Cabrillo College Faculty Senate
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Sesnon House
In Attendance: Eva Acosta, Winnie Baer, David Balogh, Janus Blume,
Virginia Coe, Becka Fortune, Jean Gallagher-Heil, John Govsky, Paul
Harvell, Steve Hodges, Renee Kilmer, Diego Navarro, Rory O’Brien, Beth
Regardz, Dave Reynolds, Georg Romero, Dan Rothwell, Pam Sanborn,
Letitia Scott-Curtis, Alex Taurke, Francine VanMeter
Note Taker: Jamie Malone
1.0 Call to Order
1.1 – The meeting was called to order at 3:07 PM.
2.0 Minutes
2.1 – Postponed the approval of the minutes from October 21, 2008 to the next
meeting.
3.0 Reports
3.1 – President (Steve Hodges)
3.1.1 – I am trying my best to stay very involved in the statewide budget
situation, and balance that with my other duties as well.
3.1.2 – Holt Murray was an excellent example of the best kind of Cabrillo
faculty. The senate honored his memory with a moment of silence.
3.1.3 – Attended the Plenary Session. There was lots of talk about budget
cuts statewide. Everyone is dealing with the same things Cabrillo is. Lots
of talk about SLOs (also regarding the letter that went out from the union).
3.1.4 – MIS system (people were complaining about Banner and wished
they had Datatel Colleague).
3.1.5 – The statewide senate is adding UMOJA to the list of student
services programs that it likes (endorsed).
3.2 – Vice President (Rory O’Brien)
3.2.1 – Also attended the Plenaries. This marked the 20th anniversary, and
we got to hear from the president of the academic senate. I have come
back with a new appreciation for and confidence in Cabrillo after talking
with people from other colleges who don’t function well and have
accreditation issues. We are in a minority. Everyone is concerned about
the budget. Random conversations with colleagues were valuable.
3.2.2 – There will be a town meeting at Sesnon tomorrow at 3:00 PM
(Brian King’s e-mail). Please attend and invite others.
3.3 – Secretary (Georg Romero)
3.3.1 – Reported on several committees: conversion to the new voiceover
internet and servers is going well (a huge changeover on Tuesday went
smoothly), still on target for the phone switch in January. It is more likely
to stay up in emergency situations (e.g. power outages, earthquakes, etc.)
3.3.2 – Transportation Management Advisory Committee: has a ninety
thousand dollar grant for doing bike related things (racks, etc.). Also
discussing a loan program for students to buy bikes. There will be a
campus review of where bike-storing stations already are. This all depends
on the time people are willing to spend on this project.
3.3.3 – Reminded everyone that the fall elections are going on.
3.4 – Treasurer (Paul Harvell)
3.4.1 – I’m going to try to make us a lot of money with credit default
swaps.
3.5 – CCFT (John Govsky)
3.5.1 – Paul sent out a letter about the budget that said it all.
3.6 – CCEU (Janus Blume)
3.6.1 – We’re having elections too. We elect half of our officers each year.
We are voting for the first vice president, secretary, at large reps, and
CCFT. Should have our results by the end of this week.
3.7 – Watsonville (Eva Acosta)
3.7.1 – The old Watsonville Library is being demolished as part of the
expansion.
3.7.2 – Watsonville is having a Thanksgiving lunch, and the student senate
is having a dinner as well.
3.8 – ASCC (Becka Fortune)
3.8.1 – We have been focusing on funding and student outreach recently.
3.8.2 – MLK Day is completely funded for next semester.
3.8.3 – We are giving out free coffee to encourage students to talk to us
about the campus (also doing juicing in the quad once a month).
3.8.4 – We have a social justice conference set for next semester.
3.8.5 – Having a Thanksgiving event in Watsonville on Monday and in
Aptos on Tuesday.
3.8.6 – Participating in the Second Harvest food drive is an incentive for
clubs (not a competition). They get money for their club if they
participate.
3.8.7 – The blood drive is going on now and continues through tomorrow.
3.8.8 – We are handing out grants in a ceremony here on Thursday (cut
student senate meeting to an hour). Georg asked for the records of past
grants from the student senate for to put on file.
3.9 – VPI (Renee Kilmer)
3.9.1 – The hiring prioritization process is frozen because of the word
from Sacramento. I’ll be sending out an all-faculty e-mail. Next year it
will start anew. There is really no alternative.
3.9.2 – Also went to CIO conference. All the same topics (budget, SLO).
Another big topic was distance ed authorization. DE programs need
authentication by next year. We don’t really know what that means and
people are interpreting it differently (will know by June).
3.9.3 – TBA hours was a huge topic. We need to know what they mean by
“scheduling.” Forming a task group now. There are two types of audits
(TBA isn’t under either, it is a special audit). Lab is open from 7:00 AM –
9:45 PM and that is a schedule, but is that enough? We will be moving
forward with this discussion to see if legal advisory sticks to the strictness
of the rule and we will come up with alternatives.
3.9.4 – A reminder that the faculty senate party is on December 11th at
Renee’s house starting at 3 PM. You will receive a formal invitation in
your mailboxes. Don’t need to bring food.
4.0 Action Items
4.1 – No action items are scheduled for this meeting.
5.0 Information Items
5.1 – AR5105C Adjunct Hiring
5.1.1 – Departments feel the need to change the way we hire. Changes
were made, but it is no different than what has been going on for the past 2
years. Many people like the way it is. The new process is much easier. The
only problem seems to be making sure we get back to the applicants.
5.2 – Scheduling Parameters
5.2.1 –Changing the start/end times in the class schedule. Title 5 requires
that the class schedule have the exact start and end time of the class (no
passing time). When creating the 320 report, it is manually extracted (not
collecting too much apportionment, but we are still out of compliance).
Effective fall 2009. Spring continues with the old way. We are one of five
colleges in the state that does it this way and we are all out of compliance
and need to change.
5.2.2 – There are three other scheduling projects going on. Linked classes
are very complex when scheduling multiple classes.
5.2.3 – The scheduling patterns group hasn’t met yet (faculty, counselors,
and deans). They go through all programs and see if a student can
complete a degree or certificate requirement in 18 months without
scheduling conflicts. Don’t forget about the night students!
5.2.4 – Affects PCs: production timeline. There are so many steps in our
production, and there needs to be a downtime for audits. All faculty was
invited to join these committees. This is critical for everything (how you
get paid, schedule, class load, etc.).
5.3 – Distance Education Report
5.3.1 – We submit a report to the governing board each year. Francine
went over the summary report for 2007-2008. The actual 10 page report is
on the distance ed website.
5.3.2 – There was a 12% increase in unduplicated enrollment. We served
over 10,000 distance ed students last year. Over 50% of blackboard
accounts are for on-campus instruction.
5.4 – FLEX Calendar
5.4.1 – The staff development committee approved a draft on Thursday.
We will have copy for you at the final faculty senate meeting.
5.4.2 – Francine gave a preview of some of the upcoming events. You’ll
have the printed copy the week before finals week and it will be online as
well.
5.4.3 – There is no Friday FLEX for this spring. The faculty senate meets
on Monday. The first meeting of the new semester is in Watsonville.
5.5 – Fall Election
5.5.1 – The deadline is November 28th for three at-large positions. Maybe
we can do it all electronically (the bylaws may need to be revised to allow
that).
5.5.2 – Senators whose terms have expired are Paul, Francine, and John
5.6 – Space Allocation
5.6.1 – There is a forum (focus group, not the final meeting) on Friday at
1:30 PM at SAC 202. No more feedback.
5.6.2 – Becka said that the student senate received word about final
feedback the day before it was due! There was confusion with colorcoding and lack of explanation so they couldn’t get their comments in fast
enough. A reminder was sent out two minutes before the noon deadline.
They also didn’t send the notices to all Cabrillo e-mails. There were lots of
complaints about not having enough information or awareness of
meetings. Need questions answered.
5.6.3 – We started the process with money for remodeling.
5.6.4 – That is why we hired outside forces to see the needs clearly and
utilize the space efficiently. Someone will always have a problem with the
solution.
5.6.5 – BELA is short 8 offices.
5.7 – Budget Crisis
5.7.1 – Steve would appreciate input towards the process so he can better
represent the faculty senate in this situation. He shared one document that
came out of CPC.
5.7.2 – Expressed appreciation to Peggy and Ryan for their
communication. Other colleges are clueless of how they will deal with this
crisis.
5.7.3 – Need more outreach to adjunct faculty.
5.7.4 – Transfer students are panicking about classes being cut. Fall and
spring are out biggest terms, and we will try not to cut as much there. The
online spring schedule is current (all cuts that have been made are
reflected in the online version).
5.7.5 – Lets talk more about increasing revenues and raising money.
Explore the possibilities. There are alternatives.
6.0 Open Forum and Agenda Building
6.1 – No items.
7.0 Adjourn
7.1 – The meeting was adjourned at 5:09 PM.