I. General
A. Call to Order
Janice Reilly called the meeting to order at 2:35 p.m.
Members Present: Carmela Arnoldt, Karen Chalmers, Joanna Chamberlain,
Hazel Davis, Bill
Farrar, Amy Gooding, Mark Gooding, Alan Haffa, Rosemary Kesler, Sharon
Luczu, Hank
Mancini, Jane Marks, Saundra Minckley, Ricardo Provencio, Jim Reed,
Janice Reilly, Laura
Ruiz-Scott, Jeanne Saint Amour, Karen Schmidt, Dennis Shaw, Gail Shay,
Linda Smith, Vernon
Smith, and Barry Vaughan.
Carrie Taylor took the minutes.
B. Approval of Agenda
Terms Of Office and Evening Faculty were added as Information items.
The agenda was approved
as amended.
C. Approval of April 9, 2002, Minutes
Changes were made in the Legislative Committee Report and RIO President’s
Report sections.
The April 9, 2002, minutes were approved as amended.
II. Old Business
A. FIPP
Council heard a concern that some of the Council members who recently
joined the Faculty
Recruitment Commission were not informed via MEMO of future meetings.
Council was informed
that meetings are on Wednesdays and that the next meeting would be
April 24, 2002 at the District
Office. Council learned that on the agenda for the April 24th
meeting was the collection of the
evaluations for the FIPP program and discussion on whether the Faculty
Recruitment Commission
has served its purpose and should disband. Janice Reilly stated
that input on that discussion was
important so all should attend the April 24th meeting. Council
learned of a situation where a hiring
committee sent forth a recommendation of three people for a position
The FIPP applicant was not
one of the three. It was stated that a rumor was heard that the
College President was going to hire
the FIPP person anyway. Council discussed concerns about
this and a suggestion was made for
the hiring committee to file a grievance if the hiring policy is circumvented.
Policy states that if a
President rejects all three persons recommended by a hiring committee
for a position then the hiring
process should start over again.
B. Dues
Two recommended budget plans were presented to Council. Plan A
retained the current dues
amounts and dropped the Faculty Association’s membership in AAUP.
Plan B increased the dues
amount by $70.00 and retained the Faculty Association’s membership
in AAUP. There were other
minor budget changes in both plans. Council discussed the two
plans. Janice Reilly asked Council
members to share the discussions held at the Faculty Senates.
Council listened to the various
discussions and comments. A suggestion was made to eliminated
the Peerpoint Editor and
Peerpoint printing categories since Peerpoint can be sent via MEMO
and be posted on the Faculty
Association’s website. Council discussed options such as MEMO
for communicating to the faculty
at large. A motion was made and seconded to eliminate both aforementioned
categories. A vote
was taken, and the motion passed unanimously. A point was made
that if something needed to be
sent to the faculty in print that another budget category could be
used. A second motion was made
and seconded to approve Plan A, retaining the current dues amount and
dropping the Faculty
Association’s membership in AAUP. Concerns were voiced about
the recent and current changes
in the District administration. Council heard the history of
past discussions about AAUP
membership. It was stated that if Council decided to retain its
membership in the AAUP that
Council needed to take advantage of the opportunities available from
AAUP. Council discussed the
recent presentation by Marcus Harvey and Larry Glenn of the AAUP.
A vote was taken, and the
motion to approve Plan A as amended passed with eleven yeas, and ten
nays. Carmela Arnoldt
asked that her “nay” vote be specifically included in the minutes.
The point was made that the
Council needs to communicate to faculty that they can still join the
AAUP as individual members.
C. Chair Compensation
A motion was made and seconded to accept the language recommended by
the Chair
Compensation subcommittee and to send it to the Meet and Confer Team
for submission into the
Meet and Confer process. Council was reminded that if approved
this language would be sent as is
to the Meet and Confer Team to submit into next year’s negotiations.
A question was raised if the
Meet and Confer Team should work on this proposal by itself or include
it as part of a larger
package of proposed changes to Appendix D? Council discussed
chair compensation issues and
inequities. Jim Daugherty, Meet and Confer Team co-chair, stated
that it would be easier to work
on Appendix D as a whole. A vote was taken, and the motion passed
with thirteen yeas, five nays,
and two abstentions.
III. New Business
A. Nominations
Carmela Arnoldt informed Council that, so far, one person had been nominated
for next year’s
President-Elect position. Council was reminded that Janice Reilly
had sent a MEMO to all faculty
asking for nominations for next year’s Meet and Confer Team.
Carmela stated that all nominees’
names and biographies would be sent to Council via MEMO before the
next Council meeting.
Council discussed the commitments involved with the Meet and Confer
Team and EBAC
(Employee Benefits Advisory Council). All nominations should
be sent to Carmela Arnoldt, Hazel
Davis and Dennis Shaw. Council was reminded that the next Council
meeting is May 7th, one week
earlier than the normal schedule.
B. Meet and Confer Process
Janice Reilly informed Council that the proposed Initial Placement language
was on the Governing
Board’s agenda later in the evening. She said that the majority
of the ballots returned by faculty
approved of the new initial placement language. Janice stated
that the alternative salary proposal
would be presented to the Board during its executive session.
Council discussed the alternative
salary proposal and the MEMO discussion. Council discussed the
motion to move forward the
alternative salary proposal made at the last Council meeting, and the
need to request input from the
faculty at large before such a motion is made. A motion to stop
the alternative salary proposal from
being presented to the Governing Board was made and seconded.
Linda Larson explained what
she thought the Board might do if presented with the alternative salary
proposal and encouraged the
Council to allow the alternative salary proposal to be presented to
the Board. Council discussed the
correct parliamentarian procedure for the motion. Council discussed
the purpose of the alternative
salary proposal. The point was made that the Governing Board
may not approve of the proposal.
A concern was expressed that doctoral faculty at the top of the scale
have to do extra work for
development or publication and are not compensated. Linda Larson
responded that this work was
covered under Other Professional Activity in the Professional Growth
Program. Council discussed
the need to put salary negotiations back into the Meet and Confer process.
The Meet and Confer
process itself was discussed by Council. A call for the question
was made to vote on the motion. A
vote on the motion to reconsider the original motion and to stop the
alternative salary proposal was
taken, and the motion failed with one yea and two abstentions.
A point was made that the faculty
could be reminded that they still have a vote if the Board approves
of the alternative salary proposal.
Council received copies of recommendations for the Meet and Confer process.
Linda Larson
reviewed the summary of recommendations. The current Meet and
Confer Team was congratulated
for its hard work this year. Linda Larson suggested that a subcommittee
be formed to work on the
Meet and Confer process. Another suggestion was made for those
interested in serving on the
Team make a two-year commitment.
C. FPG Steering Committee Proposal
Council was reminded of the decision to endorse a steering committee
to review the changes in the
Faculty Professional Growth Program this year and develop new policies
for the new process.
Council learned that much work had been done the past year however
much more work is needed.
Council was asked to accept a proposal for the continuation of the
FPG Steering Committee.
Council discussed the membership of the committee; two representatives
were from Council, two
members were from the Professional Growth Committee, and two members
were from the faculty at
large. Linda Larson served as the chair of the committee.
A motion was made and seconded to
continue the FPG Steering Committee for one more year. A friendly
amendment was offered to add
one more representative from Council to the committee. A vote
was taken on the friendly
amendment, and it was accepted with eight yeas, four nays, and six
abstentions. A vote was taken
on the amended motion, and it passed unanimously.
D. Hiring Protocol
Council discussed concerns of communicating with the Chancellor regarding
his involvement in the
presidential searches and the hiring committee process. It was
stated that the Chancellor’s
evaluation by the Governing Board was coming soon. Council discussed
the need for others to be
included in the Chancellor’s evaluation and not only the Governing
Board. A suggestion was made
to contact Board President Nancy Stein about including faculty in the
evaluation process. A motion
was made and seconded to request that faculty input be included in
the Chancellor’s evaluation. A
vote was taken, and the motion passed unanimously.
E. Whistleblower Policy
Alan Haffa reminded Council of the MEMO he had sent regarding a motion
for the Whistleblower
Policy issue discussed at the last Council meeting. The motion
stated, “The FEC calls for the
creation of a sub-committee to do the following: a) meet with Mike
Napier to review the current
MCCCD policy for whistle blowing, b) report back to FEC on their findings
and to propose new
language, if that is the recommendation of the sub-committee, c) if
directed by FEC, to negotiate for
the new whistle blower language with the appropriate District administrators.”
A motion was moved
and seconded to approve it. A vote was taken, and the motion
passed unanimously.
IV. Information
A. 2002-2003 Membership Form
Council received copies of the proposed 2002-2003 Membership form.
Janice Reilly stated that
the blanks on the form could be filled in since Council had voted on
the budget and dues amounts.
She noted that the explanation for the AZ Legislative District line
had been clarified. A suggestion
was made to add a line for a faculty member’s home e-mail address.
Council agreed to the
suggestion. A suggestion was made for all members to complete
the membership form to update the
database. Council discussed the suggestion and decided that only
new members and those who pay
by check would need to complete new forms. Council discussed
options for obtaining information
from all members.
B. Retention of Records by Faculty
Council learned that a question had been raised of how long should faculty
keep student records.
One Council member was told that faculty should keep records for two
to three years. Another
member heard that it was seven years. It was stated that one
college had a one-year deadline for
grade disputes and that records could be thrown away after that year
had passed. Janice Reilly
stated that she would contact Mike Napier and ask what the legal time
would be for faculty to keep
records. Council was told that the issue was to make a time limit
District-wide and consistent.
C. Terms of Office
Council received copies of a proposed amendment to the Constitution
Article IV Section B that
would be presented as a motion at the next Council meeting. The
proposed language stated that the
President-Elect of the Faculty Association would be elected for a two-year
term and the Treasurer
and Secretary would each be elected for a one-year term. Council
discussed concerns about the
language and the implication that an individual would have to serve
for two years as President as
well. The point was made that this would be a four-year commitment
for an individual. Council
discussed the proposal further and the work of the President and President-Elect.
Council was told
that the proposal would be revised and presented as a motion at the
next Council meeting. A point
was made serving on the Meet and Confer Team as a past President was
valuable since a past
president had obtained much knowledge of the issues facing faculty
while serving as the Faculty
Association President.
D. Evening Faculty
Council learned that one college was experiencing large FTSE growth
for evening programs and
courses. The Faculty Senate of the college wanted Council to
discuss the issue of hiring residential
faculty to work evenings and holding them to those hours for their
load. A suggestion was made to
put that condition in the job description. Council talked about
a concern that the evening load would
be counted as the language in the Residential Faculty Policies states
that loads generally run from
8:00am until 5:00pm. Council learned that another college has
hired residential faculty to teach only
evening courses so precedent has been set for this. Council discussed
the situation at the first
college further and expressed concerns about opening up the possibilities
for requirements for faculty
to teach on weekends, year-round, etc. Council discussed having
residential faculty teaching in the
evening if a program is strictly an evening program. A suggestion
was made to consider requesting
pay differentials for faculty who would be required to teach in the
evening. Council agreed to
discuss this issue again at its next meeting.
E. Other
Drop Defer Retirement Law
Janice Reilly was asked if the Governing Board had addressed the new
retirement law where a
person could work for three years and get credited six years for retirement.
Janice responded that
she had talked with Phil Randolph and went to CEC who may have said
that the Board did not
know about this law because no one has yet requested it to be used.
Janice stated that Phil
Randolph indicated that the Board would have a problem with agreeing
with a three-year block, but
Council was told that one had to apply every year for up to three years.
Council further discussed
the law and that the Arizona State Retirement System was waiting for
a response from the IRS.
Janice Reilly stated that the program was a good deal.
Forty-Nine Percent Program
Janice Reilly stated that she had sent the Forty-Nine Percent Program
policy to Mike Napier for his
legal opinion of the program and was currently waiting for his feedback.
Janice told Council that
CEC had discussed the issue that is almost a big campus versus small
campus issue. Janice Reilly
informed Council that the CEC subcommittee to recalculate faculty allocations
was evaluating
several programs and issues carried over from Maricopa’s previous Chancellor
as well as current
programs. Council discussed the problem of using faculty lines
for forty-nine percent people.
Council also discussed the need to address the issue of the district
having money for CEC people
who go forty-nine percent.
V. Committee Reports
A. Meet and Confer
No report.
B. Professional Growth
No report.
C. EBAC (Employee Benefits Advisory Committee)
EBAC is finished meeting for the year.
D. FAC (Financial Advisory Council)
No report.
E. Legislative
Council was informed that Janet Regner had been asked to check on the
legislation that would
double the nursing graduates in the state and report her findings to
the Legislative Committee. At
first, it appeared that only the universities were affected by the
legislation and now community
colleges may be affected as well.
F. Intellectual Property Rights
The Intellectual Property Rights Committees had not met recently.
The proposal in the Meet and
Confer Process includes all the language except for the drafted textbook
policy.
G. Common Pages
Joanna Chamberlain stated that an interactive web site would be developed
that contained the
Common Pages’ Table of Contents. The Common Pages Committee is
recommending district-wide
common section headings and a numbering system for the Common Pages.
The committee would
recommend that this be implemented by 2003-2004. Joanna said
that a pilot is being done for
2002-2003 and different groups will be working on the pilot and giving
feedback by November
2002 to work out any problems. The Common Pages Committee hopes
that this system will assist
with the problem that the Common Pages in different campus handbooks
say different things.
Joanna said that hard copies of the Common Pages would also be available.
Council discussed a
concern of putting a “Maricopa” stamp on the Common Pages and the issue
of who handles the
Common Pages at each campus.
H. Peerpoint!
The last issue should go out the last week of faculty accountability.
Carmela Arnoldt reviewed the
article topics for the May Peerpoint.
VI. Significant Happenings/Presidents’ Reports
CGCC
CGCC had a site visit to Michigan for one of the two finalists in the
presidential search. Another site
visit will be held at CGCC for the other finalist, an internal candidate
for the president position. The
new CGCC College President should be announced soon. Numerous
activities have been planned
for President Ward’s retirement.
EMCC
EMCC is adding Occupational Dean and Associate Dean of Instruction
positions.
GCC
A presidential search committee is being established. Faculty
Senate will host an all employee picnic
in the park on Friday May 3rd. The Futures Committee is working
toward long range planning.
GWCC
GWCC is continuing its master planning with an all employee meeting.
GWCC has hosted a Career
Fair and an Alternative Fuel Day. The administration is being
reorganized with Fred Gaudet’s
former position being divided into two separate positions.
MCC
MCC will host a Water Safety Day on April 25, 2002 for elementary school
children. The First
Annual Science Day will be held soon.
PC
PC hosted a Math Awareness Day on Saturday, April 20, 2002, and the
theme was Math and
Music.
PVCC
PVCC is hosting a musical spring play, “Spoon River Anthology,” on
April 24, 25, 26, and 27,
2002. The Classroom Building M has completed its reflecting garden
with a metal sculpture and
fountain. PVCC will have two campus master plan open forums.
RIO
RIO attended the National Council of Instructional Administrators (NCIA)
meeting held in Seattle.
RIO’s on-line Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Preparation Program was the
winner of the Exemplary
Initiatives in Educational Technology award.
SCC
SCC held a meeting with Gerry Bradshaw regarding EEOC and affirmative
action/underutilization
issues. Governing Board Retreat was held at SCC on the 25th regarding
the ad hoc report on the
arming of safety officers. SCC selected its FIPP candidate.
The CNUW (Center for Native and
Urban Wildlife) project won a national ed. award. The Student
Spring Fling and Faculty Walkathon
for Scholarships will be held this week. SCC will hold two Master
planning meetings this week.
SMCC
SMCC hosted a successful career fair. The SMCC College President
is working on reorganization
at SMCC.
VII. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 6:05pm.
VIII. Executive Session
No Executive Session was held.
** The next Council meeting is May 7, 2002. * *