Meeting Minutes
Associated Students | San Diego State University

Monday, December 6, 2021 - 3:30pm
Council Chambers, Aztec Student Union

I. CALL TO ORDER 

A.S. President Ashley Tejada called the meeting to order at 3:32 p.m. 

II. ROLL CALL

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  1. Voting Members Present: Ashley Tejada, Karina Esteban, Shawki Moore, Austin Barber, Jennifer Schenkenfelder, Beth Bridges, Alexia Oduro, Simran Jain, Ari Weizman, Stephen Jackson, Dr. Aniesha Mitchell (for Dr. J. Luke Wood)
  2. Voting Members Absent:Margot Ermer, Dr. J. Luke Wood, Jessica Rentto
  3. Non-Voting Members Present: Janice Dils 
  4. Non-Voting Member Absent: Christina Brown, Christy Samarkos, Dr. Andrea Dooley
  5. Guests: Grace deVega, Meena Alexander, Patty Rea, Carlos Careaga

III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 

It was moved and seconded to approve the agenda for December 6, 2021.

WEIZMAN/BRIDGES                                                  CARRIED (10-0-0)

IV. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

It was moved and seconded to approve the previous meeting minutes of the November 29, 2021 ASBOD meeting.

ODURO/JAIN                                                              CARRIED (10-0-0)

V. PUBLIC COMMENT- None. 
VI. UNIVERSITY REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS 

  1. Business and Financial Affairs Designee:  No report.
  2. University President’s Designee: Dr. Aniesha Mitchell reported on the following:
  1. Student Affairs and Campus Diversity (SA+CD) entered an agreement with Bank of America.
  2. Great job on the Aztecs Rock Hunger campaign this year!  SA+CD is honored to be the division winner this year. 

VII. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

  1. General Consent Agenda (Action)
    It was moved and seconded to approve the General Consent Agenda, which includes the 11/17 Marketing & Communication Committee minutes, 12/3 Audit Committee minutes, and 12/6 Financial Affairs Committee minutes.
    WEIZMAN/SCHENKENFELDER                         CARRIED (10-0-0)
  2. General Consent Report (Information)
    The General Consent Report was reviewed.

  3. Proposed Amendments to the A.S. Bylaws, Codes, and Charters (Action) - Grace deVega, A.S. Chief Justice (Time Certain 4:15 p.m.)
    #BA F21-01 College of Engineering Student Council
    #BA F21-02 ASBOD - Specific Board Member Duties
    #BA F21-03 ASUC, ASCLC, and ASJAC Member Responsibilities
    #BA F21-04 ASJAC Jurisdiction

      It was moved and seconded to approve the proposed bylaw amendments for fall 2021 as    presented.

    BRIDGES/JAIN                                                   CARRIED (10-0-0)

  4. Aztec Culture Education Training Module Review (Information) - Grace deVega and Meena Alexander - Aztec Culture Education Committee Members (Time Certain, immediately after Item C.)
    Grace and Meena provided information and answered questions regarding the Aztec Culture Education Training Module.
  5. A.S. Fall Budget (Information) - Austin Barber, A.S. Vice President of Financial Affairs,  and Carlos Careaga, A.S. Finance Director (Time Certain 4:45 p.m.)
    Austin reviewed the A.S. fall budget. 
  6. Approval of Spring 2022 BOD/Councils Meeting Schedule and A.S. Elections Schedule (Action)
    It was moved and seconded to approve the Spring 2022 BOD/Councils Meeting and A.S. Elections Schedule.
    WEIZMAN/JACKSON                                              CARRIED (10-0-0)

VIII. CLOSED SESSION

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  1. Associated Students Employee Compensation (Action )- Patty Rea, Associate Executive Director. Proposal of part-time employee wage increases/revised Part-Time Pay Rate Schedule in response to January 1, 2022 minimum wage increase, and proposal of full-time equity/restructure salary increases. (Time Certain 3:45 p.m.)

    It was moved and seconded to move into closed session.

    JAIN/JACKSON                                                       CARRIED (10-0-0)

     

    The item was discussed.

      It was moved and seconded to approve the part-time employee wage increases and revised    part-time pay rate schedule in response to the January 1, 2022 minimum wage increase and    the proposal of the full-time equity/restructure salary increases.
      JACKSON/ODURO                                                CARRIED (10-0-0)


    It was moved and seconded to move out of closed session.

    JAIN/WEIZMAN                                                      CARRIED (10-0-0)

     

IX. BOARD OF DIRECTOR COMMITTEE REPORTS 

  1. Audit Committee: None.
  2.   Facilities Committee: None.
  3. Financial Affairs Committee (FAC): None.
  4.  Marketing and Communications Committee: None.

X. EXECUTIVE REPORTS

  1. President: Ashley Tejada reported on the following:
    1. Met with Dr. Luke Wood. The Native Resource Center grand opening was last week. Providing the Year of Community promotional items to all College Councils. Met with the California State University Chancellor Castro. Attended Strategic Plan Activity Number 8 and 13 Committee meetings in regards to third party revenue. The University Senate Committee meeting is this Thursday and they will review the Principles of Community. This Wednesday, 12/8, we will have an All Council meeting at 3:30 p.m. 
  2. Executive Vice President: Karina Esteban reported on the following:
    The push week for Your Mental Health Matters was last week.  Thank you for all your support. The first Aztec Achievement Awards meeting is scheduled for tomorrow at the Pride Suite. There is an Aztec Men’s basketball game tomorrow.
  3. Vice President of External Relations: Shawki Moore reported on the following:
    The Cocoa and Conversation event last Thursday went really well.  We had 118 participants.
  4. Vice President of Financial Affairs: Austin Barber reported on the following:
    Aztecs Rock Hunger (ARH) announcement was this morning and we raised 534,542 pounds of food for the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. Will be presenting on the fall rebudget.  Please let me know if you have any questions.
  5. Vice President of University Affairs:  Jennifer Schenkenfelder reported on the following:
    Thank you to all the College Council Presidents for their hard work this semester, especially to Sarah Hoang and Tito Hernandez.
    Met with Provost Ochoa. Baxter and Luna, Counseling & Psychological Services Therapy Dogs, will be at the library during finals week. Midnight Study Break is this week. Your Voice Matters Push Week is 1/31 through 2/4. Thank you for a great semester.
  6. Executive Director:  No report.

XI. REPORTS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS

  1. Ari Weizman reported that he is working on a recognized student organization resource guide.  
  2. Alexia (Lex-O) Oduro reported updates from the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts and from the Undeclared College Council.  Working on a joint town hall with Ashley Tejada and with the Imperial Valley campus student leaders.
  3. Beth Bridges reported on updates from the College of Sciences, Health and Human Services and Sciences.  The A.S. Food Pantry will be open once a week in January 2022 and the times may change in the spring.
  4. Simran Jain reported on updates on the Sustainability Center in the student lounge.  Attended a Campanile Foundation meeting.

XII. ANNOUNCEMENTS

None.

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XIII. ADJOURNMENT 

It was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 5:29 p.m. 
 JAIN/ESTEBAN                                                             CARRIED (8-0-0)