Eureka: 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, SS 202 (Board Room)
Thursday, March 12, 2015
3:00 p.m.
MINUTES
1.
Call To Order – 3:08
2.
Introductions and Public Comment : Participants are invited to make comments regarding any subject appropriate to the Associate Faculty Committee. Attendees introduced themselves – Kyle Falbo announced that there was an update out on the
Associate Dean position. Jacqui Cain responded that the Associate Dean is detailed in a MOU. Vinnie Peloso mentioned that the position is 40% release time for permanent faculty and it is supposed to be cost effective. Sandra Rowan spoke about the last meeting at the Academic Senate and the request for Full-Time faculty to participate. Jacqui Cain - if there are any questions about the negotiations/MOU for the retro pay please let her know, it is hoped to have this in the April paycheck.
3.
Approve Thursday, February 19, 2015 Meeting Minutes - -MOTION:
DEMPSEY/FALBO move to approve the minutes. APPROVED
4.
Reports
4.1
Associate Faculty Information/Reminders – Connie Carlson – if you have not completed your flex form goals please get them in; have a great spring break.
4.2
CRFO Update – Sandra Rowan noted that the Associate Faculty appreciate
Jacqui Cain serving on the negotiation team. Sandra brought up the agency fees that will be imposed upon all Associate Faculty – employees will have the choice to either pay the agency fee or the regular union fees (joining the union will provide voting rights.) There will be a meeting in April to discuss this issue in greater detail, so prepare your questions/comments. Will this be going into effect for Fall semester? Do we know the amount of the agency fees, or is it still being determined? Two different structures will be presented to the faculty at the next meeting. The next executive committee meeting will finalize the recommended amount for agency fees. Three different scenarios were presented at the last meeting; don’t want to hurt anyone with the dollar amount. Next year is an important year as it is a contract negotiation year.
The Associate Faculty need to bring forth their interests. Possibly get a survey monkey set up for gathering the Associate Faculty desires. Sandra has also been looking at other Associate Faculty contracts from other community colleges. Other discussion at the meeting dealt with committee work and whether this was SARTCO (Stipend and Reassigned Time Committee)

funded. There was a question about safety phones in the classroom – we will contact Ron Waters.
4.3
Academic Senate Update – Sandra Rowan - Colette provided notes that
Sandra reviewed. (attached)
5.
Discussion Items
5.1
Academic Calendar Scheduling – Kyle Falbo – two part dialogue – first addressing Dr. Snow-Flamer’s email about coursework being done outside of the academic calendar. This is a concern that Kyle and other faculty members have had, there was a 4-day weekend – this impacted MW classes and the holiday at the beginning of the semester. How do we get the required material into the syllabus schedule when the class time is impacted? In order to get through the required material for the course, Kyle ends up cutting the exam review days. He suggests then to his students that they can meet for an informal type of review. Is that coursework outside of the agreed upon calendar dates? Second – MWF classes were impacted by the calendar, looking at the HSU calendar (where many
Associate Faculty teach) they have impacted both MWF and a TTH class. Laura
Wolfsen just took it as her challenge to make it work for her classes. Sandra noted that nothing should be sent out to students requiring them to do any work prior to the start of classes. Sandra will bring this information to the CRFO.
5.2
Nominations for Associate Faculty and Faculty of the Year – if you know of someone – forward the information to Colette Beaupre or Sandra Rowan.
6.
Announcements and Open Forum - none
7.
Adjournment – MOTION: WOLFSEN/FALBO move to adjourn – meeting was adjourned at 4:22 p.m.
Next Meeting:
April 16, 2015