Minutes of the
MEETING OF THE FACULTY SENATE
April 28, 2003
UNAPPROVED
PRESENT: Mike Arguello,
Chris Barkley, Bill Bedford, Judy Cater, Bonnie Ann Dowd, MaryAnn Drinan, Teresa Laughlin, Stan Levy,
Dennis Lutz, Mario Mendez, Maria Miller, Marilee Nebelsick-Tagg, Sue Norton,
Jose Rangel, Steve Spear, Joe Stanford, Dan Sourbeer, Sara Thompson, Rocco
Versaci, Anne Voth, Lori Waite
ABSENT: Judy Dolan, Fari
Towfiq
GUESTS: Sherrill Amador,
Judy Eberhart, Haryo Praborro
CALL TO
ORDER: The meeting was called
to order by the president, Chris Barkley, at 2:00 p.m., in Room SU-30.
Approval
of Minutes: The minutes of April
21, 2003, were approved as presented.
Faculty
Senate Elections: Stan Levy announced
that a faculty member contacted him who had submitted a nomination
electronically for the Senate but the nominee was not included on the ballot
sent out to faculty. Because of the
problems with the email system, the Senate Office wasn’t aware of the
nomination until after the ballots had been sent out and the e-mail access was
cleared up. Chris Barkley indicated that
she would contact the faculty members involved and explain the mix-up. She also
noted that once there is a contract with PFF two additional seats on the Senate
will be available and hopefully the nominee can be re-nominated for one of
those positions.
Discussion
also occurred on inviting all of those listed on the ballot to the Senate
meeting of May 5th. Those elected will take their seats and have
voting privileges at the May 12th meeting. Because officer elections
will occur on the 12th, it was agreed that all nominees should be
informed that they may provide proxy votes if they are unable to attend. Proxy
votes can be submitted to the Senate Secretary or to another Senator prior to
the May 12th meeting.
Motion 1 MSC Dowd, Levy:
The Faculty Senate directs the Faculty Senate President to contact the faculty
members on the Senate ballot and invite them to attend the May 5, 2003,
meeting. Those elected will officially be seated at the May 12, 2003, meeting
and have voting privileges. If those elected are unable to attend the May 12
meeting, they are encouraged to submit a proxy.
Committee
Appointments:
Motion 2 MSC Voth, Cater:
Faculty Senate approval of the following committee appointments:
Administrative
Services Planning Council
Wendy Metzger, Math
Bookstore
Advisory Committee
Candi
Francis, Life Sciences
Curriculum
Committee
Robert
Barry, Media, Business & Community Services
Judy
Eckhart, Math and the Natural & Health Sciences
Suzanna Grenz, Human Arts & Sciences
Kalyna
Lesyna, Human Arts & Sciences
Distinguished
Faculty Award Committee
Gary
Alderson, Life Sciences
Will
Gullette, Communications
EOPS
Advisory Committee
Stan
Levy,
Patrick O’Brien, EOPS
Facilities
Planning Committee
Russ
Filbeck, Trade & Industry
Annette
Squires, Mathematics
Institutional
Review Committee
Bruce
Gan, ROP
Matriculation
Committee
Carolyn
Lowther, ESL
Professional
Development Review Board
Steve
Bertram, Trade & Industry
Byung
Kang, Library
Chuong
Nguyen, Math
Professional
Procedures Committee
Sue
Norton, DSP&S
Jennifer Paris, Library
Sabbatical Leave
Committee
Judy Cater, Library
Terry Humphrey,
Behavioral Sciences
Safety & Security
Committee
Michael Finton,
Emergency Medical Educational
Ed Groschwitz, Chemistry
Strategic Planning
Council
Doug Key
Motion 3 MSC Voth,
Miller: Faculty Senate approval of the following committee appointments as a
result of the Faculty Senate electronic voting:
Academic Review
Committee
Brent
Gowen, English
Academic
Standards & Practices Committee
Mathews
Chakkanakuzhi, Math
Leanne
Maunu, English
Sue
Zolliker, English
Computer
Coordinating Committee
Mark
Bealo, Graphic Communications
Terrie
Canon, CSIS
Haydn
Davis, Behavioral Sciences
Equivalency
Committee
Stan Levy,
Faculty and Staff
Diversity Advisory Committee
Cathy Jain, Earth
Sciences
Fari Towfiq, Math
Instructional
Planning Council
Wendy
Metzger, Math
Joe
Stanford, Performing Arts
International
Student Advisory Committee
Charlie
Ingham, English
Byung
Kang, library
Jan
Rightmer, Counseling
Lynne
Henson, ESL
Matriculation
and Transfer Advisory Committee
Cindy
Torgison, Math
Personnel
Standards and Practices Committee
Bahram
Alidaee, Math
Scholarship
Committee
Jay
Alperson, Behavioral Sciences
Byung
Kang, Library
Patrick
O’Brien, EOPS
Technology
Committee
Haydn
Davis, Behavioral Sciences
Kathleen
Sheahan, Foreign Languages
Motion 4 MSC Voth, Dowd:
Faculty Senate approval of the following committee appointments as a result of
the run-off ballot:
Academic
Review Committee
Elvia
Nunez-Rebel, Counseling
Richard
Stegman, CSIS
Personnel
Standards & Practices Committee
Rafik
Jenkins, English
General
Obligation Bond
Issue: Anne Voth
reported that a volunteer is needed to serve on the selection committee which
will determine who will become Palomar College’s Investment Banker/Financial
Advisor for the 2004 General Obligation Bond.
According
to Jerry Patton, in order to do a General Obligation Bond Issue, we need to
engage investment bankers to help with the issuance of bonds should the
Governing Board choose to move forward. We have sent out requests for proposals
to any investment banking firms interested in Palomar College’s Government
Obligation Bond. This committee would review the proposals, interview the
firms, and finally make a selection of the two top firms to be our investment
bankers. If the college proceeds with putting the Government Obligation Bond to
voter’s approval, the cost of the investment banker would come out of the bond
proceeds, not the college’s general fund. If the Government Obligation Bond
loses, the investment bankers agree, up front and in the agreement we would
sign with them, not to charge any fee or other charges.
Research
Award: Information was
provided to Senators on those individuals nominated for the Research Award.
Members of the task force agreed that more distinguishable criteria for the
award are needed, and they will meet again to set those criteria for next year.
Ballots were distributed for a vote and the Senator included in the list of
candidates recused herself from the process and stepped out of the room.
Motion 5 MSC Cater,
Laughlin: Faculty Senate approval of the results of the ballot awarding the
2002-03 Palomar College Research Award to Bonnie Ann Dowd.
Professional
Development: Judy Eberhart distributed
copies of proposed changes to the Professional Development Procedures to Senate
members. She indicated that some minor wording changes are being proposed to
the handbook for next year. Service Points for will be as follows for new
committees:
Instructional
Planning Council – 2 service points
Administrative
Services Planning Council – 2 service points
Human
Resources Planning Council – 2 service points
Student
Services Planning Council – 2 service points
Strategic
Planning Council – 2 service points
Technology
Committee – 1 service point
Campus
Police Advisory Committee – 1 service point
DSP&S
Advisory Committee – 1 service point
Deleted
committees:
Staff
Priorities
Student
Equity
Salary
and Benefits
Meet
and Confer
Academic
and Professional Matters Task Force
Affirmative
Action Representative Service
Partnership
for Excellence Task Force
Other
district service:
SDICCA
Internship Coordinator – 2 service points per semester and 40 hours of
Professional Development.
In
response to a question about receiving service points for serving as a
Compliance Officer, Judy Eberhart indicated that she would add that to the
list. There was discussion about the
fact the Compliance Officer technically replaces the Affirmative Action service
in accordance with changes to the Faculty Hiring Procedures passed recently.
Chris
Barkley reported that this item would be brought back for Senate Action on May
5.
Institutional
Review: Steve Spear provided
draft copies of the proposed reorganization of the institutional review
process. The members of the Institutional Review Committee have developed the
role of Councils, Divisions, and Departments in the Proposed Institutional Student
Learning Outcomes (SLO) Assessment and Review Process.
The
problems with the Institutional Review process include:
·
Recommendations
of IRC not followed up.
·
No
link between IRC recommendations and resource allocation.
·
Problems
with compliance.
·
IRC
lacks the in-depth knowledge of programs under review needed to make confident
recommendations regarding their viability.
He added that the
committee is attempting to redesign the system so that individual departments
have the most important role in the process of improving SLO. It was stressed that this committee is in the
procedural planning phase and that the committee is looking for input.
Senate members were
asked to review the information provided.
This item will be presented for Senate action on May 5 so that input can
be brought back to the committee .
Budget Review: The
following reports were provided on Budget Review:
Sue Norton stated that
the members of the Instructional Planning Council discussed whether or not the
recommendations relating to personnel should be prioritized. Members of the
council did agree that should layoffs occur, a Library Media Technician and
another classified position in the Art department should be the first two
re-established. One position was also recommended for a change to a lower
classification.
Reporting for Judy
Dolan, Bonnie Ann Dowd stated that three motions were passed at the
Administrative Services Council:
Motion 1: Jerry Patton
will prioritize the proposed budget cuts eliminations and the council will
ratify.
Motion 2: Prioritized
list ratified.
Motion 3: Jerry Patton
will reduce the proposed cuts/eliminations proportionate to administrative
services share of the district’s budget.
It was also reported
that there is concern that there is some feeling among those on various
councils that Instruction has not been taking a proportional hit. It was noted that this type of thought
process is divisive and should be avoided.
Discussion
followed on the following issues:
·
It
should be pointed out how many sections were cancelled last year, and how many
FTE that represents. It was also noted that proportional cuts ignores the fact
that we are an instructional organization and proportional cuts may not be in
the best interest of students.
·
Last
week at the Strategic Planning Council, IPC brought forward 1.4 million dollars
in cuts, and that was the percentage used to report the instructional proposed
cuts. However, the 1.4 doesn’t include the over 2 million dollars that has
already been cut from the budget due to class cancellations and unfilled
positions.
Lori Waite provided an
updated report from the Student Services Planning Council. She indicated that
these recommendations went to the Strategic Planning Council on April 10.
Student Services Planning Council has been asked to prioritize recommended
cuts. Lori indicated that she told the members of the council that it would be
appropriate for individual departments to make these prioritizations and bring
them to the council.
Discussion followed.
Although the Strategic Planning Council established criteria for determining
the budget cuts, the Senate chose not to support those criteria. SPC will be
using those criteria and should include those which least impact students.
Motion 6 MSC
Dowd, Cater: To extend the meeting.
Curriculum: Teresa Laughlin
reported that some administrative changes are coming forward from the
Curriculum Committee and will be presented to the Senate for action on May 5,
2003.
Governing
Board: Chris Barkley
reported that the members of the Governing Board approved the Supplemental
Early Retirement Plan at their April 22nd meeting.
Strategic
Planning
Council: Steve Spear
reported that each of the Vice Presidents provided a copy of their lists of
potential cuts as well as rationales for those cuts to the last Strategic Planning
Council meeting. The Vice Presidents
have been asked to bring a prioritized list to the next SPC meeting of the
budget cuts.
Faculty members
interested in reviewing the proposals coming from the various councils to the
Strategic Planning Council can make arrangements to review them by contacting
the Senate office at ext. 2446.
Revenue
Allocation
Committee: Bonnie Dowd reported
that the members of the Revenue Allocation Committee discussed the possibility
of using a process of anonymity to ask questions about budget line items. If a members so chooses, it was agreed that
individuals could submit questions to Jerry directly and he would bring them to
RAC anonymously. RAC is undergoing a
difficult task and the process has to begin by asking questions. The concern is that questions do not mean
that RAC is “targeting” any particular area or individuals but rather asking
questions in order to assess the budget and make recommendations. It was also
agreed upon that as questions came through the process, RAC members would be
assigned research tasks on behalf of the committee rather than expecting Jerry
Patton or any one individual to do all of the information gathering in response
to such budget questions.
Other: One of the
items discussed at RAC was with regard to the Advancement Office and the
historical perspective that the office was initially proposed as being
self-sufficient. Discussion followed about the importance of the Palomar
College Foundation and the Advancement Office.
It was noted that RAC has agreed to assign a member to look into these
matters.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 3:40
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Bonnie Ann Dowd,
Secretary