Approved Minutes
September 7, 2006
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Business......................................... |
Nancy Woolridge |
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Counseling...................................... |
Flor Aguilera-Huerta, Elias Dominguez |
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Fine Arts......................................... |
Michelle Coletta, Chuck Ketter |
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Humanities...................................... |
Cathy Collopy-O’Donnell, Danielle
Fouquette, Jeff Rodine, Robert Lundergan |
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Library............................................. |
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Math/Computer Science................... |
Greg Nguyen, Robert Diaz |
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Natural Sciences.............................. |
Jeff Feaster, Jacob Sapiro |
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Part-Time Faculty............................. |
Jim Book |
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Physical Education.......................... |
Jim Kiefer, Alicia Okouchi-Guy |
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Social Sciences............................... |
Diana Kyle, Chris Lamm, Arienne Turner |
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Student Services.............................. |
Paul McKinley |
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Technology/Engineering.................... |
Dennis Howey, Rosa Molina |
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At-large........................................... |
Gale Cebrian, Callista Lee, Sally Moore,
Mike Moore, Marcus Wilson |
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Associated Students........................ |
Jonathan Meyer |
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President......................................... |
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Secretary........................................ |
Jane Troop |
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President-elect................................. |
Ken Collins |
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At-large, Curriculum Chair................. |
Doug Eisner |
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Guests: Glenda Day, Kathy Hodge, Jay Seidel |
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Absent |
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Business/CIS................................... |
Steve Dayton |
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At-large........................................... |
Deborah McQueen |
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Library............................................. |
Anita Varela |
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Natural Sciences.............................. |
Jan Chadwick |
I.
CALL TO
ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m. by President McGowan.
II.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
M/S/U (Wilson/Book) to approve the Minutes of the May 18, 2006 meeting.
III.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
M/S/U (Wilson/Book) to approve the agenda for this meeting.
IV.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
Jim Kiefer announced that Adela Lopez is in poor health at this
time. Bob Lundergan announced that
he and Danielle Fouquette will conduct a three-day, Writing-Across-the-Curriculum
workshop at the
President
McGowan announced that on Tuesday, September 19, guest speaker Ruben Martinez
will speak on “The Value of Education” in the Wilshire Auditorium.
V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
REPORTS
President’s Report
At this point in the Senate meeting, President Hodge took the
floor. She welcomed the Senators back
and commented on the great beginning to the semester. She brought to the attention of the Senate
the planning documents booklet that was compiled to keep faculty apprised of
what has been done in terms of planning.
It will serve as a springboard for planning next year. Dr. Hodge invited any groups wanting
input into the planning documents to let her know. She closed by congratulating the leadership
of the Senate for its communication.
The next guest was United Faculty President
Dale Craig. He introduced himself and indicated
that his wishes are for a continuation of the strong mutual support between the
Fullerton College Senate and United Faculty.
Dr. McGowan asked Dr. Hodge what steps have
been taken to resolve the issues that were reported to the President by the
Faculty Senate leadership on the list of complaints pertaining to ACT’s lack of
service and assistance to faculty. Dr. Hodge responded that she is aware of the
problems and that Dr. Portolan will be following up on the issues.
Dr. McGowan reported that there are 12 new Senators
being seated this semester.
This year, four Board of Trustee members
were up for reelection in November. Three of these Board members, Trustees
Brown, Miller, and Dunsheath, were unopposed and are, therefore, automatically
elected. Trustee Matsuda is running opposed.
A PAC retreat was held June 20 for the
purpose of assessing the operation of PAC processes. The issues raised by the
faculty at this meeting concerned the
processes used in PAC and the items covered
in
* Groups expressed a desire to have more focused discussion on issues. They
wanted to bring issues back to PAC after having presented them to their
constitute groups and then have a debate in
* The President should more fully explain
her decisions to the PAC representatives.
* The campus budget should be presented to PAC more fully and discussed prior
to implementation.
* A list of items that have not been resolved should be tracked and not
ignored. These items should be saved for future discussion.
Dr. McGowan expressed appreciation for
faculty efforts at the tables during the first week of school. She felt that faculty
serving at the tables did a very good job.
She also indicated that the college deans, vice presidents, and other
administrative staff were at the tables regularly and were very helpful. This
was mentioned at the previous Board of Trustees meeting.
The ACT issue was presented. Since the
previous oversight committee failed, it is proposed that another ACT committee
be created that would focus only on faculty related issues and how ACT serves
teaching-related issues. Dr. McGowan asked the Senate how this committee
should be designed. The proposal is to include four faculty, two classified,
and two students. It also included
restricting the committee to dealing with issues related to the classroom and
teaching only. Complaints will be relayed directed to Dr. Hodge.
Another issue raised by some faculty
concerned reserving computer labs for classroom usage. Some instructors would
like to reserve a computer lab for a period of time. Formerly, they could
reserve 901A and B. Currently this
cannot always be done. This issue has
been brought up at the Senate Exec. meeting.
We expect an answer in two weeks from Drs. Portolan and Hollowell.
M/S/U (Wilson/Moore) that the Senate propose
a subcommittee or a task-force of Faculty Senate that meet on a bi-monthly
basis to review faculty concerns over computer related issues, track the
resolution of such issues, and inform the VP of Facilities and the College
President of those that are outstanding. Students, Dr. Niccolai, and Dr. Portolan
are asked to serve as Resource members on that committee.
At the Classified Senate meeting, there was
discussion that the Faculty Senate had been talking about a vote of no confidence
on Dr. Hodge and that a member of the Senate Exec. was elected to promote this
vote. President McGowan sent the Classified
Senate a memo stating that this is not something we have discussed nor are we
discussing it now.
Dr. McGowan did an orientation for the new
Senators. She explained Title V in terms
of those things that are “primarily relied upon” and those that require mutual agreement.
These are the two ways we make recommendations on academic and professional
matters. ACT falls under mutual
agreement.
Dr. McGowan indicated that it is the job of
each Senator to take issues back to faculty and bring back feedback. The
Faculty Senate follows Roberts’ Rules of order in its meetings. People from the public who are not Senators
may only speak during the Public Comments period. If a Senator misses three
consecutive meetings, a replacement must be found for that Senator. If an alternate attends, the absence is excused.
Treasurer’s Report
No report.
VI.
CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE REPORT
Curriculum Committee Chairman Doug Eisner reported that he is doing Curricunet
training for individual departments now.
Anyone wishing training should call him.
More training will be held at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 13, in
901B.
He also reported that there was an issue with courses at DCCC,
specifically issues related to class size. Dr. Hodge wanted to hold some
courses back from DCCC until the class size issue has been more thoroughly
discussed. The problem is how to evaluate class size. Since there is sometimes
a mismatch between the three campuses on class size for identical classes, the
criteria for assigning class size is being called into question. (Several years
ago United Faculty requested the Faculty Senate bodies at
Dr. Hodge would like to know
how to evaluate class sizes to determine if they are appropriate before the
classes go to DCCC. A document was distributed to the Senators requesting input
on class size. This will be used by the Curriculum Committee to develop a
process by which class sizes are resolved. This will then be brought back to
the Senate.
The
issue was raised that Board of Trustees members are becoming more involved in
detailed curriculum issues. In order to ensure that Faculty have primacy in
this area, more cross campus meetings between similar divisions should be done.
VII. ELECTIONS
We will be electing a Treasurer at the next meeting. Ken Collins will be sending out an
announcement about the position. The
members of the Elections Committee, which counts ballots, are Gayle Cebrian,
Jim Book, and Nancy Woolridge. The
Senate took nominations from the floor for several elections.
The following are the results of the elections:
Honors Committee, Anupama Mande and Karyn Nguyen
Budget Development Comm., Ken Collins and Glenda Day
Professional Growth & Development Comm., Julie Felender
Evaluation Committee for Susan Beers, Alicia Okouchi-Guy
Evaluation Committee for Peter Fong, Cathy O'Donnell
Evaluation Committee for Andrea Hanstein, Jay Seidel
Evaluati on Committee for Ken
McAlpin, Paul McKinley
Evaluation Committee for Ken Meehan, Joumana McGowan
Evaluation Committee for Nilo Niccolai, Marcus Wilson
Evaluation Committee for Richard Ramirez, Elias Dominguez
Evaluation Committee for Cindy Vyskocil, Ruth Sipple
VIII. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
Liz Kiszely’s response to the accreditation
report was forwarded.
M/S/U (Wilson/Kiefer) to approve the
accreditation report draft.
IX. OLD BUSINESS
None.
X. NEW
BUSINESS
There are nine positions on the faculty allocations list. Senators were asked to go back to their
divisions and decide whether or not they want to replace positions from their
current departments or place them in another part of the division. The recommendations should go to the division
Deans.
M/S/P
(Moore/Wilson) Support the Cypress College Senate in its efforts to develop a
faculty allocation committee that works for them,
but
The Educational Technology Committee will meet Wednesday,
September 27, at 2 p.m. in the Board Room at the District. Blackboard, Moodle (an open source product),
and
M/S/U (Wilson/Book) that the Senate table the
discussion of ETC and come back to it at the appropriate time and take action
then.
XI. LIAISON REPORTS
Associated Students
The A.S. President introduced himself.
United Faculty
United Faculty had no report because it has
not yet met.
Adjunct Faculty United
No report.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Troop, Secretary