2005‑2006 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Fourth Meeting of the 2005‑2006

Faculty Senate

November 3, 2005

3:30 p.m. Room J138

 

Approved/Official Minutes

 

1.  Call to Order:

 

a.   Members Present:  Reyes Medrano, Jim Patterson, Jeff Lace, Paul Cornell, Walt Thielen, Lynn McClelland, Jim Rubin, , Beth Ann Newman, Tom Powell, Larry Burgess, Muriel Mulane, Kevin Arps, Sue Van Boven.

 

b.   Guests:  (1) Marilyn Cristiano, (2) Patti Marsh, (3) Natasha Gittens, (4) Ken Clarke

      (financial aid)

 

3.   Approval of Agenda / Approval of the Oct. 2005 Meeting Minutes

 

4.   Committee Reports:

 

            (a) Travel - Budget 05/06 = $22,263. As of 11/6/05, about $13,000 has been allocated. In

            Dec., Travel Chair will meet with Fiscal to determine exact amount used.

 

            (b) FEC – no report

 

5. Guest: Ken Clarke, financial aid.

A.        Ken announced three scholarships, all with Jan. 4, 2006 deadline:

                        1. Morris K. Udall Foundation

                        2. University of Phoenix

                        3. Jack Kent Cooke

B.         Ken explained process by which financial aid scholarship funds are allocated to

 students.

C.        Ken announced that the Faculty Scholarship fund is not affected by scholarship

            recipient withdrawing from classes. That particular student is repaying financial

            aid and PVCC back.

 

6.   Officer Reports:

 

a.   President Reyes Medrano:

 

(1)   Announced that 89/92 faculty had joined the Faculty Association. Nov. 17 is the deadline.

 

b.   President‑Elect Jim Patterson:

 

(1)   Nov. 9, 2005, NAU is holding an openhouse in KSC208 from 4-6pm.

 

(2)   Announced the United Way pledge drive

 

(3)   Announced that Jane Saldana-Talley told him that progress on the pool is good and hope that in the Spring, construction will begin.

 

c.   Treasurer Jeff Lace:

 

(1)   Treasurer Jeff Lace submitted the following Treasurer’s Report for filing and audit:

 

PVCC Faculty Association Treasurer’s Report 

October  2005

Checking Account:  Desert Schools Federal Credit Union

Date

Transaction

Amount

10/01/05

Beginning Balance

$53.16

 

 

 

10/31/05

Ending Balance

$53.16

 

 

 

Savings Account:  Desert Schools Federal Credit Union

Date

Transaction

Amount

10/01/05

Beginning Balance

$ 7294.62

10/31/05

10/31/05

Dividend

Ending balance

                     6.20

             $7300.82

10/31/05

6 month cd including interest

 $8,261.82

 

10/31/05

Ending balance

$15,562.64

Encumbered Funds – Scholarships

10/1/05

Beginning Balance  

$  2876.67

 

 

 

10/31/05

Ending Balance

$  2,876.67

 

 

 

Available Funds

 

Combined balances – checking and savings      

$15,615.80

 

Less:  Scholarship Fund

$2,876.67

 

Available funds

$12,739.19

 

 

 

Jeff Lace, Treasurer 11/3/05

   

 

 

 

 

d.   Secretary Jim Rubin:

 

(1)   Secretary Jim Rubin had no report.

 

6.   Old Business:

 

a.       Assignment of Faculty to College Committees - President Medrano restated that he felt that faculty no longer have a three-committee requirement. Last meeting (Oct) a motion was made and passed to eliminate requirement that faculty must serve on three committees.

 

b.      A proposal was made to the division chairs regarding load hour accountability for faculty serving as advisor that included a 3 hour load for 5 hours worked/week. A motion was made by Jim R. to have a 3 hour load equal a 3 hour worked/week responsibility. The motion was seconded by Jim P. The motion passed with a majority vote and two abstentions.

 

c.       FEC will be re-evaluating the probationary faculty’s evaluation process. It will stay as is for this Fall and next Spring semesters.

 

d.      Update on the Gina Kranitz memorial plaque was announced. A committee met and decided to keep the plaque in its present location. They are considering a dedicated space in KSC for the plaque’s more permanent placement.

 

e.       Faculty teaching at PV North may use that commitment as part of their regular load hour if they have a back-up instructor in place in case of low enrollment in his/her PV North class.

 


 

7.   New Business:

 

a.   Discussed division chair elections. Proposal: Elections should take place two semesters before new chair takes leadership, so that newly elected chair has a semester as chair-elect, for which he/she will receive three load hour release time for training purposes.

 

b.   Discussed Meet and Confer’s process for faculty vote on their committee recommendations. Currently, faculty vote on the entire package of recommendations, but a proposal has been made to vote by line item.

 

c.   Discussed that FEC is considering changing our grading system to included plusses and minuses. Reyes will send out a memo requesting faculty opinion on the issue. The senate was split on their opinions of keeping the system as is or changing to plusses and minuses.

 

d.   Announcement that bachelors degrees at the Maricopa Colleges is back on the table and will be proposed in the next legislative opportunity.

 

      e.   Reyes will send out an email asking for faculty to report any incidents related to the new

            insurance.

 

      f.    Jim Rubin announced:

“There has been much discussion and many rumors regarding the irregular contracts for services in evening, weekends, and summer for all campuses.  This is an all-faculty issue that we must be vigilant on in order to preserve the RFP.  We have been and will continue to address the needs of students for 12 months of every year by flexing schedules and working extra time as needed.  However, we are concerned about the possibility of changes in the RFP that may lead to abuse by the campus leadership in further compromising hours and salaries for ALL faculty members”

 

 

8.   Adjournment:

 

(1)   The Faculty Senate Adjourned at 5:30 p.m.