Approved Minutes
November 2, 2006
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Business......................................... |
Steve Dayton, Nancy Woolridge |
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Counseling...................................... |
Elias Dominguez, Flor Huerta |
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Fine Arts......................................... |
Michelle Coletta, |
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Humanities...................................... |
Cathy Collopy-O’Donnell, Danielle
Fouquette, Robert Lundergan |
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Library............................................. |
Anita Varela |
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Math/Computer Science................... |
Robert Diaz, Greg Nguyen |
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Natural Sciences.............................. |
Jan Chadwick, Jeff Feaster, Jacob Sapiro |
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Part-Time Faculty............................. |
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Physical Education.......................... |
Alicia Okouchi-Guy |
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Social Sciences............................... |
Diana Kyle, Chris Lamm, Arrienne Turner |
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Student Services.............................. |
Paul McKinley |
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Technology/Engineering.................... |
Rosa Molina |
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At-large........................................... |
Mike Moore, Marcus Wilson |
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Associated Students........................ |
Jonathan Meyer |
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President......................................... |
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President-elect................................. |
Ken Collins |
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Secretary........................................ |
Jane Troop |
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Treasurer......................................... |
Callista Lee |
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At-large, Curriculum Chair................. |
Doug Eisner |
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Guests Laura
Almodovar-Sole, Lupe Casillas, Janine Cirrito, Irene Cohn, Brian Couron,
Peter Fong, Heather
Halverson, Jonathan Morrell, Queen Peterson, Janet Portolan, Sunshine Vidal |
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Absent |
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At-large........................................... |
Gayle Cebrian, Deborah
McQueen , Sally Moore |
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Fine Arts......................................... |
Chuck Ketter |
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Humanities...................................... |
Jeff Rodine |
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Part-Time........................................ |
Jim Book |
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Physical Education.......................... |
Jim Kiefer |
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Technology/Engineering.................... |
Dennis Howey |
I.
CALL TO
ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. by President McGowan.
II.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
M/S/U (Kyle/Dominguez) to approve
the Minutes of the October 19, 2006 meeting.
III.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
M/S/U (Eisner/Lee) to approve the
agenda for this meeting.
IV.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
El Dia de los Muertos will be celebrated
tonight in the Quad.
Brian Couron stated that he feels that the
way in which some of the groups that are meeting on campus are not consistent
with shared governance. He feels that we
are moving toward that now. Anyone from
any department should be able to serve on committees having to do with
students.
Laura Almodovar-Sole stated that the
counselors wish to coordinate services all over the area by a staff-driven standing
committee to serve the campus. She felt
that they needed a shared governance committee so that the people working with
students everyday have a roll in these committees. They want the support of the Senate.
Sylvia Pimentel, EOPS, spoke in support of
shared governance.
Inez Bielke, Counselor, felt that the time
has come for her group to have a voice.
Scott Lee, articulation officer, felt that
it was important to have an advisory committee.
Irene Cohn stated that she wants a student
services committee.
Jonathan Morrell stated that shared
governance is negotiated between the President and the Senate. A college committee on student access and
success exists, but it has not met yet.
He encourages the college to have a college-wide standing committee for
students from those applying through those who are alumni.
V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
REPORTS
President’s Report
Dr. McGowan mentioned that the alignment of
The Senate was reminded that the compressed calendar meeting will be
held on November 7. Senators are
encouraged to attend the meeting in that they are resources for their
divisions.
Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer Callista Lee stated that she has not spent any more money
since the last Senate meeting, and she went on to thank those who provided
refreshments for this meeting.
VI. CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE REPORT
Curriculum
Committee Chairman Doug Eisner announced that there are still some problems
with Curricunet; however, most will be resolved by the end of the
semester. Dr. Eisner mentioned that this
is his last semester as Curriculum Chairman and that questions about Curricunet
should be directed to
Relative
to mutual A.A. degree resolutions, the Curriculum Committee will hold on this because Peter Fong has some good ideas
as to how to clean some of this up.
The
Physical Education Departments at both
Many
colleges have been “dinged” by accreditation committees for not having SLOs
(student learning outcomes). A slot
(field) is about to be activated for SLOs in Curricunet. There is also some concern about distance
learning not being centralized.
VII. ELECTIONS
Following are the results of the elections
held in the Senate today:
The Senate unanimously confirmed the
election of the following:
Cindy Zarske........ Curriculum
Committee Rep. for Math/Computer Science
Sylvia Pimentel............... Curriculum Committee Rep. for Student Services
VIII. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
None.
IX. OLD BUSINESS
AP 3720, having to do with computer and electronic communication
systems, has been changed by Deborah Ludford.
This policy will come back to the Senate via Dr. McGowan when she is
sure which changes are Ms. Ludford’s. In
general, the Senate is not content with this policy because it is felt that we
should have been involved from the start.
Ken Collins reported on the Budget Development Committee. He distributed a spreadsheet that serves as a
model for allocation of monies for growth.
He presented three options to the Senate for the model: (1) oppose the reallocation, (2) oppose the
model and request renegotiation, and (3) “let it slide” this time and negotiate
up front the next time that growth money is available. Discussion ensued.
M/S/P (Cebrian/Dayton) that a formula be in place before the funds are
distributed.
X. NEW
BUSINESS
Dr.
Portolan gave an update on the bond projects.
She reported that the Commons is on schedule and should be completed
July 31. The six weeks after that will
be used to install furniture and other necessities. The building will be opening on October
1.
Dr.
Portolan will let the Senate Exec. know the net parking when it has been
calculated.
In
an effort to get all the parts of student services on the same page, Elias
Dominguez supports a Student Services Advisory Committee. He acknowledged that the matter should have
come before the Senate to begin with, but that group has no Curriculum
Committee to go to. Elias doesn’t see
anything negative about it. Flor felt
that there are many people in various departments working on student
services. The purpose of this committee
would be to improve communication.
Dr. Eisner explained that they are creating parallelism that doesn’t
exist. A committee can be a committee of
the Senate or a committee of the college.
The Curriculum Committee does not advise the VP on instruction; it only
deals with curriculum. The Senate only
advises the president on academic matters.
The Board is required to depend primarily on the Curriculum Committee. The voting make up is only faculty of the
Curriculum Committee. Although it has a student representative as well as
classified and managers, they have no vote.
Therefore, the model of the Curriculum Committee is not a good one for
this advisory group.
President-elect Collins mentioned that this matter is out of the realm
of the Senate. Unless the student
services people want a campus committee with members from all over the campus,
this is not what the Senate does.
President McGowan reminded the student services people that anything
pertaining to shared governance must be opened up to every member on the
campus.
Jonathan Morrell mentioned that he is starting a group in student
services to ensure communication. The
make up of the group is: four people
from counseling, four people from student support services, two people from
Admissions and Records, and two from other areas. This work group would meet at least once a
month. Jonathan asked that the group
pick their own people. He asked that
someone always be present at these meetings which may involve the use of
alternates. He had held a meeting and no
one came from Counseling. A couple of
other people were asked not to attend.
Dr. McGowan stated that there are clearly issues and problems within the
Student Services area that need to be dealt with, and since Jonathan Morrell is
the VP of Student Services, he should be aware of these problems and must help
resolve those issues. Joumana mentioned
to Senators Huerta and Dominguez that they have to go back to their Student
Services area and determine if they want a campus-wide committee or not. If
they wish to have a campus-wide committee, then the Senate will negotiate it
with Dr. Hodge. If not, the faculty in that area can meet and provide in
writing their concerns and recommendations to Jonathan Morrell, Dr. Hodge, and
the Senate.
Relative to an online AA degree, the college can’t advertise that it
does offer one yet because some of the classes are hybrid or not being
offered. Callista felt that the
divisions should discuss this.
XI. LIAISON REPORTS
Associated Students
Jonathan Meyer brought AP 5040, Student
Records Privacy, to the attention of the Senate. He also announced that homecoming is November
8.
United Faculty
On the salary proposal, UF hasn’t heard back
from the District.
Adjunct Faculty United
No report.
The meeting was adjourned at 5 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Troop, Secretary