Mesa Community College Faculty Senate

Unapproved Minutes

January 20, 2005

 

Member

Telephone Number

Representing / Office

Present

Absent

Phil Carrillo

654-7710

At-Large

X

 

Harold Cranswick

461-7245

Zone 5

X

 

Lyn Dutson

461-7165

Zone 1, President Elect

X

 

Allen Galliart

461-7007

Active Retirees Rep

 

X

Donna Gaudet

461-7929

At-Large

X

 

James Giles

654-7718

Zone 8

X

 

Mehrzad Khorsandi

461-7257

At-Large

 

X

Charles Lewis

461-7196

At-Large

X

 

Bruce Peterson

654-7722

Zone 1

X

 

Gregg Pratt

461-7755

At-Large

X

 

Erin Rawson

461-7529

At-Large

X

 

Janice Reilly

461-7186

President

X

 

Mona Scott

461-7155

At-Large

X

 

Ann Stine

461-7546

Zone 6

 

X

John Seims

654-7768

Zone 4, Secretary

X

 

Naomi Story

461-7024

Zone 7

 

X

Mary Aldridge

461-7361

Zone 3

X

 

Sally Kroelinger

461-7134

At-Large

X

 

Phillip Waclawski

461- 7468

Zone 2, Treasurer

X

 

 

Guest

 

 

 

I.       General

 

          A.      Call to order

         

B.      Approval of Agenda

 

          C.      Approval of Senate Minutes

         

D.      Replacement for Niccole Villa-Cerveny - Janice Reilly

 

          Sally Kroelinger will replace Nicolle. The motion passed unanimously.

 

II.      Treasurer's Report - Phill Waclawski

 

Phill distributed the Treasure's Report.

 

Phill would like to update member's email.
III.     Old Business

         

A.      Distinguished Faculty Award - Greg Pratt

 

Eleven faculty were nominated, eight responded, seven are willing to go forward. February 7th is the deadline for the seven to present their materials.

         

B.      90/10 Issues - Janice Reilly   

 

The Senates at each college have asked the colleges to provide a 90/10 day-load report. The FEC asked Debra Thompson in the District Office's Research Department to gather this information and to also obtain the ratio of full-time faculty to part-time faculty. Charles and Harold pointed out that it might be better to determine the full-time / part-time ratio based on load hours and not physical people.

 

C.      Hiring Processes Committee - Mary Aldridge

                   

Mary had no additional information. Janice pointed out that the District's Human Resource office has updated their web site to reflect the district's current hiring process. See http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/hrweb/notebook/index.html for the current District Office's hiring processes and procedures.      

 

          D.      Testing Center Issue Statement - Janice Reilly

 

Janice forwarded the Education Learning Committee's statement concerning the establishment of a staffed Testing Center for distance learning / online courses to the President and the Dean of Instruction. Janice indicated that she will be sure to forward that recommendation to the new Director of Instructional Technology (Title??) after that person is hired.

 

          E.      DCA Strategic Conversation Topic - Harold Cranswick and Lyn Dutson

 

There was discussion on this matter in the DCA, but no decision has been made on a topic. Harold will relay to the DCA the Senate's interest in holding a retreat and encourage them to come up with some topics. The Senate would like to pursue the 90/10 topic - especially in light of the state's four year degree initiative. The state's four year degree initiative and growth management may also be good topics of discussion.

 

IV.     New Business

         

          A.      College Plan - Janice Reilly

 

The College Plan is the plan for department chair elections (not the plan for the college). Janice would like to form a subcommittee to examine and modify, if needed, the college plan. Janice also visited with Dr. Holmes to discuss the MAT Reclassification proposal and its impact on the College Plan.

 

The committee will be composed of John Seims, Harold Cranswick, Sally Kroelinger, and Anne Stine.

 

V.      Information

 

VI.     President's Report

 

          A.      Twelve-Month Pay Option

 

Janice will send out an e-mail reminding faculty that the twelve-month pay option is going forward and they should enroll in this during the open enrollment period.

 

          B.      Health Insurance Update                  

 

The dental coverage for next year will be provided by MetLife. The changes should be seamless.

 

          C.      MAT Reclassification Study

 

The study indicates that full deans and higher will not get immediate raises. There are questions about whether the Associate Deans moving up to Deans will get a raise and be entitled to the sabbatical option. There is concern over the financial impact of this proposal. In addition, some MAT employees will be applying for reclassification. The cost of the study and the recommendations is now approaching $1 million. One concern of the O'Neil (spelling??) study prior to the Proposition 401 bond is that the tax payers do not want to add another layer of bureaucracy and salary increases. There concern over the appearance of this reclassification right after the bond passage. It was also brought up that PSA has not had a reclassification study in a while.

 

Motion (Phil Waclawski) Due to concerns over the unknown financial impact of the MAT reclassification proposal, the Senate would like Janice to ask the FEC to pull the MAT reclassification motion from the Board agenda. The motion passed unanimously.

 

          D.      DO Staffing Changes

         

Janice informed the Senate of changes in DO Staffing. Effective January 10, 2005 through June 30, 2005, Dr. Corina Gardea will be reassigned from Phoenix College to focus her energies on helping launch the Arizona Latino Policy Initiative in conjunction with the Office of the Governor.  She will be located in the new offices for the Maricopa Colleges downtown campus. Dr. Anna Solley, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, is now serving as Acting President of Phoenix College.  Dr. Maria Harper-Marinick will serve as Acting Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for Dr. Solley.  Maria is currently the District Director of Academic Affairs Support Programs and Services and provides leadership for the Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction and International Education (MCLI).  Dr. Maureen Zimmerman (Food and Nutrition faculty) will step up as Acting Director for Academic Support Programs and Services, providing leadership to the programs and services coordinated by MCLI and International/Intercultural Education, on reassignment from Mesa Community College. Pete Kushibab will act as Vice-Chancellor of Human Resources until the new Vice-Chancellor is hired.

 

VII.   President Elect's Report

         

                   Zone elections are in April. Encourage zone members to self nominate.

 

MCC is going to try to comply with the Governor's request for a 10% energy cut during the Summer period. The air coolers will be off over the weekends during summer hours. If there are any weekend events, get them to Ron Etter immediately.

         

A.      MIRA Membership

 

MIRA stands for the Maricopa Integrated Risk Assessment committee. Lyn shared some of the concerns of this committee. These include the contingency plan if a leader of the district or college should become incapacitated, fear in the workplace, campus security, and more. Lyn encouraged senate members to join the MIRA committee because their faculty input is limited.

         

B.      NCA Update

 

The HCL/NCA booklets are being printed and distributed to faculty. Faculty are encouraged to read the booklets so they are aware of the issues. The Senate's constitution, best practices, and other materials will be assembled and included with the reports available in the NCA resource room.

         

          C.      New SIS Update

 

                   The current full roll-out date is February of 2006.

 

VIII.  Committee Report

 

          None

         

IX.    Zone and At-Large Senate Report

 

Absence of a Report Means No Report

 

Bruce Peterson (Zone 1) brought forward Basil Al Hashimi's concern that the Assistant Chair position is not determined by seniority. Janice pointed out that since Assistant Chairs are not covered in the RFP, there is nothing we can do to change the rules. This pilot program is by agreement between the Department Chair and the Associate Deans. Basil is encouraged to express his concern on the program evaluation at the end of the academic year.

 

X.      Adjournment - 4:45 pm to executive Session

         

XI.    Survey Update (Executive Session) - Janice Reilly and John Seims

 

Motion 1 (Charles Lewis) The Senate moves that Janice should be allowed to use her discretion to communicate survey information to the college faculty.

 

Motion 2 (Charles Lewis) The Senate members will be allowed to disclose to MCC faculty that the data has been summarized and the results will be forwarded to the narrative committee. The narrative summary will then be presented to the Senate for approval.