Mesa Community College Faculty Senate

Mesa Community College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

October 21, 2004

*Member*	*Telephone Number*	*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		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
Charles Lewis	461 - 7196	At-Large	X
Bruce Peterson	654 - 7722	Zone 1	X
Gregg 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
Niccole Villa-Cerveny	654 - 7728	At-Large	X
Phillip Waclawski	461 - 7468	Zone 2, Treasurer	X

Guest

Peter Brown and Ly Tran-Nguyen - SOC

Peter updated the Senate on the Student Outcomes Committee's (SOC) work. Numerous documents were provided.

I. General

A. Call to order - 3:10 pm

B. Approval of Agenda - Approved

C. Approval of Senate Minutes - Approved with one abstention.

Naomi's motion needs to be better clarified.

II. Treasurer's Report - Phill Waclawski

A printed Treasurer's Report was distributed.

III. Old Business

A. Membership - Phillip Waclawski

We are at about 77%. Zone and At-Large Representatives should keep recruiting to meet the 80% mark. The deadline is November 15^th.

i. Association Brochures

The association brochures were distributed, but may not have been placed in faculty mail boxes. They may be stacked somewhere in the instructional support area.

B. Governing Board Meeting (Shared Governance) - Janice Reilly / Gregg Pratt

Janice thanked those who came to the meeting. The meeting was well attended. This meeting was a good first step toward shared governance. Faculty are encouraged to attend these strategic conversations when they occur. A strong faculty presence is important. The FEC will follow up with motions to help move the discussion along. Jamie Moore's closing remarks were distributed.

C. Faculty Hiring - Janice Reilly

Janice reminded the Senate of the e-mail she distributed concerning the differences between the Staffing Committee's and the Administration's hiring recommendations.

As stated in the RFP, ninety percent of the faculty teaching daytime classes should be full-time residential faculty (the 90/10 rule). There are at least four colleges in the district who are at this ratio. MCC is not.

Motion (Charles Lewis) - A motion was made to instruct our Senate President to discuss with the Chair of Chairs to hold a strategic conversation with the Chair Association to discuss the adjunct to full-time faculty ratio. In addition, a strategic conversation will be held in spring to begin a discussion of the situation and possible solutions. The motion passed unanimously.

D. Distance Learning Testing - John Seims

Faculty have used the testing center for whole class testing for a few years and was suddenly instructed to conduct their own testing. This put the online faculty in a bad spot since it was directly before midterms.

The Senate will instruct Ed Lipinski to formulate a motion to present to the senate on this matter.

E. Distinguished Faculty Award - Lyn Dutson

Encourage faculty to participate in the Distinguished Faculty Award. The deadline is November 1^st.

F. RFP Newsletter - Charles Lewis

There were several positive comments on the RFP Newsletter and faculty requested Charles address more issues in future newsletters.

G. Public Safety Survey - Janice Reilly

A summary of the survey results were presented.

H. Administrative Evaluation - Mona Scott

A list of questions was presented to the senate for addition and refinement. Once the list is refined, the list will be presented to the senate again to choose their favorite questions. From this, an administrative evaluation will be developed and presented to the Senate.

IV. New Business

A. Social Committee - Janice Reilly

It may be time for the Social Committee be re-constituted. One suggested use of this committee is to celebrate retire's. The social committee is important to help foster a sense of community. The senators will think of ideas for social events.

B. Faculty Involvement - John Seims

Concerns over the lack of faculty involvement were addressed. Methods for improving faculty involvement were discussed. We will try to engage our PR firm to determine ways to improve faculty involvement.

C. Staffing Issues - Janice Reilly

Motion (Charles Lewis) The Senate President will communicate via e-mail to Dr. Christiansen and the administration to express the fact that the MCC Faculty Senate endorses the recommendation and shares the concerns of the Staffing Committee concerning the administration's staffing recommendations for Fall 2005. The motion was approved unanimously.

The staffing e-mail comparing the Staffing Committee's recommendations and the Administration's recommendations sent by the Senate President will be distributed to the entire faculty.

D. Senate Resolutions - Mona Scott

Motion 1 (Greg Pratt) - The MCC Senate endorses the model of collaborative shared governance. - Tabled pending further education on the 'model of collaborative shared governance'.

Motion 2 (Greg Pratt) - The MCC Senate recognizes that MCC and MCCCD employ the consultative model of shared governance and therefore to strengthen that communication an administrative evaluation will be developed for the 04-05 academic year for the MCC administration -- president and deans. The preliminary evaluation will be developed and circulated for comment by the academic community the final week of October, 04. - Motion Withdrawn - Already addressed.

V. Information

The copy center is now accepting e-mailed photocopy requests with attached documents.

VI. President's Report

A. Independent FEC Facilities and Equipment - Janice Reilly

FEC is considering leasing office space and purchasing their own server equipment independent from the district.

From FEC: An amendment to the RFP that effectively (albeit unintentionally) changes the probationary period from five years to two years was rejected.

From FEC: The term 'Faculty Transfer' is misleading because faculty transfers from one college to another are not automatic. Changing the name was discussed.