WORK ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
Thursday, February 19, 2004 at 1:00 p.m.
In the Faculty Lounge in the Instructional Center
MINUTES
To: Work Environment Committee Members. Yolanda Ramil, Richard
Arvizu, Maria Fenyes, Patricia T. Flood, Tricia D. Johnson, Lorraine K.
Manoogian, John J. Morales, Dorothy A. Mundt, David F. Pardess, Roy
Paulson, Maury Y. Pearl, Gerald P. Scheib, Geri A. Shapiro, Martha Soto,
June Wada, Gwen I. Walker and Debby Wong.
Present: Yolanda Ramil, Gerald Scheib, Lorraine Manoogian, Dorothy
Mundt, Pat Flood, Geri Shapiro, Tricia Johnson, June Wada, John J.
Morales, Victor Renolds.
Subject: Minutes of the Feb. 19, 2004 WEC Meeting.
Yolanda Ramil, Chair of the WEC called the meeting to order at 1:03 p.m.
The Minutes of the previous meeting were reviewed. Yolanda noted she saw
no statements that needed correction. The motion was made by Patricia
Flood, and seconded by Dorothy Mundt to accept the minutes, as it was
prepared.
Yolanda indicated that she wishes to resign from the position of Chair of the
WEC this June 2004. She has held that position for six years.
OLD BUSINESS TOPICS:
The double door hardware is still not working well at the north end of the
faculty office area. A number of suggestions were offered to remedy the
situation. The problem causes a banging closing noise and the door does not
click into place each time it is opened and shut (which is frequent). Victor
Renolds will look into this mechanical problem.
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NEW BUSINESS REPORTED FROM THE FLOOR:
Natural Sciences Chair, Maria Fenyes, is requesting a computer be delivered
to Cubicle No. 21 and connected so that assigned adjunct faculty will have
an office space to meet with their students, receive their cc-mail messages
and hold office hours on a regular basis. This I an urgent need.
Lorraine Manoogian indicated that two other part-time faculty spaces do not
have computers, nor have they been assigned to departments. These are No.
39 and No. 54. It is imperative that adjunct have a place to meet with
students, engage in record keeping and hold their office hours in a
professional atmosphere.
A number of committee members reported that there has been no Evening
College Administrator on campus for adjunct faculty to leave evening school
grade sheets, exclusion rosters and other such records. This is especially the
case when Admissions and Records is also not available at their critical last
few minutes before the 7:00 P.M. closing time.
Objective: To help adjunct faculty do their job while they are on duty.
Julius Walker has been notified that Women's Restrooms have no soap in the
dispensers. Women do not want to use bar soap as a substitute. Custodians
need to check such dispensers on a daily basis.
The continuing need to turn on lights in darkening corridors and Lobby areas
of the Instructional Center as it gets dark. Although the lighting conditions
are improving, when it is cloudy, it still gets dark by 5:30 p.m. The usual
person assigned to this task is away on vacation. One solution is to make a
reminder call to custodians on duty to turn the lights on when it gets dark in
the buildings.
Gerald Scheib requested clarification about the CSB having to postpone the
installation of high tech equipment due to lack of funds. Victor Renolds
reported: It is not a lack of funds, but a problem with the installation design.
Actually three classrooms are finished. Victor reported this is continuing
project. He will keep WEC up to date on which rooms are finished and
which rooms are next etc. the CSB.
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Another issue was regarding the rugs and carpeting project for the
Instructional Center Faculty Offices. Victor reminded the committee that an
inventory of where improvements are needed is a campus wide concern.
Evaluation of where improvements are needed is underway.
Margarita Padilla submitted the need to have No. Smoking Signs placed at
either end of Hallways in the CSB. Victor explained that "No Smoking
Signs Within 20 feet of Buildings" is the plan in order to eliminate indoor
smoking all together. Designated smoking areas hope to be selected.
Yolanda explained that Rooms in Campus Center (in particular Room 3) are
too cold during winter months. People attending Evening College must
attend class with their coats on. It is still too cold. Some adjustment must
be made to regulate the temperature in individual rooms in the Campus
Center.
Patricia Flood reported air-conditioning problems in the 2021 Lab. facility.
In this room the computers give off a lot of heat. The tall standing fans are
no longer available and the air conditioning does not cool the air temperature
enough.
The Meeting was adjourned at l:33 P.M.
Respectfully submitted
Lorraine Manoogian
The next meeting will be held Thursday, March 12, 2004, 1:00 P.M.
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