Fullerton College Faculty Senate

September 16, 2004

Approved Minutes

Present
Academic Services....................................	Doris Wright
Business..................................................	Jeff Couchaine, Dale Craig
Counseling................................................	Karyn Nguyen
Fine Arts...................................................
Humanities................................................	Renee Bangerter, Kathleen Engstrom, John Ison, Miguel Powers, Jeff Rodine
Library......................................................	Michele Fitzsimmons
Math/Computer Science.............................	Kelly Klassen, Deborah McQueen
Natural Sciences.......................................	Ken Collins, Jeff Feaster, Karen Robinson
Part-Time Faculty......................................	Jim Book
Physical Education....................................	Jim Kiefer, Pete Snyder
Social Sciences........................................	Susan Grabiel, Callista Lee, Arienne Turner
Student Services.......................................
Technology/Engineering.............................	Dennis Howey
At-large ....................................................	Elise Donley, Paul Farnham, Ken Lewis, Adela Lopez, Tanomo Taguchi
Associated Students..................................	Araz Pourmorad, Sarah Nash
President..................................................	Rolando Sanabria
President-elect..........................................	Joumana McGowan
Secretary..................................................	Jane Troop
Treasurer..................................................	Behnoosh Armani
At-large, Curriculum Chair...........................	Doug Eisner
Guests: Liz Kiszely, Victoria Lugo
Absent
At-large.....................................................	Marcus Wilson
Fine Arts...................................................	Bill Hayner
Natural Sciences.......................................	Brad Dawson
Part-Time..................................................	Terry Gleason
Technology...............................................	Kevin Sampson

I. The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. by President Rolando Sanabria.

II. The Minutes for April 29, Minutes were approved by consensus.
The Minutes for September 2 were approved by consensus.

III. The agenda for the present meeting was approved by consensus with one change.

IV. PUBLIC COMMENT

President Sanabria mentioned that we meet the requirements of the Brown Act relative to public comment. He announced that in the future public comments should be about issues presented in the Senate and not just general announcements with an eight-minute time limit. He also indicated that he will solicit public comments before each topic to be covered.

Jim Kiefer commented on the maintenance of the college vans. He related an incident about a track meet where one of the vans broke down. He indicated that the school has not yet faced the possibility of injury to students and/or faculty because of the unsafe vans.

Behnoosh Armani noted that Nilo Niccolai does not have enough people to do what needs to be done to support distance learning classes. She indicated that her request to configure a special distance education class was not met by Nilo.

Doris Wright announced that haircuts will be given from 8 a.m. to dusk in the Quad on September 30 and again Friday, October 1 in the Cosmetology Department. Proceeds go to the City of Hope.

V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS

President’s Report

The Senate was reminded that Adam O’Connor needs to be invited to the Senate to review budget information.

Board of Trustees—The budget was discussed.

PCC—Although only the Senate and the Dean’s Council have a say in the accreditation process, accreditation was discussed in PCC. The PCC will not make any decisions on the accreditation report.

The conversation regarding the restructuring of PCC continued. The only apparent comments to restructure PCC are from the faculty. Dr. Hodge will present her model for PCC next week. Dr. Hodge’s three guiding principles are: (1) everyone is represented at the table, (2) PCC becomes a recommending body to her, and (3) PCC will be an information center. Dr. Hodge is aware that decision making in PCC must conform to AB 1725.

DPC—The 2004-2005 budget was discussed. The district apparently has carryover money in the amount of $34 million, of which $5.3 million is not allocated. It was pointed out by members of the Senate that being “allocated” is an imprecise term because it merely means that the money has been placed in an account and does not mean that it is unavailable to be used in other areas. Rolando indicated that at the Board Meeting it was pointed out that the District supplies budget for 2003/2004 (actual expenditures) was $2,406,742 and that the projected for 2004/2005 is $10,561,444.

Rolando announced that the three faculty senate bodies are discussing passing a resolution for the District that stops spending until all salary negotiations have been completed. After that, unfunded health benefits for the retirees will be considered, hiring of classified will be handled, and attention will be turned to restoring programs that have been eliminated.

Relative to the Banner Steering Committee, Chancellor Hunter and Jack Raubolt agreed that the Senate should appoint someone to the Committee. Since there is only one faculty representative on this committee, it must be selected jointly by all three senate bodies. The Chancellor also agreed to develop a shared governance committee to look into the FTES allocation model for the District. This means that the campus producing more FTES will get to keep the money generated by those FTES.

Faculty Allocation Committee—There are 17 requests for the 12 growth positions. Rolando will call the first meeting, and then the committee will carry on by itself. This is the first time that the faculty will have input into this process. The list of positions developed by the Deans and all supporting documents will go to the Allocation Committee and then that committee will do its own ranking. After that, both lists go to the President.

Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer Behnoosh Armani passed around a refreshments sign-up sheet.

VI. CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Doug Eisner reported that the curriculum process is working very smoothly because of further computer implementation. OSCAR training was great. He mentioned that Cypress College had decided to buy Curricunet with Fullerton College rather than by itself. President Hodge asked that the process be slowed down to allow consideration of alternative programs. Now the two colleges are researching programs together.

The curriculum that will come to the college because of the Title V grant will be discussed at the September 29 Curriculum Committee meeting. Some of the issues about these classes are that most will be cross-listed with multiple FSAs. Some will be coming to us already written by CSUF. Anyone wanting to address this should go to the September 29 meeting of the Curriculum Committee. Rolando mentioned that someone will be asked to present information on Title V before the Senate. The purpose of our offering these classes is to make it easier for people to go from Fullerton College to CSUF.

VII. ELECTIONS

Members were selected to serve on the Elections Committee. The Senate voted to confirm the Honors Coordinator, the Honors Board Committee for 2004-2006, the Faculty Allocation Committee for 2004-2006, and the Educational Technology Committee for 2004-2006. Jeff Courchaine read a candidate’s statement for Laura Melella who was in class.

President-elect Joumana McGowan announced that President Hodge would like the Senate to form a hiring committee for the Staff Development Coordinator position. At the present, this position receives 20 percent reassigned time. A discussion and motion regarding the composition of the committee and the amount of reassigned time was tabled until the next Senate meeting.

VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Academic Freedom

Six or seven people from our Senate will attend the Cypress College Senate to persuade the members to stand with us in negotiations. It was pointed out that the Senate president should send out an e-mail that includes the old and new academic freedom policies.

Student Equity Plan

Our recommendations were to be sent to Cindy Vyskocil so that she can incorporate them, but she has received nearly nothing. We need to move on this. In order for us to have a response, the departments must discuss a plan.

IX. OLD BUSINESS

None.

X. NEW BUSINESS

It was mentioned that there is already a motion on the floor to accept the Accreditation Report. Discussion ensued.

The concerns of the Senate with the Accreditation Report were two: inconsistencies in terminology and measurement (quantifiable information) as well as student equity (diversity).

XI. LIAISON REPORTS

Associated Students

Araz Pourmorad expressed his hope that the faculty enjoyed the candy it received, and he introduced another Associated Student officer who will be attending Senate meetings, Sarah Nash. Araz hoped that contributions would be made to the Care Bank to aid needy students. The contributions are tax deductible.

United Faculty Report

Negotiations are in process to add a person to the Tenure Review Committees.

Adjunct Faculty United

No report.

The meeting adjourned at 5 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/

Jane Troop

Senate Secretary