Mesa Community College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

Outline minutes on this page, details given below.

Date: 10/16/2003

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Location: Kirk Student Center, Maricopa Room

Members:

 

 

Phillip Carrillo [AL]

David Nachman [Z8, Secıy]

Ann Stine [AL]

Harold Cranswick [Z5]

Greg Pratt [AL]

Naomi Story [Z7]

Lyn Dutson [Z1]

Janice Reilly [Pres-elect]

Barry Vaughan [Z3]

Charles Horn [49%]

Erin Rawson [AL]

Niccole Villa Cerveny [AL]

Mehrzad Kohrsandi [AL]

Mona Scott [AL]

Phillip Waclawski [Z2, Treas]

Charles Lewis [President]

John Seims [Z4]

Maureen Zimmerman [Z6]

I.          Call to Order

II.        Agenda Approval

III.      Approval of Minutes

IV.      Treasurerıs Report

V.        Committee & Project Reports

VI.      Old Business

A.    Constitutional revisions

VII.    New Business

VIII.  Information & Announcements

A.    Presidentıs report

B.    President-electıs report

C.   Secretaryıs report

D.   Department Chair Association liaison report

E.    Active retiree representative report

F.    Senate membersı reports

1.     At-large members

2.     Zone representatives

Mesa Community College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

Outline minutes on previous page, details given below.

Date: 10/16/2003

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Location: Kirk Student Center, Maricopa Room

 

I.       Call to Order                Presenter: Charles Lewis                                                         3:00 p.m.

Members:

Representing/Office

Present:

Absent:

Phillip Carrillo

At-large

X

 

Harold Cranswick

Zone 5, DCA liaison

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

 

Janice Reilly

President-elect

X

 

Erin Rawson

At-large

X

 

Mona Scott

At-large

X

 

John Seims

Zone 4

X

 

Ann Stine

At-large

 

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

II.     Agenda Approval            Presenter: Charles Lewis                                                                  

III.    Minutes Approval                                                                                                                        

Minutes were approved as circulated, with one abstention.

IV.    Treasurerıs report           Phil Waclawski                                                                                  
Membership in the MCC Faculty Association now stands at 217. For census purposes, each active retiree member counts as 1/2 of a full Association member.

Our financial services company has changed its name from Prudential to Wachovia.

V.        Committees & Project Reports

None received.

VI.      Old Business

         A.     Revised Senate Constitution     Presenter: Charles Lewis                                              

Senators completed and approved the revised constitution. The document will now be released for approval by the members of the Faculty Association.

VII.  New Business

VIII. Info & Announcements

         President                              By current District policy, the TSA providersı list can be amended to include an additional entity if 25 employees request it. FEC will request a District URL for collecting the names of employees interested in blue-chip mutual funds and other alternatives.

                                                      The CEC referred the active-retirement program committeeıs report back to the committee to allow time for FEC review of the proposed changes.

                                                      FEC will be asked to recommend the consideration of the MFA as a terminal degree to the Meet & Confer team.

         President-elect                      Janice Reilly is serving on the District team crafting a memorandum of understanding on salary & benefits.

                                                      The FEC and faculty in general will need to pay attention or control of curriculum and program approval will migrate to the District Curriculum Committee.

                                                      At the request of the Senate, the Department Chair Association (DCA) passed a resolution that the Senate and DCA executives will meet on a scheduled basis, and arrange for a joint Senate/DCA retreat.

         Members At-Large

Greg Pratt reported that he had received a comment from a faculty member that MCC seems more interested in importing new students than in fairly serving students already here.

         Zone Representatives        

Lyn Dutson recommended that faculty arrange car rental through Alamo when they travel for business.

Lyn also recommended that 49% faculty be called upon to mentor new probationary-residential and adjunct faculty.

She alerted the Senate that custodians are reported to be using office computers and faculty refrigerators.

Barry Vaughan discussed the implementation of a plus/minus grading system at Arizona State University.

John Seims noted that custodial services on campus are not always up to par.

He also suggested that the Faculty Executive Council consider a new look at the levels of department support mandated by the RFP.

IX.           Adjournment

            Adjournment was called at 5:15 p.m.