MCC Faculty Senate Minutes
CTL Conference Room
Senate Web Site: http://www.mesacc.edu/organizations/employee/facultysenate/
Members Present:
Barry Vaughan, President
Charles Lewis, President-elect
Naomi Story, Secretary
John Zikopoulos, Treasurer
Lyn Dutson, Zone 1
Phil Waclawski, Zone 2
Sam Martinez, Zone 3
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)
Ann Stine (Member at Large)
Greg Pratt (Member at Large)
Erin Rawson (Member at Large)
Mehrzad Khorsandi (Member at Large)
David Nachman (Member at Large)
Members Absent:
Danene Richardson, Zone 4
Guests:
Kathie May-Updike
LoAn Tabar-Gaul
Chas Moore
I. Call to Order: President Barry Vaughan called the meeting to order at 3:12 PM.
II. Additions and Deletions to Agenda:
Charles Lewis added several items under Old Business, New Business, and
President-electıs Report. They are included in the minutes.
III. Approval of Minutes: David Nachman pointed out an error, which was
already corrected and the November 21 Minutes were approved as corrected unanimously.
IV. Guest Presentations:
Lo-An Tabar Gaul presented information and progress of the Faculty Professional Growth Committeeıs work so far. She focused on Registration Fees and Summer Project Funds. Objectives for the committee centered on making the process clear and easy. She provided a flow chart that illustrated the process. (You can call her for a copy.) LoAn stated that in the spring there will be a showcase at the CTL about faculty professional growth.
LoAn suggested that faculty members get registration fees approved before going on trips.
Chas Moore shared about his role as chair of ITAC (Information Technology Advisory Council). He also gave a history and report card of the work of the council. Chas gave his background as a 15-year member of the MCC family as director of media services, the CTL, and now with the library. He shared a 9-page version of the September 6, 2001 Final Report of the Technology/Management Sub-Team chaired by Mike Sims. He quoted from a January 21 recommendation that Mark Gooding drafted for feedback from last yearıs Senate that would have been presented to the MCC Leadership Group on the 28th of January 2002.
Chas noted that changes were made from those two recommendations. He stated the Deansı Council made changes on representation. The first meeting was called last April with 9-10 people and they were not clear about the mission of the group. The three issues that the President wanted the council to address were 1) the help desk, 2) the network between Dobson/Southern and Red Mountain campuses, and 3) PeopleSoft and the new student system.
Chas stated that the council had a rocky start after the President gave the charge that ITAC would report to the Deansı Council. He stated that there appears to be a difference between ITACıs and the Presidentıs concept of a help desk. ITAC met in the summer and new people were added in the fall.
Presently, there appears to be a change in mission. Copyright and Fair Uses were issues being discussed. Chas stated that recommendations would go to the Deansı Council. Things were evolutionary. Chas felt strongly that this was an important venue to support information technology at the college.
Senators asked Chas questions to which he responded.
Q: What happens to the ITAC leadership when Chas goes on sabbatical in the spring?
A: Did not know. This is a difficult position, which needed support.
Q: What is the current mission of ITAC?
A: Operational.
Q: How does Steve Budgeıs recommendation go forward with no budget dollars?
A: He provided new models and it was not a final proposal. [Chas] cannot say much about Steveıs group because Dean Mee put it together. They had no solid direction, but were meeting as a group tomorrow.
Q: Are you saying that the Technology Support Center (TSC) subcommittee or work team, which recommended the implementation of a new help desk, was not an official committee of ITAC? There appears to be some confusion about its standing and the Best Practices report, as well as the controversy to recommend the structure of TSC be moved from IT to Dean Mee. How is the Best Practices report going to be used?
A: I am not prepared to talk about that. The work group is meeting with Dean Mee tomorrow morning.
Q: You mentioned that ITAC is useful and productive. Why do you believe ITAC is so even if TSC is not part of ITAC?
A: The committee is what we need. For example, it is able to advise on copyright issues to the Deansı Council and on operational issues.
At this point Chas left and shared his enthusiasm for ITAC and its existence to support the collegeıs technology needs and perspectives.
Further discussion occurred on clarifying the sequence of events from the ³Blue Report² to the present mission and activity of ITAC as well as the controversy and confusion of its role and mission. Senate agreed that it may be beneficial to ask Chas to return later to report on ITACıs progress.
V. Treasurer's Report: No report.
VI. Committee and Project Reports:
Campus Travel Committee: Kathie May-Updike, committee chair, encouraged faculty to apply for Travel Funds. She said that there were two web sites to assist faculty with their requests:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/fpg/travel.html
http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/purchasing/perdiem.html
She provided a handout on process reminders, including the committeeıs regular meetings being held the second Tuesday at 1:30 PM. The Travel Committee members include the following for more information:
Jayne Halterman, Business-17714
Bonnie Kalison, Life Science -17112
Marjorie Kyle, English -17634 (on sabbatical)
Raquel Leyva, Reading 17035
Ora Wagoner, Library-17930
John Weide, Physical Science-17313
Discussion followed.
Q: If travel occurs in the summer months, when should one apply?
A: Apply before the fiscal year ends. It often takes two weeks to review and decide on applications. Donıt turn in any applications after the fiscal year, you wonıt get a refund.
Barry interjected that FEC negotiated that unused funds be redistributed back to the colleges based on the same formula. We had $12,880 unspent funds so we increased our allotment to $81,000 this year.
Kathie stated that we will use the same formula this year and that we should thank Linda Larsen for her work and representation.
VII. Old Business:
A friendly amendment was made and accepted to include the two other Deans: Administration and Student Services.
Discussion on the motion included:
· Making this a controlled and fruitful dialogue process
· Consideration to other Deans and Associate Deans
· Putting technology on the table
· Opening the door for better communication and consensus
· Procedural considerations by holding the dialogues at regular meeting times for two groups (Senate and DCA); discussing the agenda beforehand, and having this a part of our Standard Operating Procedures rather than making a constitutional amendment
Motion was passed unanimously.
Discussion involved the mechanics of developing a ³report card.² It should not necessarily be punitive, but be positive and professional. The instrument should be designed to properly collect information based on fair standards. A question was asked about the intent of this assessment.
The motion was carried with 12 ayes, 3 nays, and 1 abstention.
Greg volunteered to research models for evaluation of administrators.
· Loss of sense of purpose and identity of the District Curriculum Committee
· Extension of membership and influence to those outside of Instruction, including Student Services, Advisement, Admissions and Records
· Overreaching goals of the Process Implementation Subcommittee, which is co-chaired by a noninstructional ³member² of the committee
· Year-around calendar
· Flexible calendar
· Bureaucratic processes at district impede rather than facilitate the development of high-quality curriculum in a timely manner
Motion was moved and seconded that Barry to take this issue to FEC to address as recommended by Linda Evans and that he emphasize that MCC Faculty strongly support her recommendations. Motion was carried unanimously.
VIII. New Business:
A. FIPP Petition: Dr. Maria Chavira raised the issue of the current FIPP program and proposed a petition to FEC that would make it a national
program. It was moved and seconded that the Senate act on this
petition. Discussion included getting feedback and signatures from our
constituency groups before moving the petition forward to FEC. It was
agreed by consensus that the senators send responses to the petition to
Barry before the end of the semester. The motion was passed
unanimously.
B.
Possible resolution to the President concerning the number
of hires in IA (Institutional Advancement)
relative to the number of hires in Personnel and ORP. It was discussed that because hiring for non-faculty was
occurring without a uniform or clear process. Barry shared that Dean Ron Etter
asked him about a staffing committee process for non-faculty.
An associated issue that surface was the fiscal or budgetary implications. Another issue was the inequity across
the college departments, i.e. HR that is understaffed and has staffing
needs. The public persona of the
college appears to be more important than the operational efficiency of the
college. The Senate agreed to send
a formal resolution to the President about our concern. Harold will come back with a formal
resolution.
C. Language in the RFP related to Occupational Program Directors and
the interpretation of this section in the RFP. There appears to be a discrepancy across the colleges about how people are being paid and how the RFP is being interpreted about compensation. We discussed the need to have the language clarified. Barry will ask the FEC and report back.
D. It has been brought to Charlesı attention that Jonelle Moore did received full compensation as Faculty Professional Growth representative last year. He will bring this back as old business next time.
E.
ITAC. There appears to be confusion or
discrepancy about the original
Final Report that resulted in the formation of ITAC. It was suggested that Mike Sims be invited to one of our
meetings to clarify for us the original report and his perspectives, especially
for new senators.
F. Staffing. The Dean of Instruction put forward an email, which could have been easily, misinterpreted the announced positions followed the Staffing Committeeıs recommendation in toto. Barry will ask the President why the last three lines were created by the administration and the justification for the deviation. He will report back to Senate.
IX. Information and Announcements:
A. President's Report:
Barry stated that he will postpone comments on the following because of
time constraints.
1. Carryover travel funds
2. PR Firm (FEC)
B. President-Elect's Report:
Charles shared that he contacted Senate presidents from other colleges
about RFP funded positions and how they were able to have them. He
found out that they were administrator-led decisions using created with
49% retirement estimates or vacant lines and they were usually adjunct
or OYO positions.
C. Chair Liaison Report (Harold Cranswick):
Harold shared 3 items:
1) Steve Corich, Director of Security reported the installation of
wireless alarms in every department offices, usually in the department secretaryıs area, instead of a department chairıs office.
2) Jack Petersen will be in charge of Winter session for the college.
3) Two departments have yet to give him information on the level of
faculty involvement on committees.
D. Board Report (Barry Vaughan):
Barry commended Greg Pratt as our EBAC representative at the last
Governing Board Meeting. Greg presented an exemplary statement and
cogent rationale on committeeıs recommendation for Board support
on benefits for all employee groups. Barry also stated that Alan Haffa,
FEC President-elect did a good job in his presentation on meet and confer negotiations between the Board and the faculty team. A question was asked about the proposal for salary increase. Barry said he believes it will be 3% and a step for those who can advance.
E. 49% Representative Report:
No report
X. Senator Reports:
A. Phil Carrillo (Member at Large): Phil suggested we add a section for Legislative Liaison report. Senate agreed.
B. Mona Scott (Member at Large): None
C. Erin Rawson (Member at Large): None
D. Ann Stine (Member at Large): None
E. Mehrzad Khorsandi (Member at Large): None
F. David Nachman (Member at Large): None
G. Greg Pratt (Member at Large): None
A. Zone 1: Art/Foreign Languages/Reading/Speech Communication/Theatre Arts (Lyn Dutson): None
B. Zone 2: Business (Phil Waclawski): Not here
C. Zone 3: English/Philosophy (Sam Martinez): None
D. Zone 4: Math/Music (Danene Richardson): Not here
that one of her constituencies reported fear of retaliation by the administration. Barry stated that she should send the person to Barry.
H. Zone 8: Life, Physical Science (John Zikopoulos): Not here
XI. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 5:45 PM
Respectfully submitted by
Naomi O. Story
MCC Faculty Senate Secretary