Representatives from Capella University presented an overview of Capella
University’s on-line
graduate program. Information and materials regarding the program
were distributed to Council
members.
Guest: Rose Pfefferbaum – Terrorism Preparedness Proposal
Rose Pfefferbaum requested Council’s support for a proposal that outlined how community colleges can participate in terrorism preparedness. Rose was asked to write a brief article about the proposal for publication in Peerpoint!
Guest: Jim Devere – SIS
Jim Devere gave an extensive overview of and reviewed the timeline for
the new Student
Information System. Jim asked for input from faculty on the new
system.
Guest: Bob Galloway – AAUP Committee V
Bob Galloway informed Council that the AAUP Committee V that focuses
on community college
issues will be meeting in Phoenix in December. Bob reviewed the
membership of the committee.
Bob stated that AAUP has opened an office in Berkeley, California and
that Marcus Harvey would head that office. He invited Council
to meet with Committee V and asked that Council let him know if a lunch
meeting was possible.
Guest: Dr. Anna Solley and Marybeth Mason – MCLI
Dr. Anna Solley and Marybeth Mason gave a presentation of the restructuring
of MCLI. Council
was told that the intent was to make a central place for all faculty
programs that are run by faculty
for the faculty. MCLI is supporting various faculty programs
and Faculty Professional Growth was one of the program that MCLI supports.
Dr. Solley explained why Faculty Professional Growth was moved into MCLI.
Marybeth Mason gave a Powerpoint presentation on the website created for
all the different programs. Council expressed appreciation for the
support from MCLI. Council then expressed concerns about the misperception
that Faculty Professional Growth was run by MCLI. Council made several
suggestions on how to avoid such misperceptions that included placing the
Faculty Association logo on the main Faculty Professional Growth web page,
and linking the Faculty Association web site to the Faculty Professional
Growth web page. Saundra Minckley volunteered to follow up on the
Faculty Professional Growth web page.
Business Meeting
I. General
A. Call to Order
Janice Reilly called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
Members Present: Carmela Arnoldt, Karen Chalmers, Joanna Chamberlain, Bill Farrar, Amy Goff, Alan Haffa, Rosemary Kesler, Sharon Luczu, Hank Mancini, Jane Marks, Larry Miller, Saundra Minckley, Brian Murphy, Ricardo Provencio, Janice Reilly, Laura Ruiz-Scott, Karen Schmidt, Gail Shay, Linda Smith, Vernon Smith and Barry Vaughan.
Carrie Taylor took the minutes.
B. Approval of Agenda
Under Old Business, High School Students/Developmental Courses, Book Store Issue, Instructional Council Issue, and FPG/MCLI Distinction were deleted. Under Information, Paychecks was added as Item B. The agenda was approved as amended.
C. Approval of October 23, 2001, Minutes
Corrections were made in the OYO and PC President’s Report sections
of the minutes. The
October 23, 2001, minutes were approved as amended.
D. Treasurer’s Report – October 2001 and Year-To-Date
Council reviewed the Treasurer’s reports.
E. Committee Reports
1. Meet and Confer
The Meet and Confer Team presented the salary and Professional Growth funding proposals to the Governing Board on November 6, 2001. The first meeting with the Board Team is November 16, 2001. Council discussed the proposals and presentation. Council was asked to review one proposal and provide feedback at the next Council meeting.
2. Professional Growth
Linda Larson stated that the changes to the Faculty Professional Growth
web site were ongoing.
Linda said that the steering committee was reviewing some of the policy
areas and will send
recommendations to the Faculty Professional Growth Committee first
for their feedback and then
will send the recommendations to Council for its approval. Linda
stated that the minutes of the
steering committee meetings would be posted on the website. Linda
Larson was asked if there was a specific timeline for making the changes
this year. It was restated that the changes were ongoing throughout
this year. Some issues that will be reviewed are international credits,
100 and 200 level courses, etc. Linda Larson stated that the changes
would be given to Council as they are made so that Council would not have
to handle to all the changes at once.
3. EBAC
EBAC gave a presentation to the Governing Board on November 6, 2001.
Those who attended
the presentation complimented the EBAC representatives for standing
behind the message that the Governing Board should cover one hundred percent
of any increase in health care costs.
4. FAC
FAC was currently meeting.
5. Legislative
Council received copies of the advertisement that would be published in the Arizona Capitol Times shortly. Council was presented with two options for payment. Council chose the discounted group rate that would include advertisement in resource publications as well and approved the advertisement for publication. Council discussed the advertisement language further. Council was informed of the CEC meeting discussion regarding the legislative cuts.
6. Intellectual Property Rights
Council was told that the Intellectual Property Rights Committee did
meet. The language in the
drafted proposal was changed and now stated that every day work would
be owned by the
creator. Work that was specifically commissioned would go through
a special negotiations process on a case-by-case basis. Council discussed
the changes in the drafted document and learned that the changes were positive
for the faculty. The point was made that the language needed to go
through the Meet and Confer process and that language need to be given
to the Meet and Confer Team quickly.
7. Common Pages
Joanna Chamberlain requested that any suggestions for changes be sent to her.
8. Peerpoint!
Carmela Arnoldt reviewed the articles for the December Peerpoint!. Council discussed publishing the legislative ad. An article on the incoming Governing Board president, Nancy Stein, will be published in the February 2002 issue.
II. Old Business
A. Men’s Basketball Scrimmage
Council learned that only voting members on Council could make motions.
Janice reviewed the
FEC Constitution procedures on motions and reminded Council that balanced
information needed to be presented when making a motion. It was stated
that information was needed about how each campus acted in regards to the
basketball scrimmage. Janice Reilly requested direction from Council
on this issue. Council discussed the men’s basketball scrimmage and
the purpose for scheduling the event during class time. A point was
made that Council should be careful stating something regarding the scrimmage
because other extra curricular activities occur during class time where
students request to be excused from class. It was also stated that
no written policy had been violated. Council discussed the original
motion and a revised motion. The point was made that Council needed
more information. The motion was withdrawn. This issue will
be brought back to Council’s next meeting.
B. OYO
Council was told that the concern about OYOs was that many were not evaluated while they were OYOs and then were hired as residential faculty and given credit for OYOs contracts even though they were not evaluated. A suggestion was made to place the words “if evaluated” in the two sections of the RFP dealing with OYOs. Council received information on the original intent of the language in the RFP. Council discussed the reasons for hiring OYO faculty and how some are evaluated and some are not. A motion was made and seconded to propose to add the suggested language to the RFP and submit the proposal to the Meet and Confer process. Council discussed the issue further and agreed that more information was needed. Council members were asked to discuss this issue with the faculty at their campuses. This issue will be placed on the agenda of the next meeting.
C. State AAUP
Council was informed that the request for reconsideration on the vote
to suspend Faculty
Association membership in the State AAUP came from the GCC Faculty
Senate and not just one of its members. The GCC Faculty Senate directed
its Council members to request that Council
reconsider its decision to disassociate from the State AAUP.
Janice Reilly polled each of the other Council members asking if they had
heard from faculty at other campuses regarding this issue. Council learned
that only one other faculty member at a different campus had mentioned
the issue. Council learned also that one Faculty Senate had asked its members
when Council would consider terminating its membership in the national
AAUP. Council discussed procedures to reconsider the vote.
Upon hearing no motion to reconsider, Council stood by its original motion
to withdraw from the State AAUP.
III. New Business
There was no new business.
IV. Information
A. Other
Strategic Conversation with the Governing Board
Janice Reilly requested that some council members volunteer to help
with planning the Strategic
Conversation with the Governing Board in January. She stated
that the deadline for submitting
materials is December 19th.
Safety Committee
Council was informed that the Safety Committee would be holding a strategic conversation with the Governing Board in the spring.
Faculty Recruitment Commission
Janice Reilly inquired who was on the Faculty Recruitment Commission.
Council discussed the
membership of the committee. It was stated that more faculty
were needed for the committee.
State Board
Council was informed that the State Board might pull the certification
requirements because of the
cuts in the State’s budget. If that occurs, faculty need to be
very involved in forming the
qualifications needed for faculty positions at Maricopa.
CEC
Janice Reilly informed Council that she would send CEC minutes to Council as she receives them. Janice stated that the Chancellor requested the vice chancellors and college presidents to cut three tenths of a percent from their budgets this year. The Chancellor also requested that the college presidents budget for one more FIPP person at each campus next year for a total of 22 FIPP people. Council requested an update on the FIPP program.
B. Paychecks
Council discussed a concern that Social Security numbers were appearing
on pay stubs and
paychecks again. It was stated that the Social Security numbers
needed to be removed. Council
was reminded that Social Security numbers also appeared on the Blue
Cross/Blue Shield ID cards. The point was made that federal law states
that Social Security numbers should not be used in these
ways.
V. Significant Happenings/Presidents’ Reports
CGCC
The Chancellor will attend the first meeting of the presidential selection
committee on
November 20th.
EMCC
EMCC is finishing the last of its NCA self-study.
GWCC
The presidential search committee is submitting names for the GWCC
president’s position. Forums will be held on November 19, 2001.
GCC
No report.
MCC
No report.
PC
No report.
PVCC
Both the PVCC men and women’s cross-country teams placed second in
the national
competition.
RIO
RIO is holding the first annual International Week.
SCC
SCC’s football team is hosting the Valley of the Sun Bowl. There
is a subcommittee that
is investigating how the FIPP program is working at SCC. One
issue at SCC is the release time for the Chair. More information
on that issue will be sent to FEC members via e-mail.
SMCC
SMCC’s President attended the Faculty Senate meeting.
VI. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 6:35pm.
* * The next Council meeting is November 27, 2001. * *