Academic Senate Meeting Taft College Monday, October 1, 2012 12:10-1:00 Cougar Conference Room Call to Order Public Commentary Approval of Minutes – September 4, 2012 Agenda 1. Dr. Dena Maloney-10 minutes 2. Sam Aunai – CEED Grant, non-tenure track Faculty positions (Energy/Pre-Engineering) – 5 minutes 3. Academic Senate Secretary position (Thompson) – 1 minute 4. Request for Task Force to develop procedure for Sabbatical requests (Berube/Herder) – 5 minutes 5. Budget Committee update – (Layne) 5 minutes 6. Resolution in support of Prop. 30 (Thompson) – 5 minutes 7. Faculty Hiring Criteria process – Division Chairs – Bill Devine – 10 minutes Unfinished Business Constitution Reform – Do we want to establish a subcommittee on this? Other (if time allows) President’s Report Next Meeting – Monday, November 5th – 12:10