MINUTES OF THE
ACADEMIC SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Eureka: 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, AD 206, Academic Senate Office
Friday, February 9, 2011
3 p.m.
Members Present: David Holper, Kerry Mayer, Chris Romero, Gary Sokolow, Mark
Winter.
Members Absent: None.
1.
Call to Order: David Holper called the meeting to order at 3:02.
2.
Public Comment: Dave called for public comments; no public comments were offered.
3.
Approve the January 26 Meeting Minutes: On motion by Chris Romero, seconded by
Gary Sokolow, the minutes were approved as written.
4.
Discussion Items
4.1
Senate Relations with the Board of Trustees: Dave updated the committee on conversations he has had with several Board members, and the committee discussed strategies for moving the college toward meeting the accreditation standards and keeping the Senate/Board relations positive. Depending on the timeline of events and what occurs over the next few weeks, the committee agreed to schedule a special meeting for Wednesday, February 16, from 2:30-3:30 if necessary.
4.2
Senate Copresidents Nomination Committee: The committee agreed with Dave’s suggestion that Kerry Mayer, Todd Olsen and Chris Romero serve as members of the ad hoc Copresident Nomination Committee. A list of eligible faculty will be forwarded to the ad hoc committee, and the copresident nominations will be announced by the second Senate meeting in April.
4.3
Roles and Authority of the Senate Copresidents During the Summer: Dave informed the committee that President Marsee announced at College Council that he wants the Council to continue to meet over the summer. The two issues that would need to be addressed are (1) the faculty representatives will need to reconcile their participation with CRFO, and (2) how will the constituent review of BP/AP proposals occur when faculty are not here? The committee recommended that if an agreement for summer work is reached through the Stipend and Reassigned Time
Committee, faculty can attend College Council meetings during the summer but proposals should be distributed for constituent review only when faculty are here.
4.4
Review Past and Future Senate Agenda Items: No topics were presented for this agenda item.
4.5
Multicultural and Diversity Committee Minutes and Process for Forwarding
Recommendations: Dave presented the (1) Resolution Regarding the Student
Equity Plan Committee and (2) the Recommendations for Development of a District

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ESOL Program, and he explained that both documents were drafted and approved by the Multicultural and Diversity Committee (MDC) and were forwarded to the copresidents for next-steps consideration. The committee suggested that the ESOL recommendations be forwarded to Erin Wall for consideration by the Basic Skills
Initiative Committee (BSI) along with the suggestion that a member of the MDC serve as either a member or a liaison on the BSI Committee. It was agreed that the
Resolution Regarding the Student Equity Plan Committee should be forwarded to
College Council but with the suggestion that consideration of the Resolution be postponed until accreditation issues are addressed. In addition, discussion at
College Council should include recognition that the Student Equity Plan needs revising and that the issues and scope of the Plan are larger than 10 + 1 parameters and need to be addressed by representatives from all college constituencies.
5.
Announcements/Open Forum/Future Agenda Items: No announcements, open forum or future agenda items were forwarded.
6. Adjournment: On motion by Gary Sokolow, seconded by Kerry Mayer, the meeting was adjourned at 3:56.
Respectfully submitted by Sally Frazier, Administrative Secretary to the Academic Senate.
Next Meeting:
Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 3 p.m.