Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
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Academic Services............................. |
Doris Wright |
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Business........................................... |
Jeff Courchaine, Dale Craig |
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Counseling........................................ |
Karyn Nguyen |
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Fine Arts........................................... |
Bill Hayner |
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Humanities........................................ |
Renee Bangerter, Kathleen Engstrom, John Ison, Miguel Powers, Jeff Rodine |
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Library............................................... |
Michele Fitzsimmons |
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Math/Computer Science..................... |
Kelly Klassen, Deborah McQueen |
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Natural Sciences................................ |
Ken Collins, Jeff Feaster |
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Part-Time Faculty............................... |
Jim Book, Brenda Terry |
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Physical Education............................ |
Jim Kiefer, Pete Snyder |
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Social Sciences................................. |
Callista Lee, Arienne Turner |
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Student Services................................ |
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Technology/Engineering...................... |
Dennis Howey,
Kevin Sampson |
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At-large............................................. |
Elise Donley, Ken Lewis, Adela Lopez, Tanomo
Taguchi, Marcus Wilson |
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Associated Students.......................... |
Araz Pourmorad |
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President........................................... |
Rolando Sanabria |
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President-elect................................... |
Joumana McGowan |
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Secretary.......................................... |
Jane Troop |
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Treasurer........................................... |
Behnoosh Armani |
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At-large, Curriculum Chair................... |
Doug Eisner |
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At-large............................................. |
Paul Farnham |
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Natural Sciences................................ |
Brad Dawson, Karen Robinson |
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Social Sciences................................. |
Susan Grabiel |
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I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at
II. Approval of Minutes for the
The Minutes of the
III. Approval of Agenda
The agenda for this meeting was approved by consensus.
IV. Public Comments
The Day of the Dead
(Dia de los Muertos) will be observed in the
V. Executive Committee Reports
President’s Report
DPC— All faculty and classified groups represented at
DPC agreed that spending priorities were not going to be discussed until salary
negotiations are settled. The only group at DPC that failed to support this
resolution was the District Management Group. It was pointed out that such an
agreement among nearly all constituent groups is a significant event that
should not be ignored.
A proposal was made at DPC to complete negotiations in the spring in future
years, prior to the start of the academic year. The Chancellor is open to this
idea, and it will be discussed.
The Unlawful Discrimination Policy, which has been rewritten with legal
assistance, was brought up for a first reading.
Rolando urged anyone having any recommendations to send them to him or
directly to Lisa Campbell.
The Academic Freedom Policy is being rewritten by the Senate
presidents. Kevin Sampson is serving as a resource.
Treasurer’s Report
No report.
VI. Curriculum Committee Report
Doug Eisner
advised the Senators that, when they are proposing curriculum that will affect
other divisions, they contact the corresponding people
in the other divisions. The Curriculum Committee will soon be working on course
repeatability. It will publish a document explaining which courses can be repeatable
and how they can be made repeatable.
Math and English requirements for an A.A. were discussed, and the
Curriculum Committee felt that this issue was important enough to refer to
Rolando Sanabria. A motion followed relative to this issue.
M/S/U (Wilson/Book) to instruct Rolando to vote no on this issue at the
State Academic Senate.
VII.
Elections
A
statement was read by Joumana McGowan on behalf of Dana Clahane. Jim Kiefer and Pete Snyder spoke on behalf of
Lewin.
VIII.
The
following are the results of the two elections that were held in the Senate:
Constitution Committee, 2004-2006............................................ Jeff Courchaine
Constitution Committee, 2004-2006............................................ Miguel Powers
Constitution Committee, 2004-2006............................................ Joumana McGowan
Constitution Committee, 2004-2006............................................ Ken Collins
Student Services At-Large Representative, 2004-2005.................. Pamela
Lewin
IX. Unfinished Business
Adam O’Connor addressed the Senate about campus finances and
distributed a four-page budget information handout including a recap of the
CCFS-311 report filed by the District with the State. This report also
presented a summary of local
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All
FC operational allocations are given a one-time 10% add-back on top of current
allocations
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An
additional $500,000 was allocated for instructional equipment, which will be
allocated by the Deans’ Council. With the carryover of $40,000 and the materials
amount of $342,000, the total to be allocated is $882,000
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$250,000
was set aside for the creation of a new auxiliary foundation
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$75,000,
budget for 20% reassigned time, and $100,000 TTIP carryover money is now
available for staff development and technology training activities.
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$1,000
was allocated to the office of Equity and Diversity to bring a distinguished
speaker to campus for this year’s Festival of Diversity
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A
capital outlay fund was given $3,000,000 to augment the carryover of $1,000,000
for unspecified capital projects
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In
addition to this money, the college has $3,500,000 in unallocated money and
$374,000 in unspent PfE money
A question was raised about how many employees are being
covered by PfE money. Adam indicated that approximately 60 non-faculty
positions are funded from PfE monies throughout the District, about 30 at
Adam reminded the Senate that the District’s entire 67-page
budget is on the District Web site.
Bond Projects Update—Dr. Hunter addressed the Senate
regarding the bond project and the findings of an independent oversight
committee hired to review the bond process. This report has just been published
and indicates several areas of concern. These are primarily in the project
management and reporting areas.
Dr. Hunter indicated that the District is using the report
and the recommendations from the report to fix some problems with bond
management. Dr. Hunter felt confident that the problems highlighted in this
report can and will be fixed. He felt that,
since it is early enough in the bond process (about halfway), these problems
will not endanger the projects.
Dr. Hunter then took questions. He was asked to list his top concerns from
this report. He gave the four recommendations indicated in a memo he had sent
to the Senate President:
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Distinguish
the role of the Program Managers, who oversees the entire Facilities Program,
from the Construction Managers, who individually oversee projects at the
college campuses
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Establish
a higher level of oversight throughout the program
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Improve
management processes and procedures throughout the program
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Integrate
the roles of District facilities staff and program management staff
His top concerns to come out of the report were lack of
communication between project manager and construction manager and lack of
necessary oversight because of this lack of communication.
Dr. Hunter was then asked if he felt enough people on the
Another question was raised about the lack of an RFP (request
for proposal) process. Dr. Hunter replied that an RFP process was not legally
mandated. However, in response to the report findings, such a process will be
used.
A number of issues were raised about the bond projects. It
was pointed out that the cost increases have been exclusively blamed on the
increase in material costs. However, the bond oversight report indicated a
significant problem with management. Dr. Hunter indicated that cost increases
have played a major factor in various bond project overruns. He indicated that
there were likely too many projects and they were likely not planned carefully
enough. Dr. Hunter indicated that the master plan, which was done in 1999 and prior
to his arrival in the District, has lead to many of the planned projects.
It was pointed out that the report suggested that the
primary reason for cost overruns at the
A question was raised about reexamining the local campus
bond management processes in light of this report and in light of the $4.5
million cost overrun. Dr. Hunter indicated that such a reevaluation would be
part of the local campus processes and depended on what the campus groups wanted
to do. He indicated that, in light of the bond oversight report, the District
is changing its practices, technology, and personnel. Some changes have already been made. The
District will not commit to assisting the campuses in redressing cost overruns.
Dr. Hodge then addressed the Senate. She indicated that she
started in January of 2004. By February, 2004 there was a $20 million deficit.
The President then said that she has prioritized the bond projects to add the
most value to the campus. She will continue to abide by this goal, and she felt
that the current deficit gives us the opportunity to reevaluate the projects.
Dr. Hodge stated that we will meet the challenges not by just cutting features
from existing projects but by evaluating all projects with the goal of getting
the best value for the money. This will result in a classroom building with 15
new classrooms, a remodeled gym, a campus commons, one-stop center, and a new
parking structure. Not all the requested remodeling will be done, and some
divisions will be unhappy, but the buildings put up today will be a legacy for
years to come. We have an important responsibility not only to our current
students and colleagues but to those in the future.
M/S/U (Courchaine/Wilson) that the Senate direct its
president to inform the Board of Trustees at its next meeting that the current
reprioritization of the Fullerton College bond projects by Dr. Hodge agrees
more closely with the bond projects adopted by the Fullerton College Faculty
Senate than any previous bond project prioritizations and that the current bond
priorities have the full support of Fullerton College Faculty Senate.
Furthermore, the current bond problems are due to problems in initial planning.
Campus Safety would like to create an ad hoc committee to develop
standards for dealing with students with psychological disabilities. Callista
Lee volunteered for this committee.
Program Discontinuance Policy Update— The program discontinuance process
is continuing. Jeff Courchaine has resigned as the Program Discontinuance
Committee Chairperson. It was announced that, despite the belief that the three
Academic Senates had reached a tentative agreement, the Cypress Senate and
Staff Development Coordinator Update—A single application for the Staff
Development position was received and, since there were not others, this applicant
was accepted without a formal interview. This position entails 20 percent
reassigned time.
Student Equity Plan—It will be up for approved at the next PCC meeting, and the
Senate President was seeking direction on how to vote. Rolando indicated that
this report was done in a slightly different way since one person wrote the
basic report and then sent it out for review. Normally it would have been
written by a committee. This was not a completely successful procedure, and it
will not be used as a model in the future. Faculty can still send comments to
Cindy Vyskocil.
M/S/U (Courchaine/Keifer) to direct President Sanabria to
accept the Student Equity Plan.
I. Old Business
None.
II. New Business
Restructuring of PCC—To help make a decision, various
prior PCC members were invited to address the Senate. A prior member of PCC
expressed concern that membership in PCC requires sufficient knowledge of
campus events to make informed decisions and that such membership should be
open to all members of the campus, not just Senate members. It was pointed out
that PCC was originally formed to mesh the various talents, viewpoints, and
concerns found among the campus groups. This discussion will continue at the
next Senate meeting.
Teacher Education Program Advisory
Committee – It was proposed at the previous Senate meeting (first read) to
create a Teacher Education Advisory Committee to advise on the new Teacher
Education program we have received grant money to develop. This committee would
invite faculty from all divisions to participate.
M/S/U (Book/Eisner) to develop a Teacher Education Advisory Committee.
Room/Office Allocation—A concern was
raised about the way that rooms are allocated. It was mentioned that currently
no overall plan for room allocation exists. Department coordinators and office
managers use Banner to “grab” rooms as needed rather than rely on a well
planned process. The example was given of a room where classes are held for
four weeks, one day a week, that is not reassigned when the class is finished. Another
issue is how technology-equipped rooms are allocated in the face of a growing
number of classes that can make use of them. It was requested that the Senate attempt to
deal with this issue.
It was pointed out that room allocation is the
responsibility of the Academic Vice President’s office and the individual Deans,
and that there may be a plan. Although faculty can ask questions, such plans
are the responsibility of these campus entities.
A question was raised about faculty office availability in
light of expected faculty positions being filled in the next two years. A
question was raised about this issue falling under the purview of United Faculty
because it involved working conditions. The union president was asked about
this issue, but there was no clear answer.
It was the sense of the Senate that the Senate Exec. investigate
this issue and come back to the Senate with more information.
ACT and Banner—Due to lack of time, this will be
discussed at the next meeting. An e-mail will be sent to Senators outlining the
issues.
III. Liaison Reports
Associated Students
Araz Pourmorad thanked the Senate for donating to the Care
Bank program as well as for giving blood during the Associated Students blood
drive. He announced Hornet Madness to be
held tonight.
United Faculty
United Faculty is working on revised tenure reviews,
phase-in retirement, and finishing some major pieces of the contract for next
month.
Adjunct Faculty United
No report.
The meeting was adjourned at 5 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
/s/
Jane Troop,
Secretary