I. General
A. Call to Order
Janice Reilly called the meeting to order at 2:45 p.m.
Members Present: Carmela Arnoldt, Hazel Davis, Bill Farrar, Amy Goff,
Mark Gooding, Alan
Haffa, Karen Hardin, Rosemary Kesler, Sharon Luczu, Hank Mancini, Jane
Marks, Larry Miller,
Saundra Minckley, Ricardo Provencio, Jim Reed, Janice Reilly, Karen
Schmidt, Dennis Shaw, Gail Shay, Linda Smith and Barry Vaughan.
Carrie Taylor took the minutes.
B. Approval of Agenda
Under Old Business, OYO was added as Item E. The agenda was approved as amended.
C. Approval of November 13, 2001, Minutes
The November 13, 2001, minutes were approved as written.
D. Reports
1. Meet and Confer
Council was informed that reports from Meet and Confer and Professional
Growth would be sent
via MEMO to Council before Council meetings and if discussion, and/or
clarification, of any item in the reports are needed, Council could discuss
the item at its next meeting.
Council heard a proposal to change the MA (Master’s) label on the salary
schedule to IAP (Initial
Academic Placement). Council was told that the reason for the
proposal was due to the fact that
not all faculty have a Master’s degree. Council discussed the
proposal and some concerns with it. Council reviewed the current initial
placement language in the RFP. The point was made that the
salary scale should reflect the language in the RFP. Rosemary
Kesler stated that Meet and Confer
had a proposal for changing the initial placement language to reduce
the number of initial salary
placement appeals. Council discussed concerns about the IAP label
and options such as adding BA (Bachelor’s) and AA (Associate’s) to the
MA label or adding a footnote defining the IAP label. Rosemary Kesler was
asked to develop the actual language for the proposal and bring it to Council
for review.
Council was told that the opening Meet and Confer meeting with the Board
Team was pleasant.
The next meeting will be held on December 5, 2001, at which time the
Faculty Team will present
proposals to the Board Team. Council discussed what happened
last year with the Professional
Growth funding request and the Ph.D.+24 proposal. Council asked
that the actual language of the
proposals be sent via MEMO before the proposals are sent to the Governing
Board.
2. Professional Growth
Council reviewed a report from the Professional Growth Steering Committee.
A website would be created to list the changes in Professional Growth.
Council members were asked to view the
changes and give feedback to the steering committee through this media.
Representatives on the
Professional Growth Committee would be asked to give feedback on the
changes as well. One
issue that will be listed regards giving credit for coursework from
international institutions. Another
issue that would be discussed is part-time RFP faculty and the formula
for their benefits. Council
was told that issues to discuss would be sent out via MEMO for review
and comment.
3. EBAC
EBAC is waiting to hear from the Governing Board on its presentation.
4. FAC
FAC will hold an allocations meeting on December 19, 2001. A report
from that meeting will be
brought to Council. Campuses will start their presentations on
January 8-9, 2002. Council briefly
discussed concerns and the purpose of two contingency funds held by
the District.
5. Legislative
Council viewed the advertisement for a lobbyist in the Arizona Capitol Times.
6. Intellectual Property Rights
Council was informed that the new verbiage for the Intellectual Property
Rights proposed policy is
under development.
7. Common Pages
No report.
8. Peerpoint!
Carmela Arnoldt reviewed possible articles for the February 2002 Peerpoint!.
An article on the
incoming Governing Board president, Nancy Stein, will be published
in the February issue. Council was told that the project of Rose
Pfefferbaum’s sister was mentioned in New York newspaper.
II. Old Business
A. Men’s Basketball Scrimmage
Council reviewed new language regarding basketball scrimmage.
Council discussed this issue and
what faculty at different campuses had said about it. The new
language was amended. A motion was made and seconded for Janice Reilly
to send a letter containing the amended language to express Council’s concern.
A vote was taken, and the motion passed unanimously.
B. High School Students/Developmental Courses
Council was informed that the involved department chair met with the
Dean of Instruction who
agreed that the Common Pages should be followed in regards to admissions
of under-aged
students. The department chair should have been consulted and
the problem will be corrected.
C. Book Store Issue
This issue was tabled until the next meeting. Janice Reilly requested
Council members to keep
researching faculty concerns about campus bookstores and on-campus
food service.
D. Instructional Council Issue
Janice Reilly informed Council that she would meet with Mike Napier
regarding instructional council language in the RFP. Council was
told that one faculty senate discussed this issue and said that instructional
council members should be involved in the development of any new RFP langage
regarding instructional councils. Council members recalled past
discussions of this issue. The point was made that Human Resources
evaluates transcripts and Council needs to review the Instructional Council
rules and assist in making this task easier for Human Resources.
Council was reminded of the positive outcomes when Anna Solley held a meeting
with all the instructional council chairs last year. Council was
informed that another such meeting would take place shortly and a report
of that meeting would be brought to Council.
E. OYO
Council received copies of a proposal regarding OYO faculty eventually hired as residential faculty. The point was made that a distinction needed to be made between OYO faculty and probationary residential faculty. The RFP definition of OYO faculty in the RFP was read to Council. Concerns were raised about protecting probationary residential faculty. Another concern was raised that Council does not want to alienate future residential faculty by placing the proposed language in the RFP and eliminating certain current benefits that residential faculty who were first OYO faculty now receive. Council discussed the issue further. A motion was made and seconded to send the proposed language to the Meet and Confer team for submission to this year’s Meet and Confer process. A vote was taken, and the motion passed with 11 yeas, 7 nays and 0 abstentions.
III. New Business
A. FIPP Report
It was reported that the first semester of the FIPP program was over.
Council learned that some of the staffing committees do not have positions
for the FIPP people, and the FIPP program is
searching for positions at other campuses. The FIPP interns will
give a presentation in the spring
and all will be invited. Council discussed the FIPP program and
concerns with the program.
Council agreed to stress that its concerns were not with the FIPP interns
themselves, but rather with the program. A motion will be presented
to Council at its next meeting. A point was made that Council should
develop alternatives to achieve diversity in the faculty in Maricopa and
present those alternatives to the Chancellor. Council was told that
this could be part of the strategic conversation with the Governing Board.
Council discussed the Faculty Recruitment Commission. Rosemary Kesler
asked for volunteers to serve on the Commission. Saundra Minckley
volunteered to serve.
E. Paychecks
Janice Reilly will send a letter to Payroll asking that employees’ Social
Security numbers be
removed from paychecks and pay stubs.
IV. Information
A. 2001-2002 Official Membership Count
Council received copies of the official membership count for 2001-2002.
Council representation
will remain the same for 2002-2003. Eighty percent of residential
faculty are members of the
Faculty Association. A suggestion was made to develop a brochure
listing the benefits and
procedures for joining the Faculty Association. Ricardo Provencio
volunteered to develop the
brochure with the assistance of Carrie Taylor. Council agreed.
Council was told to start thinking
about the dues discussion that will take place in the spring.
B. Other
Chair Release Time
Council was reminded of the MEMO sent to them regarding the interpretation
of Chair Release
Time. One Dean of Instruction is figuring release time is based
on the previous spring (Spring 2001) and fall (Fall 2000) semesters, and
not the 45th day figure of the current fall (Fall 2001) semester.
Council discussed the language in the RFP. Council was told that
Mike Napier said that the RFP language says the current Fall figures are
to be used in calculating release time. Janice Reilly agreed to send
a letter to the Deans of Instruction stating that current Fall figures
are to be used.
Personal Time
Council members were requested to inform their faculty that Personal Time runs on a calendar year now due to the Peoplesoft system requirements. In 2001, faculty get three days (18 hours) and, starting in January 2002, faculty will get four days or 24 hours where preapproval is not needed. A concern was raised that faculty work on a academic year and not a calendar year and thus the personal time issue is a problem. Council discussed a recent problem in interpreting the RFP language. A point was made that the language and examples given were confusing. It was stated that a proposal will be sent to the Meet and Confer Team asking that the example language be deleted and the language simplified. Faculty will be advised that Personal Time runs on a calendar year from January to December.
Whistleblower Item on Governing Board Agenda
Council reviewed the Whistleblower item included in the Governing Board
packet for the Board’s
meeting later in the evening. It was noted that the policy included
in the item was adopted in 1990. A concern was expressed regarding the
language that stated a Whistleblower who knowingly made a false accusation
would be fined. Council discussed the concern and the point was made
that it would have to be proved that the Whistleblower knew the accusation
was false and had malicious intentions. It was suggested that Council
inquire why the item would be brought up again and to ask Mike Napier if
any language had changed.
AAUP Committee V Meeting
The AAUP Committee V would like to meet with the Faculty Senate Presidents
on Friday,
December 14th. Information will be sent via MEMO and RSVPs should
be sent to Janice Reilly.
V. Significant Happenings/Presidents’ Reports
CGCC
CGCC’s Presidential Search Committee had its first meeting with the
Chancellor. The
22-member committee will be meeting every Wednesday and will have three
Chairs.
EMCC
All is well.
GWCC
GWCC held forums for the candidates for College President. There
will be one site visit. The
tri-Chairs of the search committee, two of which are faculty, will
go on the site visit.
GCC
The Climate Study group will release information on the climate study
on November 28th in the
afternoon. GCC has finished the budgets and the staffing committee
has completed its work. The
2001Traveler was recognized by the Columbia Scholastic Press.
MCC
There was a request for Aramark to set up a coffee shop by the library
and Aramark has
yet to respond. The staffing committee is continuing its work.
The Higher Learning Commission
(formerly the NCA) will visit the Red Mountain campus soon.
PC
Dr. Albert Celoza was named the Professional of the Year by the Carnegie
Foundation
for 2001. Dr. Corina Gardea started as PC College President on
November 26, 2001. A
reception will be held for her on December 12th.
PVCC
All is well.
RIO
RIO is finishing the self-study for the Higher Learning Commission
visit in March 2002.
RIO is holding a holiday party that will showcase the diversity of
talents of RIO employees.
SCC
All is well.
SMCC
All is well.
VI. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 5:40pm.
VII. Executive Session
The Executive Committee met to discuss personnel issues.
* * The next Council meeting is December 11, 2001. * *