Approved Faculty Senate Minutes 10/28/99

Council Chambers

I.

A. President Jim Reed called the meeting to order at 2:40PM.

Present: Senators: Freddie Anttila, Carmela Arnoldt, Renee Barstack, Larry Bohlender, Rod Brooker, Paul DePippo, Anne

Dudley, Gay Garesche, Jack Haughan, Trish Hofer, Michael Holtfrerich, Phil Moloso, David Raffaelle, Linda Smith.

Guests: Bob Albury, Joseph Bednorz, Ruth Callahan, Dick Cary, John Griggs, E Hutton, Virginia Ludders, Carl Samuels,

Joyce Story, Lyle Walcott.

B. Moloso moved (Arnoldt second) approval of the agenda with additions. PASSED.

C. DePippo moved (Garesche second) approval of the 9/23/99 minutes with corrections. PASSED.

D. Arnoldt moved (Anttila second) approval of the Treasurer’s Report. Balance is $10.592 after expenses of $500. For

Readfest, $1000. for campus bash, $36. for postage, and $286 to replenish President’s Contingency Fund. PASSED.

E. Reed introduced Faculty Executive Council (FEC) President Willie Minor, who was welcomed and thanked for visiting

GC. Dr Minor discussed implications of EBAC and District Administration’s decision to eliminate Meet and Confer from the

Residential Faculty Policy and put faculty benefits in the Common Policies. Manual. He encouraged faculty to attend the

special meeting on November 9.

II. Old Business

A. Budget Review Process Committee: DePippo moved (Garesche second) to establish a committee chaired by Holtfrerich

to propose budget priorities for the Senate. PASSED.

B. Senate Webpage: Links will be added

C. Senate Representation Assignment: Garesche moved (Anttila second) that we appoint a faculty member to represent

Senate interests to the NCA Steering Committee. PASSED.

D. Dual Enrollment: Discussion of Arizona Republic article. Brooker moved ( Raffaelle second) that GCC Senate draft a

letter to be sent to The Arizona Republic stating our unanimous opposition to MCCCD’s advocacy of "dual enrollment." De

Pippo moved a friendly amendment for FEC to respond as well. PASSED.

E. College Plan: Discussion of holding a referendum on proposed College Plan. Moloso moved (Anttila second) that failing

approval of a College plan, Senate develop its own method for the evaluation of administrators. PASSED.

F. Faculty Bash: Event was successful.

G. Senate Vice-President Election: Reed congratulated Michael Holtfrerich’s election to Senate Vice-President.

H. Parking: Discussion of Administration’s tardy response to parking and traffic problems this semester.

I. Letter to NCA: Sub-committee (Brooker, 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.

*Dear Dr. Cardenas and Members of the MCCCD Governing Board:

The Glendale Community College Faculty Senate would like to inform you of a serious breakdown in communication and

shared governance between the college administration and the faculty. Listed below are numerous descriptions of incidents in

which faculty proposals and requests, submitted in writing, have gone unacknowledged, and decisions in which faculty should

reasonably have had input have been made unilaterally by the administration. The unacknowledged proposals represent almost

all Senate initiatives of the last few years. The decisions made without faculty input are, in some cases, violations of the

Residential Faculty Policies.

I. Unacknowledged Written Senate Submissions

A. Campus Reorganization Plan - After a strong, adverse reaction from department chairpersons to an initial,

administration-produced reorganization plan; faculty, and the Senate in particular, were invited to provide input. The Senate

produced and submitted a plan that was never acknowledged. The administration plan was implemented.

B. Budget Data Request - Accounting faculty along with a faculty member of the campus budget committee formulated a list of

data that would be useful to faculty members on future budget committees. The written request went unacknowledged.

C. Afternoon College Proposal - The Senate presented a proposal to increase afternoon enrollment in the College. The

proposal went unacknowledged.

D. Proposed College Plan - A plan was proposed at the end of March 1999. Questions were addressed to the Senate by the

college President about the plan, which were promptly answered. There was no acknowledgment of the answers or plan until

mid September, and only after the Senate President actively lobbied the college President for a response.

E. Request for GCC's Financial Commitment to the Kellogg Grant Proposal - This request has gone unacknowledged.

F. Computer Fee Proposals - Both the department chairpersons and the campus computer committee were requested to

propose plans concerning how students would be assessed computer usage fees. Both groups submitted proposals.

Ultimately, the Budget Committee, at the urging of the Dean of Administrative Services, allocated funds for universal student

access without a computer usage fee. The faculty proposals were ignored.

II. Decisions Made in Which Faculty Should Have Had Input.

A. Closing of the Library - The decision to close the College Library for renovations without providing an alternative location,

at least, for the reference portion of the library materials, clearly has implications for instructional delivery. This decision was

made in the face of faculty opposition.

B. Resubmission of the Kellogg Grant Proposal - Concern about previous grant proposals had resulted in the creation of a

grant process requiring the campus community be informed of grant proposals before submission. The summer 1999

submission of the Kellogg grant proposal was not announced in any fashion. Faculty learned of the resubmission only when the

Senate President inquired about its status. This was clearly a violation of the spirit of the new grant proposal process.

C. Revision of the Budget Process - In April 1999 a revision of the composition of the membership of the campus Budget

Committee was announced. The revision significantly reduced faculty participation on the committee. A similar revision had

been announced a year and a half earlier, and in response to faculty concerns, a Budget Process Committee was formed to

propose a different composition. While the Budget Process Committee's recommendations were not accepted in toto, there

was agreement to limited changes and to reconvening the Budget Process Committee in the case future revisions were to be

considered. The April 1999 announced revision violated the process that had been agreed upon a year earlier.

D. Selection of Faculty Members of the NCA Steering Committee - The Senate President should have chosen, with Senate

approval, at least some of the members of the NCA Steering Committee. Instead, the administration chose the faculty

members to serve on the committee.

E. Selection of faculty members on Facilities Manager Hiring Committee - The Senate President did not select the faculty

representatives on the Facilities Manager Hiring Committee, as required by the Residential Faculty Policies.

These examples are contrary to the American Association of University

Professors principles concerning college government. As expressed in AAUP Policy Documents & Reports, 1995, p.177, the

Association has "emphasiz[ed] the importance of faculty involvement in personnel decisions, selection of administrators,

preparation of the budget, and determination of educational policies". Furthermore, these examples stand in contradiction to

the NCA criteria for accreditation. Among these criteria is the requirement that there be "integrity in our practices and

relationships." The GCC Senate believes that the GCC administration is not in compliance with these principles or criterion.*

J. 18 hrs of Accountability: Reed to investigate whether other campuses require this.

III. New Business

A. Budget Committee Membership & Accountability

B. Payroll Scholarship Fund: John Griggs asked Reed to suggest that any interest collected from District Office because of

late payroll be placed in student scholarship funds. Holtfrerich moved (Haas second) any late payroll interest be placed in

student scholarship fund. PASSED.

C. Security: Moloso moved (Barstack second) a committee prepare a recommendation for our next meeting on arming

security guards and GCC’s availing itself of the reputed $400,000 available from DO for campus security.

D. Chair Membership on Budget Membership Committee: DePippo raised the question of conflict of interest.

E. Number of Senators: Holtfrerich moved (Dudley second) we do have a special election to replace the Senator we are

short, but wait until next regular election to fill the vacancy. PASSED. Abstain: Garesche, Haas.

IV. Information

A. Grade of Y: Garesche raised the issue of the "Y" grade (in the Common Pages) not counting in a student's GPA.

Next Meeting November 18.

Adjournment: Haas moved (Bohlender second) to adjourn at 5:35PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Carmela Arnoldt