Janice Reilly introduced Marcus Harvey who staffs the AAUP western office
in San Francisco and
Larry Glenn, Chair of AAUP’s Collective Bargaining Congress (CBC).
Marcus Harvey distributed
copies of the benefits of being affiliated with AAUP. Marcus
spoke about the meeting held the
previous day where he obtained some insights on the issues facing the
Faculty Association. Marcus
discussed the history of the relationship between the Maricopa Faculty
Association and AAUP.
Marcus reviewed past situations where AAUP has helped such as the 1994
bond election. He
noted the turnover in leadership in the Faculty Association from year
to year. Marcus reviewed the
information the benefits of affiliation with AAUP and elaborated on
certain benefits. Marcus Harvey
and Larry Glenn answered questions from Council. One question
was what was the difference
between the Maricopa Faculty Association where all members were also
members of AAUP and
ASU, UofA and NAU where only some members of those institutions’ faculty
association members
were members of AAUP. Marcus Harvey explained the difference
between affiliated chapters such
as Maricopa and at large chapters such as ASU, UofA and NAU.
Council discussed the AZ
AAUP state chapter. Marcus Harvey explained that AAUP likes to
keep college autonomy and
therefore does not meddle in chapters’ affairs unless asked to do so.
Council discussed the different
benefits on the list. Larry Glenn gave an example where AAUP
helped one institution where
academic freedom was challenged and helped to defeat that challenge.
Marcus outlined possible
grant opportunities for the Faculty Association and said that he could
help write the grant requests.
Council thanked Marcus Harvey and Larry Glenn for sharing the list
of benefits with Council.
Business Meeting
I. General
A. Call to Order
Janice Reilly called the meeting to order at 2:40 p.m.
Members Present: Carmela Arnoldt, Karen Chalmers, Joanna Chamberlain,
Hazel Davis, Bill
Farrar, Amy Goff, Mark Gooding, Alan Haffa, Karen Hardin, Rosemary
Kesler, Sharon Luczu,
Hank Mancini, Larry Miller, Saundra Minckley, Ricardo Provencio, Jim
Reed, Janice Reilly, Dennis
Shaw, Gail Shay, Linda Smith, Vernon Smith, Jeanne Saint Amour, and
Barry Vaughan.
Carrie Taylor took the minutes.
B. Approval of Agenda
The agenda was approved as written.
C. Approval of February 26, 2002, Minutes
The February 26, 2002, minutes were approved as written.
D. Treasurer’s Report – February 2002 and Year-To-Date
Council received and reviewed copies of the February 2002 and Year-To-Date
Treasurer’s
reports. Dennis Shaw informed Council of expenditures in March
2002 that will appear on the
March 2002 report.
II. Old Business
A. FIPP
Council learned that each campus has been asked to submit a FIPP selection
plan and that it looks
like each plan now includes the Faculty Senate President and other
faculty in the selection process.
It was stated that the next date in the process is April 8, 2002, when
the campus selections are due,
and the Chancellor will announce the selections on May 7, 2002.
Council heard that Anna Solley
was including ideology in the definition of diversity. It was
stated that hopefully the recruiting for
FIPP would be altered to include graduate students at a national level
rather than staying only in
Maricopa. A suggestion was made to hold a retreat to discuss
what was the best recruitment
program for Maricopa. Council learned that evaluations would
be done on FIPP. Mentors,
Presidents, Deans of Instruction and FIPP interns will have evaluation
tools to use. Council was told
that a reception for the FIPP interns would be held on April 5, 2002.
Council learned that the
affirmative action report was available. It was stated that Council
needs a copy of the report.
Council discussed concerns with the definition of diversity. Other
concerns mentioned were the
pressures placed on faculty to be mentors, pressure put on the hiring
committees to hire FIPP
people, and positions prioritized by staffing committees reshuffled
to accommodate FIPP people
being hired. It was stated at one campus faculty are asked if
they want to be a FIPP mentor, then
departments are asked if they would want to participate and finally
the campus looks for a FIPP
person who would fit the campus’ need. Council learned of situations
at different campuses that
were causing great concern among faculty. A point was made that
the aforementioned things should
not be happening, and Council needs to speak to the administration
regarding those situations. A
motion was made and seconded stating, “The Faculty Executive Council
expresses its grave concern
about the perception of inappropriate pressure being put upon staffing
committees, hiring committees
and department/division chairs to favor FIPP candidates over other
candidates.” Council discussed
to whom the message should be sent. The message will be sent
to the Chancellor, the Governing
Board members and members of the Faculty Recruitment Commission.
Council discussed and
decided not to list examples in the message. A vote was taken,
and the motion passed unanimously.
B. Dues
Council discussed the various conversations at the different Faculty
Senates. Council discussed the
information from AAUP and the information from Mike Napier. Janice
Reilly was asked to obtain
information from Mike Napier on the number of hours and total cost
he incurred for the new legal
benefit option. Janice stated that she would ask for that information
from Mike. It was noted that
information was needed about the lobbyist. Alan Haffa stated
that he would send a report on the
lobbyist via MEMO by the end of the week. Council discussed the
various options for the dues
which included: raising the dues to cover the expenses, eliminating
or reducing some of the costs or
doing a little of both. Council agreed that the new information
should be discussed at the Faculty
Senates again. A suggestion was made to vote on the dues during
the last meeting of April. Janice
Reilly requested that feedback be sent to her so that Council could
start getting a sense of what
faculty want.
C. Chair Compensation
Mark Gooding distributed copies of the proposed language that the Chair
Compensation
Subcommittee had developed to submit to the Meet and Confer process
for next year. Council
reviewed the proposed language. Mark Gooding reminded Council
of the discussion over MEMO
regarding the proposed language. Mark asked the Council to review
the proposed language further
before voting. A motion was made and seconded to table the proposal.
Council discussed possible
options to the proposed language. Janice Reilly said that proposals
submitted to the Meet and
Confer process are prioritized and some take more than one year to
be approved. A suggestion
was made to table the discussion until the next meeting so that Council
members could have more
time to review the proposed language. A point was made that Council
should also look at
compensation for occupational program directors, athletic directors
and evening chairs as well.
Council discussed this issue further. Ricardo Provencio informed
Council that a similar proposal for
athletic directors would be given at the next meeting with the request
to submit that proposal into the
Meet and Confer process.
III. New Business
A. President-Elect Issue
A motion was made and seconded stating, “In accordance with Article
XI, Section B of the Faculty
Executive Council Constitution, I move that Rosemary Kesler be recalled
from the position of FEC
President-Elect for failure to comply with the prescribed Code of Responsibility
(Appendix A) of
said constitution.” Council discussed the reasons for the motion.
Rosemary Kesler responded to
requests to defend her position. Council discussed an open vote
versus a ballot vote. A ballot vote
was taken, and the motion failed with ten votes to disapprove the motion,
eight votes to approve the
motion and two abstentions.
IV. Information
A. Drop Defer Retirement Option
Council discussed a current law that allows the option to defer retirement
and to work three years
and then get six years credit from the Arizona State Retirement System
(ASRS). It was stated that
the District needed to articulate an agreement with ASRS to allow Maricopa
employees this option.
Council discussed retirement legislation currently at the Legislature.
The point was made that the
District needed to make an agreement with ASRS on the current available
option. Janice Reilly
stated that she would meet with Phil Randolph and find out what the
District is doing about this
issue.
B. Other
College Plans
Janice Reilly requested that the Faculty Senate Presidents forward a
copy of their most recent
college plan to her.
Nominating Committee
Janice Reilly reminded Council that a nominating committee was needed
to gather names for next
year’s President-Elect, EBAC and FAC reps and Meet and Confer Team.
Carmela Arnoldt,
Dennis Shaw and Hazel Davis volunteered to serve as the nominating
committee.
V. Committee Reports
A. Meet and Confer
Council received copies of the updated Meet and Confer proposals summary.
B. Professional Growth
Janice Reilly told Council that summer project applications have doubled
in number from last year
and saw this as a positive sign of the new changes. Janice said
that the steering committee would
like to continue to clean up the new process and that a proposal would
be forthcoming.
C. EBAC (Employee Benefits Advisory Committee)
No report from EBAC.
Jim Reed informed Council that the MAT employee group leaders asked
to hold the retirement
benefits survey until they could present the survey to their members.
Jim stated that the retirement
benefits survey was only to obtain information and was not a promise
of retirement benefits. Jim
Reed stated that the retirement benefits survey would move forward.
D. FAC (Financial Advisory Council)
Janice Reilly was asked if the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Faculty Allocations
would be meeting.
Janice responded that the subcommittee had met. She told Council
that the allocation process for
2003-2004 would be completed by September 15, 2002. Council discussed
the need to be flexible
in the transition to the new timelines in the hiring process.
Janice was asked if the new formula for
faculty allocations was worked out yet. Janice responded no,
but a formula was not needed now
for the staffing committees to move forward. Janice Reilly said
that staffing committees should now
do the staffing of positions needed and make requests based on the
number of positions needed.
E. Legislative
Alan Haffa reminded Council that he had sent a MEMO regarding the legislative
bills that held
faculty interest. He reviewed the bills for Council. Alan
discussed some property tax bills that could
have a negative impact on the District’s budget. Council discussed
the Whistleblower legislation.
Council thanked Alan Haffa for taking the lead on the legislative issues.
F. Intellectual Property Rights
A question was raised if AAUP could review again the Intellectual Property
Rights language. Mike
Napier has already reviewed the language. Janice Reilly responded
that the language would be
faxed to AAUP for its review and comment. Rosemary Kesler told
Council that the Intellectual
Property Rights language, except the textbook policy language, had
been presented in the Meet and
Confer process. Council discussed legal concerns about faculty
earning money from their own
manuals and possible conflicts of interest. Council was told
that faculty could only make a profit on
published material.
G. Common Pages
Joanna Chamberlain reported that three small changes requested for the
Common Pages had been
approved. First was the academic renewal issue which will state
that the GPA before academic
renewal will be removed and credit will remain for courses passed as
well as a caveat to inform
students that this is a MCCD policy only and that other institutions
are not bound to accept this
action. Second was the disciplinary removal from class that would
require notification to the
department/division chair as well as the appropriate dean. Third
was the look of the transcript form
that would be redone to tighten up the process. Joanna stated
that the Common Pages have been
numbered similar to the Residential Faculty Policies to make the Common
Pages flow better. Also,
Joanna said, the entire Common Pages and administrative regulations
will be available on the Web.
Council was told that colleges usually take only parts of the handbook
and the numbering system will
help when cross-referencing.
A concern was raised about the Y grade being expunged from the GPA if
a student retook a class.
Janice Reilly responded that it should have been recalculated automatically,
but have the student
request that the GPA be recalculated.
H. Peerpoint!
Council discussed the suggestion of putting the Peerpoint! only on the
Web. Council also discussed
a point of whether the Peerpoint! was needed since issues can be sent
and/or discussed over
MEMO. Carmela Arnoldt stated that the April Peerpoint would be
ready at the next meeting. She
requested that ideas for the May issue be sent to her.
VI. Significant Happenings/Presidents’ Reports
CGCC
CGCC is in the middle of presidential interviews and will hold a candidates’
forum
Monday, April 1, 2002.
EMCC
No report.
GCC
All is well.
GWCC
GWCC’s new college president is installed. All is going well.
The GWCC Faculty
Senate sponsored a breakfast for the new college president.
MCC
No report.
PC
No report.
PVCC
All is well.
RIO
Dr. Janine Adkins-Pierce was named Woman of Distinction at Rio Salado
College and a
luncheon will be held for her. RIO had a successful accreditation.
SCC
The new SCC Faculty Development Center is opening March 27, 2002, and
the college
will have a nice event to celebrate the opening.
SMCC
No report.
VII. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 6:30pm.
VIII. Executive Session
An Executive Session was not held
** The next Council meeting is April 9, 2002. * *