October 29, 2025

Administration 10/29/25 Minutes - 

• Call to order - 2:05 PM
• Public comments - 2:05 PM
  • Inquiry about the draft changes - none have been made
• Advisor announcements - 2:06 PM
  • Dennis: inquiry about the removal of computers within DASG lounge
    • Suyash: keep 1 mac and 1 normal
  • Dennis: reviewing bylaws at the senate meeting today, so we will probably review notes
• Shared governance reports - 2:07 PM
  • Suyash: CPC on oct 23
    • Drafting strategic plan in accordance with vision 2030
    • Improve overall student presence and enrollment
    • Add cybersecurity/AI bachelor’s
    • Working w/ RAPP to help with overall workload
  • James: RAPP
    • Expecting to finish faculty reports by next meetings
    • Go thru them all w/ group
    • Discussed AI use
• Intern projects - 2:08 PM
  • Suyash: 3 interns passed 
  • Project ideas: 
    • Joon
      • Reopen De Anza fitness center
        • Foothill has a fitness center open for a couple hrs per day from Mon-Fri
        • DA gym machines are kinda missing
      • Plan B: kleenex/hand sanitizer dispensers in each classroom
  • Nolan
    • Giving students discounts in local restaurants
      • About 3 boba places and 1 food place had student discounts -> contact Chipotle, Panda, Dish Dash to try and secure discounts for students
      • Chicha San Chen gave DA student discounts last year and are willing to do so again this year
    • Send out surveys to see what students want from student government
    • Student run rideshare (carpooling system for students)
  • If you have no project ideas -> you can read the elections code and find flaws
  • Francesca will send out an intern application form on the Discord. Existing interns will also have to fill it out for record-keeping purposes
• Election Code & Posting Guidelines Changes - 2:13 PM
  • James has both documents on the agenda
  • Dennis will be posting them to the admin channel on the Discord
  • First item: posting guidelines (second link sent by Dennis)
    • Fran: campaign materials must not be posted on, hang from, or come into contact with trees or plants in any way. -> merge this rule with the rule prohibiting posting on artwork; streamlined rules mean more people will read them well
    • Any campaign material in contact with trees will be in violation
    • Campaign material may only be posted outside if it is staked down and does not touch any vegetation
    • Fran: add fountains, statues, and other important things to the rule
      • Dennis: fountains are already pictured in the code, but this will make it more explicit
      • This could fall into “do not post on or deface artwork”
  • Do not leave anything on the ground
    • Preventative measure against candidates potentially leaving flyers on the ground
    • Proposal: add this as a sub-point C for rule 5 (no posting in buildings)
  • Edits to rule 5: 
    • MLC allows 1 poster per candidate on the poles inside the lobby and 1 by each of the entrances -> 5b already lays this out
      • Didn’t say anything about poles, but that’s the only place you can do it without obstructing
      • Max size = 8.5”*11”
    • VPAC allows 1 each per candidate
    • Buildings -> 
  • No need to clarify posting limits in 1 spot; $100 max spending incentivizes against posting significant amounts of material in 1 spot
  • No. 3 -> add a rule against posting above seating areas
    • E.g. if someone hangs a banner above a bench preventing it from being used, that’d be a no-go
  • Do not block any paths added as rule 5 -> everything after moved up
    • Includes walking and vehicle paths -> duplicate 
  • Rename from “posting guidelines” to “campaign material regulations”
  • Edit “banners on stakes” to “signs”
  • Get rid of coalitions
  • Add ballot numbers
  • Wrapping up w/ campaign material regulation 
  • Can’t have friends campaign for you
    • Last year, some coalitions had friends break campaign rules for them to skirt around the regulations -> part of coalition ban
    • Need strict language to prevent arguments/confusion
    • Keep reposting allowed; it’s unenforceable and can be used to take down opponents
    • Need to find a consistent structure for that
    • Declare a campaign team?
      • These guys cannot be candidates themselves, and must be pledged to one person
  • Add an explicit rule against posting on the glass
  • Coalitions -> gone, kaputt, byebye
    • People feel discouraged from running because they think they need a coalition
    • Complicates applications and financial reports
• Election code - 2:52
  • Election timeline needs changing
  • 2:53 PM - Table this item for the next meeting on 11/5
• Introduction of prospective interns - 2:53
  • No new prospective interns
  • Reminder: Fran posting intern application form -> existing interns still need to fill it out
• Public comments - 2:53
  • Suyash: interview openings after meeting
  • Use your FHDA email to fill out the intern form -> [your student id]@fhda.edu
  • If you don’t have a project in mind and you want to become an intern, Fran has put a section of the elections code as a potential project -> look over it and find flaws
• Meeting adjourned - 2:56