Location: Kirk Student Center, Papago Room

Members:	Representing/Office	Present:	Absent:
Phillip Carrillo	At-large	X
Harold Cranswick	Zone 5	X
Lyn Dutson	Zone 1	X
Charles Horn	Active Retirees Rep.		X
Mehrzad Khorsandi	At-large	X
Charles Lewis	President	X
David Nachman	Zone 8, Secretary	X
Gregg Pratt	At-large	X
Erin Rawson	At-large	X
Janice Reilly	President-elect	X
Mona Scott	At-large		X
John Seims	Zone 4	X
Ann Stine	At-large, DCA liaison	X
Naomi Story	Zone 7		X
Barry Vaughan	Zone 3	X
Niccole Villa Cerveny	At-large	X
Phillip Waclawski	Zone 2, Treasurer	X
Maureen Zimmerman	Zone 6		X

I. Call to Order at 3:10 p.m.

II. Agenda Approval

The agenda was unanimously approved as amended.

III. Approval of Minutes

The circulated minutes of the 3/4/2004 meeting were approved unanimously.

IV. Treasurerπs Report

Treasurer Phillip Waclawski distributed a report showing a balance of $51,612.35 in all accounts.

V. Committee & Project Reports

A. The Nominating Committeeπs slate of officers for the 2004-05 year will be distributed tomorrow via e-mail.

B. Joni Groverπs presentation on the new Student Information System was rescheduled for the 4/15 meeting.

C. Discussions in the Distance Education Committee meeting were highlighted by Greg Pratt:

∑ All students currently taking an online course will have the chance to answer an online survey of their attitude toward the online experience. As only the instructor for the course will see the results, the meaning of the survey seems rather limited.

∑ The Committee considered the advisability of a technology fee to be applied to online classes.

∑ The College is offering support for faculty who wish to develop online courses. Applications for such support will be acted on soon.

∑ It was announced that the decision has been made to seek accreditation for an online technology degree in the current NCA visit cycle. [This announcement was declared erroneous at a later date.]

∑ The chair announced his readiness to cede the chairmanship to any Committee member willing to serve.

VI. Old Business

A. Dr. Glasper will visit MCC on the afternoon of 4/21/2004 in the Navajo Room at 2 oπclock, to continue the discussion of his strategic vision. The faculty have questions for him, and Senators are asked to talk up the visit among their zone constituents. We want good attendance.

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VII. New Business

A. Barry Vaughan distributed a document detailing the process used by the Philosophy/Religious Studies Department in the evaluation of faculty, for Senators to peruse and reflect upon. We noted that ≥faculty evaluation≤ can mean either:

1. the evaluation of probationary faculty by the department chair or associate dean, or

2. the self-evaluation of appointive faculty.

B. Senators should encourage their constituents to attend the Distance Learning strategic discussion scheduled for noon on 4/2.

C. Niccole Villa-Cerveny reported that Red Mountain faculty are considering how they are represented on the Faculty Senate. Should Senate create a Red Mountain zone? If zones are department/discipline based, the Senate could end up with no Red Mountain faculty as Senators.

The Senate created an ad-hoc committee to consider the composition of Senate zones. Niccole will convene the committee and report back to the Senate in the fall 2004 semester.

VIII. Information & Announcements

A. Presidentπs report

1. Department chairs have been confused about administration of the Faculty Evaluation Plan. Send them to the Senate President for clarifications.

2. As outcomes of the Senate/DCA/Administration retreat, we can note these clarifications:

(a) Red Mountain campus is intended to be a comprehensive campus. RMC will meet the GenEd requirements for transfer to 4-year institutions, all administrative services necessary for program success will exist at Red Mountain. the Red Mountain All-Employee Council reports directly to Dr. Christiansen, bypassing the deans.

(b) A complete set of student support services should be available in each cluster, as delineated in the Master Plan.

3. The Governing Board is split 2/2/1 on the proposed $4/credit hour tuition hike. This revenue will be needed to cover salary increases.

4. The FIPP program is in a fluid status. The FEC has put a motion to Dr. Glasper to terminate the District program, but his decision on its future is unclear.

B. President-electπs report

1. A threat to service faculty is perceived in the collegeπs introduction of a MAT Library Director position to replace a faculty librarian. Dr. Minor of the FEC has argued forcefully against this change.

2. Vehicle use regulation bear continued watching.

3. The 12-month salary option will not be in place for next year. Communication from the Chancellor to the District Payroll office seems unclear. Watch for a memo to come out.

4. Student government will clean up the Faculty Review form, to make it more meaningful.

C. Secretaryπs report

No report.

D. Department Chair Association liaison report

No report.

E. Active retiree representative report

No report.

F. Senate membersπ reports

1. At-large members

Erin Rawson will order plaques for presentation to retirees. She also reported that Gailynn Valdez, the MCC Director of International Education, has left to take on directorship of the ASU Student Services program. A hiring committee is being formed to fill the vacancy. President Christiansen may be reorganizing this position to Dean level.

Harold Cranswick noted that the speed bump requested for the southern parking lot has not yet been installed.

IX. Adjournment was called at 4:55 p.m.