Classified Senate Minutes – 18 December 2015
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Welcome/Call to Order
o 12:10 pm
o Thank you to Community Outreach Committee
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President's Report
o College Council
 Chabot has received grant from Kisco foundation to
support the development of a Veterans Resource Center
 Veterans Resource Center opening late January
 Jim Matthews & Dr. Thompson are sending a letter to
accreditors
 Program Reviews will be posted on PRBC website
 New faculty hiring
o Board Meeting
 Carlo Vecchiarelli is now president
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Vice President's Report
o No report
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Secretary’s Report
o Vote on October minutes
 10 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain
o Vote on November special meeting minutes
 10 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain
o Vote on November minutes
 8 Yes; 0 No; 2 Abstain
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Treasurer's Report
o No report
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SEIU Report
o Had a meeting regarding the “Me Too Clause.”
o Might have more to report in February
DISCUSSION ITEMS
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“Classified Professional” in board policy
o Would like District to refer to us as “classified professionals”
because language reflects how we are viewed
o We will write a resolution to make this change and a draft will be
composed by the Community Outreach Committee
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Classified Leadership Institute
o June 16-18 in Venture, CA
o It is a conference for Classified Senate members
o There is funding to send 3 people
o We will decide next meeting who to send
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Prioritization update
o The prioritization committee has been meeting weekly to refine
the classified prioritization process for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
The process has been broken up into two phases.
o During phase I all classified across campus with have the
opportunity to review position requests in their area and rank
those positions using thoughtful criteria relating to the strategic
plan goal. All requests will be broken down into three areas;
student services, academic services, and administrative services.
We hope that all classified will participate in ranking positions in
their areas as we need the most critical positions to rise to the
top of the prioritization.
o An email will be sent out in early January with directions and a
link to a Google form that will collect your ranking of positions.
You can also join us for group sessions on January 13, 19, and
29 where we can work together on the prioritization process.
o Phase two will begin in early February. The prioritization
committee will have the results of phase I and we will share this
information with senators from each area that they represent.
We hope that senators will reach out to departments/areas they
represent and collect important feedback on positions. We will
invite senators to meet with the prioritization committee for
more discussion in February. Tentative dates to meet with
senators are February 4th, 11th, and 18th.
o After phase I and II are complete we will submit a prioritized list
of positions to President Sperling and her team for review.
PRESENTATIONS
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Synthesis Statement on Classified Prioritization(Kunkel)
o Deonne Kunkel presented synthesis statement
o Deonne Kunkel will be interim Dean of AHSS, which means she
will be stepping down from the PRBC chair position
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o There are some positives things to note about our program
review process:
 PRBC has created synthesis statements
 PRBC developed an integrated form
o Our program review process could improve by reducing time
between the submission of program reviews and the
reading/analyzing/posting of program reviews.
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Moving into Management Strategies (VP Kritscher)
o A master’s degree can help one get a step higher in hiring
o Recommend against getting doctorate degree without
management experience
o Seek a mentor
o Important to be self-reflective
o On resume, list all computer programs
 E-mail: Groupwise, Outlook…
 Web browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari,
Chrome
o Experience
 Demonstrate “increasingly responsible experience”
• Supervise
• Organize
• Develop
• Lead
• Initiate
 Show growth and step up in positions
o Image management—lead by example
o Might need to move out to move up
COMMITTEE REPORTS
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Student Senate of Chabot College
o No report
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Basic Skills
o Funds Learning Connection and reviewing shifting funding
elsewhere
o Discussed assessment and impact of this
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Budget Committee
o College
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 See Addendum One
o District
 PBC’s motion to utilize the 14-15 true-up primarily for
enrollment growth in 16-17 at the colleges was informally
rejected. For now, it the money will be held in fundbalance.
 The district will be on stability for 16-17.
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Committee for Online Learning
o No report
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CEMC/DEMC
o No report
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Facilities
o Veteran’s Resource Center aims for Jan 28 opening
 Former Senator Ellen Corbett is aiming to bring lots of
people for the opening
o Landscaping in front of college is almost complete
o Discussion regarding what to call bldg. 2100 annex
o Mass com
 Issues with program review
 Bandwidth issues and maintenance issues
 Had retrofitting two years ago
o Student Initiative Center have requested improvements to their
room though “requiring no improvements” was a condition of
being granted this space
o Concerned has been raised about students present in
unsupervised classrooms
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Curriculum Committee
o The committee has set up a Spring to Spring Calendar. They will
meet first/third Tuesday of the month. First meeting in February
will clean up the final courses from Fall 2015. Calendar of
meetings on their website.
o New classified position Curriculum Specialist on the Board
agenda for new job description approval in December. Dale
Wagoner is heading the selection committee for Stacy
Thompson. (Question is this job on the Classified Prioritization
list?)
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Health & Safety
o Sgt. Puente is working on an emergency preparedness and
scenarios role-playing event with Great Shake-Out
o Smoking on Campus: push to return to smoke-free campus
o Gay-Straight Alliance moving forward with initiative for
genderless bathrooms
o Active shooter training next month
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PRBC
o Developed Classified Prioritization statement
o Strategic Plan Goal presentation by Carolyn Arnold
o Need new chair now that Deonne Kunkel has stepped down
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Professional Development
o Processed first round of funding requests and funded all but two
of the requests submitted
o Working on a schedule for January Flex Day
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Technology
o No report
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Good of the Order
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Adjournment
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In Attendance:
o Catherine Powell
o Cheryl Sannebeck
o Craig Shira
o Gordon Watt
o Katrin Field
o Nate Moore
o Noell Adams
o Rachael Tupper-Eoff
o Rozen Bondoc
o Heather Hernandez
o Lisa Carlsen
o Yvonne Vanni
o Chasity Whiteside
o Kirti Reddy
o Deonne Konkel
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Addendum One
College Budget Committee Report
Submitted by Heather Hernandez
The College Budget Committee met for the last time this semester on
December 8. The committee will resume meeting in late January. As of this
meeting, program review budget spreadsheets were not compiled. Deonne
Kunkel attended the meeting to provide an update on the program review
timeline. Christine Herrera will be working over the break to compile the
budget requests from each area so that the committee can begin the
approval process. Deonne reported that she is not going to chair PRBC next
semester. The Budget Committee also received an update on the Planning
and Budget Committee (PBC). The PBC worked on an evaluation rubric that
they will use to evaluate their work and effectiveness. In addition, they
continue to discuss pots of money that have not be run through the budget
allocation model. There are three pots: 1.5 million, 4 million, and 2 million
dollars that are still under discussion. The PBC will meet next on February 5,
2016. A recommendation was made to President Sperling from the College
Budget Committee to add an additional classified representative to the
committee. She forwarded the request to the Academic Senate as they are
working on the shared governance documents.
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