Approved
Minutes
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Present |
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Business.............................................. |
Marcus
Wilson, Nancy Woolridge |
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Counseling........................................... |
Inez
Bielke, Flor Huerta |
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Fine Arts.............................................. |
Michelle
Coletta, Steve Pliska |
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Humanities........................................... |
Jeff
Rodine |
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Library................................................. |
Mike
Fitzsimmons |
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Math/Computer Science........................ |
Robert
Diaz, Scott Malloy, Greg Nguyen |
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Natural Sciences.................................. |
Jan
Chadwick, Jeff Feaster, Rick Lozinsky |
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Part-Time Faculty................................. |
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Physical Education............................... |
Scott
Giles, Pam Lewin |
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Social Sciences.................................... |
Chris
Lamm, Ricardo Salas |
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Student Services................................... |
Sylvia
Pimentel |
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Technology/Engineering......................... |
Rosa
Molina, Doris Wright |
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At-large................................................ |
Deborah
McQueen |
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Associated Students............................. |
Ethan
Morse |
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President............................................. |
Ken
Collins |
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Interim Vice President........................... |
Miguel
Powers |
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Secretary............................................. |
Jane
Troop |
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Treasurer.............................................. |
Karen
Markley |
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At-large, Curriculum Chair...................... |
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Guests: Deb Wassenaar, Andre Martinez, Adela Lopez |
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Absent |
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At-large................................................ |
Peg
Berger, Gayle Cebrian, Paul McKinley, Mike
Moore |
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Counseling........................................... |
Heather
Halverson |
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Fine Arts.............................................. |
Chuck
Ketter |
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Humanities........................................... |
Rosa
Arceo, Ruth Egigian, Robert Lundergan |
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Part-Time............................................. |
Jim
Book |
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Senate Exec........................................ |
Jennifer
Combs |
I.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at
II.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
M/S/U (McQueen/Wilson) to
approve the Minutes of the
III.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
M/S/U (Wilson/Markley) to
approve the agenda for this meeting with one change.
IV.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Basic Skills Workshops—Deb Wassenaar addressed the Senate regarding basic skills
workshops available in the
V. EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE REPORTS
President’s Report
Joint Senates/Union Meeting—this
flex activity meeting will be held January 10 at the District offices and will
start at 8:30 a.m. Lunch will be
provided by United Faculty and snacks by AdFac.
Topics now include shared governance, how to
implement some parts of Title V in the classroom, a union presentation in the
afternoon, and an hour of hot topics including the condensed calendar.
Midterm Accreditation Report—President
Collins announced that a draft of the midterm
accreditation report will be starting next week and Dr. Chamberlin has heard
back from only two faculty members. If he does not hear from any more
constituents, he has stated that he is going to assume that everyone is
satisfied. Any who have noticed a lack of attention given to the
recommendations from the accreditation team, should forward their comments to
Dr. Chamberlin along with examples.
Section 4.0 of the Academic Freedom Policy—The
Senate has agreed in principle with the District on the Academic Freedom Policy
with the exception Section 4.0. The
language was discussed in the Chancellor’s Cabinet on Monday.
A copy of language suggested by Cherie Dickey was distributed, and
Senators were encouraged to send their comments to President Collins.
PAC—The
President’s Advisory Council approved of rolling over the campus goals and constructed a timetable.
DPC—No
new ground was covered in the last meeting.
Treasurer’s
Report
There has been
no change since the last meeting.
Treasurer Karen Markley thanked those who provided snacks for this
meeting.
VI. CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE REPORT
In the absence of Dr.
Combs, Dr. Collins announced that the rest of our curriculum is
set to be presented to DCCC tomorrow, and it is believed that it will go
through.
VII. STUDENT
PRESENTATION ON THE MENDEZ PROJECT
Karen Rose introduced a group of students who presented
their work on the Mendez Project which gives attention to the Mendez vs.
Westminster case.
The group would like the story integrated into history books for the
elementary schools and are visiting schools and public venues promoting this.
VIII. ELECTIONS
The
following was the result of the election held at today’s Senate meeting:
Selection
Committee for Writing Center Coordinator.............................................. Jeanne
Costello
Selection
Committee for Writing Center Coordinator....................................................... Arthur
Hui
Moving
of the NOC—At this point in the meeting, Dr.
Niccolai addressed the Senate regarding the moving of
the NOC (Network Operating Center). He
reported that the NOC was being moved from the 400 building to the old data
processing center located at the Berkeley building. The move is mandated by the
upcoming demolition of the 400 building.
Rather than merely
move the network servers, switches, routers, and other NOC components,
Dr. Niccolai
also reported that a general infrastructure change was being made. In order to
support increasing demands on high-speed data connectivity, communications
fiber connections are being installed to the Berkeley center and throughout
other parts of campus.
In addition,
localized network support structures, which include routers and servers, will
be installed in the 500 and 2000 buildings. These allow for a more distributed
architecture and will support staggered network degradation in the event of
future power problems.
The actual move of
the NOC servers will be done by pulling Fiber connections between the Berkeley
Center and the current NOC, establishing a SAN at the Berkeley center, creating
a real-time data link between current server operations, and switching over
processing at a designated date. This will be in conjunction with current
efforts to increase server virtualization.
In addition to the
NOC move, Dr. Niccolai announced the changeover of the campus telephone system
to Voice over IP (VOIP). This move makes telephone system management must
easier and allows for many new features. However, it does require restructuring
of existing extensions and the gradual elimination of DID numbers (direct dial
numbers into the campus). Given the move of the NOC, this new VOIP system will
be put in place during the spring 2008 semester.
IX. OLD BUSINESS
Basic
Skills Initiative—This year the college
should receive $230,531. We still have approximately three-quarters of a
million dollars on the table for allocation on.
On May 1, we should have a plan for how we will spend this ongoing money. In PAC, agreement was reached on
the basic structure of the Basic Skills Initiative committee which will be
known as the Student Success Steering Committee for now. In addition to an at-large faculty member,
the committee will be composed of faculty from the following divisions and
departments: Math, English, ESL, Reading, and Counseling. When the committee convenes, the members will
put together a timeframe for preparation of the plan.
Faculty
Hiring Policy—As the changes are made to
this 13-page policy in the Chancellor’s Cabinet, President Collins will bring them to the Senate for review.
Chancellor’s
Hiring Committee—At the Board of Trustees meeting, Jeff Brown stated that the
Board would not be discussing the composition of the Chancellor’s Hiring
Committee because it had not been properly agendized. Subsequently, a number of Board members
considered adding it to the
agenda as an emergency item. The Board then went into
closed session to talk about whether to consider this matter in open or
closed session.
After the Board returned from
closed session, they decided that the issue would be agendized for open session. The
Board then voted 4-2 in favor of allowing the constituent groups to stay on the
hiring committee even though they had sent forward only one name each.
The two Board members who voted against allowing
the constituent groups to elect their own representatives were Molly McClanahan
and Barbara Dunsheath.
It was observed in the Senate meeting that
approximately half of the committee is made up of people who are not part of
the constituent groups. The Board has
the ability to choose who serves.
Diversity can be achieved from among those who are not part of
constituent groups.
IX. NEW
BUSINESS
Parking/Ticketing
Policies—It
was noted that the Senate has requested the parking policy and, in response,
was sent a small green handout parking entitled Parking and Traffic Rules
and Regulations. Discussion
ensued.
M/S/U
(Wilson/Markley) that the Senate form a campus safety and parking subcommittee and charge it with returning to the Senate
recommendations for the Senate to endorse regarding parking and safety issues on campus.
One
Campus/One Book—Kim
Orlijan spoke regarding this issue and requested the
Senators discuss it in their division meetings.
She characterized one campus/one book as a unifying factor within the
campus community. It was felt that the
financial implications would most likely entail bringing authors to campus and
providing copies of the book. One of the
Senators mentioned that corporations may want to help with the price of the
books. President Collins will send out an e-mail announcing that the
Senate will sponsor a committee to look into the feasibility of running the
program for the next academic year and that interested parties should contact
Kim Orlijan or Miguel Powers.
X.
LIAISON REPORTS
Associated Students—AS
President Ethan Morse invited those present to come and see the new student
center.
United Faculty——UF is still negotiating the contract. UF believes that the Board is at a standstill on load banking. The Board has indicated that it is close to agreement on the Counselor and Librarian workload issues. The District wants to restrict taking load bank to no more th