Classified Senate Minutes – 18 September 2015
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Welcome/Call to Order
o 12:11 pm
o 8 voting members present at start of meeting
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Vote to approve August minutes happened by e-mail
o 9 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain; 7 No response
o August minutes approved
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President's Report
o Board Meeting
 Adoption of 15/16 budget
 Faculty contract approved
o 2015/2016 Position Request Update
 Met with Dr. Sperling
 Recently, Dr. Sperling met at District to set another
meeting at District to review funds for the positions that
have been approved
 No timeline has been set to start hiring process
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Vice President's Report
o No report
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Secretary’s Report
o A proposal for approving funds to be spent by Classified Senate
to pay for the Classified BBQ passed by e-mail voting
 9 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain; 7 No response
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Treasurer's Report
o $3,998.24 in co-curricular account
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SEIU Report
o Labor management meeting next Tuesday
o Class/Comp meeting held 17 September 2015
 Agreement will be sent to October Board meeting
 There is a desire to have more site meetings starting in
October
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Classified Prioritization
o Reviewed last year: the process worked but the timeline needs
to be changed
o New proposed timeline shown and discussed
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o The list of positions needed to be kept unified and up-to-date for
all groups involved in the prioritization process
o Proposal to take the Classified Prioritization plan discussed to
College Council and then to Dr. Sperling with revised timeline
 10 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain
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Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative
o Educational Code says colleges have to adopt framework
o Institutional Research has this information on Chabot website
with short-term and long-term goals for the college
o In March, Dr. Sperling requested assistance from District to help
Chabot comply with Educational Code.
o Motion to recommend team visits to Chabot to help comply with
Educational Code in January 2016
 11 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain
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District Wide Classified Succession Program
o Proposal: classes for interview techniques for moving to
higher/different jobs within the college/district
o Proposal: set-up a ladder for moving up in college/district (low to
middle to management)
o There is a desire to bring Staff Development into this proposed
program
o There is a desire to change the wording/phrasing of the program
because people feel that the word “succession” didn’t describe
the goals of the program well
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Classified Mission Statement
o Work has been performed and guidelines have been researched
o Examples from other colleges have been provided
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Funding Outreach
o Fundraising
 Post-Accreditation Raffle
 Penny War
o Picnic space for Classified BBQ reserved
 11 am – 3 pm
 Potluck
 At Zooview area in Kennedy Park
o Create a Classified Senate Facebook page?
o Newsletter suggestions
 Have a profile for an individual each month
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Smaller font, more pictures
Can reduce Catherine Powell’s written sections if needed
Add a mention of the picnic
COMMITTEE REPORTS
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Basic
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Skills
Discussed budget
Reviewed proposals
Discussed future meetings
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Bookstore Advisory
o No meetings
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Budget
o No meeting at the college level
o District level
 Preview of budget
 Innovation funds went through budget allocation model
 Governor’s budget reviewed
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Chancellor Council
o Wasn’t held
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COOL
o Moving to Google Docs for proposal submission
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Curriculum
o Update to Curricunet, so no new updates
o Adobe Captivate recommended for training
o Want to create catalog committee
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District Educational Support Services Committee
o No report
o Need a Classified Senate Representative to attend and provide
reports on this committee
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Enrollment Management
o College
 Met Twice
 Trying to prepare for future
• Sustainability
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One-time funds
o District
 Plans for how things are
 Plans for maintaining stability
 Plans that need to be done no matter what happens
o Retreat next Friday for both DEMC and CEMC with the theme
being “things that are not the norm”
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Facilities
o Finishing landscaping project
o Desire to make changes to buildings 1000 and 1006 but there
are no funds. Maintenance & Operations will try to fix the issues
o Proposal for filtered water stations
 Installation costs presented
 No maintenance costs proposed and no plans to maintain
them were proposed
o 1600 issues brought
o 2100 architects discussed
o Proposed modifications to 2900
o Changes to the meeting method were made to prevent a group
from coming in and taking control of the committee
o 2300 upstairs is planned to be a veterans resource center which
will be paid for by a private donation
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Health and Safety
o October 15th is the earthquake drill
o Promote cover cough, flu season, STD awareness month, suicide
awareness month, and Title IX awareness
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PBRC
o Program review discussion
o Program review forms are forthcoming
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Staff
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Technology Committee
o District committee formed for making forms digital
o District web committee formed to discuss policy
Development
Meeting weekly
October schedule planned for Flex Day
Brainstorming ideas for February Flex Day
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Good of the Order
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Adjournment at 2:15 pm
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In Attendance:
o Angela Villasana
o Catherine Powell
o Cheryl Sannebeck
o Craig Shira
o Debra Kling
o Gordon Watt
o K Metcalf
o Nate Moore
o Noell Adams
o Rachael Tupper-Eoff
o Rozen Bondoc
o Catherine Gentiluomo
o Steve Stevenson
o Yvonne Vanni
o Chasity Whiteside
o Christine Herrera
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