I. General
A. Call to Order
Rosemary Kesler called the meeting to order at 2:35 p.m.
Members Present: Jeff Andelora, Carmela Arnoldt, Joanna Chamberlain, Hazel Davis, Mark Gooding, Alan Haffa, Rosemary Kesler, Rosemary Leary, Ann Lindner, Jane Marks, Larry Miller, John Nelson, Karen Biglin for Joe Ortiz, Janice Reilly, Mark Richard, Laura Ruiz-Scott, Dennis Shaw, Gail Shay and Sandra Stuebner.
Minutes were taken by Carrie Taylor.
B. Approval of Agenda
John Nelson requested that the Faculty Staffing Committee item be moved from Information to New Business. The agenda was approved as amended.
C. Approval of the January 23, 2001, Minutes
The January 23, 2001, minutes were approved as amended.
D. Treasurer’s Report – January 2001 and Year-To-Date
Mark Richard reviewed the reports for Council.
E. Committee Reports
1. Meet and Confer
Linda Larson informed Council that the bulk of the proposals have been given to the Board Team. She discussed the Personal Time proposal and the Board Team’s response. Linda updated the Council on the status of the Professional Growth MOU proposals. She asked the current faculty senate president-elects to start working on whom they will ask to serve on the Professional Growth Committee next year. Linda stated that the committee structure will not change next year though some of the process will change.
Council was informed that the faculty team is still working on the Occupational Program Directors proposal.
2. Professional Growth
No report.
3. EBAC (Employee Benefits Advisory Committee)
Rosemary Kesler stated that Regi Munro has offered to replace Rosemary
on EBAC. Rosemary
said that Regi has previously served on EBAC.
4. FAC (Financial Advisory Committee)
No report.
5. Legislative
Council was informed that there are two Whistleblower bills at the State
Legislature. Maricopa
supports one bill, HB2583, and the other bill, HB2561, is from Carol
Bernstein of the State
AAUP. Council discussed the two bills and what is the current
Whistleblower policy. Rosemary
Kesler stated that the Legislature would be discussing the bills shortly
if anyone is interested in
attending the meeting at the state capitol. A suggestion was
made to publish the Legislature’s
website in Peerpoint for those interested in current legislation and
activities at the State Legislature.
Council received copies of the bill, SB1039, which would allow community
colleges to participate in
the state health insurance plan. Rosemary Kesler stated that
the Arizona Community College
Association was supporting the bill since it would allow rural community
colleges to participate in the
state health plan or receive more competitive bids from insurance companies.
Council discussed
Maricopa’s position on the bill.
II. Old Business
A. Peerpoint
Carmela Arnoldt informed Council on the status of the next issue of
Peerpoint. She reviewed the
articles that will be printed in the next issue. The deadline
for articles for inclusion in the next issue is
February 28, 2001. Carmela was asked if anyone had inquired about
writing articles for pay. She
responded that no one had contacted her. Council discussed suggestions
for future issues of
Peerpoint.
B. Meet and Confer Proposals
Council received copies of the Indemnification, Mediation and Personal Time proposals.
C. State AAUP Membership
Rosemary Kesler asked if any further discussion was needed. Rosemary
was asked how the
Governing Board and Administration feel about the faculty being members
of AAUP. Council
discussed the question. Council was reminded that the discussion was
focusing on the state AAUP
only. Rosemary reviewed the Maricopa faculty who are running
for office in the state AAUP.
Council discussed the election. A point was made that if Maricopa
faculty are holding state AAUP
offices then the Faculty Association needs to support them. Another
point made was that if
Maricopa faculty held all of the state offices, then Council would
have an opportunity to become
more involved in the state AAUP’s activities. Council agreed
to conclude the discussion on this
topic.
D. Flex Credits/Campuses
Rosemary Kesler stated that she had not yet received an answer to her
inquiry about flex credits
being moved to the campuses. Rosemary stated that she would update
Council when she gets an
answer. Council discussed this issue. Rosemary was asked
if a college received flex credit money
and used the money for something other than hiring, would the college
not be able to hire and fill a
faculty position. Rosemary responded that the college would need
to come up with the flex credit
money for the position hired. A concern was expressed that moving
flex credits to the campuses
would be a great financial issue for the smaller campuses. Council
was reminded of the hardship
that smaller campuses have in affording 49% faculty and was told that
the flex credit issue would be
similar.
Council briefly discussed a concern about Maricopa faculty being offered
more money, from
Proposition 301, to return to previous positions in secondary schools.
III. New Business
A. Professional Growth Issues
Rosemary Kesler told Council that there were two issues in which Council’s
input was needed.
One issue is the fact that part-time RFP faculty cannot receive Professional
Growth money
according to the current Professional Growth Guidelines. Council
discussed how many part-time
RFP faculty are in the District. A suggestions was made to allow
them the same percentage of
Professional Growth monies as what their RFP contract is, i.e., a 50%
RFP contracted faculty
would get 50% of professional growth monies allowed for an approved
activity. Council discussed
the suggestion.
Rosemary Kesler said that the second issue was if Council wanted to
approve using Professional
Growth monies for programs at international universities. Council
discussed the accreditation and
recognition of international universities. Rosemary Kesler was
asked to inquire if there was an
organization that does international accreditation. Council agreed
on both issues, to give part-time
employees access to Professional Growth and to give Professional Growth
assistance for
international programs. Rosemary Kesler stated that she would
have the Professional Growth
MOU group write the language.
B. Faculty Staffing Committee
John Nelson presented a request to Council. The staffing committee
at PVCC is ready to work,
however the Dean told them that they needed to have FTSE information
for the preceding fall and
spring semesters as outlined in Section 5.2.1. of the RFP. John
Nelson asked Council for its
permission to allow the staffing committee to start working on staffing
issues at PVCC without the
FTSE information outlined in the RFP. Council discussed the faculty
lines that are allocated by the
District and that the PVCC staffing committee can prioritize the faculty
lines needed at PVCC and
wait to see how many lines are allocated to PVCC. Council discussed
the differences in how
staffing committees operate at different campuses. John Nelson
was given a suggestion of using
FTSE information from Fall 2000 and Spring 2000 since the RFP section
just states “preceding fall
and spring semester.” Another suggestion was offered to look
at the past three years’ FTSE and
look for a trend. John Nelson thanked Council for the suggestions.
IV. Information
A. Staffing/FTSE Calculation
Laura Ruiz-Scott stated that she had a staffing issue also. The
staffing committee ranked the
positions in order of importance, however many departments were left
out because the staffing
committee can only use day program FTSE, and the departments had great
increases in only the
evening program. Council discussed this problem. It was
suggested that a committee be formed to
look into this problem and develop language, to include all FTSE when
staffing is made, in the RFP
for the Meet and Confer process next year. Alan Haffa volunteered
to chair the committee.
Rosemary Kesler will send a MEMO asking for volunteers to serve on
the committee. Laura
Ruiz-Scott stated that she was glad to see that the issue would be
addressed.
B. 2001-2002 Membership Form
Rosemary Kesler asked Council to review the membership form.
C. 2001-2002 Faculty Association Dues
Council discussed the recent history of the Faculty Association dues.
A comment was raised that it
was nice that dues have not been raised in three years. Rosemary
Kesler was asked if part-time
RFP faculty could be members and if they would pay reduced dues.
Council discussed the question
and decided that full dues would need to be paid. It was suggested
that the word, “full-time,” be
removed from the dues section of the membership form. Council
will discussed this item further.
D. Use of Attorney/Private Matters
Janice Reilly informed Council that Mike Napier has a proposal for Council
regarding a service that
he provides for other groups he represents. Mike Napier said
that the service would include free
consultations for Faculty Association members in all areas of employment
concerns. Consultations
would continue at no charge until the matter was either resolved or
went to litigation. In addition,
this benefit would provide other legal services to Faculty Association
members and their families for
a reduced fee. The proposed fee would be three dollars per month
per member. Mike was asked
about faculty versus faculty conflicts. Mike said that he would
retain the services of another attorney
outside his firm. Council discussed the service. A suggestion
was made that if Council decides to
have the service, an article should be written for Peerpoint informing
the faculty. Mike Napier stated
that the Council could design the service for the faculty’s needs.
Council discussed the service and
its costs and benefits. Janice Reilly stated that she could forward
the MEMO with Mike’s proposal
to Council. Council agreed to ask Mike Napier for a written contract
that Council could review
before making a decision on the service. Janice Reilly stated
that she would ask Mike for a written
contract.
E. Other
Distance Learning Committee
Rosemary Kesler reported that the committee had its first meeting.
It was suggested that an article
about this committee be written for Peerpoint.
Breakfasts with Dr. Gaskin
Rosemary Kesler stated that the Chancellor wanted to host more breakfast
discussions with faculty.
Council was asked for suggestions for the breakfasts. One recommendation
was for the Chancellor
to visit each campus.
Faculty Pay Schedule
Rosemary Kesler stated that she spoke with Dr. Randolph regarding the
first paycheck when faculty
return to work in Fall 2001. Dr. Randolph will research the pay
schedule and respond to Council
by Council’s next meeting. She said that she would forward his
response to Council.
Proposed Administrative Regulations
Rosemary Kesler asked Council to review the proposed administrative
regulations and send
comments and questions to her and Teresa Toney.
V. Significant Happenings/Presidents’ Reports
CGCC
Dr. Jerry Siebert will speak at CGCC’s faculty forum. CGCC now
has an extra row of
parking.
EMCC
All is quiet.
GWCC
GWCC is beginning its search for a new president. GWCC had a
college day and 1000
students attended. GWCC will have a party for Dr. Randolph, GWCC’s
past president and
Maricopa’s new Vice Chancellor of Human Resources. GWCC hosted
three Fellows from China,
and one Fellow from Australia visited GWCC.
GCC
GCC faculty recent voted to decide whether the vote of no confidence
in the GCC
President taken a few years ago was still in effect. In a NCA
Evaluative Phase One meeting, one
threat named was the lack of availability of adjunct faculty in certain
programs at GCC because of
the lack of incentives.
MCC
MCC will be piloting a new planning and budgeting process that will
include faculty input
on how capital funds are allocated. The MCC President will host
a luncheon and have a discussion
on shared governance.
PC
Marie Pepicello, PC President, is leaving. PC is forming a committee
to pick the
selection committee for the search process for a new president.
PVCC
Two students from PVCC were named to the 2001 All-Arizona Academic
Team:
Tom Zarrelli made the first team and Stephanie Rimbey made the second
team. PVCC hosted a
brown bag luncheon on Tuesday, February 6, 2001. No specific
topic was assigned; faculty
members discussed issues in small groups. Ideas and issues were
compiled for a report that will be
given to the PVCC Senate.
RIO
Rio’s brown bag luncheon is monthly and is run by the diversity team.
This month’s
speaker will be Art Hamilton since it is Black History Month.
SCC
Karen Biglin and Larry Williams will sit in at Council for Joe Ortiz.
SMCC
SMCC faculty hosted two Fellows from China and one Fellow from Australia.
VI. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 5:25 p.m.
* * Next meeting,
February 27, 2001, will be a Business Meeting * *