Approved Minutes
February 1, 2007
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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, Chuck Ketter |
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Humanities........................................ |
Cathy Collopy-O’Donnell, Danielle
Fouquette Robert Lundergan, Jeff Rodine |
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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............................... |
Jim Book |
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Physical Education............................ |
Jim Kiefer, 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...................... |
Dennis Howey, Rosa Molina |
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At-large............................................. |
Gayle Cebrian, Deborah McQueen |
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Associated Students.......................... |
Jonathan Meyer |
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President........................................... |
Joumana McGowan |
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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, Temporary Curriculum Chair... |
Mark Greenhalgh |
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Guests
Chris Kiger, Carol Mattson, Jonathan Morrell |
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Absent |
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At-large............................................. |
Mike Moore, Marcus
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I.
CALL TO
ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 3:01 p.m. by President McGowan.
II.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
M/S/U (Book/Saprio) to approve the amended minutes of the
January 18, 2007 meeting.
III.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
M/S/U (Nguyen/Book ) to approve the agenda for today’s
meeting.
IV.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
There will be a choir concert this Friday at 7:30 p.m.
The high school theater festival will host 69 schools this year.
The Vietnamese Student Association extends an invitation to the
Vietnamese New Year’s celebration on Friday, February 15, at noon.
V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS
President’s Report
PAC— The Basic Skills Committee was discussed and finalized. This committee determines how to spend the
$282,000 efficiently and effectively that has been allotted to basic
skills. Several directorships will be
available. The Vice President of
Instruction position will be filled by a “renta” instead of an interim. The Master Calendar Task Force will start
meeting soon; no faculty are on this committee.
DPC—Board Policy 7500, having to do with volunteers on campus, is being
reviewed to ensure that individuals with questionable backgrounds are not
eligible to perform volunteer services in our district. Chapter 7 policies, which deal with the
hiring of faculty, management and classified processes are being changed. The Senates are especially concerned about
the faculty hiring policy since several changes have been proposed by the
district management team that the faculty do not support. The three senates
will be developing committees that will be making recommendations on the new
changes suggested by the district management team.
Natural Sciences and the State Bond Project —Jake Sapiro gave a brief history of the 400
Building project. The District proposed replacing the
The Division of
Natural Sciences feels that if the proposed floor plan of the building cannot
be altered to meet the needs of the College or if sufficient funding is not
forthcoming from the District, then the Board should return the money allocated
to the project back to the State.
It is the sense of
the Senate that the Senate direct its Executive members, together with
representatives of the Natural Science Division, to contact our Board members
to discuss this matter. Dr. McGowan, Dr.
Kenneth Collins and Dr. Jacob Sapiro will meet with the Board of Trustees and
report back at the next Senate meeting.
Treasurer’s
Report
Treasurer Lee
thanked those who provided snacks for this meeting and reported that the Senate
has not spent any money since the last report.
VI. CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE REPORT
The matter of
giving physical education credit to veterans has been discussed, but it has not
yet been decided.
VII. ELECTIONS
Nominations
for Senate Secretary and Treasurer—This is the first day that the Senate can receive nominations for
Treasurer and Secretary. Voting will be
in two weeks for those positions. Those
wishing to run for those positions should e-mail their names to Ken
Collins.
Nominations
of Division Senators—Calls
for nominations for division Senators will be going out around the end of
February.
Election Results—Listed below are the results of the
elections at the Senate meeting:
Chris Lamm ............................................... Ed.
Program Advisory Committee
Robert Lundergan ............................................ Ed. Program
Advisory Committee
Miguel Powers .................................................. Teacher
of the Year Committee
Gayle Cebrian .................................................. Teacher
of the Year Committee
Julie Felender .................................................. Teacher
of the Year Committee
Sunshine Vidal .................................................. Teacher
of the Year Committee
None ................................................. District
Ed. Advisory Committee
VIII. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
Catalog Committee—Carol Mattson brought examples of catalog
formatting to the Senate. The Senate endorses going back to the old
formatting of the Catalog with some modifications.
M/S/P(Lee/Kyle) to support the
recommendations made by the Catalog Committee to restructure the Catalog to
make it more readable.
Academic Freedom—The three Senate
presidents met and discussed the latest draft of the Academic Freedom policy
that was provided to the faculty on December 18, 2006. After discussion with
Dr. Kevin Sampson, the three senate presidents agreed to support a big portion
of the new draft and recommended some changes to section 6.0. Dr. McGowan
informed the senators of those changes and has emailed the new draft to the
senators to share with their division faculty for input.
IX. OLD BUSINESS
None.
X. NEW
BUSINESS
Institutional Technology
Committee— Approximately
200 faculty surveys have been returned, and an access database has been created
to record responses. The results of the survey will be shared at a later
time.
Student Services Committee— Dr. McGowan
asked the VP of Student Services to enlighten the senators on any
“restructuring” in the Student Services area. Jonathan Morrell indicated that
there is currently no major change in plans for Student Services. Jonathan Morrell stated that the Student
Services Workgroup with faculty continues to meet and discuss any issues and
changes to the student service area.
Counselors would like to table anything having to do with student
services because they stated that they are not being informed on any issues or
changes pertaining to student services.
Compressed Calendar—There is much
interest in doing research on the compressed calendar. The three senates in
collaboration with the United Faculty will be developing a committee to further
study this matter.
XI. LIAISON
REPORTS
Associated Students
Jonathan Meyer
mentioned that student recommendations relative to student privacy will be
voted on at the next DPC meeting, and
United Faculty
The United Faculty president presented the UF report. He summarized the current status of the contract, calendar, and salary negotiations. The contract successor agreement is currently being negotiated, and the UF team has reached a standstill. The District has filed impasse paperwork on the Academic Calendar because UF and the District cannot reach agreement. The District has presented its last, best, and final offer on salary, which is 7 percent on regular salary and 7.5 percent on overload and summer.
The UF President then elaborated on the issue of the calendar. He said that the District had a past practice of designating Saturdays following holidays and Sundays prior to holidays as non-instruction days. The District now wants to make these potential instruction days and has filed impasse paperwork since UF and the District can no longer agree.
Adjunct Faculty United
No report.
The meeting was adjourned at 5 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Troop, Secretary