CHABOT COLLEGE ACADEMIC/FACULTY SENATE
R e g u l a r Meeting
Board Room, Building 200
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
A P P R O V E D M I N UT E S
Submitted by Anne Brichacek, Diane Zuliani & Chad Mark Glen
Senators
Applied Technology & Business — Michael Absher
Arts & Humanities — Dov Hassan
Counseling — Rachel Azimina & Dara Greene
Health, Physical Education, & Athletics — Nancy Cowan & Jeff Drouin
Language Arts — Susan Gill & Vacant
Library — Jim Matthews
Science & Mathematics — Dave Fouquet & Ming Ho
Social Sciences — Michael Thompson & Sherri Yeager
Part-time Faculty — Anne Brichacek
Ex-Officios
ASCC — Jove Meyer, ASCC Vice President and Senate Representative
CLPFA — Shari Jacobsen
Academic/Faculty Senate Immediate Past President — Chad Mark Glen
Guests
Carolyn Arnold, Melinda Matsuda, Steven Small, Ron Taylor, and Judy Young.
Presiding Officer
President Diane Zuliani
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1.0 GENERAL FUNCTIONS
1.1 Call to Order: President Zuliani called the meeting to order at 2:22 p.m.
1.2 Approval of the Minutes: The approval of the minutes from 2/7/08 was
tabled. Mike Absher’s portion of the minutes was lost in virtual space.
Absher will transcribe them from the tapes; Chad Mark Glen will edit and
send them to President Zuliani for distribution and correction via Email for
approval at a later time.
2.0 REPORTS
2.1 President’s Report: Zuliani stated that she has no report; the more
substantial items on which she would usually focus have been moved to the
discussion part of the meeting. ƒZuliani is unable to attend State Senate
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lunch on Thursday, March 13, at Evergreen College, San Jose because the date conflicts
with the regularly scheduled Senate meeting. Chad Mark Glen volunteered to go as her
representative. There were no other interested parties. Zuliani will RSVP on Chad’s behalf.
ƒZuliani expressed thanks to Colin Pejman for drawing a map of the additional parking that
will be open to faculty and staff at the Heart of the Bay Church on Hesperian Blvd. The area
will have a security guard on duty from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00p.m. She expressed thanks to
Health/PE division for making available the soccer field for additional campus parking. Glen
suggested folks who could do so, consider carpooling as an option.
2.2 ASCC: Jove Meyer reported that the ASCC has closed applications to fill seats for three (3)
new senators and two (2) representatives and welcomed a new ICC chair, Demetrius
Devera. Other ASCC events:
• Movie Night; 300 was the movie shown
• Women’s History Month will feature a talk on the topic of “Is Hillary Clinton All That
Revolutionary?”
• Book signing with author and Chabot College Adjunct Faculty, Seth Harwood
• Speaker on toxins is scheduled for the Speaker Series event
• Contest to design cover for Handbook will be announced
2.3 CLPFA: Dave Fouquet reported that ƒthe new contract is in the process of being printed.
The electronic copy is being updated and will be posted. It’s unknown if it will be indexed.
ƒAdditional parking arrangements have been made. This will result in a few additional
faculty/staff parking and about 100 less spaces for students. Discussion about parking,
including making all on campus spaces “general” parking and creating 20 minute drop-off
zones, continued. Faculty, especially adjuncts, who have a concern about arriving on time
to class due to parking, can call Campus Security X6923 and request a ride.
2.4 Senators: ƒDara Greene: Transfer Night will be held on March 11. Faculty may consider
giving students extra credit as incentive to attend. ƒGlen reported on Accreditation and
distributed packets that included the Agenda and handouts from the meeting on February
14. He will attend ASCC Senate meeting to encourage more student involvement.
Accreditation Committee is moving steadily forward. Since Gene Groppetti will retire June
30, Glen will be left as the sole chair. Melinda Matsuda will be Administrative Resource
person and Ron Taylor will take over as Accreditation Liaison Officer. The committee is
working closely with IPBC and Senate. Senators are encouraged to participate with
thoughts, questions, and comments which can be directed to Glen and/or Zuliani who is cochair of the Governance Standard. A Staff/Faculty/Administrative Survey will be coming out
soon. Sincere thanks to all who have worked so hard to produce the survey. ƒ Mike Absher
asked that a discussion around the Chancellor’s Budget Workshop be put on the next
agenda. Handouts will be circulated electronically prior to the meeting. ƒGlen requested
that an invitation to attend a Senate meeting in the future be sent to Matthew Kritscher,
Dean of Counseling.
2.5 Public Comments: None.
3.0 ACTION ITEMS:
3.1 Approval of Art on Campus Documents: tabled to next meeting.
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4.0 DISCUSSION ITEMS
4.1 Revisions to Basic Skills Committee Framework: A Basic Skills Committee is in
existence and has funds to pilot some projects. The Basic Skills Committee created in
Senate in fall, 2007 was formed to formalize the already established Basic Skills Committee
and increase participation in it. Former president, Robert Carlson, withheld publication of
the framework until it could be incorporated into the shared governance documents that
would be distributed on Convocation, fall, 2008. President Cecilia Barberena reviewed the
framework with Melinda Matsuda and Ron Taylor. The suggested revisions included:
adding a member from the Faculty Association; changing Teaching and Learning Center
Coordinator to Learning Connections Coordinator; adding VP, Student Services under Other
Resources; and adding the position of Dean to the list of representatives from counseling. A
Basic Skills Committee Framework handout reflecting the revisions and was included in
Senators’ packets. The work of this committee is immediate since the self-study must be
completed by May in order to qualify for funding. Christina Ruggiero is the Basic Skills
Coordinator at Chabot. The first meeting will be on Tuesday, March 11, 12:00 Noon, Room
2223.
4.2 Understanding Online Grading and Record Keeping: Judy Young, Director of
Admissions and Records, was invited to speak and answer questions about the new online
record keeping system (rosters and grading) that went into college-wide use this semester.
She said that the old Scantron system was obsolete; the actual paper used for the process
would soon no longer be available. Questions included: submission of drop and census
rosters; the time element factor for submitting reports; the possibility of receiving messages
that confirmed that a report had been submitted or that it wasn’t yet available. Another
question was that of the possibility of creating a Wait List. A problem with the process is that
it doesn’t auto-enroll nor bill students. Before investing in a program that could do this, there
needs to be consensus with all parties at Chabot and Las Positas that this is a direction
we’d like to go in. Zuliani stated that this should only be pursued once faculty were fully
aware of the pros and cons of such a system, and had given their approval. Young
distributed a copy of the MOU with the F. A. pertaining to online rosters, grading and
recordkeeping. She will follow-up on the request for “submitted” and “not available”
messages into the system. (A submission confirmation and not available message would
require programming by the appropriate people). She expressed that A&R staff is excited
by the new challenges and opportunities of being online. Zuliani expressed thanks to Judy
Young, Erna Weimer, and the A&R staff.
4.3 Faculty Senate Recognition Ceremony: Nancy Cowen and Mike Absher have agreed to
plan the Senate Recognition Ceremony that Glen initiated some four years ago. After
discussion, it was decided that plans for the ceremony will be finalized at the Senate
meeting of April 24th. All nominations must be in before that date. The ceremony will be
held during the second half of the regular Senate meeting of May 8th in Room 200. Glen will
provide information about the various recognition categories and other details.
4.4 Art on Campus: The Board of Trustees of Chabot - Las Positas Colleges last year voted to
donate the sum of $500,000 to each college specifically for the purpose of procuring art.
These funds, aka Nike site funds, resulted from the sale of property owned by the district.
An ad hoc Committee for Art on Campus was established to develop guidelines for the best
use these funds. The work of the committee produced two documents: Draft Public Art
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Guidelines for Chabot College and Draft Call for Entries for a Public Art Project. Zuliani
distributed copies of to the Senators. The Guidelines present a general philosophy
statement on what constitutes public art, what Nike site funds are intended to cover, and
why a shared governance procedure for decision making is critical to the success of this
project. The Call for Entries document details the actual process for considering and
selecting art. Entries are welcome from individual artists as well as groups, and will be
“blind;” that is, the artists names won’t be made known to the committee. Zuliani has been
asked to make a presentation to the Board of Trustees at its meeting on March 18. Absher
recommended that the drafts be brought to division meetings which will be held before the
next Senate meeting at which time the divisions’ responses could be shared with the Senate
before Zuliani’s presentation to the Board. Glen commented that due process requires that
an action item must first be a discussion item. If it is a time sensitive item of urgency, the
Senate can move the discussion item to an action item with a two-thirds majority vote. Glen
further suggested that it would be desirable to send these documents campus-wide for
further input.
4.5 Status of Power Plants: A legal declaration has been brought forth by Rob Simpson on
behalf of the Keep Hayward Green and Clean Committee. It appears that the Bay Area Air
Quality Management District did not notify Alameda County that the Russell City site was
going to be used to build a power plant. Alameda County keeps an information distribution
list; it is assumed that Chabot College appears on that list and would expect to receive
notification of the intent to build a power facility so close to the campus. Since Alameda
County didn’t receive notification from the Air Quality Board, and therefore did not inform us
about the plant, it follows that Chabot was usurped of its legal right to participate in the siting
process. There is a possibility that the failure to notify may force the Russell city project to
be put on hold. Construction must begin by August, 2008. If it does not, the company may
be forced to apply for a new permit, which will re-open the process.
5.0 REPORTS II
Senate Committees: None
6.0 GOOD OF THE ORDER
Future Agenda items
Chancellor’s Budget Workshop
Adjournment at 4:28 PM.
Next Meeting: March 13th, 2008
Spring Meetings: 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 2:15 in the Board Room.
AB/AZ/CMG
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