Meeting of February 22, 2007
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 Jim Daugherty called the meeting to order at 2:35 P.M. in the A-146 Conference Room, Senators present included Vice President Deborah Van Marche, Secretary Laura Avila, Treasurer David Jenkins, and Senators Doug Brenner, Ruth Callahan, Susan Campbell, Fernando Garcia, Emily Gwinn, Steve Kadel, John Kelly, Connie LaBuhn, Johnnie C. May, Carlos V. Nuñez, Alicia Ottenberg, Robert Reavis, and Jim Reed.
B. Introduction of Guests- Including, but not limited to, Vice President Jean Ann Abel, Joseph Bednorz, Doug Desanti, Associated Student Government President George Repta, and Lyle Walcott.
C. The proposed meeting agenda was adopted as amended.
D. ASG President George Repta informed Senate that two new student clubs were formed, the Pre-Pharmacy Club and the Students for Life Club. He also informed Senate of his participation in the President’s Team on Technology. ASG took a major part in the renovation of the Student Union, and ASG also donated funds to the remodel project in order to purchase furniture. President Repta extended an invitation to all faculty to attend their Spring Bash.
E. Vice President Abel addressed Senate’s questions regarding scheduling changes. Vice President Able stressed the importance of moving to a guaranteed schedule in order to better serve students. This means the schedule may need to be tightened by offering fewer sections in order to avoid a high number of cancellations.
Senator Reed asked Vice President Abel for an update regarding the hiring of a full time person in charge of recruitment and retention. Vice President Abel informed Senate that they are looking at the Grade and Step of the position, as well as the funding associated with this new position.
F. The minutes from the January 25th meeting, distributed via email, were unanimously approved.
G. Treasurer’s Report-
Treasurer Jenkins reported a balance of $9926.97 for all accounts. There were no reported expenditures for the month.
H. President’s Report-
President Daugherty informed Senate that he attended the past several Governing Board meetings. He also answered questions regarding FEP language via email.
I. FEC Report-
Senator Reed informed Senate of the possibility of moving the FEC office from District to another location. All colleges will be involved in the process if this is to happen.
In the Meet and Confer an equation was determined that would allow service faculty, i.e. Counseling, to remove hours from work week for courses taught. It was also mentioned that GCC still has a 90:10 Full Time Faculty ratio. Meet and Confer is also negotiating a 4.1% cost of living expense, 4.1% salary increase, and a step increase for next fiscal year.
J. Governing Board Report-
A special meeting was held to inform the Governing Board of the recommendations made by the Blue Ribbon Panel, which was formed by Chancellor Glasper. It was recommended that there be mandatory training on ethics, hiring processes, and special service contracts.
II. Old Business
A. President Daugherty informed Senate that there should be more information regarding the new Director of Recruitment position from Vice President Alberto Sanchez by the end of the week.
B. President Daugherty informed Senate that PTAT is in the process of creating a vision statement and guiding principles for restructuring technology. Senator Garcia asked if all IT would be required to complete the skills template. President Daugherty commented that all techs would be required to take the skills template, but that management was not mentioned. Senator Kadel asked if hiring will be taking place to replace people who have left. President Daugherty stated that IT was in the process of filling some positions.
C. President Daugherty informed Senate that the First Year Teaching experience and the Forensics Team would be the topics presented at the March Governing Board college presentation.
D. President Daugherty stated the Staffing Committee will be made up of last year’s committee members as well as all Department Chairs.
III. New Business
A. Vice
President Van
B. Senator Reed and Joseph Bednorz informed Senate of new registration procedures. Orientations will take place prior to registration. Students will be required to test and they will have a mini-orientation after testing allowing them to register. The discussion led to questions regarding the GCC website and its functionality. Many Senators expressed their frustrations regarding the website and the fact that it is not user friendly, and that it does not contain the most updated information. Many examples were given and a long discussion ensued. Senator Nuñez expressed his concerns regarding Senate’s lack of action regarding these types of important issues. He was extremely frustrated stating we should not be complacent and accept that the web cannot be changed. Senate then passed a motion to present to President Green. The motion read as follows:
The Faculty Senate of GCC, recognizing the critical and multiple
functions of the GCC homepage and web resources, moves that the Administration
establish the revision and improvements of these resources as a top priority to
ensure they are (1) accurate, (2) up- to- date, (3) accessible and user
friendly; with visible progress by March 31st, 2007 in time for Fall
registration.
C. Senator Reavis and Senator Kadel agreed to serve on the Nominating Committee for new Senators. Senator Reavis will be chairing the committee.
IV. Information
A. Treasurer Jenkins provided Senate with
pictures of signage that are used at
B. A short discussion took place regarding the Faculty Speaker for Commencement. A motion was passed to ask Pam Joraanstad to speak at this year’s ceremony.
V. The meeting was adjourned at 4:35pm. Next meeting will be Thursday March 29, 2007 at 2:30 pm in A-146.