Mesa Community College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

February 17, 2005

Member	Telephone	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

Ron Etter – Did Not Attend

I. General

A. Call to order

B. Approval of Agenda

C. Approval of Senate Minutes

II. Treasurer’s Report – Phill Waclawski

No Report – Phill was absent.

III. Old Business

A. Administration Opinion Survey – Naomi Story, Mary Aldridge, and John Seims

Motion for Executive Session: 3:20 pm

Motion to End Executive Session: 3:40 pm

Both passed unanimously.

B. Distinguished Faculty Award – Greg Pratt

The DFA is continuing its work. It will bring a recommendation to the Senate at the next meeting. Greg thanked Timothy Florschuetz for his work. There are five candidates being considered.

C. DCA Retreat / Strategic Conversation Topic - Lyn Dutson

Janice suggested that the Senate have a retreat and invite the department chairs. The department chairs are busy preparing for the HLC-NCA visit. Harold expressed that, in the absence of a plan for improving the full-time / part-time faculty ratio, it may be beneficial to discuss the baccalaureate legislation and its impact on the college. Naomi pointed out that the legislation simply states that community colleges can offer baccalaureate degrees, but there is no requirement to do so. There is no money provided by this legislation. There has been no discussion amongst the faculty as a group to determine if MCC should offer a baccalaureate degree. This should be discussed.

Motion (Naomi Story) The Senate should have a retreat and invite department chairs to participate to discuss the baccalaureate legislation and to plan for an open dialogue day for the faculty. The motion passed unanimously.

Retreat Subcommittee: Janice Reilly, John Seims, Lyn Dutson, Erin Rawson, and Anne Stein.

D. Dr. Glaspar – Janice Reilly

Motion (Naomi Story) Invite Dr. Glaspar to MCC for an open discussion with faculty. Passed unanimously.

E. HLC-NCA Faculty Senate Book – Janice Reilly

The Senate will produce a binder to display for NCA.

F. Overload Pay – Janice Reilly

Tabled

G. College Plan – Sally Kroelinger

The revisions to the College Plan went to DCA for review. It was reported that the chairs approved the change of titles in the College Plan. It was recommended that an electronic copy be sent to the chairs.

Motion (Sally Kroelinger) Approve the proposed changes to the College Plan and move it forward to the administration. Motion passed with one abstention.

H. Online Testing Update

Tabled

IV. New Business

A. Replacement for Charles Lewis – Janice Reilly

Charles must, reluctantly, resign from the Senate. Zone representatives should ask if others are interested.

B. Faculty Reception – Janice Reilly

C. IT Administrative Regulation – John Seims

John distributed a draft of the administrative regulation concerning IT security to update the Senate.

Janice stated that the FEC also requested that a program review be conducted on the District Offices’ Information Technology department.

D. Courses Completed and In Progress – Janice Reilly

Janice presented the current version of the Courses Completed and In Progress form and reminded the Senate that the form states that a copy of the applicant’s transcripts must be available for the interview. The topic will be returned to FEC for discussion.

V. Information

VI. President’s Report

VII. President Elect’s Report

Flyer on the status of and upcoming information sessions for the new SIS was distributed.

An Environmental Scan was conducted to determine the employees awareness of issues surrounding the college that might impact the planning process. These completed surveys should be returned to Andrea Greene or completed on the internet at http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/organizations/employee/orp/Environmental_Scanning.html

VIII. Committee Report

A. Hiring Processes Committee – Mary Aldridge

Mary handed out a copy of the current timeline and overall process for the hiring. Donna will replace Charles on the Hiring Process Committee.

Charles, in a previous meeting, recommended that the FEC pursue that HR send out an official letter stating that they were not selected for interview, as well as not selected for hire. There is a growing concern among Senate members that the hiring process is disrespectful to candidates. There is also growing concern over the district office’s ability to manage applications packets.

IX. Zone and At-Large Senate Report

Absence of a report means no report was given.

Zone 3 (Mary Aldridge) – An administrator (or administrators) did not sign a student’s paperwork for travel in a timely manner and it resulted in the cost rising over the amount the student budgeted. The student was very concerned over the process.

X. Adjournment – 4:50 pm