Butte College Classified Senate
Minutes
November 4, 2009
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Present:
Peter Dahl
Michelle Quint
Krista Collett
Josh Woodward
Mallory Holt
Cari Plyley
Anne Sloane
Eileen Ahern
Linda Cobbler
Norma Talley
Michael Duch
Dr. Jo Anna Birdsall
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Absent:
Teri Jo Buckman
Ruth Ann Hansen
Janet Larsen
Claire Armer
Eva Smith
Dave Stephens
Judy Beck
Jo Anne Cripe
Meher Polansky
Guests:
Les Jauron
Chinese Delegates
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Call to Order
Vice President of Elections and Appointments, Peter Dahl called the meeting to order at 11:35
a.m.
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Agenda Approval
Norma Talley motioned to approve the agenda. Michelle Quint/Second. Motion approved.
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Approval of Minutes
Krista Collett motioned to approve the minutes. Michelle Quint/Second.
Motion approved.
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Guest Speaker –Les Jauron, Ed Master Plan and Introduction of Chinese Delegates from
Vocational Ed Leadership Training program
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Les Jauron explained some of the changes to the 2008-2012 Educational Master Plan. The
changes were minor and mostly refinement of wording. For a copy of the Ed Master plan
including the highlighted changes please contact Teri Jo Buckman.
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Les also introduced the Chinese delegates. We then, introduced ourselves and Cari Plyley
spoke briefly on the history of our Classified Senate. Cari also provided them with a packet of
information on our local and statewide Classified Senate.
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Reports
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President, Teri Jo Buckman:
Not present
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Vice President of Elections and Appointments, Peter Dahl:
No report.
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Vice President of Public Relations, Michelle Quint:
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Michelle is in the process of updating the website and would like it to include a picture of
each senator. This will allow classified staff to go to the website and see who their
representative is.
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The bake/book sale earned $500.00. $100 of the money will be used for Hearts and
Flowers the remaining balance will go towards the Classified Transfer Scholarship.
There were two expenditures including $34.64 for a Filemaker Pro license upgrade and
$84.00 towards 4CS flashdrives.
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Secretary, Krista Collett
The November 18th meeting location has been moved from the Boardroom to the Center
for Excellence.
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Treasurer, Josh Woodward:
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Academic Senate Report: Jo Ann Cripe
Not present
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CSEA: Ruth Ann Hansen
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Ruth Ann encouraged classified to attend the CSEA meeting on Thursday.
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Contract negotiations have been progressing. She is hoping the contract is complete by
January/February 2010.
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Associated Students:
Not present
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MSC Report: Dr. Jo Anna Birdsall
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Currently the MSC is working on a Management Association handbook. They are
hoping it will be complete by February 2010.
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In the last meeting they also discussed the importance of communication between
Managers and staff.
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They also initiated a new format at their meetings. They will now include a general
reports segment. During this time, each Manager will speak about what’s happening in
their department. This information should then be communicated to you. If not, please
contact Jo Anna Birdsall.
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Professional Development Coordinator Report: Ruth Ann Hansen
No report
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4CS Report: Cari Plyey
The CCLC convention is taking place in two weeks. During this event the 4CS board
will be holding an eight hour meeting. If you have anything you’d like Cari to bring up
at that meeting please contact her. Cari has also been asked to be the North One
representative for the statewide Senate. She asked if anyone else is interested in the
position to contact her for information and requirements.
The newsletter will come out next week and will be emailed to you. There are a few
articles on our Classified Senate highlighting some of our accomplishments.
Senate presidents are showing an interest in regional meetings. Is this something we’d
like to attend or host?
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Parliamentarian Report: Cari Plyley
The new Classified Senate office is located in MC 246.
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Committee Reports:
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1. Standing Committees:
Retention Alert Task Force:
Krista Collette and Donna Tibbitts are on this committee. Currently the task force is
researching a system in Datatel that would send out an alert if a student has dropped out
of classes, is on probation, made a large number of appointments with health
services/counseling, having a financial crisis, low GPA etc. They are looking to do a
pilot program. Susan Carey has been chosen as the Retention Alert Specialist for the
pilot program. The specialists will oversee the various areas where a student might be
seeking help.
Academic Senate:
Peter Dahl attended the last Academic Senate meeting. Currently the Senate is discussing
the Distance Learning Management System (Blackboard). They would like to see Butte
College switch to a more user-friendly system.
They also discussed the continuing problem of students using campus computers for
Facebook, YouTube, games, etc. Computers are being used for personal use while
students who need to do school work have to wait. This is also bogging down the
computer system. Solutions to this problem were discussed. These solutions included
blocking certain websites and/or providing one lab for personal use.
Chico Center Remodeling Meeting:
They discussed changes to the Chico Center once programs move to the Austin’s
building. The changes may include increasing the size of the bookstore, vacating the art
lab, expanding food services, expanding student services and expanding the library.
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Old Business
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Discussion of Four-Day Work Week
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At the last Four-Day work week committee meeting they reviewed a room usage report
for the Main Campus, Chico Center and Glenn County Center. They noticed that only
some buildings are utilized on Friday’s. They are looking into shutting down whole
buildings instead of the whole campus. This would allow our campus to run more
efficiently. They have created a subcommittee that is putting together a 4-Day work
week survey. Classified staff, students and faculty will be asked to complete the survey.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact Ruth Ann Hansen.
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Code of Ethics
One of the recommendations from Accreditation was to have the Classified and MSC
employees come up with a Code of Ethics. A committee was made and they came up
with a draft. The draft will be available at the next meeting for approval.
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Goals
Tabled.
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Public Comments/Announcements
None
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Adjournment_________________________________________________________________
Vice President of Elections and Appointments, Peter Dahl adjourned the meeting at 12:58 p.m.
Recorder: Mallory Holt
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