Present: Kurt Hill, Roberto Ribas, Jane Marks, Renee Cornell, Patti Marsh, Hank Mancini, Sue VanBoven, Scott Massey, Steve Nicoloff, Jan Downey, Carmen Marquez, Shelle Witten, Fred Wieck
Absent:Tom Butler
I. Call to order/Approval of Agenda
II. The November 1 Senate Minutes were approved
III. Officer’s Reports
A. Treasurer’s Report – Sue VanBoven Reported that 72/88 PVCC faculty are members of the Faculty Association.
Checking Account: Desert Schools Federal Credit Union
Date Transaction Amount
11/01/01 Beginning balance $ 412.66
11/01/01 #418, Jane Marks(flowers for Cindy) 120.00
11/01/01 #419, Fred Wieck(Sec. Oct.) 25.00
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11/30/01 Ending balance $ 267.66
======Savings Account: Desert Schools Federal Credit Union
Date Transaction Amount
11/01/01 Beginning Balance $11,560.09
11/28/01 Association Dues 1800.00
11/30/01 Dividends(2 months) 38.28
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11/30/01 Ending balance $13,398.37
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Encumbered Funds – Scholarships
11/01/01 Beginning Balance $ 4,876.37
no activity
11/30/01 Ending Balance $ 4,876.37
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Available Funds
Combined balances – checking and savings $ 13,666.03
Less: Scholarship Fund - 4,876.37
Available funds $ 8,789.66
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B. Secretary – No report
C. President-elect
The FEC met twice in November. Many items were discussed and the most important ones are detailed in this report.
Meet & Confer
The faculty committee met once with the District’s committee during a luncheon gathering. At that meeting the issues to be discussed during the year were announced. The District committee was positive on these issues. The teams will meet again on December 15. Some of the issues to be discussed include giving credit for initial placement based upon adjunct years of experience and/or K-12 years of experience.
Basketball Scrimmages - An issue was raised concerning an all day basketball scrimmage that kept student athletes from classes. The FEC discussed the impact of holding such scrimmages during daytime class hours. Also, the FEC is aware that other non-athletic activities have taken students from classes. As a body the FEC developed the following general statement. "Recently, many of our District colleges’ basketball teams participated in an all day scrimmage that occurred during regular morning and early afternoon classes. FEC requests that administrators, faculty and staff carefully review future scheduling of activities that result in the absence from class of our students.
Terrorism Preparedness
A presentation was made to FEC concerning terrorism preparedness by Rose Pfefferbaum from Phoenix College. She wanted the FEC to endorse her proposal and she is attempting to have the District adopt the plan. You can read about this item in Peerpoint!
Peerpoint!
You should have received a copy of Peerpoint! In your mail boxes. Also, there is a web addition available. In the future, the web addition will be available and only limited paper copies will be produced. This is an attempt to reduce expenditures incurred when printing Peerpoint! for all faculty.
OYO Wording In The RFP
In the RFP the wording for OYO’s in section 2.11.6.2 indicated that if they were hired full-time, the years as an OYO would count toward seniority, sabbaticals, etc. It was determined that this might give OYO’s more rights than a regularly hired, full-time employee. This discrepancy was determined to be unfair to RFP faculty. Therefore, the FEC adopted, by a majority vote, the following wording. "After one or more one-year-only contracts in the same discipline/department anywhere in the District have been completed, and if the District fills said position adhering to current hiring policies, and if the person hired is the same person who previously held the one-year-only contract(s), then the District will count the previous contract(s) toward advancement on the salary schedule. This provision becomes effective for faculty hired after July 1, 2002.
Political Lobbyist
An advertisement was placed and one lobbyist firm has called. This firm is interested and will send a proposal to the FEC.
D. President
PVCC Aramark Situation
You have probably heard that the Aramark Corporation which holds the contract for the food concession in MCCCD is having financial problems. This is in part due to losing some large contracts nationally (the Pentagon & a large eastern college). Locally, the profit from MCCCD has only been about $7000 this year. For that reason Aramark is requesting to reduce their hours of service at PVCC (& elsewhere probably) to 7 AM to 2 PM rather than remaining open into the evening. They will have to make some sort of change by Dec. 31.
Interim Dean of Administration
Norm Godin is here on loan from the District Office for 2 months to help with some special projects: 1) study the cost of temporary portable classrooms (needed to move music programs out of classroom buildings due to sound carryover); 2) get information on the use & cost of utilities (electricity, telephone system, water, etc.); 3) investigate the cost of leasing off campus facilities; 4) investigate the possibilities of adjacent property acquisition.
Budget/Finance
As resources get smaller & budget constraints become greater (bond money has been used , FTSE was not high & we don’t have space to increase FTSE into), the college is looking closely at spending patterns. Even so, financial decisions will be guided by our strategic goals as a learning centered college. Budget proposals for Fund I items are due Dec. 3, but there’s not a lot of optimism about the level of funding that will occur. It has been determined that there will be no new programs initiated out of the Fund 2 budget – only things on a one-year-only basis. (This would include Student Life, athletics, school newspaper, the literary magazine, special services). There will be operational money for women’s softball since this was a previous direct allocation from District. Proposition 301 monies are on hold for now.
Facilities Master Plan
The subcommittee has met with and interviewed architects and unanimously chosen the architectural team that designed the M building. The membership of the Master Plan Steering Committee will be finalized soon. It will be composed of 16 or 17 people among whom will be the 6 division chairs, and representatives from the Technology Coordinating Team, M + O, student body and the community.
Reassigned Time/ Extended Contract Study Team
President Kranitz has initiated the formation of a study team to open discussion on & formulate written guidelines for extended contracts & course loads. The team will be made up of about 3 faculty representatives, 2 division chairs, a fiscal officer, & an administrative assistant. Bob Bendotti has been asked to chair the committee. The team’s goal is to help develop a more coherent and consistent set of guidelines for use by division chairs and the D.I. in approving extended contracts & reassigned time. The RFP does set certain guidelines for course loads, but at local campuses extended contracts may overload faculty well beyond what is reasonable. The committee will submit their final recommendations to the senate & division chairs for tentative approval before final approval by the college president. The committee will be set up before the winter break, then start work on the review during the Spring semester.
Academic Restructuring
The PVCC Executive Committee (President, President-elect, Treasure, & Secretary) met to form a plan for study and recommendations of feasible division/departmental configurations. A tentative time line will be presented at the Dec. 6, 2001 Senate meeting. At the first review meeting, scheduled for 3:30 on Dec. 6, senators will be asked also for their recommendations on the need for amendments to the Academic Restructuring Plan as it is now written.
IV. Campus Committee Reports
1.) Professional Growth – No report
2.) Faculty Development – No report
3.) Staffing Committee –
4.) Travel Committee – Marilyn Cristano provided overview of the End of Semester Travel Committee Summary Report.
A. Starting budget: $19,015.00 from District + $4,000.00 from administration (if needed) = $23,015.00.
B. There may be more dollars coming depending on the decisions of the District Faculty Professional Growth Committee.
C. Seven faculty have requested Faculty Travel Funds to date ($4,573.5).
D. Remaining budget: $14,441.5 + $4,000 (if needed) = $18,441.5.
E. Approximate amount that faculty are out of pocket for travel expenses to date is: $532.65.
F. Last year at this time, thirteen faculty members had been approved for travel funds encumbering $8,228.36 travel dollars from a $19,164.00 budget leaving a balance available of $10,935.64.
G. Since we have never had travel funds remaining at the end of the year, we do not have a policy or a process in place for what happens with the remaining funds. The District Faculty Professional Growth Committee is discussing the issue.
V. Old Business
Jane Marks reported that Larry Fields and Jeanne Franco can provide training to senate in February on the APB system.VI. New Business
Sue VanBoven reported on status of the funding of Continuing Education. A report provided by Larry Fields indicates that Continuing Education cover 92% of its operating expenses. The PVCC budget supports 8% of the operating expenses. Discussion followed about how to address concerns regarding duplication and competition between the academic and continuing education curriculums for students classroom space, and technology. Jane thanks and Sue VanBoven will schedule a meeting with Dr. Mosley to discuss the concerns.VII.Announcements
Renee Cornell will speak with Dr. Paul Dale regarding MCCCD policy that addresses naming college facilities as a memorial to a deceased employee. Jane Marks reported on the Reassigned Time and Contract Task Force; the purpose, composition and timelines associated with its work. She will include a detailed account in her December President’s report.
VIII. Items for Next Month’s Agenda
Jane Marks solicited senate member form agenda items.IX. Adjourned 3:20 pm
--minutes by Fred Wieck, Secretary
ACADEMIC RESTRUCTURING MEETING
Present: Jane Marks, Renee Cornell, Patti Marsh, Hank Mancini, Sue VanBoven, Scott Mass, Steve Nicoloff, Jan Downey, Carmen Marquez, Shelle Witten, Kurt Hill, Fred Wieck
Guest: Larry Burgess
Jane Marks distributed a Timeline for Senate Work on Academic Structure Options. Jane Marks recommended the senate form a sub-committee to write/revise an Academic Structures Policy. The Senate agreed.
Marilyn Christiano, Renee Cornell, Shelle Witten and Jane Marks volunteered for this assignment.
Paradise Valley Community College.
Faculty Senate Minutes for December 6, 2001.
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