The De Anza Associated Student Body Senate discussed the 2012 budget, club access to funds and the Senate’s future marketing objectives on Nov. 16.

The three-hour meeting started with a complaint that the Senate should make people feel more comfortable when they ask for money for their organizations and other matters.

After addressing the complaint, the Senate addressed its marketing objectives, goals to promote the Senate and De Anza clubs.

Pablo Zamorano, 20, DASB Senate chair of finance for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, with the help of the finance committee, outlined the DASB budget and their goals for the following year.

The committee recommends the DASB fund programs that: help students succeed and enable them to achieve their academic and/or personal goals at De Anza College; promote leadership, diversity, civic engagement, academic benefits and/or equality among all De Anza students; serve the greatest number of students while maintaining equality; and that would generate DASB revenue.

“This is about the students and what is best for them,” Zamorano said. “Our job is to provide them what they want in the best way possible.”

Andrew A. Zhou, 18, showed a PowerPoint presentation in what he said was an attempt to educate the Senate about what the budget looks like. 

Kenneth Perng, DASB senator, said he feels the Senate is open to new ideas, in addition to caring about the wellness and satisfaction of De Anza’s student body.

“When you present and are a student senator, you’re not yourself; you are doing what is best for the students,” said Perng. “If you disagree with something but think that that the students will want that, then you should go with what the students want over what you want.”