John Nelson called the meeting to order at 2:30 P.M.
Members Present:
Ron Brooker, Tom Butler, Muriel Coil, Renee Cornell, Kurt Hill, Hank Mancini, Jane Marks, Scott Massey, Donna Mosher, John Nelson, Nino Pascolati, Sue Van Boven.
Members Absent:
Marilyn Cristiano, Janet Downey, Roberto Ribas.
Guests Present:
None.The agenda was unanimously approved.
The minutes of April 5, 2001 were approved unanimously without change.
Treasurer:
Ron Brooker reported that, as of April 30, 2001, the balance in the PVCC Faculty Association checking account is $535.47 and the savings account balance is $12,032.45, with a combined balance of $12,567.92. Of the combined balance, the Scholarship Fund balance is $5,524.18. However, at the time this report was prepared, the bill from ARAMARK for refreshments for the reception had not been received. Once this bill is paid, the balance in the Scholarship Fund will decrease.Secretary:The Treasurer’s Report was unanimously approved, Ron Brooker abstaining.
No report.President-Elect: Jane Marks
Dual Enrollment: At the Faculty Executive Council meeting of April 10, 2001, there was a request by Sandra Stuebner for volunteers to be part of the Dual Enrollment Ad Hoc Committee. This committee will work on writing dual enrollment language for the Residential Faculty Policies. She would like to have representatives from all the colleges work on the committee.Hiring Processes: Dr. Phil Randolph and Dr. Christine Hall met with the FEC to discuss questions and concerns about the current hiring process. They responded to questions regarding why faculty pools had been eliminated, advertising of faculty positions, handling of applications by the Human Resources Department, etc. Chancellor Gaskin is aware that the best candidates for teaching positions get hired first around the country and that delays in the process mean that our district will be at a disadvantage in the competition for prime candidates. He had stated that the district will try to facilitate earlier advertising, interviewing and hiring. Already this year a good deal of hiring is taking place earlier with the paperwork designated as "Pending Funding" placed on it as a means of being able to advertise earlier in the year. Drs. Hall and Randolph said that additional steps Human Resources has taken to improve the hiring process include training and informational materials for department chairs and secretaries. They have even written out scripts of what can legally be said in follow-up calls with interviewees.
President:
President’s Cabinet
Rod Fensom presented his marketing strategies ideas for PVCC. The Cabinet then provided him with further feedback on these ideas and authorized him to move forward.
The Cabinet approved Saturday, January 12, 2002, as the starting date for classes for spring 2002. This means that the first day of accountability for faculty will be January 7, 2002.
Mary Lou will present some options of start dates for Summer Session 2002 to the next Division Chairs meeting.
This year’s End-of-Year Celebration will take place on Friday, May 18th and last from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The luncheon will take place in B Building, and then the awards will be presented in the Studio Theatre.
Presidential Search Committee
Four Presidential finalists were interviewed by the Chancellor and the CEC on Tuesday, April 17, 2001. Each finalist also participated in a forum in which the forum members could ask questions to learn more about them. After the morning activities, the Chancellor met with the CEC and the forum members to discuss the candidates.
Early Submission of High School Senior Grades
On Wednesday, April 18th, Bob Bendotti informed me that he had received a roster from Paradise Valley Unified School District that contained all of the names of high school seniors who are attending PVCC this spring. He is now in the process of writing instructions which will be sent to our faculty regarding the early submission of these students’ grades.
Faculty Development:
No report.
Professional Growth:
Tom Butler reported that the Meet and Confer team was not able to get the Administration to agree provide faculty at the Doctoral level on the pay scale an additional step by accruing additional credits for coursework and professional growth activities.
Staffing Committee: Donna Mosher:
Division chairs will be making staffing request presentations on May 11.
Travel Committee:
On behalf of Marilyn Cristiano, John Nelson submitted a Summary Report of Travel Committee Activities which requested several minor changes and one substantive change to the Travel Guidelines document (http://www2.pvc.maricopa.edu/senate/tguide.htm), which were unanimously approved. One substantive change was to have any recommended changes to the Travel Guidelines be ratified first by the Travel Committee before the Travel Chair proposes those changes to the Senate.Twenty nine faculty have received funds. The beginning balance for the 2000/2001 academic year was $19,318.00 and the balance remaining is $990.68. The Travel Committee is now in the process of distributing remaining funds.
--Faculty Scholarship Committee–Publicity and Selection (Cornell and Downey)
Due to end of year time constraints, the Senate unanimously agreed, for this Spring 2001 only, to delegate authority to the Scholarship essay review subcommittee of Cornell, Butler and Downey to decide the best student candidate to receive the scholarship.
--Faculty Scholarship Fund Raiser Committee–
Sixty three of 80 tickets were sold, raising about $1,400.00 before expenses are paid. A $500.00 scholarship will be awarded.
John Nelson shared a memo from Paul Dale regarding the contingency plan for additional employee parking. The memo stated that a temporary lot east of the M Building would be opened if the existing student lot fills to capacity. The memo did not state that it would be reserved for employees only; it did state that the existing employee lot on the west side of campus may need to be marketed to staff to ease the overcrowding of the student lot. Several senators said this was an unsatisfactory response to the initial faculty request for a plan for employee parking near the M Building. Kurt Hill and John Nelson will formulate a response to the memo.
None.
The 2000-2001 Senate presented outgoing President John Nelson with the gift of a framed Norman Rockwell print.
The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 3:04 P.M.
---Minutes respectfully submitted by Thomas Butler, outgoing Secretary---