Meeting of
Approved Minutes
(Please note: General
interest issues or meeting and notifications are listed below in bold to allow them to be located more
easily.)
I.
General
A. Call
to Order: A quorum being present,
President Carmela Arnoldt called the meeting to order at 2:31 P.M. in the
Council Chambers, Senators present included President Carmela Arnoldt, Vice
President Jim Reed, Treasurer Jim Daugherty, Secretary Laura Avila, and
Senators Doug Brenner, Paula Davis, Fernando Garcia, Robert Hubbard, David
Jenkins, Steve Kadel, Johnnie Clemens May, Carlos V. Nuñez, Alicia Ottenberg, Robert Reavis, Frank Rivera, David M.
Rodriguez, and Joy Wingersky.
B. Introduction of Guests- Including, but not limited to, Dean Chuck Jeffrey, Vice-President Fernando Camou, Gay Garesche, Frank Gonzalez, and Lyle Walcott.
Vice-President Camou commended faculty for their hard work and commitment to student success. He also stated he has an open door policy to provide assistance. President Arnoldt thanked Dr. Camou for supporting faculty.
C. The proposed meeting agenda was adopted as amended.
D. The
minutes from the October 27th meeting, distributed via email, were
unanimously approved.
E. Treasurer Daugherty reported a balance of $5415.33 for all accounts. He reported an expenditure during the month in the amount of $1500.00 for GCC Readfest.
F. Trini Sandoval asked for Senate to consider donating money to support the Mentoring Program at GCC. The money donated would be used to provide lunch for all mentors at their annual banquet. A motion was made by Vice-President Reed for Senate to approve a donation in the amount of $400.00 to support the Mentoring Program. Senator Brenner seconded the motion and the motion was carried.
G. Senator Hubbard and Gay Garesche presented a motion on dual enrollment for Senate to consider. Senate agreed the recommendations contained in the motion would be sent with the October official minutes to all Faculty. Faculty comments would be taken into consideration and Senate may take the motion to a vote at the next Senate meeting in January.
H. Dean Jeffrey discussed the Monitoring Report on Student Outcomes
Assessment. Dean Jeffrey also stated his
commitment to follow through on the Technology
Task Force Report. Senator Daugherty
also added the CTC meeting will be held on December 13th at
I. President’s Report-
President Arnoldt reminded everyone of the Maricopa Internship opportunity. Also, the PBAC committee has concluded deliberations and recommendations will be taken to President Abel.
J. FEC Report-
President Arnoldt mentioned that
President Moore encourages everyone to attend convocation. Conversations at FEC indicate some College
Presidents do not want to support the 49% retirement system. This is not the case at
K. Governing Board Report-
President Arnoldt stated
II.
Old Business
A. President Arnoldt and Dr. Camou will be asking committee chairs to submit the time and dates the committee has met, as well as, subsequent meetings for the rest of the academic year.
B. Senator
Daugherty had no information to report regarding the Administrators’ Feedback
subcommittee.
C. Senator Daugherty informed Senate of FEP committee discussions concerning re-wording some of the questions on the FEP for faculty who are not teaching, but are providing some other service. Regarding question 2, the FEP form should include “service” not just instruction. In question 5 the sentence will now read “Which class/group did you evaluate?”
D. Senate decided to advise FEC that GCC’s current grading system should not be changed to ASU’s plus/ minus system.
III.
New Business
A. President Arnoldt informed senate that a Baccalaureate bill will be proposed again at the next legislative session. Senator Reed is concerned there will be no extra funding coming to the college budget to support the Baccalaureate program if the bill does pass.
B. Senator Kadel would like to explore ways to try and save Readfest. Senator Reed asked if Readfest could possibly be considered as a committee assignment to help with manpower.
C. President
Arnoldt informed Senate that classroom efficiency will be looked at by Dr.
Williams to accommodate a “student centered” schedule. Some Department Chairs are being asked to
re-evaluate their department’s schedule to meet student needs.
IV. Information
A. President Arnoldt reminded Senate of potential changes to the RFP regarding Department chair terms.
B. Other informational items regarding Technology Task Force (see I. H), HLC Monitoring Report (see I. H), and dual enrollment motion (see I.G) were covered earlier in the meeting to accommodate the guests making their presentations concerning these issues.
V.
Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at