Mesa Community College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

November 4, 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

Dr. Barry Vaughan - 4 p.m.

I. General

A. Call to order - 3:10 pm

B. Approval of Agenda - Approved unanimously.

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

II. Treasurer's Report - Phill Waclawski

Phill had no report.

III. Old Business

A. Membership - Phillip Waclawski

Senators should continue to encourage faculty members to join the association.

Allen Gilliart is working to recruit 49% faculty.

B. Faculty Hiring - Janice Reilly/Naomi Story

Clarify Motion by Naomi Story

Motion (Naomi Story) A motion was made to form an ad-hoc committee to investigate and propose a hiring process that makes sense for Mesa Community College.

The phrase ìmakes senseî means appropriate to Mesa Community College's processes and procedures.

Friendly Amendment (Erin Rawson) - Rephrase the motion to form an ad-hoc committee to investigate the hiring process at MCC and make actionable recommendations to the Faculty Senate. Approved with one nay.

Committee Members: Phillip Waclawski, Charles Lewis, Ann Stine, John Seims, Mary Aldridge, Janice Reilly, and Mona Scott.

C. Distance Learning Testing - John Seims

Although Senate had requested a recommendation from the Distance Education Committee (DEC) in regards to the Testing Center, the DEC was unable to present one at this time. Donna informed the Senate that Ed Lipinsky was not able to complete the recommendation due to time limitations with the DEC.

It was suggested that the DEC utilize e-mail and other communication methods to help solve the Senate-DEC time lag problem in composing and presenting recommendations to the senate.

D. Distinguished Faculty Award - Lyn Dutson

Lyn received nominations for the Distinguished Faculty Award. She is working on reprising the committee to review the nominations.

E. RFP News Letter - Charles Lewis

Charles presented a draft of Know Your RFP on Extra Pay for Extra Duty. Discussion of the Winter Intersession policies ensued.

F. Administration Evaluation - John Seims/Mona Scott

John presented a draft of the Administration Evaluation questions for the Senate's perusal. He requested feedback via e-mail on the questions.

G. Social Committee - Janice Reilly

Janice reiterated the purpose of the Social Committee: Increase faculty involvement, celebrate retirees, etc.

H. Faculty Involvement - John Seims

No Additional Information

I. Staffing Issues - Janice Reilly

No Additional Information

IV. New Business

A. Election Results

Janice informed the Senate that Jerry Walker and Scott Crowley were elected and re-elected, respectively, to the board.

B. Chair Association (CA) - Ann Stine

Section numbers in the new SIS will be randomly generated. There will be no designation in section number to differentiate between day and night classes.

The CA talked about ways our institution and district can recruit and retain quality adjunct faculty. It was suggested during their meeting that a position can be created to assist with this (possibly a faculty member with release time).

The CA invited the college president to their next meeting to begin planning for new facilities as a result of the Proposition 401.

C. FEP Resource - Janice Reilly

Motion (Lyn Dutson) The Faculty Senate confirms the appointment of Naomi Story as the FEP resource representative. Approved with one abstention.

D. Catalog Issues - Janice Reilly

Chuy Carreon brought to the attention of FEC that the current policy of counting absences on the first day of scheduled class should not be changed to the first class after the student enrolls in the class. The FEC agreed and stated that the policy should remain as currently defined.

Janice reiterated that the common pages in the catalog state that an instructor can remove a student if s/he is disruptive or poses a threat to the instructor or fellow students.

V. Information

A. ASU Changes - Janice Reilly

Tabled

VI. President's Report

A. Independent FEC Facilities and Equipment - Janice Reilly

No Additional Comments

VII. President Elect's Report

Lyn presented an invoice from the Mesa Legend for advertisements of the Distinguished Faculty awards.

Lyn asked the Senate to address the issue of processes for and possible cuts to Fund 2 monies that fund extra curricular activities. The changes being made to the procedures are a radical departure from past procedures.

VIII. Committee Report

A. Distance Learning -Minutes - Ed Lipinski

Janice distributed the latest approved minutes from the Distance Learning Committee via e-mail.

IX. Zone and At-Large Senate Report

Absence of a report indicates there was no report.

Zone 3 (Mary Aldridge) - A faculty member reiterated his reason for not joining the faculty association. He would like further information regarding the Senate's role in holding faculty members responsible for adequately performing their responsibilities. It was pointed out that the Senate has played this role.

Zone 5 (Harold Cranswick) - There is no designated bike path on the south side of the campus.

It is difficult for wheelchair bound people to maneuver on the sidewalks when exiting busses and to get to the campus from the Dobson bus stop.

The north side of campus is very attractive, but the west side needs consideration for improvement.

These recommendations were made by Steve Bass.

Zone 7 (Naomi Story) A constituent asked that the senate review ways to improve the hiring process.

At-Large (Erin Rawson) - Faculty are encouraged to join Kaleidoscope.

At-Large (Allen Galliart) - Noticed that the 49% representative cannot vote. He thinks they should have the right to vote.

X. Adjournment - 5:45 pm