Mesa Community College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

April 7, 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
Bruce Peterson	654-7722	Zone 1	X
Greg 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 – 3:05 pm

B. Approval of Agenda – Approved Unanimously

C. Approval of Senate Minutes – Approved Unanimously

II. Treasurer’s Report – Phill Waclawski

Phill presented account summaries. There is currently $53,178.83 in the account. The Proposed Budget for 2005/2006 was also presented. The projected expenses are $10,500. Please review the proposed budget for the next meeting.

III. Old Business

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

Executive Session: 3:15 – 3:25

Motion (Donna Gaudet) Janice will send the draft of the Summary Report to the Faculty Association’s lawyer (Mike Napier) for review. The summary will be ready for distribution by the next senate meeting.

The Summary Report will be distributed to the faculty and the President of the college by the next Senate meeting.

B. Senate and Faculty Retreat – Erin Rawson

The retreat will be April 14^th at Old Chicago Restaurant on Alma School and I-60. Refreshments will be provided at the retreat. In addition to Senate members, department chairs and FEC members will also be attending. Although the Baccalaureate degree legislation failed in committee, this issue will continue to resurface in the near future and faculty need to be prepared for, informed of, and involved in this issue. The FEC expressed support for the bill, but with a few reservations. Other bills that allow community college’s to offer baccalaureate degrees are forthcoming.

Motion (Erin Rawson) The Senate will utilize not more than $300 of Senate funds to pay for the refreshments for the retreat. The motion passed unanimously.

C. Faculty Dialogue Day (FDD) – Janice Reilly

FDD will be held on April 28^th at 3:00. A sub-committee composed of Janice, Donna, John, and Ann will prepare for the FDD.

D. Proposal: Outsource the Faculty Survey – John Seims and Naomi Story

Preliminary survey of the internet produced numerous companies who can help develop, host, and interpret the results of surveys of this type. The Senate’s prefers to have the company complete all aspects of the survey. The Senate also believes that the survey should be conducted every two years rather than every year as originally decided. What ever is decided should be written in the best practices manual.

E. Know Your RFP – Janice Reilly

Janice presented Charles’ latest Know Your RFP – The Faculty Evaluation Plan (FEP) for Instructional Improvement. It will be distributed to the faculty by e-mail.

IV. New Business

A. Zone Elections – Phillip Waclawski

The self-nomination forms will be distributed to the faculty.

B. Officer Nominating Committee – Phillip Waclawski

Names will be brought back by the committee for President Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer.

V. Information

VI. President’s Report

A. Meet and Confer Update

Janice provided an update from FEC containing a Meet and Confer update. The M&C team is still (as of this date) negotiating with the Administration Team on salary and benefits. Negotiations are still ongoing. There were breaches in negotiation process by the Administrative Team. No negotiation took place concerning salary before members of the Administration’s Team announced publicly that there will be a flat 5% raise for everyone. This offer had not yet been made to the faculty’s negotiating team.

The Senate believes that the negotiation process, as well as last year’s MOU stating the salary and benefits should be negotiated first, was violated. The Senate supports some sort of reprimand by the FEC for this violation.

B. Baccalaureate Degree Update

The current bill is dead. Other bills are in the works to allow community college’s to offer baccalaureate degrees.

C. 90/10 Report

The report was distributed to all FEC members and to Senate Presidents. Georgia Gooding worked very hard to get this report completed.

VII. President Elect’s Report

A. Ron Etter’s Retirement Gift

Motion (Donna Gaudet) The Senate will provide Ron Etter with a plaque. Vote: Twelve Yeas and One Nay. The motion passed.

B. Senate Committees

There are senate committees dealing with curriculum that is not under the purview of the Senate. In addition, the Program Review committee may be out of the purview of the Senate. The committee list needs to be examined to determine the purview and necessity of the committees listed. The Senate will review the committee list and this will be brought back in the 2005/2006 Senate year for discussion.

VIII. Committee Report

A. Hiring Committee

The Hiring Committee is continuing its efforts and will bring recommendations to the Senate.

IX. Zone and At-Large Senate Report

Absence of a report means no report was given.

Zone 2 (Phill Waclawski) – Phill brought up the topic of the lateness of getting paid for contracts outside our base pay. Janice indicated that she is working on this issue through a variety of sources. An outside consultant will come in to investigate this issue.

Zone 6 (Ann Stine) Ann stated that the President informed her department (during his department visit on March 24^th) that there will be a 5% pay raise for all faculty.

At-Large (Erin Rawson) – Please let Erin know the names of those who are retiring and those who do not want to be recognized by the next senate meeting. Also let Janice know.

X. Adjournment – 5:25 pm