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DESCRIPTION:College of Marin Student Senate\nSpecial Meeting Agenda\n\nSeptember 17, 
 2007\nNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the College of Marin Student Senate 
 will\nhold a special meeting on\nMonday, Sept. 13, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. in 
 SS A on the Kentfield Campus\n(N37°57.20754, W122°32.94618).\nI. Call to 
 Order\nII. Roll Call\nSenators\nHoa Long Tam President\nJessica Cronin 
 SSCCC Delegate\nSarah Swartz Senator\nGayle Conway Senator\nIris Tandler 
 Senator\nGloria Jones Senator\nOskar Klausenstock Senator\nDavid Quinley 
 Senator\nStig Wanberg Senator\nVacancies\nSenator, Governance 
 Coordinator.\nI. Reading and Approval of the Minutes\nA. Minutes of August 
 27, 2007.\nIII. Reading and Adoption of the Agenda\nIV. Public Requests to 
 Address the Senate on Items Not on the Agenda\nV. Reports\nVI. Consent 
 Calendar Items\nA. Governance Committee Appointments for 2007-2008.\nVII. 
 Action Items\nA. Proposed Revisions to BP 6.0011.\nVIII. Information 
 Items\nA. Presentation by Academic Senators on the Transfer 
 Program\n(12:45-1:15).\nB. Student Senate, MCCD and California State 
 Budgets for FY08.\nC. National Incident and State Emergency Management 
 Systems (NIMS &\nSEMS).\nD. Board Policies and Administrative Procedures 
 Manual Complete\nRevision.\nIX. Discussion of Unfinished Business\nA. 
 Pending Legislation in the State Legislature affecting COM.\nX. Discussion 
 of New Business\nA. Review Board of Trustees Agenda\nB. Carbon 
 Neutrality.\nC. Board of Trustees Budget Goals and Priorities 
 2008/2009.\nD. Resolution on WSCH/ASF Ratios in Title V.\nE. Resolution on 
 Statewide Use of Plus/Minus in Final Grades.\nF. Conferences for the 
 2007-2008 Academic Year.\nG. Compressed Academic Calendar.\nXI. Items for 
 Possible Future Senate Consideration\nSS120 • 835 College Ave. • 
 Kentfield • CA • 94904 •\n(415) 485-9373 • 
 student.senate@marin.edu\nPage 1 of 2\nA. Branson High School Athletics 
 Partnership.\nB. California Student Public Interest Research Group 
 (CALPIRG).\nC. College Non-Smoking Policy.\nD. College of Marin 
 Partnerships with External Organizations.\nE. Communication with 
 Students.\nF. Delayed Status of English 150 revisions.\nG. Intranet and 
 Outlook Public Folders Access Policy.\nH. New Furniture for SS 120.\nI. 
 Open Course Ware/Open Educational Resources.\nJ. Participatory Governance 
 System Plan Revisions.\nK. Senior Housing/Assisted Living project at 
 IVC.\nL. SSCCC and ASCCC Spring 2007 Resolutions Affecting COM.\nM. Student 
 Representation Authority Policy.\nN. Student Senate Bylaws and Procedures 
 Manual.\nO. Student Senate Constitution Revision.\nXII. Agenda Requests – 
 Next Meeting: Monday, September 17, 2007,\n12:30-2:00 p.m.\nXIII. 
 Announcements\nXIV. Adjournment\nIn compliance with the Americans with 
 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 USC\n12132 et seq.), if you need and wish to 
 request special\nassistance to access the meeting room or to otherwise 
 participate at\nthis meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, 
 please\ncontact Disabled Students Programs and Services at (415) 
 485-9601.\nNotification at least 24 hours prior to the meeting will\nenable 
 us to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to 
 the\nmeeting.\nIn compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act of 1952 (Cal. 
 Govt. Code 54950\net seq.), this meeting shall be open to all members\nof 
 the public without requiring identification. Audio recording, 
 video\nrecording or still photography is allowed so long as there is\nno 
 significant light, noise or obstruction of view that interferes 
 with\norderly proceedings.\nThe College of Marin Student Senate reserves 
 the right to change the\norder of the presented agenda as deemed necessary 
 at\nany time during the meeting. However, the Student Senate shall act 
 on\nposted agenda items only and shall not deliberate on\nitems that are 
 not on the posted agenda except on items exempted under\nthe Brown Act. 
 Persons desiring to address the\nSenate on items on the agenda must be 
 recognized by the Chair. Persons\ndesiring to address the Senate on items 
 not on the\nagenda may speak under item "V" on the agenda. Public 
 comment\npresentations will be limited to no more than five (5) 
 minutes\neach. Persons making public comment presentations or speaking to 
 agenda\nitems are required to identify themselves for the\npurposes of the 
 record. The Senate will not deliberate on Public 
 comment\npresentations.\nIn compliance with the California Public Records 
 Act (Cal. Govt. Code\n6250 et seq.), this agenda and all meeting 
 materials\ndistributed during this public meeting shall be made available 
 upon\nrequest and if requested in an appropriate alternate formats\nto 
 accommodate disabilities. CPRA requests may be made to Hoa Long Tam\nat: 
 hoalong.tam@marin.edu or (415) 485-9373.\nFor information about the Student 
 Senate, please contact Hoa Long Tam\nat: hoalong.tam@marin.edu or (415) 
 485-9373.\nCOLLEGE OF MARIN STUDENT SENATE\n835 COLLEGE AVE, 
 SS120\nKENTFIELD, CA 94904\nTEL: (415) 485-9373\nFAX: (415) 
 456-7770\nstudent.senate@marin.edu\nhttp://comstudentgovernment.blogspot.com/\nSS120 
 • 835 College Ave. • Kentfield • CA • 94904 •\n(415) 485-9373 • 
 student.senate@marin.edu\nPage 2 of 2\nMinutes of the College of Marin 
 Student Senate – August 27, 2007\nI. Call to Order\nThe College of Marin 
 Student Senate met in room SS A at the College of\nMarin, all 
 members\nhaving received notice as prescribed by law. Student Trustee Tam 
 called\nthe meeting to order\nat 12:45PM.\nII. Roll call\nPresent: 
 President Hoa-Long Tam, ASCOM President Inna Shapiro, Jessica\nSutter sat 
 in for\nSenator-at-Large Gayle Conway, and IVC Representative David 
 Quinley.\nMauricio Torres-\nBenavides also sat in for Advisor Arnulfo 
 Cedillo.\nAbsent: ASEC Representatives Iris Tandler and Gloria Jones and 
 Emeritus\nSenator-at-Large Oskar\nKlaussenstock.\nIII. Reading and Approval 
 of the Minutes\nThe Senate gave unanimous consent to approve the minutes of 
 May 8, 2007.\nIV. Approval and Adoption of the Agenda\nThe Senate gave 
 unanimous consent to approve the agenda as presented.\nV. Public Requests 
 to Address the Senate on Items Not on the Agenda\nThere was no member of 
 the public present who wished to address the\nSenate on items not\nlisted 
 on the agenda.\nVI. Reports\nStudent Trustee Tam gave a report on his 
 activities as Student Trustee\nand Student Senate\nPresident during the 
 intersession. No other members had reports. No\naction was taken.\nVII. 
 Consent Calendar Items\nA. Approval of NTE $1,100.00 for Student Trustee 
 Confrerence Expenses.\nAccount: 5200.02.\nB. Reimburse Sara McKinnon. 
 $36.68 for Robert's Rules of Order.\nAccount: 4500. PR: 7984.\nThe Senate 
 gave unanimous consent to approve the two Consent Calendar\nitems as 
 presented.\nVIII. Action Items\nA. Delegation of Presidential Authority 
 Policy.\nThe Senate gave unanimous consent to the policy, which would allow 
 the\nPresidents of ASCOM,\nASEC and ASIVC to appoint designees to the 
 Student Senate meetings.\nASCOM President\nShapiro stated that Sarah Swartz 
 would be her designee and Student\nTrustee Tam stated that\nGloria Jones 
 would be the designee of ASEC President Tandler.\nIX. Information Items\nA. 
 Californians for California Community Colleges Initiative.\nStudent Trustee 
 Tam referred members to his report on the Initiative\nwhich had been sent 
 out by\nemail before the meeting with the agenda.\nB. Gold Book 
 Revisions.\nStudent Trustee Tam informed the Senate that the College's 
 Policy\nand Procedure manual,\ncommonly referred to as the "Gold Book" 
 would be revised\ncompletely over the next academic\nyear.\nX. Discussion 
 of Unfinished Business\nXI. Discussion of New Business\nA. Draft 
 Environmental Impact Report (DEIR).\nStudent Trustee Tam stated that the 
 Draft Environmental Impact Reports\nfor both campuses had\nbeen released 
 and the public comment period would last until September\n6.\nB. Parking 
 Fees Policy Revision.\nDiscussion was held regarding a proposed revision to 
 the College's\nParking fees policy to bring it\nin line with current 
 California Education Code. Student Trustee Tam said\nthat it would be 
 placed\non the agenda at the next meeting as an action item.\nC. 
 COMet/Luminis Implementation and Student Representation\nStudent Trustee 
 solicited volunteers to work with the District as the\nimplemented the 
 BANNER\nmodule regarding Students as to avoid another problem similar to 
 the\nrecent Intranet fiasco.\nD. Student Senate Webpage Update.\nStudent 
 Trustee Tam solicited a volunteer to look into low-cost webpage\noption 
 that could be\nupdated more quickly than the page on the College. Jessica 
 Sutter\nvolunteered.\nE. Disabled Student Access/ADA Compliance\nStudent 
 Trustee Tam solicited a volunteer to act as liaison between the\nStudent 
 Senate and the\nDisabled Student Access Committee.\nF. Governance Committee 
 Appointments for 2007-2008.\nStudent Trustee Tam presented a list of 
 initial appointees for\nParticipatory Governance\nAppointees. He said that 
 there would be a vote for advice and consent at\nthe next meeting.\nG. 
 Pending State Legislation Affecting COM.\nStudent Trustee Tam presented a 
 list of various bills in the State\nLegislature that could affect COM\nif 
 they passed.\nH. Student Representation Authority Policy.\nStudent Trustee 
 Tam stated that a decision had been made in the\nmodernization 
 process\nregarding the DSPS relocation. He said that V-Anne Chernock had 
 stated\nat a Board of Trustees\nmeeting that there was Student input by a 
 group of students that Chris\nSchultz had brought to\nthe meeting. He said 
 that the Student Senate had not been consulted, and\nthat, although 
 the\nStudent Senate was not necessarily opposed to the proposal, he felt 
 that\nthe Student Senate\nneeded to be in the loop earlier, and solicited a 
 volunteer to draft a\npolicy statement that\nwould clarify the Student 
 Senate's stance.\nI. Communication with Students\nStudent Trustee Tam asked 
 members to think of ways to improve\ncommunication with students\nso we 
 could have a discussion at the September 17 meeting.\nJ. Student Senate 
 Meeting Schedule\nDavid Quinley brought up the issue that September 3 was 
 Labor Day.\nStudent Trustee Tam said\nhe would look into an alternate date 
 for the meeting.\nXII. Items for Possible Future Board Action\nThere were 
 no questions on the items listed. No action was taken.\nXIII. Agenda 
 Requests\nThe floor was opened up for agenda requests for the next meeting. 
 No\naction was taken.\nXIV. Announcements\nThere were no announcements. No 
 action was taken.\nXV. Adjournment\nStudent Trustee Tam adjourned the 
 meeting at 
 1:48.\n______________________________\n______________________________________________\nHoa-Long 
 Tam, Student Trustee Arnulfo Cedillo, Ed.D. Director of 
 Student\nAffairs\nIn compliance with the California Public Records Act 
 (Cal. Govt. Code\n6250 et seq.), these minutes and all meeting materials 
 distributed\nduring this public meeting shall be made available upon 
 request and, if\nrequested, in appropriate alternate formats to 
 accommodate\ndisabilities. CPRA requests may be made to Hoa Long Tam 
 at:\nhoalong.tam@marin.edu or (415) 485-9373\nCOLLEGE OF MARIN STUDENT 
 SENATE\n835 COLLEGE AVE, SS120\nKENTFIELD, CA 
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