest c.

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colin v.l.

My term started in april, 2014, so i’ve been on the board for a bit more than 6 months.

When did your term start as a student member on the bog?

colin van loon, the appointed voting student on the board of governors, met with region vii communications officer during fall 2014 ssccc general assem-bly to discuss his position on bog, the current issues related to education, and his plans af-ter he transfers from college.

can you please tell us about how you went from the non-voting member to a voting member on the bog?

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interview: c

which college are you from?

i’m from clovis community college center, which is right in the center of california in fresno. we will be the 113th community college, if accreditation goes well in march next year.

are you involved with associated students organization at your college?

it happened extremely quickly. right after my first meeting the previous board member’s term expired and i had to step in. gener-ally, a non-voting member would have a year before they become a voting member, but i had just one month.

what current issue or a bill are you particularly interested in?

because of recent crisis with ccsf, which lost its accreditation, i am looking at how accjc accredits colleges. there’s an asso-ciation of the accreditors on the west coast, so the bog will be looking at potentially new accreditor for our system. we took into consideration what constituents reached out to us with, and that is potentially looking at another accreditor.

yes, i am my asg president. i think presidency and bog fit well to-gether for i get to have a unique perspective.

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colin v.l.

what is your opinion on proposition 13 reform?

how do you feel about the legislative priorities of ssccc?

In my opinion, they’ve been a lot more robust recently and a lot more goal-oriented. last year they pushed for ab1358, which was an extremely bold move, and it recently got passed in the legis-lature. so i’m interested how everything rolls out with that. and this is just one example of something great that they’ve been do-ing. in general, i think that this particular board is a lot more involved in the legislature. also, i support what the board had supported sb850, which would allow community colleges in cali-fornia provide bachelors degrees. i think the priorities are in line with legislation and as long as they keep the focus, everything will be great as it seems right now.

it much needed and the funds from it need to go to community

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interview: ccollege system in particular. currently, if the reform is passed, they will go to the general fund for k14 system, because commu-nity colleges aren’t recognized separately from k12 schools. so we need to outline that we’re in support, but also that an adequate if not a significant amount of those funds needs go to the commu-nity college system. of course i’m for keeping corporations and big businesses honest in regard to them paying their fair share in taxes for the education systems lack funding in california and we’re really hungry for it. we continue to ask for more, and this would be a perfect opportunity for us to gain more revenue, es-pecially in light that prop. 30 will be expiring soon.

what are your plans after you transfer and will you remain active in student government when you do?

i hope to transfer to columbia or georgetown universities, and finish my bachelors in philosophy. then i plan to attend law school. i want to be in federal or state legislature and get into politics. i want to express my passion in especially education and create legislation that benefits the system. and if the college i transfer to has an active student government, i’d love to partic-ipate.

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tiana b.

My name is Tiana Buttice and I am a first time senator who previ-ously served as the delegate for Cypress College for almost 2 years. I am an External Affairs Senator from Region VIII and I am currently the chair of the General Assembly Planning Commit-tee (GAPC). I also sit on a number of other SSCCC internal oper-

Tell about yourself and your position with SSCCC?

a few of gapc mem-bers left to right:Alana VoechtingAlejandra Colontiana butticeannaly medrano

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interview: tWhen and why did you decide you wanted to be GAPC Chair?During the beginning of the fall semester, I joined the committee because I was interested in planning the GA, but I had never in-tended to take a position of leadership. It wasn’t until a friend of mine encouraged me to run that I even considered it. After giving it a lot of thought, I decided that I was the best person for the position, so I went after it and I won the election for chair.

What are your responsibilities as a GAPC Chair?

As the chair I am responsible for creating all of our agendas, calling our meetings to order, and chairing the meetings. Ad-ditionally, I am responsible for keeping in contact with our Chancellor’s Office Liaisons and any other constituent who has questions, comments, or concerns about the General Assembly. The committee itself is responsible for developing the theme and program, identifying keynote and breakout speakers, seek-ing locations for future events, creating materials for adver-tisement, coordinating the onsite staffing needs, and implement-

ating committees and Chancellor’s Office committees.

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tiana b.

Keeping in contact with many different people all at once: the presenters, keynote speakers, vendors, Chancellor’s Officestaff, other SSCCC committees and senators, members of the GAPC, etc.Also, it was very difficult to pinpoint exactly how things would play out onsite. There were a number of tiny challenges that came up during the event that we had never even thought to plan for. What part of GA did you really enjoy planning?

How long did it take to plan General Assembly?

We began the planning process in early July and continued all the way through November, so almost five months. Ideally, we would have even more time than that!

What was the most difficult part about planning GA?

ing all other activities associated with conducting the Ga.

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interview: tI was particularly excited about our theme this year. My favor-ite part was probably trying to tie everything into that theme and working with those who created the materials for our event! Our postcards, programs and T-Shirts were spot on!

What were your responsibilities during GA?

Oversight of presenters and senators, coordinating registra-tion and information tables, and making sure everything was running smoothly.What do you think is the most important thing to do/find/read/research in order to feel more prepared for GA?

Honestly, experience is the best preparation. I spent hours read-ing information packets, and talking to former GAPC Chairs. I realized after the fact that nothing could have truly prepared me for the real thing. Once you are actually at the General As-sembly you get the perfect idea of what needs to be done. The small details make a huge difference.

Would you like to say anything to our readers?

Thank you for doing all that you do as student leaders and in-spiring me every day to work hard.

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