Cabrillo College Faculty Senate Minutes
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Sesnon House
In Attendance: Winnie Baer, Dave Balogh, Jennifer Cass, Virginia Coe,
Mark DeSmet, John Govsky, Paul Harvell, Jean Gallagher Heil, Steve
Hodges, Renee Kilmer, Brian Legakis, Jamie Malone, Diego Navarro, Rory
O’Brien, Beth Regardz, Dave Reynolds, Georg Romero, Dan Rothwell,
Mary Ellen Sullivan, Francine VanMeter
Visitors: Richard Army (student senate treasurer), Dale Attias (curriculum)
1.0 Call to Order
1.1 – The meeting was called to order at 3:07 PM.
2.0 Minutes
2.1 – Minor spelling and wording corrections were made to sections 3.2.1 (to
send), 3.5 (Dusty M.), 3.7 (Treasurer’s), 3.12.2 (we could be denied
apportionment when audited, hours unscheduled), and 5.4.2 (75% enrollment
taught by a specific instructor).
2.2 – After making corrections, the minutes were approved with no oppositions.
3.0 Reports
3.1 – President
3.1.1 – Steve took a moment to look back over the semester. Said that he
is getting settled into the job. He has been surprised at the statewide
communication and by how many people want his advice.
3.2 – Vice President
3.2.1 – Rory gave a reminder that having the faculty at the graduation is
important. It starts at 6:00 PM, and the end of the year party will follow
afterwards (starts approximately between 7:00 and 8:00 PM).
3.2.2 – He asked for assistance on the night of the party. Compelled the
senate members to volunteer as hosts/hostesses and cleanup committee.
Brain Legakis, Francine VanMeter, Steve Hodges, and Beth Regardz all
volunteered.
3.3 – Secretary
3.3.1 – Georg explained that the target for the new technology (servers,
phones, etc.) is now January.
3.3.2 – Asked if a senate member would take his place as the
transportation representative at the meeting next week since he cannot be
there. No one offered.
3.3.3 – The library is going through the campus archives to digitize early
newspaper articles and older documents in preparation for the 50th
anniversary.
3.4 – Treasurer
3.4.1 – Paul started off with a non-treasurer’s item. Said that the hiring
process has changed for full time tenure track. The offer is made by the
dean of that area. In the past, the decision has not been communicated, but
now the dean reports the offer and contacts them personally.
3.4.2 – He requested to approve spending $200 on gift certificates for the
staff picnic on June 12th. Motion passed with none opposed.
3.4.3 – Moved to spend $140 (two people for one hour) on masseuses for
the staff appreciation day. Motion passed with none opposed.
3.4.4 – He circulated an updated report on the emergency fund (see page
5). He went over the highlights and made a correction that there are now
15 instead of 11 people who have responded. There are 7 people he cannot
contact (assumed deceased), and if he can’t find them the money will be
forwarded to the foundation. Virginia Coe chose to give her money to the
Fred Levy fund.
3.5 – CCFT
3.5.1 – John discussed the academic calendar (it is approved).
3.5.2 – The field program is a non-profit organization to provide basic
skills at the adult level for migrant workers. They are working with
community colleges. The union is concerned with the way classes are
taught.
3.5.3 – Discussions regarding the budget continue.
3.6 – CCEU
3.6.1 – Deciding whether or not to have a vote at flex to affiliate for action
committee.
3.6.2 – They did vote to join the central labor council.
3.6.3 – Bethany University is offering accelerated bachelor program
classes one night a week at Cabrillo for Cabrillo prices. We do get
apportionment for junior level. 3+1 will accept the additional 30 units.
They are viewing this as separate colleges and separate courses. Bethany
instructors will be renting space at Cabrillo. They are on the quarter
system.
3.7 – Watsonville
3.7.1 – Mark announced that Head Rush will be performing twice on
Friday at 6 PM in room 3330.
3.8 – Student Senate
3.8.1 – Jonathan introduced Richard Army, the new student senate
representative.
3.9 – VPI
3.9.1 – Renee began by welcoming Richard and thinking Jonathan for his
work.
3.9.2 – MPC is working with them to offer courses for people who do not
have the opportunity to come to campus to learn English.
3.9.3 – Working to track if students cut a class or don’t get in. Should reap
a fairly accurate result. Work with the union to find out. Will do more on
this next semester.
3.9.4 – The summer planning for smart classrooms won’t happen next
semester due to budget and STAFFING issues. Put off until the fall. May
try to replace old equipment rather than remodel.
3.9.5 – Discussed talking to students about bringing down the cost of
textbooks. They want to put adds in the class schedule, but that will be
expensive and the hard copy print will come out six months in advance
and will likely have changes. They are still discussing it. Francine inquired
if it could be put on the web.
3.9.6 – Realized that apportionment and getting the hours is even more
complicated than it appeared. There is less apportionment in DE courses
than if face to face classes because of the compressed calendar. There is
close to the same apportionment in lecture classes. Colleges that are on the
17.5-week calendar get even less. Fixing this is problematic. DE lab will
be able to get all the hours, but the lecture lab combos are the problem.
They will meet about it over summer.
4.0 Action Items
4.1 – MESA
4.1.1 – Sue (Cal tech) was not able to attend. The letter (see page 6) is
self-explanatory.
4.1.2 – Approved with no oppositions.
4.2 – Staff Appreciation Week
4.2.1 – Jennifer explained the tree decoration. Found a spot in between the
library and sac building. Talked to Michael, the head grounds keeper, for
approval. Not planting anything, just decorating. Will have signs on both
sides so students can see it from both sides of the stairs. Will have a small
ceremony on Thursday at 3:00 PM identifying this as the site of a future,
permanent marker. Jennifer said she might not be able to be at the
ceremony (Steve said he would). Invited everyone to come. May be taking
pictures. Renee agreed to send out an e-mail to all faculty on Jennifer’s
behalf. The staff who attend will get the plants they used next Friday. Jen
is heading up the project and Paul is reimbursing her. Will “vandalize” the
area at 9:15 tonight, and everyone is invited.
5.0 Information Items
5.1 – We got through a semester with curricunet. It was great, and Jennifer helped
make it a success. Would love to hear what people have to say about it. Winnie
received an e-mail asking for feedback, but the questions needed to be more
specific. It is set up well, and since it is electronic that will save a lot of paper.
Made a motion to accept the report (not approve). None opposed.
5.2 – Reviewed the academic calendar. Renee mentioned that district and CCFT
approved. After everyone is comfortable with it, it will go to board. Francine said
that students on the quarter system would be able to take summer classes the way
it is laid out.
5.3 – Started to discuss flex activities, but reserved it for the next meeting in the
fall.
5.4 – Dave Balogh briefly mentioned a retiree event on August 25th.
6.0 Announcements and Open Forum
7.0 Adjourn
7.1 – Meeting ended early to allow time for a tour of the new VAPA facility.
7.2 – Meeting adjourned at 4:01.
Report on Discontinuation of Faculty Senate Emergency Fund
78 people participated in the program.
19 people withdrew their funds prior to initiation of discontinuation.
11 people made their participation a Senate donation. Those funds will be kept by the
Senate.
48 faculty need to be contacted for disbursement of their funds.
8 people are known deceased (see below).
2 people we have no information on
39 people have been sent an initial query letter (one turned out to be deceased)
Letters began to be mailed out the week of May 12th. Responses so far:
11 people out of 40 have responded to our initial query letter
$5,360.38 has been paid out to individuals
$815.33 will be paid to the Foundation for Faculty Grants
$253.07 will be paid to the Foundation to fund textbook rentals
$153.07 will be paid to another Foundation fund
Deceased participants
I have contacted one estate to which we owe over $3,000. I will contact another estate in
person to which is owed $1,500.
The following are faculty whose estate I have no contact information for. If someone
wants to contact the estate and put them in contact with me, that will work. Otherwise, I
plan to forward their balance to the Foundation, split between grants and textbooks
(except where noted).
Neil Fashbaugh, ending balance $1,530.66
Fred Levy, ending balance $153.07 (balance will go to the Fred Levy
Scholarship)
Malby Roberts, ending balance $765.33
Ed Sundberg, ending balance $153.07
Mel Touhey, ending balance $153.07
The following people the school and I have no information on. If someone wants to track
them down, that would be nice. Otherwise, I plan to forward their share the Foundation,
split between grants and textbooks.
Margaret Lerma, ending balance $153.07
Melody Quarnstrom, ending balance $61.23
Those who do not respond to my first letter will get a second letter. If there’s no
response to the second letter, I will try making a phone call. If I fail to contact the
person, their balance will be paid to the Foundation.
MESA Minimum Qualifications
To:
Renee Kilmer, VPI
Steve Hodges, Faculty Senate President
From: Sue Tappero and Wanda Garner
Date: May 5, 2008
Re:
Minimum Qualifications Changes for MESA
To work as a faculty member in MESA, the faculty member must meet the minimum
qualifications of at least one of the following disciplines:
Astronomy/Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, or
Mathematics.
Because of the range of activities connected with our new NSF grant proposal, which
involves alternative energy laboratory activities as a means to encourage more students in
the science fields, we need to include faculty with expertise in energy management and
photovoltaic applications. The Construction and Energy Management (CEM) program at
Cabrillo includes these areas of expertise. Since CEM is mapped to the discipline of
Construction Management (state designation), we request that this discipline be added to
the list of disciplines used to establish the minimum qualifications for a MESA faculty
member.
Additionally, also due to the nature of some of the projects that may be involved in this
grant, we request to add the discipline of Computer Information Systems.
Finally, because MESA needs to be able to assign units to a counselor to provide services
to our students, we request to add the discipline of Counseling.
If approved, the disciplines that meet the minimum qualifications for MESA would
be: Astronomy/Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Information Systems,
Computer Science, Construction Management, Counseling, Engineering, or
Mathematics.
Once approved, please add this information to the Cabrillo College Disciplines List.