Approved Minutes
February 15, 2007
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Business........................................... |
Nancy Woolridge |
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Counseling........................................ |
Elias Dominguez, Behnoosh Armani |
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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................................ |
Carolyn Heath, 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............................................. |
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, Pete Snyder, Pamela Lewin, Rhett Price, Alex Vallejo,
Dana Rose Crystal |
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Absent |
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At-large............................................. |
Gayle Cebrian, Mike
Moore, Marcus Wilson |
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Business/CIS..................................... |
Steve Dayton |
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Counseling |
Flor Huerta |
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Fine Arts........................................... |
Chuck Ketter |
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Humanities........................................ |
Jeff Rodine |
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Natural Sciences................................ |
Jan Chadwick |
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Part-Time Faculty |
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 3:04 p.m. by President McGowan.
II.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
M/S/U (McQueen/Lundergan) to approve the amended minutes
of the February 1, 2007 meeting.
III.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
M/S/U (McQueen/Collopy-O’Donnell ) to approve the agenda
for today’s meeting.
IV.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Pete Snyder addressed the issue of physical education curriculum. Faculty on both campuses have agreed on class
size, but President Hodge has not signed off on the curriculum. It is now in DCCC.
Greg Nguyen thanked Senators for attending the Vietnamese New
Year’s celebration in the Quad.
V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS
President’s Report
Dr. McGowan
announced that the dodge ball event will be held on May 4.
President’s Advisory Council—The Tutoring Center Coordinator position will
be advertised soon according to Dr. Hodge.
There was agreement to form a Website Development Committee to ensure
quality of our website. Membership of
the committee is composed of one manager, one dean, four faculty, two classified,
and two students.
Software for the Master Calendar—The Master Calendar Taskforce is having
three companies come on campus to do demonstrations of their calendaring/scheduling
software.
Planning and Budgeting Process—The Faculty expressed concerns about the
planning process, and PAC members requested that the goals of the campus be
more specific since the budget is tied to those goals. Dr. Hodge acknowledged that work is being done
now to make them more focused, and she will be sharing the new goals and
objectives with the Senate as soon as they are ready.
District Planning Council—A shared governance issue was raised in the
Senate as the result of Dr. Hunter’s announcement in DPC of spending $2 million
of ongoing funds on the hiring of several classified employees. This was
presented as an informational item only without input from the faculty. Among others, the new hires would include
four faculty, one classified, and three managers for SCE alone. This money is based on funding provided by SB
361. The money used for the new hires
would be coming out of ongoing funds.
Presidents Gold, McGowan, and Craig had not heard this expenditure
discussed before. Presidents Gold, McGowan, and Craig voiced their concerns
regarding the lack of shared governance and input into this budgeting and
planning process at the February 13 Board of Trustees meeting. Furthermore,
Presidents Gold and McGowan have drafted a response to Trustee Donna Miller
pertaining to her question on “collegial consultation.”
Violation of the Brown Act by the Trustees—It was pointed out by a Senator that the
Board of Trustees had broken the law by violating the Brown Act. The concern
was that the Board of Trustees approved a recommendation on hiring new
personnel that was not stated in the Board of Trustees agenda but that it was
hidden in the budget transfers section.
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
Mark Greenhalgh
announced that the stop placed on the physical education curriculum at the
District Curriculum Coordinating Committee was mostly procedural. The
Committee wanted to clarify the process for moving curriculum forward when it
is not signed by the President. The curriculum will be moving out of
DCCC and to the Board of Trustees in March or April.
VII. ELECTIONS
Election Results—Listed below are the results of the
elections at the Senate meeting:
Joel Willenbring Distance
Education Advisory Committee
Pete Snyder Distance
Education Advisory Committee
Arrienne Turner Management
Hiring Policy Task Force
Ken Collins Management
Hiring Policy Task Force
Danielle Fouquette Faculty
Hiring Policy Task Force
Robert Lundergan Faculty
Hiring Policy Task Force
Jeff Feaster Adjunct
Faculty Hiring Policy Task Force
Alicia Guy Adjunct
Faculty Hiring Policy Task Force
Josh Ashenmiller Compressed
Calendar Committee
Joumana McGowan Compressed
Calendar Committee
Ken Collins Compressed
Calendar Committee
Callista Lee Senate
Treasurer
Jane Troop Senate
Secretary
Unfilled Education
Program Advisory Committee
VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Academic Freedom—The School of
Continuing Education has approved the proposed changes to the Academic Freedom
Policy. Cypress College Academic Senate
has yet to meet on this.
M/S/U (Varela/Kyle) to approve the draft of the Academic Freedom
Policy.
Instructional Technology Committee Report—There was no report since the committee is
still working on analyzing the results of the survey.
IX. OLD
BUSINESS
None.
X. NEW
BUSINESS
Self-assessment for the Accountability
Reporting for the Community Colleges—Ken Meehan presented this report to
the Senate.
Natural Science Bond Project—A member of the Natural Science Division
related the discussion of the Natural Science Bond Project that took place at
the Board of Trustees meeting held Tuesday, February 13. Discussion ensued. It was pointed out that remodeling the 400
building might still be a viable option. Some remodeling can be done without having to
comply with new code or requiring swing space. The Senator noted that Trustee
Miller asked about the feasibility of returning the money allocated for the
Natural Science Building Project to the State if it turned out we had changed
our minds. It was mentioned that the 1100, 300, and 500 Buildings are on Ready
Access also. This might be a factor to consider further in deciding whether or
not to go forward with work on those buildings. Jake Sapiro and the A.S.
President will write a joint Senate and A.S. resolution for Joumana to read at
the next Board of Trustees meeting.
M/S/U (Kyle/Lamm) to request
that the Senate Exec. meet with the Board of Trustees to discuss the Natural
Sciences Bond Project.
Student Learning Outcomes—Departments should be developing their SLOs
to turn in to Carol Mattson by the end of February. They should be posted on
the website slo.fullcoll.edu.
Physical Education
Transportation Problems and Van Maintenance—The Physical Education Division members would like for the college to
purchase two 12-passenger vans and obtain a Class B license for an M&O
employee with vehicle maintenance skills.
Discussion ensued.
Distance Education—The Distance Education
Committee has decided to centralize distance education somewhat. People working in the DE Office will be
involved in technical support and training services to faculty. The Senate supports the vision of the
Distance Ed Committee and the monetary request.
Senators were asked to take the pack of information they received back
to their respective divisions and ask if they are willing to pay $183,400 for
license and hosting as well as an ongoing cost of approximately $132,400.
XI. LIAISON
REPORTS
Associated Students—Jonathan
Meyer mentioned that last week the A.S. cabinet members voted to voluntarily
take the smoking ban on themselves. They felt that they could ban smoking for
the students, and they have submitted their plan to Dr. Hodge.
United Faculty—The United Faculty president reported that the UF Board met yesterday after receiving the District’s last, best, and final offer. Faculty members have rejected the District’s offer with approximately 65 percent voting “no.” The return was about two-thirds of the total full-time faculty.
UF submitted a proposal to the District that reflected comments from its membership. This proposal was for 1) increasing regular, overload, and summer pay by 7.5 percent, 2) maintaining the proposed step change to be implemented beginning the next fiscal year, 3) continuing to push for an increase in fringe benefits to $4,000, and 4) dropping the disability insurance proposal. Faculty felt that fringe was important. The UF Board also voted to file for impasse on salary if the Board of Trustees does not respond to this proposal after the next Board of Trustee meeting.
It was requested that Faculty attend the Board of Trustees meeting on February 27 at 5:30 wearing the “It’s Time” button.
It was also announced that UF is currently at impasse on the calendar. A date has been set for meeting with the mediators. The Faculty Contract successor agreement is currently at a standstill.
Adjunct
Faculty United—No report.
The meeting was adjourned at 5 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Troop, Secretary