Approved Minutes
March 2, 2006
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Business......................................... |
Dale Craig |
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Counseling...................................... |
Inez Bielke, Elias Dominguez |
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Fine Arts......................................... |
Chuck Ketter |
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Humanities...................................... |
Danielle Fouquette, Robert Lundergan, Miguel Powers, Jeff Rodine |
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Library............................................. |
Michele Fitzsimmons |
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Math/Computer Science................... |
Kelly Klassen |
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Natural Sciences.............................. |
Jeff Feaster, Jacob Sapiro |
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Part-Time Faculty............................. |
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Physical Education.......................... |
Jim Kiefer |
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Social Sciences............................... |
Susan Grabiel, Diana Kyle, Arienne Turner |
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Student Services.............................. |
Paul McKinley |
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Technology/Engineering.................... |
Gayle Cebrian, Dennis Howey, Kevin Sampson |
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At-large........................................... |
Elise Donley, Mike Moore, Marcus Wilson |
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Associated Students........................ |
Julie Law |
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President......................................... |
Joumana McGowan |
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Past President................................. |
Rolando Sanabria |
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Secretary........................................ |
Jane Troop |
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Treasurer......................................... |
Ken Collins |
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At-large, Curriculum Chair................. |
Doug Eisner |
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Guests: Cynthia Wafer, Adela Lopez, Carol Matson,
Milton Randall, Robert Simpson,
Ted Spriggs |
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Absent |
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At-large........................................... |
Callista Lee, Sally Moore |
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Fine Arts......................................... |
Bill Hayner |
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Business......................................... |
Joel Willenbring |
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Counseling...................................... |
Karyn Nguyen |
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Humanities...................................... |
John Ison, |
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Math/Computer Science................... |
Deborah McQueen |
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Part-Time........................................ |
Jim Book |
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Physical Education.......................... |
Pete Snyder |
I.
CALL TO
ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. by President Joumana McGowan.
II.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
M/S/U (Moore/Dominguez) to approve the Minutes of the February 16, 2006
meeting.
III.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
M/S/U (Ketter/Troop) to approve the agenda for this meeting with a
change.
IV.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
Cynthia Wafer addressed the Senate relative
to the Classified Employee Recognition Award and
distributed nomination forms.
Dennis Howey announced that the
Hornets basketball team is now 33-0.
Chuck Ketter mentioned that the high
school theater festival will be held on campus March 17 and 18.
V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
REPORTS
President’s
Report
DPC—President
McGowan announced that an analysis of the P1 enrollment report revealed that
It was announced
that Doug Eisner and Marcus Wilson have been selected as the faculty
participating in the Study Abroad program and will be going to
Dr. Hodge will be
reopening the Vice President of Instruction position again with a start date in
the middle of the fall 2006 semester. Nominations for three faculty positions
on the VPI hiring committee will be sent out soon.
The Senate is
currently awaiting a reply on the matter of keeping the
Dr. McGowan
invited members of the Senate to edit the draft of a memorandum she had
prepared to Dr. Hodge regarding shared governance relative to faculty
representation on PAC work groups. Senators requested that Dr. McGowan
copy Dr. Hunter on the memorandum that was discussed. Dr. McGowan recommended that we wait until we
receive a response from Dr. Hodge and then decide to share the information
with Dr. Hunter if needed. The Senators
did not agree and requested that Dr. McGowan copy Dr. Hunter on the memorandum.
M/S/U (Wilson/Craig)
to approve the memorandum to Dr. Hodge on shared governance as edited.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer thanked those who provided the
refreshments for this meeting.
VI.
CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE REPORT
Dr. Eisner reported on
the recent draft of the proposal to allow students to achieve multiple
Associate degrees. Doug also announced
that, since he is serving his last year as chairperson of the Curriculum Committee,
a new one must be elected. Discussion ensued as to how to elect a
replacement.
Senators were requested to take the class
size planning sheet back to their divisions to get feedback. This will be
reintroduced in the Senate after it has been presented to all divisions.
VII. ELECTIONS
The Senator
elections are nearly completed. A list of committees was circulated so
that the meeting times of each could be determined and made available to
individuals who were interested in running for various committees. An
objection was raised by Miguel Powers, Chairperson of the Senate Constitution
Committee, concerning how the Senate Executive Committee was selected. It was
alleged that the election was improper because it was not open to the entire
campus. This objection proved ungrounded when this campus-wide requirement
could not be found in the Senate Constitution. The election of the Senate
Executive Committee stands.
VIII.
LIAISON
REPORTS
Associated Students
Julie Law brought
copies of proposed changes to AP 3570 to the Senate. This Administrative
Procedure has to do with smoking on campus and will be re-introduced in PCC.
Associated Students wanted the support of the Senate.
M/S/P (Kyle/Kiefer)
to approve the proposed changes to AP 3570.
United Faculty
The salary proposal
by United Faculty, six percent (6%) and ten percent (10%) increase on fringe
benefits, was met with a counter by the District for COLA (4.23%). There was no
reason given for this response by the District. UF will resubmit the original
proposal since the response by the District had no attached reasons.
It was announced
that several seats on the United Faculty Board of Directors will be announced
in March. These positions are open to all faculty members of United Faculty.
A question was
raised about negotiations and the length of time members of the current
negotiating team have been serving. It was pointed out that negotiations is a
complex and challenging process requiring a certain level of expertise and that
faculty are well represented by the current team.
Adjunct Faculty United
No report.
M/S/P (Wilson/Turner) to approve the
appointment of Dr. Eisner by the Executive Council to serve as the At-large
Executive Committee member until December 2006.
IX.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
None.
X.
OLD
BUSINESS
A draft of the
Dean’s Hiring Committee and Summer Election processes were discussed to be
added to the Senate By-laws. This was a
first read. The Senators were asked to
take the proposed revisions back to their divisions and to provide feedback to
the Senate at the March 16 Senate meeting.
The Senate
discussed the possible institutionalization of the Mesa Program as the grant
runs out on June 30. It was pointed out that many institutions use
faculty with reassigned time as Directors of this program.
M/S/P
(Dominguez/Bielke) that the Senate supports the Mesa Program and that we leave
it up to PAC and the President as to whether we meet our obligations to
XI.
NEW
BUSINESS
The role of
distance learning was discussed. The question was at what level do the Faculty
want to see support for Distance Education on campus. A motion was proposed that
the faculty use Staff Development for training, but that the content for
distance education courses remain within the respective divisions. This motion
was tabled until the next meeting.
Ted Spriggs
discussed the early alert system component of Title V and presented the Senate
with an outline for action. He asked for the Senate’s support of this
early alert system.
M/S/P (Sanabria/Collins) that the Senate endorse and support the Student Tracking System that
Ted Spriggs discussed with Senate regarding
Title V Grant, Component 2.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:12 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/
Jane Troop, Secretary