Approved Faculty Senate Minutes December 2, 1999

I. General

A. President Jim Reed called the meeting to order at 2:35PM in HU107.

Present: Senators Freddie Anttila, Carmela Arnoldt, Renee Barstack, Larry Bohlender, Rod

Brooker, Paul DePippo, Gay Garesche, Jack Haughan, Trish Hofer, Michael Holtfrerich, Phil Moloso,

David Raffaelle, Linda Smith.

Absent: Jim Daugherty, Anne Dudley, Patrick Haas.

Visitors: Including but not limited to Walter Kekowski, Debra Palok, Bill Stewart, and Lyle

Walcott.

B. Arnoldt moved (Bohlender second) approval of the agenda with changes: Reed requested guest

Palok be allowed to present parking update first, DePippo requested addition of item III A, Membership,

and Anttila requested II F, Communication, be moved to first item after parking report. PASSED.

C. Anttila moved (Garesche second) approval of the minutes of October 28th with the addition of

adding a copy of Subcommittee's letter to the Board. PASSED.

D. Treasurer's Report: Moloso reported balance of $13,751.86 after $3000 rebate ($20 per 214

members) from District Faculty Association. Strategies to increase membership need to be created and

implemented.

II. Old Business

A. Palok distributed traffic pattern log and discussed ongoing plans to improve parking for next

semester.

B. Communication: DePippo moved to add III A, "membership" and put "membership" on Old

Business for next meeting. PASSED. Moloso moved to take from the table "Communications with

Administration." (I. Letter to NCA: Garesche asked Senate to approve a draft of a letter (*subsequent agreement to

include in minutes) to be sent to Governing Board Members before submission to NCA. Anttila moved (Moloso second)

acceptance of the letter with amendment to copy Carol Bernstein and Jim Richardson of AAUP. TABLED.) PASSED.

Discussion of advisability and timing of sending letter. Garesche called the question. PASSED. Nay:

Arnoldt. Original Motion: PASSED. Yea: Anttila, Brooker, DePippo, Garesche, Haughan, Holtfrerich,

Moloso, Raffaelle. Nay: Arnoldt, Barstack, Hofer, Smith. Abstain: Bohlender. DePippo moved

(Garesche second) any Senator may explain his/her vote by means of an attachment to the Minutes.

FAILED. Yea: Bohlender, Brooker, DePippo, Garesche, Holtfrerich. Nay: Anttila, Arnoldt, Barstack,

Haughan, Hofer, Moloso, Raffaelle, Smith.

C. College Plan: Holtfrerich explained progress of the College Plan. Moloso moved (Barstack second) to

accept Committee's report and support their continuing negotiations. PASSED.

D. Budget Development Committee: Garesche made several comments: 1. Dean Elsner commended

Budget Process Committee for wearing "college hats" and conceded additional input was valuable. 2.

Other groups, e.g., Multiple Intelligences, were invited to submit budget requests. 3. Senate could

submit requests. 4. Two MAT positions, ACE Plus and Mentoring Director may have been chosen

without faculty approved by Senate on the hiring committee. DePippo moved (Anttila second) to file a

grievance since above positions were filled without faculty selected by Senate. PASSED. NAY: Hofer.

E. Representation on Budget Development Committee (BDC): DePippo clarified that his previous

comments about Chairs serving on Budget Committees were and are directed to all aspects of funding

resources and did not imply that chairs should not be allowed to serve as pulling Chairs out of BDC

would dilute faculty input. Moloso moved (Arnoldt second) Resolved: All faculty, including Chairs,

appointments to campus committees should be initiated and approved by the Faculty President, subject to

ratification by the Senate. PASSED.

F. Dual Enrollment: Garesche attended a meeting called by Representative Schoettel, a member of the

State House Education Committee. 25 people attended; ten were from MCCCD and several were from

the Arizona Taxpayer's Research Association. She learned that Don Puyear, Director of the State

Community College Board, stated that all tuition must be approved and cannot be waived. GCC has 74

sections of keyboaording in high schools.

G. Letter to Editor of <AZ Republic>: Upon Senate direction, a letter to the editor about dual

enrollment was written. Moloso moved (Raffaelle second) to approve the substance of the letter subject

to minor modifications. PASSED.

Information:

A. GCC will add a fourth representative to Faculty Executive Council.

Next meeting Thursday January 27th, 2000.

Adjournment by acclamation at 5:35PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Carmela Arnoldt