Approved Faculty Senate Minutes

11/30/2000

I. Call to Order

A. A quorum being present, President Reed called the Senate to order

at 2:37 in the HTC1 Teleconference Room.

Present: President Jim Reed; Vice President Carmela Arnoldt; Senators

Renée Barstack, Larry Bohlender, Jim Daugherty, Paul DePippo, Gay

Garesché, Patricia Hofer, Robert Hubbard, Jack Rose, Jeanne

Saint-Amour, Bruce Thomas; and Councilor-at-large Linda

Smith.

Absent: Carnella Hardin, David Raffaelle, Kirt Shineman and Bill Stewart.

Guests: Including, but not limited to, Lyle Walcott, Ruth Callahan, Joseph Bednortz and

Paul Romo.

B. Arnoldt moved to approve the agenda as amended. (Saint Amour seconded) PASSED unanimously.

C. Arnoldt moved to approve the minutes of 10/26/2000 as amended. (Rose

seconded) PASSED unanimously.

Arnoldt moved to approve the minutes of 9/28/2000 as amended. (Smith seconded) PASSED unanimously.

D. Treasurer's Report. Daugherty reported that the names and addresses on the accounts have been changed. New

checks were ordered and have arrived. The account balances are $4030.20 in the checking account and $14982.28 in the

savings account. Several outstanding bills were paid during the last month. The rebate check from the Faculty Association

was given to Daugherty by Executive Councilor Arnoldt at the meeting.

GCC membership in the Faculty Association is 145 of approximately 220 faculty, or about 65 % of the faculty. Daugherty

reported that this was an increase in membership compared to last year. GCC will retain its 4 members on the Faculty

Executive Council next academic year. Daugherty was asked whether it was true that many in the Math department had not

joined. Daugherty briefly scanned the role of members, and said it did not appear that many members of the Math department

had joined. He also mentioned that Freddie Anttila had quit. The question was asked why the Math Dept. faculty have quit.

No one had the answer.

Daugherty has received an earnings report on the Waltrip Scholarship account. There have been no disbursements from

that scholarship fund.

E. President's Report

1. Reed reported that Trish Vogel informed him that the Arizona Republic would begin to include an education page in

the Northwest Section of the paper starting 11/29/2000. Reed suggested that GCC try to put its best foot forward in its

submissions to the section. Arnoldt suggested we could report on our Gates Scholars.

2. Reed informed the Senate about recent developments concerning the survey on President Pollack's leadership and

performance. Reed had been informed by Herman Gonzalez earlier in the day that Jean Ann Abel had called Kristin Bennes

to ask that the surveys be brought to Dean Abel so that she could give them to President Pollack. The Senate registered its

alarm to Reed, and indicated that such an action would not respect the confidentiality that survey participants had been assured

their responses would receive. Reed indicated that a meeting was already scheduled at 5:00, after the Senate meeting, with

Herman, Kristin, Dean Abel and Reed to work things out. Reed assured that Senate that he thought he could defend the

surveys. The Senate indicated that it was very important that the surveys go directly to Gaskin. It was suggested that Gaskin's

secretary could transcribe them. It was also suggested that the process should have been more clearly laid out; however, it

was established that this was a one-time request, and that seemingly only President Pollack had been asked to provide this

input to her annual review.

3. Reed reported that he had been asked again to ask the FEC to allow a faculty member to have access to the Faculty

Association lawyer concerning the ASRS buybacks. Reed indicated that the lawyer is not for tax consultation, and that taxes

are not Mike Napier's area of expertise.

4. Reed attended the most recent Los Vecinos meeting. The committee is looking to salvage components of the grant

proposal, with the intention of pursuing them in some other way. Reed told the members that faculty want input. Senate

members reminded the group that it was inappropriate to make value judgments about the neighborhoods to be involved, and

that the State Constitution requires that a public entity must receive benefits from a project commensurate with the resources,

not just money, put into the project.

5. Reed reported that Chancellor Gaskin has scheduled several breakfasts with faculty around the District to probe

faculty ideas about teaching and learning in the future. About ten faculty would be invited to each breakfast. Gaskin would

like participants to write a line or two about their ideas that he could take away with him.

Reed reported that the breakfast on 12/20 at GCC was already fully enrolled with faculty from other colleges. Because

Reed had waited to ask the Senate who should attend, GCC was shut out. Reed is going to ask Rosemary Kesler to help him

provide some opportunity for GCC faculty to participate.

II. Old Business

A. Communication with Administration. The Senate reviewed the outcome of the first two meetings of the Senate with

President Pollack on 11/2 and 11/16. The Senate was pleased that President Pollack agreed to send to all faculty the

statement affirming that the Senate is where they should take issues and concerns. There had been concern that President

Pollack's statements on the first day of accountability made it appear that faculty should take their issues to their PEC

representatives. Also, President Pollack agreed to have minutes of the Chairs' meetings sent to all faculty. In addition, she

agreed to consider the Senate's request that there no be permanent departmental seats on campus committees. Other issues

were also constructively discussed at these meetings.

Reed said Roxie had offered 12/12 or 12/19 as possible dates for another meeting. DePippo moved that the Senate meet

with President Pollack on 12/19. (Thomas seconded) PASSED unanimously.

B. Nominating Committee Report. Daugherty reported that Carnella Hardin and Bruce Thomas had received all votes for

the two open Senate seats, except one write-in for Gore and one for Bush. No recount was requested. The Senate warmly

welcomed the new Senators.

C. Buy Back Information Visit. Smith reminded the Senate that a representative from the Az. State Retirement System

would be speaking on buybacks on 12/7 between 2-3:30. The individual coming to speak is different than the one who had

been expected, however, Smith had been assured that the individual coming is very capable. All employees are to be invited

to this Senate-sponsored event.

Smith has also made available a letter from the IRS that explains tax issues with respect to the buybacks. It is difficult to

read, but apparently does answer the salient questions about the tax implications of a buyback when the individual is also

contributing to a 403(b).

D. Campus Forum. The next Campus Forum is scheduled on 12/14. No particular topic has been identified. Perhaps the

survey could be discussed.

E. Peerpoint. The December issue will be out the first week in December. The next issue will be in February. Vernon

Smith, of RIO, has proposed that the Faculty Assn. pay a $100 stipend for articles for the Peerpoint. The FEC is considering

the idea.

F. Recruitment. Reported above in the Treasurer's Report.

G. Ethics Committee Membership and Report. Daugherty moved that the Senate confirm Reed's recommendation that

Hubbard, Saint Amour and Pam Joraanstad be the faculty members on the PEC subcommittee created to address the NCA

Focus Team's recommendation for development of a Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct. (DePippo seconded) PASSED

unanimously.

Saint Amour reported that the committee intends to present a Code of Conduct. They would rather not call it a code of

ethics. It would be a mechanism for conflict resolution. The committee is using a sample code from Concordia University.

That code would have to be adapted so that it does not conflict with MCCCD employee policies. The goal is to have a fairly

simple statement.

H. Campus Climate Committee Report. Reed, Arnoldt, Smith and Garesché brought the Senate up-to-date on the

committee's progress. Arnoldt reminded Reed, Smith and Garesché that the committee had decided not to select at its last

meeting a survey research firm and that the committee had proposed placing a suggestion box in the library in which

employees could place questions and recommendations for the campus climate survey. Discussion revolved around whether

the questions for faculty and other employees would need to be different. A separate survey for faculty seemed favored by

Senate members.

I. Slate Proposal. Garesché recommended that faculty not be asked to vote on faculty to be placed on campus

committees. Since it would be inappropriate to have nominated faculty campaign for the slots, there is no way for the voting

faculty to know about the experience, department of origin or interest of the nominated faculty. Garesché proposed that Reed

go back to the former process of presenting a slate that he has chosen.

J. Afternoon College. Garesché moved acceptance of the Afternoon College Proposal (see attachment) that had been

presented to the Senate two years earlier. (Arnoldt seconded) Following discussion and Reed's recommendation that the

funding/ftse number be updated, it PASSED unanimously.

K. College Plan. It was noted that two versions of the proposed college plan had been distributed to all Senators; one being

the original version, and the other, the version after discussions with President Pollack in the fall of 1999. Reed recommended

that discussion with the President begin based on the original version. That version included a process for faculty to review

administrators. A comment was made that some associate deans have welcomed such a process in private conversations with

Senators. The Senate concurred that discussions should begin again with President Pollack based on the original version.

III. New Business

A. Dr. Pollack Survey. This item was discussed earlier.

IV. Information

A. Class Scheduling. Rose reported that he has talked to several of the faculty he was assigned to stay in touch with this

year. One of these faculty members expressed concerns about course scheduling. Specifically, this faculty member feels that

ten minutes is not enough time between classes, that we should schedule no Friday classes, and that GCC should synchronize

its schedule with ASU and ASUW. Other Senators raised other scheduling issues that had been identified at

Senate-sponsored meetings a couple of years ago, including lengthening the night schedule so that it is as long as the day

semester and changing the Tuesday/Thursday exam schedule so that all morning classes do not have their exams on the same

day. There was interest in pursuing proposals on these issues at subsequent Senate meetings. Rose said that he would bring

the issue back.

B. Dual Enrollment. Garesché agreed to provide her information on this item by e-mail, as it was 5:00, and Reed needed to

leave for his meeting concerning the survey.

V. Significant Happenings. Reed reported that the GCC football team should be commended, as it was to play in the NJCAA

championship game this coming weekend. Go Gauchos!

Arnoldt reported information from recent MCCCD Board meetings. 1). Chancellor Gaskin congratulated a young woman

for recently completing her Ph.D. in Philosophy at the age of 18. This same young woman had graduated from MCCCD at

the age of 12. 2). At the November 14th Board meeting, Linda Larson and Bob Galloway, current members of the faculty

Meet & Confer Team, presented proposals for revision of the RFP Appendix A. The M&C Team is negotiating these

changes under a Memorandum of Understanding signed two years ago. 3). The District-wide copying contract had recently

come up for renewal. Both ICON and XEROX again bid. Despite the XEROX contract coming in lower in price, ICON has

again been awarded the contract.

VI. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 5:05.

The next meeting will be on January 25th, 2001.

Respectfully submitted,

Gay Garesché, Secretary

Attachment

PROPOSAL FOR AFTERNOON CLASS ENROLLMENT

The faculty would like to propose that GCC actively promote afternoon classes on campus. The means by which this would

be achieved are:

Offer a full range of course offerings so that a student could conceivably complete his/her GCC program taking only

afternoon courses.

Make a multi-year commitment to afternoon courses so that a student could depend upon completing, even if taking

only afternoon courses.

Consider importing high school seniors to fill out class enrollments.

Establish a go/no go number of 10 for these afternoon classes.

Selection of a go/no go number of 10 is based on the following assumptions:

The College receives $2200 additional revenue for each unit of ftse added to our enrollment per year. This is to say,

$1100 per unit of ftse per semester. (Please note that the added revenue/ftse was changed from $2200 to $1625

during the summer of 2000).

Five students enrolled in a three credit hour course represent one ftse for one semester.

The only incremental cost the College incurs by adding an afternoon class is the cost of an adjunct faculty member to

teach the class.

In a class with an enrollment of 10, the incremental revenue to the College would be that for two ftse for one semester, or

$2200 (now, $1625), while the incremental cost would be $1527(adjunct faculty pay). Even if an average of two to three

students drops the course by the 45th day, the incremental revenue associated with the 7.5 remaining students justifies the

incremental cost associated with the adjunct faculty member.

In conclusion, the go/no go number should remain at 10 as long as the courses are being staffed by adjunct faculty. If the

afternoon classes become well enough established that it would be appropriate to staff them with residential faculty in order to

maintain the 90/10 ratio, it would then be necessary to re-evaluate the go/no go number.

Addendum: The College should consider arranging for Gus the Bus to bring college-ready high school students from nearby

high schools to the College for afternoon classes. As concurrent enrollment students, these high school students would have to

satisfy State Regulation R7-1-301 (B) in order to be accepted.