Glendale Community College Faculty Senate
Meeting of January 23, 2003
Approved Minutes
(Please note: General interest issues or meetings & notifications are listed below in bold to allow them to be located more easily.)
I. General
A. Call to Order: A quorum being present, President Carmela Arnoldt called the meeting to order at 2:35 P.M. Senators present included: President Carmela Arnoldt, Vice President John Griggs, Treasurer Diana Abel, Secretary Pamela Nelson as well as Jim Daugherty, Amanda Dunnagan, Dianna Dwyer, Robert Hubbard, Cate McNamara, Alicia Ottenberg, Robert Reavis, Bill Stewart and Bruce Thomas. Senate-selected FEC Representative Jim Reed was also present.
B. Introduction of Guests – including, but not limited to: Brian Bird, Frank Gonzalez, Susan High, James Sanders, and Lyle Walcott.
C. The proposed meeting agenda was adopted as amended.
D. The minutes of the December 5, 2002 meeting were approved.
E. Diana Abel (Treasurer) reported a balance of $17,347.80 for all accounts. This total includes the GCC portion of Faculty Association 02-03 dues, in the amount of $4912.50.
F. President Arnoldt reported:
· An official Alumni organization flyer has been produced as was passed around.
· The District Legislative Committee (President Arnoldt and GCC Faculty Judy Poggi and Diana Diaz). Two bills are of particular interest:
· Dual Enrollment – Governor calling for end to dual enrollment; questions of “double dipping” have been raised
· HB 2094 – Bill proposes adjusting Community College funding following any decline in enrollment). Currently, colleges are awarded for growth but receive no penalty for non-growth.
G. FEC Report – Vice President John Griggs & FEC Rep Jim Reed reported:
· FEC subcommittee is meeting to discuss Legislative issues and to sketch a precise plan for how the FEC should move forward this semester.
· FEC members are questioning why Dr. Gaskin and other District representatives are allowed to speak on Faculty Convocation Day. As this is a faculty event meant to assist in faculty camaraderie and preparation, there should be no room for political agendas. This year, the Convocation began at 8AM, but the faculty development portion did not begin until 11am. FEC is in the process of requesting an evaluation of MCLI to ensure that it is serving the needs of faculty. This evaluation will include determining what activities MCLI is performing and the cost for each of those activities. The evaluation will also include locating the source of the money for activities.
· FEC is urging care in responding to student/faculty issues. Student complaints should follow the line of communication outlined in the RFP: student à faculty à department chair à dean and college President.
· Suggestion has been made that Faculty Senate Presidents should approve all faculty who sit on District committees, but for certain committees, such as Instructional Councils, the Department chairs’ recommendations should be respected in determining the appropriate members of the committee.
H. Governing Board report. President Arnoldt reported:
· The regular Board Meeting was not held on January 14, 2003, but rescheduled for 1/23/03 to install Mr. Ed Contreras as new Board President.
· The Board will be hosting community listening sessions to rotate around the District. The Listening Session for the Northwest and West Valley will be held on GCC Campus on Thursday, February 20th from 6:00 to 8:15pm.
· A decision for a Bond request in 2004 has not been made.
I. Meet & Confer update. FEC Representative Jim Reed reported:
· Meet & Confer team has held several meetings throughout Fall semester.
· Meet & Confer team has sent a letter to the Governing Board explaining the faculty position supporting the presentation given by Alan Haffa in the Fall.
II. Old Business
A. Retirement & Health Insurance – Jim Reed for Doug Dawson
·
The next meeting
of the Health Insurance/Retirement Committee meeting is Wednesday, February
12th @ 2:30pm, 6th Floor, District Office.
· Notes from the 1/22/03 meeting:
Doug Dawson made a proposal for an insurance plan. The group discussed it and basically said full steam ahead. To this end, Rosemary Kesler, Doug Dawson, Rufus Glasper and Jose Leyba will meet to push forward. A new survey is in the works. We still need all the support and help we can get.
· Doug Dawson, in absentia, made a plea for members of the GCC Senate to attend the Retirement & Health Insurance meetings.
B. Testing Center – Arnoldt
· Dean Sanchez intends to convene the sub committee again mid-semester
· Senators and Dept. Chairs continue to gather information about Center Usage and problems/kudos.
· Information about the Testing Center was included in the Adjunct Faculty orientation this semester; faculty were advised to use the Center with discretion and told not to send entire classes.
C. Faculty Senate Scholarship Account
· President Arnoldt has obtained information about current accounts from Regis Della-Calce.
· A single Faculty Senate Scholarship Account exists; last deposit/transaction Fiscal Year 1998-1999. No awards have been made from the account. Current balance: $120.00
· The scholarship subcommittee met the preceding week, and they have requested that President Arnoldt determine the following (some of which was included in President Arnoldt’s information today):
o A list of all GCC memorial scholarship accounts
o Information
about which (if any/all) of these accounts have been subsumed by the Maricopa
Foundation
o An account of money spent for established memorials
o A report of how/when money has been spent/awarded
o How much memorial scholarships funding has been awarded
· Information above would help Senate decide where an annual memorial scholarship donation would be best allocated.
· Information about the passing of the adult son of one of GCC’s English instructors initiated a discussion about how/when memorial scholarship money should be awarded. Several suggestions were made regarding the amount of money that could or should be donated and in what circumstances. The point was made that there was a financial limitation on how many gifts could feasibly be donated within one year. A possible solution would include an annual $500 award to include memorials to all of those passed during the year; this would include an acknowledgement to the family of the deceased to let them know that their loved one was remembered as part of the award.
· Another senator suggested finding out what other departments do in the case of the passing of a student/colleague so that the efforts could be combined
III. New Business
A. College Plan – Griggs
· A review of the wording of the section of the current college plan, with respect to how departments are modified, is currently taking place. John Winters & Deborah Vanmarche are the department chairs heading up this review. They have outlined proposed wording and will be sending them to several other chairs for review. The information should then be available for faculty review and potential approval by the Faculty Senate.
· Several questions have arisen campus-wide about the College Plan. Dr. Randolph is open to reviewing the current document to get a Plan that all are happy with prior to the induction of a new College President. Several Senators perceived a need to re-examine the current College Plan as a whole.
·
Senator Nelson
moved: “Faculty Senate will form a committee to re-examine the College Plan,
subsequent to the resolution of the department modification question.” This motion was seconded. After a brief discussion, the motion was
approved unanimously.
· Potential committee members will include: Diana Abel, Pam Nelson, Jim Daugherty, Michael Holtfrerich and others. Committee will need to obtain a copy of the current, adopted, and signed College Plan from the President’s Office. Copies of other drafts of the College Plan are also available for review.
B. Campus Climate Follow-Up -- Arnoldt
· President Arnoldt discussed the need to develop an appropriate method to satisfy the Higher Learning Commission’s request for a follow-up to the Campus Climate Survey; this method should involve tracking of Climate over time.
· Dr. Randolph intends to hold meetings with each of the employee groups during February or March; at these meetings, questions regarding what are best for GCC in the “long haul” and what GCC’s values are for the long term will be asked. GCC President Randolph would like to see the follow-up occur prior to the arrival of the new college president.
· Jack Rose and Linda Hawbaker will attend the employee group meetings to summarize information, which will pass to PAC for review. Outstanding issues (if any) will be processed and forwarded to an external group for review.
C. Senate Election sub-committee – Ottenberg à Dwyer
· Senate Constitution lists February 15th as the deadline for setting up an elections committee.
· Dianna Dwyer has volunteered to be the chair of the committee; Alicia Ottenberg will be the other Senate Representative. Dwyer will be looking for three non-Senate Faculty Association members to serve on the Elections Committee.
· President Arnoldt informed Senate that Kirt Shineman has resigned his Senate seat due to schedule conflicts and time commitments. Senate agreed by consensus that the seat vacated by Shineman should be filled during the general campus election and that a separate Senate election is not necessary.
· Five Senate seats will be vacated during this term: Robert Hubbard, Kirt Shineman and Bill Stewart will be completing 3-year terms. Gary Marrer & Cate McNamara will conclude 1-year replacement terms.
IV. Information
A. AAUP – Ernest Escobedo (Arnoldt)
· Question was raised about MCCD Faculty Association disaffiliating with the AAUP.
· Pres. Arnoldt briefly reviewed the history of the decision by the FEC to disassociate from the National AAUP, which included questions about whether the $100,000/year dues to AAUP could be better spent (now $20,000 to Faculty Lobbyist, $20,000 under consideration to a public-relations representative, and other money used to keep Faculty Association out of debt). FEC had asked AAUP for a better membership rate, but AAUP declined and instead offered a potential on-line public relations mechanism.
· Pres. Arnoldt reminded Senate that the GCC representatives to the FEC had a split vote on this issue last Spring and suggested that FEC might reconsider this decision in the future.
· Pres. Arnoldt noted that the November/December Academe had been accompanied by information on how to join the AAUP as an individual member; she has chosen to become an individual member.
B. Parking Update - Arnoldt
·
Open discussion
about parking issues continues. People
are invited to direct comments about parking to Deborah Palok, Pres. Arnoldt or
Dr. Randolph.
· The southeast lot has been monitored as a situation analysis. More than adequate parking has been available in the north lot throughout the week.
· GCC has begun a pilot project of not requiring student decals.
· A Senator noted that is was especially valuable to have the increased visibility of the Safety personnel throughout the week.
· GCC President Randolph has acknowledged Emeritus faculty with a certificate and letter.
· President’s office has received several notes of thanks and appreciation.
D. Campus Memorials Policy - Griggs
· Memorials subcommittee met during preceding week
· Memorials subcommittee asked that President Arnoldt find out:
o A list of current memorials (in or out of storage)
o The criteria/process that has been used or will be considered in the future
o The location of existing or proposed memorials (random placement or not)
o If a standard memorial (plaque, tree, bell) is under consideration
o If a memorials "link" can be posted on the GCC web map page, perhaps with space for comments
E. Presidential Search Committee – Arnoldt
The Search Committee has not met since the last Senate meeting, but applications are being screened.
The meeting adjourned at 4:32 pm.
Next meeting of the GCC Faculty Senate will be February 27th at 2:30
pm.