Minutes of the first meeting of the 57th CLAS Assembly, August

26, 2013, Bedford Lounge, Student Center

Members present:

1 Abdou Salma
2 Abrahams Shani
3 Bejanyan Maria
4 Berkowitz Zakery
5 Berman Moshe
6 Berman Teddy
7 Borshch Karina
8 Chamani Isaac
9 Deutsch Ronit
10 Edeson Ian
11 Elghandour Tarek
12 Esperanza Maria
13 Friedman Shari
14 Fruchter David
15 Gorbonos Allen
16 Hovell Mike
17 Jean Laurent Yves E.
18 Logie Kenji
19 Mikhli Jennifer
20 Nathan Moshe
21 Osman Fatema
22 Waingort Alberta
23 Zaghi Nisan

Members absent:
1 Cohen, Robin
2 Andrawis Giuseppina
3 Cremidis Paolo
4 Levitin Leah
5 Mizrahi Raymond
6 Rudy Hayeem

1:25 pm Meeting called to order

 I Former Speaker David Rosenberg swears new members of the
assembly in as members of the 57th CLAS Assembly
II Nominations for speaker begin
a Tarek Elghandour nominates Alberta Waingort for speaker
second by Kenji Logie
b Moshe Nathan nominates Moshe Berman for speaker second
by Isaac Chamani
c Alberta 20 votes, Moshe 1 vote and 2 abstention (Zakery
Berkowitz, Moshe Berman)
III Alberta Waingort Chairs meeting as speaker of the assembly
IV Nominations for Governmental Operations Chair begin
a Tarek Elghandour nominates Salma Abdou for Governmental
Operations chair second by Shani Abrahams
b Roll call vote, Salma Abdou 21 votes no abstentions
V Nominations for Budget and Finance Chair begin
a Tarek Elghandour nominates Teddy Berman for Budget and
Finance Chair second by Kenji Logie
b Roll call vote, Teddy Berman 21 votes no abstentions
VI Nominations for Student Affairs Chair begin
a Tarek Elghandour nominates Shani Abrahams Student Affairs
Chair second by Maria Bejanyan
b Roll call vote, Shani Abrahams 21 votes no abstentions
VII Nominations for Academic Affairs Chair begin
a Tarek Elghandour nominates Nisan Zaghi Academic Affairs
Chair second by Jenifer Mikhli
b Roll call vote, Nisan Zaghi 21 votes no abstentions
VIII Nominations for Media, Outreach and Engagement Chair begin
a Tarek Elghandour nominates Mike Hovell Media, Outreach and
Engagement Chair second by Salma Abdou
b Roll call vote, Mike Hovell 20 votes 1 abstentions (Ronit
Deutsch)
IX Nomination of 3 members to sit on the Brooklyn College Association
Board Joint Resolution introduced by Kenji Logie and David
Rosenberg
a Members nominated Kenji Logie, Brani Cohen, Maria Bejanyan
b Motion is passed, unanimous, no abstentions
X Next meeting time announced for September 10, 12:30 pm in the
Penthouse.
XI Motion to adjourn made by Deputy Speaker, seconded by Maria
Esperanza, meeting adjourned.

2:10 pm Meeting adjourned

Minutes prepared by Kenji L Logie