Foothill College Academic Senate Minutes
November 17, 2003; 2:30 – 4:30 pm,
Room 6712
The meeting was called to order at 2:35
Rosemary Arca was unable to attend, and
gave proxy vote to Priscilla Butler
Bill Tinsley was unable to attend due to
illness.
Paul Starer asked Maureen Mac Dougall to
purchase and send a get-well card to Bill Tinsley. The Senate
approved the purchase of the card.
Minutes of the October 27, 2003 meeting
were approved unanimously (11 Aye).
The consent calendar was unanimously
approved (13 Aye) with the following additions:
Bob Cormia wll take on the role of
Secretary Treasurer for the Winter 2004 quarter.
Dolores Davison-Peterson to serve on Penny
Patz’s Administrative Review
Verley O’Neal to serve on William
Patterson’s Administrative Review
Information Items:
Bernie Day was appointed to the State
Chancellors Advisory Committee on Transfer and Work
Preparedness. The Senate congratulates Bernie for this honor.
The District Board Room has been reserved
for Wednesday, November 19th from 12 to 1 PM, to discuss FSA information
with all interested faculty. The Senators will remind their
divisions.
Bon Cormia encouraged all Senators to
submit documents to him for posting on the website. Discussion
ensued regarding the format and confidentiality of documents.
Bob will draft a resolution for the next meeting for discussion
on e-documents for the Senate website.
The new theater on the Foothill campus will
be named in honor of Betty Lohman. Betty Lohman lived in the
Lohman house, and originally owned the property on which the
campus is built. Betty has made many significant donations to
the college, and the theater naming is in honor of a $1 million
donation. The final name of the theater has yet to be decided.
State Academic Meeting: Paul Starer and
Verley O’Neal reported on the three-day meeting. Days 1
and 2 consisted of panel discussions of issues concerning
senate life on all campuses. Day 3 consisted of a debate of
resolutions. There is one delegate per college, and that
delegate gets one vote, and several resolutions were voted on.
Resolutions were also drafted and submitted for research, and
will be voted on next year. The organization of the State
Senate was also discussed, as well as the reliance on the
Senate by the Board of Governors. Future issues include the
unequal distribution of WSCH funding among Community colleges
and appeals to reduce dues to more accurately reflect
FTE’s. Paul mentioned that many colleges are in their
second year of RIF. Roxanne Mendrinos discussed drafting a
document that would ask the administration to propose
administrative cost saving ideas, in addition to the list of
faculty and classified financial saving ideas.
Election and Balloting: Members were signed
up for time slots to man the voting booth in the Admin building
on Nov. 18th and 19th. Patrick Morriss and Shirley Barker will count
the votes on Thursday, 7:30 am, and Maureen Mac Dougall will
oversee the ballot counting. The results will be distributed as
soon as the results are known.
Class Lists and Rosters: Andy Fraknoi and
Shirley Barker discussed the difficulty of managing a large
class where adds and drops are allowed until very late in the
quarter. Not only does this become difficult to manage
attendance and grades, but it prevents students on the waiting
list to enter the class early enough to have a chance at
succeeding. The attached draft addresses these issues directly.
Once the Senate approves the draft, it will be distributed to
the faculty to get input. It will then be taken to the
administration to see if the items can be resolved or modified.
Foundation Report: Cheryl Hylton presented
information to the Senate regarding fundraising, and how the
Foundation operates. There are 395 accounts, and two budgeters
per account with a total investment of $17.3 million. It is a
charitable organization, which is run largely by volunteers.
The Foundation accepts cash as well as equipment donations, and
hosts a fundraiser in July. As of July, 2004, the Chancellor
will no longer financially support the Foundation, therefore
between 1% and 5% will be taken from all accounts in order to
sustain the Foundation. Cheryl anticipates that this fee will
be offset by dividends gained from the $17 million in
investments. Cheryl will also give fundraising seminars and
will get schedule information out to the faulty through Paul
and the Senate. Cheryl is encouraging all divisions to become
more active in their own fundraising to offset budget cuts.
The next meeting will be Monday, November
24, 2003 in room 6712. Martha Kanter will be one of the guests
at this meeting.
Committee members needed:
At-large needed for Julio Rivera
IPC faculty needed
LOAN faculty needed
Faculty needed for the following
administrative reviews:
George Beers
Sue Gatlin
Mary Ann Pavic
The meeting was adjourned at 4:26
Respectfully submitted:
Maureen Mac Dougall
Secretary/Treasurer
