Minutes of the

Minutes o= f the

MEETING OF THE FACULTY SENATE

October 3= 1, 2005

APPROVED

PRES= ENT: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Glenn Akers, Mark Bealo, Bill Bedford, Monika Brannick, Bonnie Ann Dowd, Candi Francis, Brent Gowen, Lawren= ce Hahn, Julie Ivey, Barb Neault Kelber, Teresa Laughlin, Stan Levy, Patrick O’Brien, Jose Rangel, Fari Towfiq, Katie Townsend-Merino, Lori Waite<= o:p>

ABSE= NT: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Rosa Antonecchia, Molly Faulkner, Robert Gilson, Kalyna Lesyna, Marilee Nebelsick-Tagg

GUES= TS: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; John Ashbury, Debbie Kelly, Mary Mills

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CALL= TO ORDER: &= nbsp; The meeting was called to order by the president, Katie Townsend-Merino, at 2:00 p.m., in Room SU-30.

Approval of Minutes: &n= bsp;

Moti= on 1 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Laughlin, Gowen: Faculty Senate approval of the minutes of October 24, 2005= , as amended.

Publ= ic Comments: &nbs= p; There were none.

Anno= uncements: &= nbsp; Following up on discussion at last week’s meeting regarding the Student Grievan= ce Policy, Bill Bedford added that students can access and utilize the Academic Due Process procedure.

Moti= on 2 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Gowen, Ivey: Reopen discussion of the approval of the October 24, 2005 minu= tes.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; The following change was made to page 11, Impact of Propositions 74, 75, and 76: Prop 75: Requires nurses, teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees to sign a written form every year if they want any po= rtion of their dues to be used for union political activities.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Patrick O’Brien announced that students planning to transfer to a CSU or UC in the fall of 2006 can obtain assistance with their application by attending = one of several workshops being offered. Sign ups are being taken in the Transfer Center. For more information, call= ext. 2552, or visit www.csumentor.edu = or www.universityofcalifornia.= edu.

Agen= da Changes: = ; Katie Townsend-Merino asked that an action item be added to the agenda regarding = the upcoming Statewide Academic Senate Fall Session.

Moti= on 3 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Bedford, Francis: That the following agenda item be added under action: Statewide Academic Senate Fall Session. The Senate will discuss Palomar College’s vote and the direction to be gi= ven to the Senate President or her designee at the upcoming Plenary Session= .

Pres= ident Deegan: = Katie Townsend-Merino provided the following report from her weekly meeting with President Deegan:

= · = There was discussion regarding the Statewide Academic Senate dues and President Deegan indicated that the President’s Office would continue to pay the cost of just over $6 per faculty member. The total cost is approximately $4,000.

= · = Discussion was held on whether Fiscal Stability Task Force’s recommendation that= all planning councils review their organizational structure was supported by President Deegan. FSTF determined that compared to other community colleges Palomar spends a greater portion of instructional funds under instructional administration rather than instruction.&nb= sp; President Deegan indicated that he would be directing the vice presidents to begin dialogue within each of the planning councils.

= · = Ways to address salary comparisons for all employee groups were discussed. The approach taken by the FSTF with regard to the Gooder College comparisons was suggested = as a model.

= · = Mr. Deegan will meet with the chair of the Personnel Standards & Practices Committee to discuss the administrative evaluation process.

= · = The faculty hiring prioritization procedure was discussed, and Mr. Deegan expre= ssed concern that he had heard some faculty members in the Nursing department we= re not pleased with the fact that they were not getting the additional positio= ns recently proposed as part of an expansion to the Nursing Program.

Instructional Planning

Coun= cil: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Senators discussed the formula for the faculty hiring prioritization. Mark Bealo indicated that at= the last Instructional Planning Council (IPC) meeting he read the Senate’s motion of October 10 recommending that an IPC working group be created comprised of the Vice President of Instruction and faculty members of IPC to develop a process to establish faculty hiring priorities. He stated that so= me deans at the IPC meeting felt that it was not in the Senate’s purview= to direct planning councils on this matter.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Katie provided Senators with a copy of Education Code 87360(b), which requires th= at “hiring criteria, policies, and procedures for new faculty members sh= all be developed and agreed upon jointly by the representatives of the Governing Board and the Academic Senate, and approved by the Governing Board.” = It was also noted that Faculty Hiring, is an Academic & Professional matter under Palomar’s Board Policy and Procedure 4.5.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Senators talked about the need for an equitable process with appropriate constituency representation in planning matters. There was overall agreement that all IPC constituency groups should be involved in the discussion process but concern was expressed about having all constituency involved in the actual faculty hiring prioritization process as Faculty Hiring is an A & P matter as defined further in Board Policy and Procedure 174. Discussion followed on t= he Senate’s original recommendation of only the IPC faculty members and = the Vice President of Instruction and whether that group should be expanded to include the instructional deans. It was also suggested that perhaps two mem= bers of the Faculty Council be added to this IPC working group. Katie asked the Senators to reflec= t upon these suggestions as this issue will be on the next agenda.

Mark Bealo also re= ported that IPC created a working group consisting of the Vice President of Instruction, 4 faculty members, and Dean Vernoy to create a Rationale Form = for Faculty positions. He distributed copies of the rationale for information. =

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Katie Townsend-Merino indicated that both items would be brought back for further discussion at next week’s meeting. Senators thanked Mark for all his = work on this faculty hiring prioritization issue.

Stud= ent Services

Plan= ning Council: = ; Patrick O’Brien reported that the members of the Student Services Planning Council met last week. The group discussed the 2009 Strategic Plan. Mary San Agustin did a presentation to the group on the proposed Student Health Fee = Bill relating to AB982.

Motion 4&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Dowd, Laughlin: To extend the meeting to no later than 3:30 p.m.=

Revenue Allocation

Comm= ittee: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Bonnie Dowd reported that the interim Vice President of Finance & Administrati= ve Services attended the last Revenue Allocation Committee. RAC discussed issues listed in the= Two Year Fiscal Plan yet to be finalized, including FSTF’= s recommendation that each planning council begin to review and develop proce= sses for creating their three-year plan of an “ideal organizational” structure. Other recommendati= ons listed in the plan yet to be addressed are procedures for reviewing consult= ing contracts and the approval process for grants. She added that RAC has recommended that FY2006-07 budgets be built rather than rolled over using t= he process of justification and comparison to three years of “actuals” that was used to build FY2005-06 budge= ts.

Bonnie added that a budget training session will be offered on December 2 between 9:00 a.m. = 211; 12:00 p.m. primarily targeted to department chairs and ADAs. Bonnie and Phyllis Laderman (Inter= im Fiscal Director) will conduct the training session, which is intended to be a basic introduction to budgeting concepts in general. Then in the spring semester, sever= al budget development workshops will be conducted on how to actually develop t= he FY2006-07 budgets.

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Senate members tha= nked Bonnie for her work on behalf of all faculty.

Palomar Faculty

Fede= ration: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Julie Ivey reported that the Palomar Faculty Federation has a negotiation session scheduled with the district on Tuesday, November 1.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; She reminded everyone of Campus Equity Week October 31 – November 4. One issue being highlighted is the need for paid office hours for part-timers. Students need equal access to meet with their instructors regardless of whe= ther they’re a part timer or a full time faculty member.=

Lear= ning Outcomes

Coun= cil: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Barb Kelber requested that an item be added to next week’s agenda to provi= de a thorough report on issues currently being discussed in the Learning Outcomes Council.

Comp= uter Coordinating

Comm= ittee: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Mark Bealo reported that the Computer Coordinating Committee will be accepting requests for new computers with approximately $40,000 to be spent from Block Grant monies. He asked that those submitting requests include a clear and concise rationale. Senators briefly discussed what appears to be a reluctan= ce on the part of the district to provide Macs to those who prefer them over P= Cs.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Katie Townsend-Merino added that there seems to be some confusion regarding the process by which faculty computers are prioritized because departments were previously asked to submit requests through their division dean. Mark indic= ated that he would look into whether that was under the committee’s purview and if it is, get some definitive direction on how the process of requestin= g a faculty computer occurs.

Comm= ittee

Appo= intments:

Moti= on 5 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MS Brannick, Levy: Faculty Senate approval of the following committee appointments.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Barb Kelber requested that the committee appointments be brought forward one at a time rather than as one motion. Motion 5 was withdrawn.

Moti= on 6 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Levy, Dowd: Faculty Senate approval of the following committee appointments= :

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Curriculum Committee

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Judy Dolan, Arts, Media, Business & Computing Systems (05-08)

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Pat Mills, Language and Literature (05-08)

Moti= on 7 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Levy, Brannick: Faculty Senate approval of the following committee appointm= ent:

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Instructional Planning Council

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Judy Dolan (04-06)

Moti= on 8 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Brannick, Levy: Faculty Senate approval of the following committee appointm= ent:

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Team Life Committee

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Elvia Nunez (05-07)

Moti= on 9 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSF Hahn, Ivey: Faculty Senate approval of the following committee appointment:=

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Sabbatical Leave Committee

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Christine Barkley, Languages and Literature (05-08)

Moti= on 10 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Levy, Rangel: Faculty Senate approval of the following committee appointmen= t:

Facilities Review Committee

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Chantal Flanagan (05-07)

Moti= on 11 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Brannick, Gowen: Faculty Senate acceptance of the results of the ballot for= the following committee appointment:

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Technology Committee

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Mike Arguello

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; A Senator noted that she wished to recuse herself from motion 9 and asked the Senate to reconsider the motion so she could do so as “abstains” were not recognized.

Moti= on 12 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Laughlin, Francis: To reconsider Motion 9.

Moti= on 13 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSF Hahn Ivey: Faculty Senate approval of the following committee appointment:<= o:p>

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Sabbatical Leave Committee

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Christine Barkley, Languages and Literature (05-08)

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; 1 recusal (Dowd)

Curr= iculum:

Moti= on 14 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Laughlin, Gowen: Faculty Senate ratification of the work of the Curriculum Committee.

Stra= tegic Plan

2009 Objectives: &n= bsp; = ; Copies of the Strategic Plan 2009 Objectives were provided at last week’s meeting.

Moti= on 15 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Levy, Gowen: Faculty Senate acceptance of the Strategic Plan 2009 Objective= s.

Stat= ewide Academic

Sena= te Fall Session:

Moti= on 16 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; MSC Levy, Brannick: The Faculty Senate directs the Faculty Senate President or = her designee to vote her conscience at the Statewide Academic Senate 2005 Fall Session.

ADJO= URNMENT: &= nbsp; The meeting was adjourned at 3:10 p.m.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Respectfully submitted,

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Bonnie Ann Dowd, Secretary