REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Meeting of the
Academic Senate Executive Committee
Eureka: 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, SS 201, Academic Senate Office
Eureka: 424 Quail Valley Rd
Crescent City: 883 W. Washington Boulevard
Monday, May 13, 2012
10:00 a.m.
MINUTES
Members present: Michael Richards, Bob Brown, Kady Dunleavy, Cindy Hooper,
Chris Gaines (by phone), guest Mark Renner (by phone)
Members absent: All committee members present
1. Call to Order: Copresident Richards called the meeting to order at 10:06 am
2. Public Comment: No comments
3. Approve April 26 Executive Meeting Minutes: On a motion by Kady
Dunleavy, seconded by Cindy Hooper, the minutes were approved without
objection.
4. Action Items
4.1 Curriculum Recommendations from May 10: On a motion by Cindy
Hooper, seconded by Kady Dunleavy, discussion ensued. Some classes
that were UC Transfer courses in the 2012-13 catalog were not noted as
such in the recommendation. We called Peter Blakemore and confirmed
that if they were UC this year, there should be an “A” under UC on this
document. The recommendations were then approved by the following
vote: Richards – y, Brown – y, Gaines – y, Dunleavy – y, Hooper – y.
4.2 Faculty Qualification Recommendations from May 10: On a motion by
Kady Dunleavy, seconded by Cindy Hooper, the recommendations were
approved by the following vote: Richards – y, Brown – y, Gaines – y,
Dunleavy – y, Hooper – y.
4.3 Academic Standards and Procedures Recommendations from May 10: On
a motion by Chris Gaines, seconded by Michael Richards, the
recommendations were approved by the following vote: Richards – y,
Brown – y, Gaines – y, Dunleavy – y, Hooper – y.
5. Discussion: August 24 Senate Retreat Agenda:
 Copresident Richards explained why he added a few reports to the agenda.
In re: 5.1 Substantive Change Proposals-these changes have not been
formally accepted by ACCJC or the Chancellor’s office and discussion is
needed for the October ACCJC report.
 Make a change for 5.2 - 5.2 will be Program Review, 5.3 will be Faculty
Prioritization and 5.4 will be Mark’s ASCCC June 2013 Leadership
Institute, with both Bob and Mark responsible for 5.2 and 5.3.
 Program Review vs. Faculty Prioritization: We should be advertising for
jobs in January – two issues: if we choose to have PR due in spring, you
have all fall to plan and prioritize, review then respond, which solves the
timing issue; however, Utpal says it shouldn’t be an issue to get them done
in January. BUT it’s taking HR a while to get their part done; for instance,
Cindy Hooper did not see an applicant list for Spanish till Wednesday,
May 8, and Kady Dunleavy still doesn’t have the director’s list of
applicants. Admin is keen on discussing the schedule, non-contract days,
and compensation for these days; if the process had been done in a timely
fashion, Cindy would not have to be working on the hiring through June
(on non-contract time).
 Regarding the Director’s position: Not only the process, but all of the
changes HR has had to deal with have caused delays. What will the future
timing be for program review/faculty prioritization? Now we are always a
year and a half behind – if switched to Fall, one would know all the
retirements, more about the budget, and also should not have to work on
non-contract time. We won’t run out of time, we need a few extra months,
and why don’t we get the applications faster after the process has closed.
HR director should be more proactive. They were backed up (got behind)
by the RIF processes. We do need faculty on committees for
administrators. Who will be in charge of PRC? Strong leadership is
needed if things get changed and hopefully a faculty co-chair will be part
of the makeup. Bob will follow up with Keith. If the PR process needs
smoothing out, faculty must be involved. Did everyone get to see the
program reviews? Nursing did their own but it came back different/revised
and was forwarded without collaboration from those who wrote it. How is
the document utilized?
 Add the month of May to both “new” (they were items 5.3 and 5.4 before
changes above) items 5.5 College Council and 5.6 Board Meeting dates.
 College Council-who appoints these positions? We need to know in order
to cover Del Norte because Mark will be the AS rep, now. Need
clarification!
 Budget and CRFO reports were requested by Kady to be added. It was
agreed that BPC will be added to agenda, but probably not CRFO.

Under Discussion Items 6.1-invite Dave Bazard - can we look at how
much MCD is being used, already?
6. Announcements/Open Forum: no announcements.
7. Adjournment: On a motion by Michael Richards, seconded by Cindy Hooper,
the meeting was adjourned at 10:55 am.
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Next Meeting:
Fall 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013