Approved Faculty Senate Minutes

10/26/2000

I. Call to Order

A. A quorum being present, Vice President Arnoldt called the Senate

to order

at 2:31 in the HTC1 Teleconference Room.

Present: Vice President Carmela Arnoldt; Senators

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

Garesché, Patricia Hofer, Robert Hubbard, David Raffaelle, Jack Rose,

Kirt Shineman, Bill Stewart; and Councilor-at-large Linda Smith.

Absent: President Jim Reed; Senator Jeanne Saint-Amour.

Guests: Including, but not limited to, Lyle Walcott, Ruth Callahan.

B. Approval of the agenda. Daugherty moved that the agenda be

approved. (Rafaelle seconded) Approval as amended PASSED unanimously.

C. Approval of Minutes. DePippo moved that the minutes be

approved. (Hubbard seconded) Lengthy discussion ensued concerning the

length and detail of the minutes. DePippo withdrew his motion. Hofer

moved that only motions, actions, information and reports be included in

the minutes. (Bohlender seconded) PASSED. Yeas: Raffaelle, Rose,

Bohlender, Smith, Shineman, Barstack, Hofer, Stewart, Daugherty. Nays:

Garesché. Abstentions: DePippo and Hubbard.

Hofer moved that a committee of Smith, Arnoldt and Garesché revise

the September minutes for the next meeting. (Bohlender seconded)

PASSED. Yeas: Hubbard, Rose, Bohlender, Shineman, Barstack, Hofer,

Daugherty. Nays: Garesché. Abstentions: Smith, Rafaelle, Stewart,

DePippo.

IV. C. Information: World of Books. (Taken out of order) Ruth Callahan

informed the Senate of the kickoff event of the World of Books: A

Campaign for Literacy and Higher Education project on this campus. It

is intended to help fill in gaps in the GCC Library's collection.

Raffle tickets will be sold on which the buyer makes a guess as to the

number of books in Lyle Walcott's office. The winner receives a $15

gift certificate. Proceeds will go to the purchase of books for the

Library. Other events are planned to provide new books, also. Ruth

asked that the Senate support this effort.

D. Treasurer's Report. Since there was no treasurer, there was no

report. Arnoldt asked if anyone would volunteer to accept the

appointment for the rest of this academic year. Daugherty volunteered.

He was approved by acclamation.

E. President's Report. In President Reed's absence there was no

President's report.

II. Old Business

A. Communication with Administration. A variety of Friday afternoons

at 2:30 were offered by Roxie as opportunities for the Senate to meet

with President Pollack. A show of hands indicated that only a few

Senators would be able to meet, for example, on 11/3. Recommendation

was made that the Senate go back to its original plan of meeting with

President Pollack on a Thursday at 2:30 that is not a Senate meeting

date, preferably 11/2 at 2:30.

B. Nomination Committee for Two/Three Senators. Daugherty reported

that according to the Constitution, there are only two positions to be

filled. Carnella Hardin and Bruce Thomas have agreed to run. It was

noted that the Senate would need to remember before the next election

that the Councilor-at-Large is not a senator. Hubbard recommended that

the Senate reprise language in the Constitution that the Executive

Committee can act on the Senate's behalf between meetings and during the

summer. Rose moved acceptance of the Nomination Committee report.

(Barstack seconded) PASSED unanimously.

C. Faculty Mentoring. Smith revised her request of the previous

Senate meeting. Rather than a copy of the Boice book for each new

faculty member, she asked that the Senate contribute towards six copies

that could circulate among the new faculty.

A suggestion was made that if the Senate paid for the books, they could

be

imprinted "courtesy of the Faculty Senate". Rafaelle moved that the

Senate fund $151. for the purchase of six copies of "Advice for New

Faculty", if the Faculty/Staff Development Committee will not pay.

(Hubbard seconded) PASSED Yeas: Barstack, Shineman, Hofer Stewart,

Daugherty, Bohlender, Rose, Rafaelle, Garesché, Hubbard. Abstentions:

Smith.

D. E-mail voting. Hofer presented a motion concerning e-mail voting

on Senate motions. (? seconded). Numerous friendly amendments were

offered and accepted. Final version of the motion was:

That e-mail voting be acceptable when:

1. The action is required by immediacy as determined by the

president.

2. All voters and discussion participants use Reply All -- so

everyone can see the votes.

3. 72 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, are allowed for

voter response.

4. A quorum is established by the number of electronic votes

cast.

5. The secretary adds results of the vote as an addendum on the

minutes of the subsequent meeting.

PASSED Yeas: Hubbard, Rose, Bohlender, Smith, Barstack, Hofer, Stewart,

Daugherty. Nays: Garesché, Raffaelle. Abstentions: Shineman.

E. Campus Forum. Arnoldt reported that the next Campus Forum will

be held 11/9, 2-3:00 in the Staff Dining Room. The District Safety

Committee is conducting further research concerning

safety officers carrying firearms before it decides whether or not to

move the issue forward for some decision; and that we should hold

discussion of that topic in abeyance until that Committee comes to some

decision." Arnoldt suggested that alternative future topics might be

check cashing, the Dist. ethics survey or Meet & Confer.

F. Campus Climate Survey. It was reported that a PEC subcommittee

has been created to consider how to do the campus climate survey

recommended by the NCA Focus Team. All the faculty members of the

Senate subcommittee created to consider providers for the campus climate

survey have been added to the PEC subcommittee. It was mentioned that

some committee members are concerned that the subcommittee's

recommendations will not be taken as seriously coming from a PEC

subcommittee, as they would have been coming from a Senate subcommittee.

G. Code of Ethics. Hubbard reported that he met with President

Pollack, Saint-Amour and Linda Hawbaker concerning the PEC subcommittee

on ethics, intended to respond to the NCA Focus Team recommendation #4.

Hubbard described the Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee

that had existed at GCC, but which is no longer active.

H. Slate Proposal. Discussion postponed to next meeting in the

interest of time.

Senate President Reed arrived at this point. Vice President Arnoldt

continued to conduct the meeting.

I. Dual Enrollment. Arnoldt acknowledged that Garesché was reported

to the Faculty Executive Council to have done an excellent job as a

member of the Joint Legislative Study Committee on Dual Enrollment,

according to faculty who had attended the meetings. Garesché reported

that 1) the GCC Friday afternoon meeting on dual enrollment was poorly

attended, however, those who did attend had a very informative

discussion; 2) the faculty members on the MCCCD Ad Hoc Committee on Dual

Enrollment Quality have been instructed by the FEC to write a letter of

complaint to the Chancellor concerning quality standard included in the

final report of the committee which were not agreed to by the committee

members; and 3) Maricopa and other college districts were unwilling to

consider less than 100% funding of dual enrollment courses, despite a

specific request to do so from co-chair of the Joint Legislative Study

Committee, Senator John Huppenthal. Senator Huppenthal indicated that

he considered this a strategic error on the districts' part heading into

a legislative session impacted by the alternative fuels debacle.

J. Afternoon College. Garesché reported that PVCC has tried a

program essentially the same as that proposed at GCC a year and a half

ago. PVCC has 30+ sections going in the afternoons with significant

enrollment from area high schools. The high school students are finding

their own transportation. Garesché suggested that "Gus the Bus" could

bring high school students to campus, if GCC were to try the proposal.

Garesché was asked to provide copies of the original proposal to

Senators before the next Senate meeting.

III. New Business

A. Retirement buyback. Smith reported that this item was in

response to Doug Dawson's request for information. An individual from

the Az. State Retirement System will come to campus and explain the

buyback program. There is also a letter from the IRS that is intended

to explain the effect of the buyback on individuals who also contribute

to a 403(B).

B. Readfest. Reed reported that Readfest will be on Wednesday, Nov.

8th, and that volunteers are still needed.

IV. Information

A. Deans need input. Reed reported that the deans have expressed an

interest in having input on how they are doing their jobs. They have

suggested something, perhaps, like an FEP for deans; i.e., a DEP. This

would be designed by the dean to get feedback from her/his

constituents. Perhaps the process could be imbedded in the College

Plan. It was recommended that the proposed College Plan be distributed

to Senators.

B. Reed's absence. Reed reported that he missed the first part of

the meeting because he was attending a meeting with two legislators and

President Pollack, Joy Wingersky, Jack Lunsford and others concerning

the "Traveler" magazine. The legislators had an issue with its use as a

recruitment tool among high school students, since some of the art is

quite graphic and the students at the high schools are under the age of

18, as are some of our students on campus.

The legislators appreciated that the College was willing to listen

to their concerns. They suggested that GCC consider adding a community

member to the committee that selects items to be included in the

"Traveler".

V. Meeting adjourned at 5:12.

Next meeting: November 30th.

Respectfully submitted,

Gay Garesché, Secretary