Administrative Services Staff Meeting
January 19, 2005
PRESENT:
_x_Rocky Bonura
_x_Mike D’Amico
_x_Janice Ely
_x_Pam Fees
___Bob Gann
_x_Vic Hanson
_x_Alex Kelley
_x_Donna Manno
___David Miller
___Andy Nasatir
___Lynnda Nelson
_x_Allene Quarles
_x_Marcy Wade
_x_Satish Warrier
Minutes: The minutes of January 11 were approved.
Vacant Positions: Copies of the revised version (January 18) of the Vacant Positions list were
shared with the group. Comments/suggested changes:
 Remove the Vice President/Administrative Services position.
 Put the Accounting Technician position under “Other Funds.”
 Add “and Business Services” to the Director of Purchasing title.
 Administrators should not be on the list. Put them at the end or on a separate list.
 The Senior Clerical Assistant (ITS) should come before the User Support Technician.
 Now is the time to look at what is best for the organization and perhaps consider
reorganization. There is a problem with trying to combine needed organizational changes
with a list of immediately needed positions; however, the information needs to be
presented. Each manger is to prepare a paper on restructuring needs for Vic.
 Rocky is still doing two jobs.
 Someone is needed to oversee all reports that are submitted (320, MIS, etc.)
 There is a lot of activity in the Staff Development area, especially with the new trainer,
and Marcy and Allene can’t supervise this area. Also, as faculty members get more
technology training, they will need/want more technical support.
Budget: Copies of the Ken Hall ACCCA budget presentation were shared with the group.
Copies of the legislative changes presented by Arnold Bray will be sent to the group. Noted:
 As discussed at the last meeting, the feeling is that a clever spin has been put on the
budget. While in some areas it appears that colleges will be receiving some money, in
other areas it is being taken away. The question is whether they will balance out.
 The governor has reneged on his promises regarding Prop 98, and retirement costs will
either have to be assumed by District of passed on to employees. Also, his 75/25
proposal is a clever way of doing away with it without eliminating it.
 The governor is also proposing things that are in a gray area legally, and he appears to
feel that he could push them through in spite of opposition.
 Large companies are already conditioning employees to share costs. The LACOE survey
on paying for health benefits was cited as an example.
 There will be time to make adaptations and plans before the final revision in May.
Committee Reports/Division Issues
 Donna Manno
 Omni training for faculty is going well. Alex stressed that someone on campus needs
to reviews Web material before it is linked and goes out as part of the official ECC
Web site.
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 AED training will be held on the 10th, and Kirk Johnston is doing a presentation on
identity theft on the 9th.
 New staff orientation will be held this Friday.
Rocky Bonura
 Things are going well in Purchasing. They still have a big job ahead with procedures,
but they are making good progress.
 The office moves were scheduled to start in the middle of January, but they may be
delayed. Consolidation of the two offices will be helpful.
Alex Kelley
 The four new hires seem promising.
 The problem with new firewall that was installed has been resolved.
 The hardware upgrade to the servers is 2/3 done, mostly without down time.
 They will use the GSA to bring the HP in.
 Beverly Johnson will be out until the end of the month.
Satish Warrier
 The new ID card system is in production and producing student cards. The problem
with cards not working at the Box Office still needs to be resolved; however, the
Timekeeper system has been modified to work with the new system
(users will need to get new cards though). The system is not ready to produce staff
cards yet.
 A trip to CSUDH to visit the library system is planned for Friday. Since the server
will be in ITS, they will have to assume support for hardware (but not the software).
The librarian will still be needed.
Pam Fees
 She was asked by Hortense Cooper and Tyler Robbins if a payment plan could be set
up for the 3,000+ people whose fees remain unpaid. The answer was a definitive no.
 There is a lot of confusion as to who is paying for the Inglewood move. The correct
answer is John Means; however, he doesn’t appear to agree with this answer and
someone needs to inform him of its validity. He still hasn’t given ITS an account
code to pay for all the work involved in the planned move. There is also confusion as
to what happened to the 519, and there even seems to be some doubt as to whether or
not they will actually move.
Janice Ely: Registration for winter and spring seem very light.
Mike D’Amico: Two students were recently found sitting in a parked car with a gun
between them while they smoked marijuana.
Allene Quarles: February 17th is the deadline to input data on classified, casuals and non
certs in, and they have decided, per Alex’s suggestion, to hire two temps to do the work.
Marcy Wade
 The judgment in the Insurance Benefits Committee grievance was not in the District’s
favor. As a result, retirees will be not allowed to serve on the committee.
 A brochure has finally been developed by the Public Information Office and should
have available for the job fair this Saturday.
 HR Staff will be out of the office this Friday for staff development.
Vic Hanson: Jim Schwartz is chairing the search committee for the VP of Administrative
Services position, and some AS managers will be contacted to serve on it.
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
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