El Camino College
Office of the President
Minutes of the College Council Meeting of April 14, 2003
Present: Dr. Caldwell, Ms. Caldwell, Ms. Ely, Mr. Hanson, Dr. Hata, Ms. Pickens, Dr.
Simon, Ms. Smith, and Ms. Stewart
State of the College Address
There will be two sessions on May 29th. The first session will be from 11:30-12:30 p.m.
and the second from 1-2:00 p.m.
Sacramento Visit
We will send another team to Sacramento to visit our legislators on May 21, 2003. The
team will consist of Ann Garten, President Fallo, and representatives from ECCE, AFT,
ASO, and POA. The goal of this visit is to let our legislators hear from us, if they do not,
they will assume everything is all right.
Associate Degree Task Force/Criteria
Dr. Hata distributed this document to College Council for informational purposes and
feedback. No feedback was given. This is the first piece of the task force efforts. The
plan is to get together a package for presentation to the Board of Trustees.
Facilities Needs: Programming
Debra Shepley will go ahead with programming earlier than planned. Debra Shepley will
provide a list of questions prior to the meeting. This will enable people to prepare and to
know which persons should be involved in meetings.
Health Benefits Committee
Mr. Hanson provided an updated marketing timeline. They are about 2-3 weeks behind
schedule. There has been no decision or recommendation made at this time. There will
be a President’s Newsletter going out which will give employees more information on
this issue.
Senate Consultation Issues
Ms. Stewart stated that there were two ways to go on this issue. She stated that some
colleges have on Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC) 50% members appointed by
Senate and Senate ratifies decisions. She is not asking for that. She proposes that Senate
have one more voting member on PBC for a total of nine votes and that would make 1/3
of the votes faculty votes. The other possibility is to have Senate ratify actions of PBC.
There will be further discussion at the next meeting.
Workplace Learning Center
Ms. Smith inquired if these employees would be getting lay off notices. Dr. Caldwell and
Mr. Hanson stated that no decision or recommendations have been made at this time. Dr.
Caldwell will have John Means speak with his employees.
Agenda for April 21, 2003
1. Approval of Minutes – April 14, 2003
2. Team Reports
3. Facilities Needs
4. Senate Consultation Issues
5. Set meeting date for policy review