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Meeting minutes
April 14, 2010
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FRESNO CITY COLLEGE ACADEMIC SENATE
MINUTES
http://online.fresnocitycollege.edu/senate
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges: http://www.asccc.org
Staff Dining Room
April 14, 2010
3:00 PM –4:30 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER—President DeKruif called the meeting to order at 3:04 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL –
Senators Present
Anglen, Barnard, Begley, Bezerra-Nader, Brennan, Chacon, Coronel, Dancey, Davies, Day, DeKruif,
Dorn, Doud, Edison, Ferrer, Germond, Gilmore, Glenn, Gruet, Gutierrez-Osborne, Habib, Herren,
Holland, Kato Gee, Kirby, Logan, Lupian, Magnia, McManus, Mendez, Mohle, Olson, Ostrander,
Porteous, Preston-Smith, Quercia, Ryan, Scheidt, Schmalle, Shapazian, Shaw, Simba, Slaton, Smith,
Sosa, Stephenson, Tannen, Ugwu-OJu, Vang, Velasquez, Villalba, Wosika
Senators Absent
Brotsis, Campbell, Davis, Demanett, Fitzer, Guglielmino, Harmon, Johnson, Kane, Keller, Kelley,
Krauter, Martin, McCollough, Mizner, Navarro, Nelson, Riley, Taylor, Wengerd
Guests
Stephanie Curry – Reedley College; Renee Petch – AS Secretary; Pam Kelley -- Nursing
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES—The minutes were approved as submitted.
4. ANNOUNCEMENTS
4.1 Senator Doud announced a talent show, ―FCC’s Got Talent‖, sponsored by The Friends of
the FCC Library on Wednesday April 21, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria.
Admission is free.
5. OPEN FORUM
5.1 Senator Villalba stated that the State Academic Senate recommends that campus
Academic Senates address the use of Basic Skills funds. Currently, Basic Skills funds
are considered ―flexible funds‖ and are left to district’s discretion rather than individual
campuses on how the money is to be expended.
5.2 Senator Smith addressed the need for a mechanism that allows for more student feedback
in the classroom evaluation.
6. OFFICERS’ REPORTS
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6.1 President – Linda DeKruif
6.1.1 The letter rescinding the directive by Randy Rowe to hiring committees regarding
the scoring of questions has gone out to all department chairs and division
deans. The letter will also be made available on Blackboard.
6.1.2 President DeKruif will be attending Spring Plenary April 15-17, 2010.
6.1.3 On April 28, 2010 at 2:30, a reception will be held before the Senate meeting
honoring Julie Dana, the Hayward Award winner.
6.1.4 The Executive Committee has drafted a resolution addressing the SCCCD
Educational Master Plan. Discussion ensued regarding the need for additional
wording with friendly amendments added.
6.2 President Elect – Claudia Habib
6.2.1 The Strategic Planning Council met on March 24, 2010:
There are no action plans for consideration at this time; however, there
will be action plans with the tertiary effect of the Old Administration
Building (OAB). The SPC will meet on the April 29, 2010 to discuss a
process for consideration. Anyone with an action plan regarding tertiary
effects can submit for technical review to Ann Walzberg.
The SPC discussed the SCCCD Educational Master Plan. All comments
are due to Don Lopez by Thursday, April 15, 2010.
A draft will be developed for the SPC Goals and Objectives for next
year.
The next meeting is on April 15, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. in the Library
Conference Room.
6.3 Past President – Paula Demanett
Absent
6.4 Membership Secretary – Ted Ostrander
6.4.1 A reminder to all departments that elections for new senators need to be
completed before the final Senate meeting on May 12, 2010.
6.5 Officer-at-Large – John Fitzer
Absent
6.6 Curriculum Chairperson – Maggie Taylor
Absent
6.7 Recording Secretary – Lynn Campbell
Absent
7. COMMUNICATIONS
7.1 AFT Report – Paul Gilmore
7.1.1 The condition of negotiations was discussed at the last meeting held Monday,
April 12, 2010. The negotiations will likely go to impasse due to the district’s
desire to get rid of the current COLA + 1% growth formula.
7.1.2 The issue regarding the unilateral denial of sabbatical leave requests will go to
grievance. If anyone has had a sabbatical request denied, please contact Paul
Gilmore or Zwi Resnik.
7.1.3 The statewide faculty unions will be conducting rallies around the state. If
anyone is interested in attending, please contact Paul Gilmore.
7.2 Classified Senate – Vacant
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7.3 ASG Report – Phing Lee
Absent
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS –
8.1 SCCCD Educational Master Plan
8.2 Evaluator job description
President DeKruif received a comment regarding the consistency of verbs
throughout the job description. President DeKruif will take the suggestions back
to John Cummings.
8.3 2009 Campus Technology Plan – Discussion and Vote
The Campus Technology Plan was approved with minor changes (pg. 19 under MSE
S170 the number changed to ―0‖).
8.4 College vision and core statement draft – Discussion and Vote
The Vision Statement was approved.
The Core Values was approved.
8.5 Student Welfare OA – Discussion and Vote
The Student Welfare Committee is currently making revisions and will resubmit before
the next Senate meeting. President DeKruif will add to the agenda for the next Senate
meeting.
8.6 College Governance Handbook – Discussion and Vote
The College Governance Handbook was approved.
9. NEW BUSINESS
9.1 Resolution from Exec Committee – Discussion and Vote
The resolution passed with the addition of the following language:
―Whereas the SCCCD Educational Master Plan was developed without
participatory governance, consulting constituent groups, and transparency of
the process, and‖
―Whereas the supporting documents that were used to develop the SCCCD
Educational Master Plan were not made available to any constituent group or
disclosed to the Academic Senate members for review or evaluation;‖
9.2 Resolution from Instruction Committee – First Read
Questions/comments contact Sarah Velasquez.
11. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS
11.1 Student evaluation forms
11.2 Basic Skills committee membership
12. ADJOURNMENT—President DeKruif adjourned the meeting at 4:25 p.m.
SENATE MEETINGS
April 28, 2010
May 12, 2010