Fullerton College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

March 1, 2007

Present
	Business...........................................	Nancy Woolridge
	Counseling........................................	Elias Dominguez
	Fine Arts...........................................	Chuck Ketter
	Humanities........................................	Danielle Fouquette, Robert Lundergan, Jeff Rodine
	Library...............................................	Anita Varela
	Math/Computer Science.....................	Robert Diaz, Greg Nguyen
	Natural Sciences................................	Carolyn Heath, Jeff Feaster, Jacob Sapiro
	Part-time Faculty...............................
	Physical Education............................	Alicia Guy, Jim Kiefer
	Social Sciences.................................	Diana Kyle, Chris Lamm, Arrienne Turner
	Student Services................................	Paul McKinley
	Technology/Engineering......................	Rosa Molina, Dennis Howey
	At-large.............................................	Gayle Cebrian, Deborah McQueen

	Associated Students..........................	Julie Law

	President...........................................	Joumana McGowan
	President-elect...................................	Ken Collins
	Secretary..........................................	Jane Troop
	Treasurer...........................................	Callista Lee
	At-large.............................................	vacant

Guests: Peter Fong, Mark Greenhalgh, Flor Huerta, Robert Jaurequi, Adela Lopez, Alex Vallejo

Absent
	At-large.............................................	Mike Moore, Marcus Wilson
	Business/CIS.....................................	Steve Dayton
	Fine Arts...........................................	Michelle Coletta
	Humanities........................................	Cathy Collopy-O’Donnell
	Part-Time Faculty...............................	Jim Book

I. CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m. by President McGowan.

II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

M/S/U (Lamm/Turner) to approve the minutes of the February 15, 2007 meeting.

III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

M/S/U (Lamm/Kyle ) to approve the agenda for today’s meeting.

IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS

Struggling with Math Workshop—Flor Aguilera-Huerta announced this workshop to be held next Wednesday in Room 1018.

A.S. Smoking Ban—Jim Kiefer encouraged the A.S. in its smoking ban efforts.

Luminous Portals—Danielle Fouquette announced “Luminous Portals,” which is concerned with how students can access information about Fullerton College. She advised Senators to ask their Deans for more information about it.

KinderCaminata—Chris Lamm mentioned again to the Senate that on Monday, March 12, approximately 1,200 kindergarteners will visit Fullerton College.

Hair—Arienne Turner urged the Senators to attend this production.

Northern California Transfer Experience Trip—Flor Huerta announced the Northern California Transfer Experience trip. The tour is designed for students who are interested in attending school in Northern California. The tour includes University of California campuses at Santa Cruz, Berkeley, and Davis. Also included is San Francisco State University. Applications are in the Cadena Transfer Center and are due by March 21.

V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS

President’s Report

Foundation— Dr. McGowan announced Dr. Hodge’s decision to have Fullerton College work with the independent foundation to develop a master plan that would work for both parties. In case there is no agreement to the master plan, Fullerton College will proceed in developing its own foundation.

District Focus Group—More faculty are needed for this group which will meet on Friday, March 9, in the Faculty Dining Room from 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. The Board of Trustees would like to see a consulting firm study of the community’s perception of the college and groups such as the faculty. There will apparently be several focus groups.

Diversity Conference—A diversity conference will be held at Chaffey College on March 15.

Interim Vice President of Instruction—Lis Leyson has returned in this position until the end of June.

Board Meeting Attendance—Dr. McGowan thanked Senators for attending the last Board of Trustees meeting.

Commencement—Graduation exercises will be Wednesday, May 23, at 6 p.m. Once again, it will fall during finals.

President’s Advisory Council—The proposed Fullerton College goals for 2007-2008 were presented. President McGowan asked if the Senate wanted to make any changes in the goals. The faculty was asked to e-mail any desired focused, measurable goals to her by March 12. Once they are finalized, the requests for Dynamic Funds can be started. She pointed out that of the eight college goals, currently only one is measurable.

District Planning Council—The issue of Dr. Hunter’s allocating $2 million without participation in shared governance was discussed. The union and senate presidents asked several questions regarding this issue and were not satisfied with the answers that they received. The three Senates, along with UF and CSEA, will draft a memorandum about our concerns in DPC to Dr. Hunter to be answered within five to seven days by Dr. Hunter. The money was allocated as follows: $859,000 went to Non-Credit and $1.1 million to classified positions.

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 stated that the Wellness courses are going forward to the Board tomorrow at DCCC. The Curriculum Committee presents the disciplines list to the faculty and then it goes back to the Curriculum Committee. Then Dr. McGowan will know how to vote at the State Academic Senate meeting on the disciplines list.

VII. ELECTIONS

Replacements for Senators in Interim Positions—Before the elections per se, Vice President Collins discussed interpretation of the Senate Bylaws. He asked what the Senate would like to do in the case of permanent replacement elections for Senators who take other positions as interims and then come back. The sense of the Senate was that a Senator would be replaced if he or she is hired for the permanent position being temporarily filled. In the meantime, the alternate could attend Senate meetings.

Election Results—Listed below are the results of the elections at today’s Senate meeting:

Irene Cohn ....................................................................................... College Catalog Committee

Paul McKinley .................................................................... College Website Development Committee

Dale Craig .................................................................... College Website Development Committee

Erica Bennett .................................................................... College Website Development Committee

Laura Melella .................................................................... College Website Development Committee

Karyn Nguyen .......................................................................... Honors Program Advisory Committee

Chris Lamm ......................................................................................... Student Equity Committee

Robert Jaurequi ........................................................................................ Student Equity Committee

VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Natural Science Bond Project—Two versions of the shared governance resolution were compared. The Senators decided to incorporate both resolutions into one.

M/S/U (Ketter/Howey) to approve the shared governance resolution relative to the bond projects. (Unanimously Approved)

Instructional Technology—The Instructional Technology Committee is analyzing the results of its survey and expects to be finished within two weeks. The committee members are currently discussing “clickers,” also known as personal response systems. These devices are used to poll students. Dr. McGowan felt that this committee was the right one to investigate instituting the use of clickers in the classroom.

Webgrade—A question arose regarding Webgrade, a part of Micrograde. There is no cost for Micrograde, but the cost for Webgrade is about $1,000 for 52 users. Each division should know that there will not be any money available for Webgrade and that the faculty will have to pay $25 per year for it.

Physical Education Transportation Problems and Van Maintenance—Although this issue was slated for discussion at the current meeting, the Senate Exec. has not yet met to present it to the college administration. Therefore, the discussion will be delayed.

Distance Education Plan—The DEAC (Distance Education Advisory Committee) sent forward a proposal to PAC that was discussed in the Senate in January. This proposal asks for the hiring of a classified manager/coordinator to oversee an Instructional Support Center, moving from WebCT CE version 4.1 to version 6.0., changing from hosting on campus to hosting off-site with Blackboard, and allocating campus funds to support a Distance Education five-year plan including the migration from WebCT version 4.1 to 6.0 and off-site hosting. This would entail a one-time first-year cost of $183,400 that is required for the license and hosting with an annual ongoing cost of approximately $132,400.

M/S/P (Kyle/Lee) to approve the DEAC proposal that the Senate discussed at its last meeting and direct the Senate’s representatives on PAC to support that proposal.

IX. OLD BUSINESS

None.

X. NEW BUSINESS

Staff Development Coordinator—Since Cathy Collopy O’Donnell will be on a one-year sabbatical, the Staff Development Committee has requested that Brandon Floereke temporarily take her place while she is gone.

M/S/U (McQueen/Diaz) to approve the request to have Brandon Floereke replace Cathy Collopy O’Donnell during her sabbatical.

Cypress College Nursing Lab Hours Resolution—The Cypress College resolution supporting the nursing faculty’s request of a 1:1 ration for compensation for lecture and clinical practicum was presented and discussed.

M/S/P (Collins/Kyle) to reject the resolution regarding Cypress College’s proposed lecture to clinical lab practicum ratio.

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities—Discussion on this issue will be delayed until the students involved can be at a Senate meeting.

MESA—Dr. McGowan posed the question of whether or not the Senate wants to bring MESA back with a faculty member running it who is compensated by reassigned time. She requested input from the math, science, and engineering faculty. The MESA report is available for those who are interested. So far, Engineering doesn’t want the program to return. Math and Science representatives will take it back to their divisions for discussion.

XI. LIAISON REPORTS

Associated Students— A.S. Vice President Julie Law presented the Associated Students’ smoking ban procedure.

M/S/P (Fouquette/Kyle) to approve the A.S. smoking ban procedure but feels that enforcement may be problematic.

United Faculty— United Faculty President Dale Craig thanked the Senators for attending the Tuesday evening Board of Trustees meeting. He reported that, although a large number of faculty members attended, the Board of Trustees did not change its position pertaining to salary. UF will be forced to file impasse paperwork on salary.

The academic calendar is already at impasse, which was filed by the District. The contract successor agreement is near impasse because the District refuses to drop several proposals that have not seen

progress for months. He clarified that the eventual salary resolution will not be less than the District’s last, best, and final offer of 7 percent on regular salary, and 7.5 percent on summer and overload pay.

He also indicated that, based on statements made by the Chancellor at the last DPC meeting, the United Faculty President will contact CTA Legal to inquire about possible Brown Act Violations by the Board of Trustees.

Adjunct Faculty United—No report.

The meeting was adjourned at 5 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/

Jane Troop, Secretary

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