MCC Faculty Senate Minutes
CTL Conference Room
September 5, 2002
Senate Web Site: http://www.mesacc.edu/organizations/employee/facultysenate/
Members Present:
Barry Vaughan, President
Charles Lewis, President-elect
Naomi Story, Secretary
Lyn Dutson, Zone 1
Phil Waclawski, Zone 2
Sam Martinez, Zone 3
Danene Richardson, Zone 4
Harold Cranswick, Zone 5
Jack Hinze, Zone 6
Naomi Story, Zone 7
John Zikopoulos, Zone 8
Philip Carrillo (Member at Large)
Mona Scott (Member at Large)
Erin Rawson (Member at Large)
Ann Stine (Member at Large)
Members Absent:
Karen Hardin (Member at Large)
I. Call to Order: President Vaughan called Meeting to order at 3:10 PM
II. Additions and Deletions to Agenda:
Under Presidentıs report add ID cards and Age issue related to student admission
III. Approval of Minutes: Two sets of May 2, 2002 were approved unanimously.
IV. Guest: Steve Budge: ITAC: Help Desk Status Steve reported on the establishment of the Technology Support Center. The Technology Support Center was created by ITAC (Information Technology Advisory Council) to
address the Help Desk issue. Steve stated that his team is focused
on communication and a web site will be created to inform people of the
Teamıs progress. Two phases were planned.
Phase 1: research and assessment. This involves looking at models
and best practices of Help Desks and working with Andrea Greene on
doing a survey. Deadline is September 30 although research may continue past that date.
Phase 2: implementation. This phase is being planned.
Team members include: Ed Lipinski, Chas Moore, Jonathan Baney (ITS), an
Adjunct faculty from the Network Academy.
Questions and answers: Senators asked questions and Steve responded.
Q: when do you anticipate recommendations will be made to administration?
A: by November
Q: What about Help Desk for students?
A: Idea is to have a ³call center² approach routing questions
to specialists.
Q: Is there commitment for funding?
A: Since this is backed by the administration, I hope itıs there.
Q: Will all faculty be surveyed?
A: Probably yes
Steve requested that any questions or ideas should be emailed to Steve.
V. Senate Vacancies: Treasurer and At-Large Representatives (2)
1. Phil Waclawski is now taking over for Charles as Zone 2 rep.
2. Barry solicited names of faculty who may be interested
in serving as at-large representatives.
3. After Charles gave a description of the treasurerıs role, John Zikopolous was unanimously elected as Treasurer.
VI. Treasurer's Report: Charles gave a brief report that we have
approximately 40-50K in our accounts. He will finalize our financial status
for the next meeting.
VII. Committee and Project Reports:
It was reported that the SOC and CTL committees had their first meetings scheduled. A comment was made that not all faculty members sat on committees. Faculty should be reminded that committee service is an RFP requirement. Harold said he would ask the chairs to poll their departments.
A question was asked about the Chairsı report of their committeesı goals and objectives for the year and a report at the end of the year. Barry said he would inform chairs.
VIII. Old Business:
A. Grievance Policy: It was moved and seconded to petition the Faculty Executive Council to create a subcommittee to develop an amendment to the grievance policies in the RFP. The purpose of the amendment will be to grant ³grievant² status to entities that represent faculty interests (i.e., College Senates and the Faculty Executive Council). The Senate President shall present this resolution at the next Faculty Executive Council meeting and work towards obtaining the necessary approval to establish the subcommittee. Discussion: It was clarified that the result of the subcommitteeıs work would then be taken to the Meet and Confer Committee. The motion was passed unanimously.
B. FACT Committee status Motion to reapprove FACT was made and
seconded. Discussion was based on the background and evolution of FACT in context with ITAC and TLTR. Motion to reapprove FACT was defeated.
IX. New Business:
A. Committee approval: Senate approved each committee,
except for the Faculty Senate Instructional Technology Advocacy Committee
(See B under old business.) Barry will inform the Deanıs office of the
approval status of each committee.
B. Summer Pay: A question was brought up about summer pay rate:
how it was set and where did it come from? Discussion was held of issues: differentiated summer pay rate for adjunct faculty, university
counterparts, contract pay, 9-month vs. 12-month contracts. No motion was made.
Barry shared a memo he received from LoAn Tabar-Gaul for the next meeting.
for the next meeting.
background of how ITAC was formed under Mark Goodingıs presidency and how it has evolved since the Senate voted to approve the original ITAC recommendations.
Numerous questions were stated:
What is happening?
Is ITAC still what we voted for in Senate last year?
Has the ITAC charge been changed? Why?
Why does it not report to the President as we voted for last
year? How did ITAC moved from the President to the Deansı Council?
What are the consequences of Faculty Senate pulling out of ITAC?
The consensus was that the Senate has several questions about
the efficacy and integrity of ITAC.
X. Information and Announcements:
A. President's Report:
1. Floating payment for Internet Courses: Barry reported that GCC is experimenting with loading and payment for internet courses and asked FEC members how they felt about prorating for internet courses.
2. AAUP Re-visitation: Rosemary Kesler, FEC President invited AAUP representatives back. FEC members agreed not to waste time anymore and the FEC Exec. Council can choose to meet and lunch with them. Maricopa pays more dues than any institution in Arizona and they should of thought of that before they turned us down on limited membership.
3. Capital Planning representation: FEC was asked to solicit faculty representatives to sit on the districtıs Capital Planning Committee. This would be an 18-month commitment. FEC requested reassigned time or remuneration for summer pay. Barry asked Zone reps to solicit names of volunteers and stated that this was committee had to power to shape the next Bond and future of the district.
4. ID cards: Barry said that we will be getting employee Ids. A committee is in place to determine the best type of cards, i.e., SMART card and a card that could be used with the employee gate system.
5. Student Admission: Age issue has come up again. An underage student was admitted despite the concern of a faculty member. Barry is meeting with the Districtıs lawyer and reminding him about the catalog common pages, in that age can be a factor for denying admittance and faculty can grieve on this issue.
6. Barry reminded the Senate about wanting to have a retreat. He would also like to ask the Department Chair if they would like to make this a joint retreat. The Senate members agreed a joint retreat would be beneficial.
B. President-Elect's Report:
1. FIPP (Faculty In Progress Program): Charles shared issues related to FIPP. They include a second-year FIPP intern at EMCC, salary, FIPP interns not teaching, departmentıs role and responsibility, and the flexibility of each campusıs selection criteria and policy. He will bring a proposal under New Business at the next meeting.
2. Membership: New Faculty Association Membership brochures were distributed. Charles requested that Zone Reps. hand carry brochure to each person in his or her zones. He reminded us that our membership numbers determined our representation at FEC.
3. DCA (Department Chair Association) Report: Charles shared that he would be sitting on the Department Chair Association meetings on behalf of the Senate. He reported that two issues were brought up at the first meeting in August: program director compensation and testing center issue. A recommendation by the chairs would be brought to Senate regarding program director compensation. It was suggested that when this was brought forth, program directors should be invited to the meeting.
The Testing Center is at capacity. Internet students and classes have impacted the Centerıs space and times. Students are placed on waiting lists.
C. Chair Liaison Report: Harold said he will probably represent the Chairs at the Senate meeting.
D. Board Report: None
E. 49% Representative Report: Barry asked if senators could give him names of any 49% who might be interested in being a nonvoting member on Senate.
XI. Senator Reports:
Members at Large
A. Philip Carrillo (Member at Large): None
B. Mona Scott (Member at Large): None
C. Karen Hardin (Member at Large): Not present
D. Phillip Waclawski (Member at Large): None
E. Erin Rawson (Member at Large:): None
F. Ann Stine (Member at Large): None
Zone Representatives
A. Zone 1: Art/Foreign Languages/Reading/Speech Communication/Theatre Arts (Lyn Dutson): None
B. Zone 2: Business (Charles Lewis): None
C. Zone 3: English/Philosophy (Sam Martinez): Sam asked if our lawyer had examined the Employee Blue Book, which was distributed. Barry would take this question to FEC .
D. Zone 4: Math/Music (Danene Richardson): None
E. Zone 5: Cultural, Social Science/Psychology (Harold Cranswick): Harold shared that security people mentioned that they were not allowed to give parking tickets according to the President because it gave MCC a negative image. Harold also stated the need to speed bumps where people walk such as in front of the music and theatre buildings. He asked about Jack whether any discussion was held about safety issues for counselors who were behind closed doors with potential dangerous clients. Jack will take this question back to the Safety committee
F. Zone 6: Technology & Design/Family/Consumer Science/Mortuary Science/Phys. Ed. (Jack Hinze): None
G. Zone 7: CTL/Counseling/Library/Nursing (Naomi Story): Naomi shared three items: the need to examine a 12-month payroll option for faculty, the possibility of non-academic members being given the right to vote at the district curriculum meetings, and the All Faculty Day. The 12-month payroll would provide faculty with the option to stretch their paychecks of 12 months. This will be raised at FEC. We need to be vigilant with Vice Chancellor Solley to make sure that curriculum decisions are the facultyıs domain. The All Faculty Day is an opportunity for all faculty to meet at GCC from 4-7 PM on September 26, to share common issues such as Meet and Confer and our legislative agenda with our lobbyist.
H. Zone 8: Life, Physical Science (John Zikopoulos): None
XI. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 5:45 PM
Respectfully submitted by, Naomi Story
MCC Faculty Senate Secretary