1. Call to Order:

a. Members Present: Jon Storslee, Reyes Medrano, Sue Van Boven, Carmen DeMiguel, Steve Nicoloff, Harry Birkmann, Reyes Medrano, Tom Powell, Paul Cornell, Larry Burgess, Lynn McClelland, Lori Anonsen, Chris Scinto, and Shelle Witten.

b. Members Not Present: David Rubi and Fred Wieck.

c. Guests: Marilyn Cristiano and Yuan

2. Approval of the Minutes of December 2, 2004: Unanimously approved without corrections.

3. Committee Reports: None.

4. Officer Reports:

a. President, Jon Storslee:

(1) Jon thanked Sue Van Boven for the great work she did to organize the faculty luncheon.

(2) Jon encouraged all faculty to attend the Black History Month events.

(3) Jon encouraged all faculty to review the HLC Report and to be ready for the HLC visiting team. Copies of the report are in the library and a cd of the report may be obtained from Paul Marsh. Senators are encouraged to free their calendars up during the HLC visit so as to have time for the Senate to meet with visiting team members.

(4) Jon announced that he is working on getting past Senate minutes up on the web.

b. President-Elect, Reyes Medrano:

(1) Reyes noted that Dr. Shirley Green said that there is a policy in place to notify faculty members of the death of one of their students.
(2) The process for selecting the two Professional Growth Representatives, the Faculty Travel Committee Chair, and the FEP Representative is as follows:

(a) The President-Elect will send out an email to all faculty soliciting interest in the positions.

(b) The President-Elect will nominate one candidate per position.

(c) It has not been decided which Senate (the 2004-2005 or the 2005-2006) will approve the President-Elect’s nominees.

c. Treasurer, Sue Van Boven (who is a treasure):

(1) Submitted the following treasurer’s report for audit:

PVCC Faculty Association Treasurer’s Report Dec. 2004 – Jan. 2005

Checking Account: Desert Schools Federal Credit Union
Date Transaction Amount
12/01/04 Beginning Balance $ 346.00
12/02/0412/06/0412/08/0401/14/0501/14/0501/14/05 CK# 460-minutes (Nov) CK# 461 (Dec. refreshments)CK# 462 (Dec. refreshments)Transfer from savingsCK#463 (Robert rules books)CK# 464 (Jan. faculty lunch) (35.00) (15.94) (138.29) 500.00 (173.75) (208.80)
01/31/05 Ending Balance $ 274.22

Savings Account: Desert Schools Federal Credit Union

Date Transaction Amount
12/01/04 Beginning Balance $ 8,530.60
12/31/0401/14/0501/31/05 01/31/05 Dividends Transfer to checkingDividendsEnding balance 7.25 (500.00) 7.00 $ 8,044.85
01/31/05 6 month cd + interest $ 8,117.15
01/31/05 Ending balance $16,162.00
Encumbered Funds – Scholarships
12/01/04 Beginning Balance $ 3,376.67

01/31/05 Ending Balance $ 3,376.67

Available Funds
Combined balances – checking and savings $16,436.22
Less: Scholarship Fund $ 3,376.67
Available funds $13,059.55

Sue Van Boven, Treasurer, 02/03/05

(2) Senate approved unanimously to renew the Certificate of Deposit for another six months at 1.5% interest.

(3) Senate approved unanimously the formation of an Annual Audit Committee to meet in April to audit the treasurer’s reports. The committee membership will consist of the treasurer, the President-Elect, and a Senator. The members of the 2004-2005 Audit Committee will be Sue Van Boven (Treasurer), Reyes Medrano (President-Elect), and Steve Nicoloff (Senator). At the April meeting, Sue will show Reyes and Steve the documentation to support the treasurer’s reports. The Senate will then be asked to approve the annual auditor’s report.

d. Secretary, David Rubi: No report.

5. Old Business:

a. Community Service: Senate Division Representatives were asked to ask their division faculty what kinds of community service they would like to do.

b. Senate Elections Committee (needs to be established by February 15): Reyes will chair the committee. Carmen DeMiguel, Paul Cornell, and Chris Scinto agreed to serve on the committee.

c. Dual Enrollment: Sue Van Boven noted that the Senate Subcommittee on dual enrollment has met. The committee is gathering information and working on putting together a proposal.

d. Robert Rules of Order: All of the Senators were given a copy of the book Robert’s Rules in Plain English by Doris P. Zimmerman.

e. School Song: Chris agreed to make one more attempt to contact the student who agreed to write a song. If the student decides not to be involved, then Chris agreed to recruit another student.

6. New Business:

a. Tsunami Donation (FA Match faculty donations up to $1,000.00): Jon agreed to ask the District Faculty Association attorney and the District Faculty Association Executive Council if it is within the legal bounds of the PVCC Faculty Senate to donate money to a charity. If they deem that it is legal, then Jon agreed to poll the PVCC Faculty Association membership via email asking them if they want to donate $1,000.00 from the PVCC Faculty Senate treasury to the Red Cross for Tsunami relief. Senate Division Representatives were asked to poll their division members on this issue.

b. Bookstore: Sue Van Boven noted that the Bookstore Committee has not yet met. Senate Division Representatives were asked to ask their division members about problems that they have had with the bookstore during this semester and were asked to communicate these problems to Sue Van Boven. Larry Fields has said that the committee will meet in the next few weeks.

c. Faculty Association Scholarship: Jon Storslee, Tom Powell, and Reyes Medrano agreed to serve on the Faculty Association Scholarship Committee. The Senate decided to authorize the treasurer to transfer $500.00 from the general fund to the scholarship fund.

d. Faculty Alumni Recognition: The discussion was postponed until next meeting. Shelle Witten agreed to follow-up with Lisa Miller to determine the issues involved.

7. Information:

a. Scheduling Classes: Senators discussed the problems with classes that meet once a week on Thursdays in the fall semesters and once a week on Mondays in the spring semesters. Class time is reduced because of holiday recesses. Also, the new eight-week afternoon classes could also be compromised because of the holiday recess schedule. Jon Storslee agreed to speak with Bob Bendotti, Mary Lou Mosley, and Division Chairs regarding the issue, and Senate Division Representatives agreed to ask their division members if they have problems with the current schedule and if they have solutions to the problem.

b. Senators discussed the possibility of amending the PVCC Faculty Senate Constitution to allow Senators to serve more than two consecutive terms. No decision was made on this issue.