Mesa Community College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

December 2, 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	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
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

I. General

A. Call to order - 3:15 pm

B. Approval of Agenda - Approved Unanimously

C. Approval of Senate Minutes - Approved Unanimously

II. Treasurer's Report - Phill Waclawski

Two-hundred-forty members from MCC joined the Association. This accounts for approximately 22% of the district Association members.
III. Old Business

A. Faculty Hiring Committee - Janice Reilly/Naomi Story

The committee met and assigned tasks to the committee members. All aspects of the hiring process will be examined. The results will be brought back to the Senate.

B. Distinguished Faculty Award - Lyn Dutson

The DFA committee received eleven nominations and it was discovered that Lyn, the chair of the committee, is also a nominee. She asked the Senate for suggestions on how to deal with this matter. The Senate recommended that Lyn step aside as chair of the committee to avoid any appearance of bias in the decision making process. It was recommended that the Best Practices be updated to reflect this.

Motion (Charles Lewis) The DFA protocol of the Best Practices manual will be amended to state that if an existing committee member is nominated he/she shall resign from the committee and accept the nomination or refuse the nomination and remain a committee member.

Lyn resigned from the DFA committee to accept the nomination. The DFA committee will choose a new chair of the committee.

C. Administration Evaluation - John Seims/Mona Scott

The current Administration Evaluation was distributed and revised. Revisions were made. Discussion ensued as to the involvement of Administration in developing the instruments. It was pointed out that the administration was approached in the past to help develop such an instrument, but they declined. The instruments will aid the Senate in determining what areas the faculty/administration relations need improving, if any.

Motion (Jim Giles) The Faculty Senate accepts the administration evaluation instrument with the discussed changes. Motion passed unanimously.

Discussion ensued as to how and when to administer the survey. The Senate felt that the survey should be distributed immediately to utilize the winter break to input the scores. Extension of the deadline may be possible if the return rate is not large enough. The survey will be distributed to residential faculty only.

Motion (Phill Waclawski) The survey will be distributed to all Residential Faculty members by Monday, December 6. Faculty are asked to return the survey by December 15^th. Motion passed unanimously.

D. Staffing Issues - Janice Reilly

The FEC will work with the District Office Human Resource Office to better define the hiring processes and procedures. They will also work to clearly post these on the District Human Resource Office's web site.

The title Faculty Transfer is still being examined so that it does not imply an internal transferring faculty member will be automatically accepted for the position to which they are applying.

E. College Safety Proposal - Review - Janice Reilly

There was a first reading of the College Safety Proposal at the board and the proposal will be forwarded after the next FEC meeting.

The Senate was informed of the recent security issue at Red Mountain.

F. Testing Center Issue - Janice Reilly

Janice informed the Senate of the status of the recommendation and of her discussion with Dean Mee. Dean Mee informed Janice that the Testing Center cannot be used for Spring either. The proposal to implement a testing center by the end of spring semester is not likely. Janice communicated the need to involve the faculty in these types of discussion and of the impact of this decision had on the students.

Janice will forward Distance Education Committee's recommendation to the President.

IV. New Business

None

V. Information

None

VI. President's Report

Mike Napier, attorney, met with FEC to discuss the following issues

… Delayed contracts for faculty performing duties beyond their regular contractual obligations. He will examine this issue.

… Whether the FEC and Faculty Senate is subject to public record policies. The FEC is considered 501C and its products (e-mail's, etc.) are not subject to the public record's policy to which the college and district are subject.

… The issue of liability of using automobiles for work. He will investigate this issue.

There have been issues in which severely disruptive students (perhaps mentally impaired) have made indirect threats to instructors and/or fellow students. Difficulties in dealing with these situations in a way which protects students, employees, and the individual was discussed. For example, swearing a restringing order against the threatening individual will reveal personal information about the victim.

Another college had a student who became ill and died. An instructor soon became ill, but recovered. There was fear that this had the potential to become a serious public health issue. It was suggested at FEC that the colleges should have some sort of student health services.

Lionel Diaz was hired as the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Facilities and Strategic Planning. There is great confidence in Mr. Diaz's abilities to fulfill the required duties, but there is concern that the position was not advertised publicly.

VII. President Elect's Report

Leadership Meeting Summary

… The students are developing their own student evaluation instrument.

… A meeting of the department chairs doing extra curricular activities was convened and there was discussion of how the Fund 2 monies were utilized for extra curricular activities. There was concern expressed as to how the monies were and are utilized.

… PeopleSoft is training trainers to assist colleges in learning the new SIS system.

Charles again asked Janice to define a topic for the spring conversation with the DCA in relation to the full/part-time ratio. Harold and Anne agreed to broach the topic with the DCA.

An e-mail was recently distributed to the faculty describing the agreed upon health care providers and services.

VIII. Committee Report

None

IX. Zone and At-Large Senate Report

Absence of a report implies there was no report.

Erin Rawson (At-Large) asked about recognizing those faculty retiring in the Fall semester. Harold suggested that we should ask the retirees if they want to be acknowledged. It was suggested that some retirees do not. It was also suggested that we order plaques only once a year (in Spring) for the retirees and ask the retirees if they would like to be recognized at the end of the academic year.

Phillip Waclawski (Zone 2) Asked Janice to investigate the status of the 12-month option.

X. Adjournment - 5:25 pm