Council Chambers

Present: Senators Freddie Anttila, Carmela Arnoldt,

Larry Bohlender, Rod Brooker, Jim Daugherty, Anne Dudley, Gay Garesche,

Jack Haughn, Trish Hofer, Michael Holtfrerich, Phil Moloso, David

Raffaelle, Linda Smith.

Absent: Renee Barstack, Paul DePippo.

Guests: Including, but not limited to, Sara VanAtta, Reina Quijoda,

Joyce Story, David Rodriguez, Duane Reeder, Jeanne Saint-Amour, Ernest

Escobedo, Bill Stewart, Lyle Walcott, Ruth Callahan, John Griggs, Diana

Dias, Holly Beene.

I. General

A. President Jim Reed called the meeting to order at 2:30.

B. Moloso moved (Anttila second) approval of the agenda. PASSED

C. Arnoldt moved (Moloso second) approval of December 2, 1999

Minutes. PASSED.

D. Treasurer Moloso reported a balance of $13,807.94 with 137 members.

E. Student Interim: Student representatives VanAtta and Reina Quijoda

brought several issues to Senate's attention: Van pools would enable

single moms to have fewer concerns about attending classes, parking and

security issues are still on students' minds, and additional calculators

are needed.

II. Old Business

A. Discussion of responses to "Communication" centered on

clarification of response. Moloso moved (Broker second) Senate frame an

appropriate response to Dr Pollack's rebuttal of the Senate's letter of

December, 1999 to Dr Cardenas and the Governing Board. The specific

document should be compiled by a Senate Committee chaired by Garesche.

PASSED; Nay: Arnoldt, Daugherty, Hofer, and Smith. Committee:

Garesche, Haughan, and Moloso--Bohlender to review.

B. Discussion of letter to AAUP focussed on need to involve AAUP at

this time. Brooker moved (Moloso second) we send a letter to AAUP

explaining we have internal issues to address regarding October 6 letter

and that we are withholding sending any supporting materials at this

time. PASSED. NAY: Garesche.

C. Grievance Report: Reed stated that confusion exists about the

definition of MAT. Garesche moved (Moloso second) we file a grievance to

allow the Faculty Senate President to appoint faculty members to all MAT

hiring committees. Motion Withdrawn.

D. College Plan Report: "Nothing Happened"

E. Payroll Scholarship Fund: Reed took idea of donating interest paid

by District on late payroll after the implementation of Peoplesoft last

fall to Faculty Executive Council (FEC); no interest indicated.

F. Dual Enrollment Report: The Chancellor's ad hoc committee on dual

enrollment quality will meet February 11.

G. Nominating Committee: Vice-President Holtfrerich asked for

volunteers to the Nominating Committee; Daugherty and Haas agreed to

serve. It was suggested that Alicia Ottenberg and Joy Wingersky also be

included on committee.

III. New Business: None

IV. Information

A. ASU West--A four-year Institution: Recent publicity about ASU West

and other institutions confirm increasing competition to claim potential

GCC students

B. AGEC and Advisement: Both areas need increased attention.

C. Hours for Classes Making: Smith suggested Senate look into the

problem caused by the requirement for higher "make" numbers at GCC. She

reported that some of the other campuses have had lower "make" numbers

than GCC. High make numbers could damage enrollment. When classes are

canceled, people enroll later which causes more cancellations, ad

infinitum.

D. Commencement Speaker: V. Korte has been suggested as a possible

speaker.

E. President's Reception (Award): Reed distributed first draft of

materials for tentative schedule.

F. Library/Media Proposal: No update on status of proposal.

H. Administration Building Hours: Brooker raised the question of

accessibility to the Administration Building. Given that classes are

held up to 10 PM raises the question of who is in charge after 7:30PM.

Next meeting February 24, 2000

V. Adjournment: Anttila moved (Arnoldt second) to adjourn at 4:40PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Carmela Arnoldt