Glendale Community College Faculty Senate

Meeting of March 28th, 2002

Unapproved Minutes

 

I           General

 

            A.        Call to Order: A quorum being present President Jim Reed called the meeting to order at 2:35 p.m.            Senators present included: Pres. Jim Reed, Vice President Carmela Arnoldt, Treasurer Diana Abel, Secretary Jack Rose, and senators: Bill Stewart, Bruce Thomas, Dianna Dwyer, Pamela Nelson, Carl Samuels, Bob Hubbard, Jeanne Saint-Amour, Larry Bohlender, Renee Barstack, and Kirt Shineman.

 

B.                 Introduction of Guests including Cate McNamara, Charlotte Cohen, Lyle Walcott, David Rodriquez and Frank Gonzalez.

 

C.                 The proposed meeting agenda was modified and adopted.

 

D.                 The minutes of the February 28th, 2002 meeting were approved.

 

E.                  The Treasurer reported a balance of $15,528.80 total for all accounts.

 

F.                  President Reed reported:

 

o       That both he and Vice President Arnoldt represented the Faculty Senate at Honor’s Night.

o       Controversy surrounding FIPP resulted in a motion being made by representatives from a sister campus calling for the recall of Rosemary Kessler, President elect of the Faculty Executive Council.  Kessler had accepted the position of Coordinator of the FIPP program, but has since resigned.  GCC’s delegation to FEC voted against the failed motion.

o       The FEC is discussing a dues increase that will reflect the decision to keep the lobbyist.

o       The proposed “property rights” policy is expected to prohibit faculty authors from accepting any profit arising from the sale of their publication to students enrolled in their own classes. Such profits may be directed towards the benefit of the entire Department.  There is still some uncertainty about whether or not existing arrangements that conflict with the new policy will be “grand fathered in.”

o       Lobbyists are watching the progress of proposed legislation that concern fingerprinting, whistle blowing and a handbook.

o       Met with the Chancellor regarding a variety of topics.

G.                 Vice President Carmela Arnoldt summarized recent Governing Board activities including: a report on the participation of GCC students in a Leadership & Disabilities Challenge; the approval of a $4.00 increase in tuition subject to State Board approval; approval of an increase in the fees paid to District’s federal lobbyist (Deconcini) from $5000 to $10,000 per month; and a report that dual enrollment is expected to receive very limited funding from the state legislature ($20,000).

II.     II   Old Business

III.    

  1. Discussion concerning a motion made at the last meeting was withdrawn at the request of the concerned party.

 

  1. NCA has recommended ten years accreditation and established a timeline for follow up reporting on three issues: campus climate, student assessment and strategic planning.

 

  1. Jack Rose, Chair of the Campus Climate Results Committee reported on that committee’s progress.

 

  1. Senator Carl Samuel offered a motion nominating Dr. Linda Smith as the faculty speaker at the upcoming commencement ceremony.  Seconded by Senator Bohlender.  The vote was unanimous for approval.

 

  1. FIPP: Please see President’s Report I. F.

 

  1. Election Update: Various ideas for recruiting faculty interested in running for six Senate seats including President and Vice President were discussed.  The Election Committee will include Frank Gonzalez, Dianna Dwyer, Pam Nelson and three Faculty Association members.

 

  1. The survey asking important questions concerning the continuation of health insurance after retirement will be distributed soon via MEMO.

 

  1. Bonnie Loss was nominated to replace Jane Camp on the Staffing Committee. For medical reasons, Jane requested relief before the next round of staffing recommendations are submitted for prioritizing.

 

III.       New Business

A.                 The District Faculty Association is expected to call for an “all faculty” referendum to determine the future of its relationship with AAUP.  Campus Faculty Associations are not authorized to drop, modify or continue that relationship independently.

 

B.                  Karen Schwalm, current Director of the Innovation Center is resigning that position in order to complete her dissertation and eventually return to the classroom.  David Rodriquez presented the Senate an alternative that suggests reorganizing the Innovation Center under the Dean of Instruction as a “one stop shop” that could provide faculty a variety of similar services.  After discussing the pros and cons of reorganization a motion was made by Diane Abel (seconded by Jean Saint-Amour) creating an ad hoc committee “Technology, Teaching & Learning” to study the delivery of technical support to faculty.  The motion passed.  Bill Stewart, Frank Gonzalez, Diane Abel, Tom Foley and Jean Saint-Amour were all mentioned as potential appointees to that committee.

 

C.                 Senator Carl Samuels suggested that the presidential candidate profile developed prior to the last search be sent to other employee groups to help expedite the contemporary selection process.  Senator Bohlender moved that in the spirit of collegiality and in the interest of acting expeditiously in this matter the president job description developed in 1995 be sent to all campus employee groups.  The motion passed.

 

D.                 President Reed indicated that he will send notice to GCC Administration requesting that an “administrative critique” be prepared and sent to the Faculty Senate for comment in accordance with the College Plan.

 

IV.       Information

 

A.                 April 18th, 2002 is the date for the last scheduled forum.

B.                 David Raffaelle asked faculty to do everything possible to accommodate the upcoming Academic Assessment process.

C.                 May 3rd, 2002 has been tentatively scheduled for an event-recognizing faculty.