Mesa Community College Faculty Senate

Unapproved Minutes

April 21, 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        

B.      Approval of Agenda – Approved with one abstention and one late arrival.

          C.      Approval of Senate Minutes – Approved with one abstention and one late arrival.

II.      Treasurer’s Report – Phill Waclawski

Phill presented two budget proposals that showed possible deficits of $360 or $4500 depending on whether the Senate chooses to award more than one Distinguished Faculty Award and on the cost of outsourcing the Administration Opinion Survey on a biannual basis. Discussion ensued on these items. It was decided that the DFA award and AOS costs will not be a part of the annual budget and will be deducted from the money market account as needed. The proposed budget is now in the black and will be brought back at the next senate meeting for approval.

III.     Old Business

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

The lawyer reviewed the summary and approved of the language.  The lawyer recommended that we first provide a copy to all administrators listed in the survey. He recommended we do not include a copy of the survey in our report; however, we may provide a copy upon request. He also recommended that we send the summary out to all involved.

The senate would like to officially thank all those involved in the survey process.

Motion (Bruce Peterson) The Senate president and president elect will hand deliver a copy of the summary to the college president. A copy of the summary will then be distributed to the faculty and administrators via e-mail with a link to a copy available on the Faculty Senate website. Approved unanimously.

B.      Senate and Faculty Retreat and Retiree Report– Erin Rawson

Most senate members attended and nine chairs attended the retreat. It was fun and productive, and many learned about the baccalaureate legislation. Doyle Burke was a great asset on informing participants on the legislation.

Erin is in the process of ordering the retirement plaques. Please inform Erin of any additional retirees before Monday (4/25/05).

C.      Faculty Dialogue Day (FDD) – Janice Reilly

Motion (Donna Gaudet) Move the date of the FDD from April 28^th to May 6^th.

The motion passed unanimously.

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

          Tabled

E.      Hiring Committee – Mary E. Aldridge, Naomi Story, Janice Reilly

The committee is still compiling the recommendations. A highlight of the recommendations include  the dates of the process, adding administrator designees, time-lines for notifying people if they don’t make it to the next level, the district should print and compile online applications, and establishing an online portal where applicants can monitor their status in the hiring process.

F.      Web Oversight Committee Report – Donna Gaudet

                   The WOC has asked to make a presentation at the next senate meeting. The senate agrees.

IV.     New Business

          A.      Zone Elections – Phillip Waclawski

There is one volunteer from each zone except Zone 4. The ballots will go out soon. There will be a ballot box at each campus.

B.      Officer Nominating Committee - Phillip Waclawski

There is a candidate for each position except secretary. Please volunteer. Please let Phill know if you are interested.

V.      Information

VI.     President’s Report

          A.      Meet and Confer Update

                   There is no agreement on the faculty salary proposals at this time.

B.      Baccalaureate Degree Update 

          It is still progressing.

          C.      90/10 Report

Janice reminded the senate of the 90-10 report. The summary page and the page showing MCC’s statistics will be placed on the Faculty Senate website.

D.      Faculty Perceptions of the Faculty Senate

The best practices manual will reflect that the senate president will distribute an “End of Year” report that will include the Senate’s activities, accomplishments, and general statistics on faculty grievances filed and resolved. This report will be distributed to the faculty.

VII.   President Elect’s Report

A reminder should be sent to Senate Committee chairs to provide an end of year report.

Training sessions are being provided for the new student system. Faculty are encouraged to attend.

VIII.  Committee Report

          A.      Department Chair Liaison – Anne Stein

• Deb DeVore came to discuss scholarships with the chairs.
• There was discussion on people not getting paid for work being performed.
• Ron Etter talked with the chairs about his role in the HR area and that they were going to have an external consultant come in to evaluate HR in the immediate future. He also discussed his retirement.
• There was also discussion on the Red Mountain Assistant Chair Pilot Program. In the past a group of department chairs presented a resolution to Dean Mee and the President that was not well received. There are issues with the Assistant Chair title for this position. It was recommended that the faculty, the faculty senate, chairs, and administration should work cooperatively to create a well functioning “Assistant Chair” program. There was also discussion on the compensation issue. There will now be three hours release time and the faculty member will be able to do a three hour overload per semester.  The Senate is very concerned that it has not been involved in the conversation concerning the Assistant Chair Program.

B.      Staffing Committee – Mona Scott

Staffing Committee has finalized their recommendations for hires and they will forward the list to VP Mee. They will meet with the president on this matter.

IX.     Zone and At-Large Senate Report

Absence of a report means no report was given.

Zone 6 (Anne Stein) – An online instructor is angry concerning the lack of support for online courses (particularly testing). This has been addressed by the senate and DL committee and a recommendation was forwarded to the president. No action was taken.

Zone 5 (Harold Cranswick) – The senate should inform the faculty on important topics for the Meet and Confer committee so that they can make a more unified statements on the ratification ballots.

Zone 7 (Naomi Story)– Jim Tipton passed away. There will be services and remembrance on May 3^rd from 2:30 to 3:30 in the CTL.

X.      Adjournment – 5:20 Unanimously