Faculty Executive Council Meeting Minutes

I. General

A. Call to Order

Willie Minor called the meeting to order at 2:35 p.m.

Members Present: Judy Boschult, Tom Butler, Laura Cannon, Joanna Chamberlain, Hazel Davis, Bob Galloway, Gay Garesche, Rosemary Kesler, Larry Miller, Willie Minor, John Nelson, Karen Biglin for Joe Ortiz, Jim Reed, Mark Richard, Patricia Lokey for Laura Ruiz-Scott, Dennis Shaw, Gail Shay, Denny Sheehan, Sandra Stuebner, Larry Williams and Cori Wright.

Minutes were taken by Carrie Taylor.

B. Approval of Agenda

 The agenda was approved as written.

C. Approval of the April 11, 2000 Minutes

The April 11, 2000 minutes were approved as written.

D. Committee Reports

1. Meet and Confer

Council discussed the status of the Meet and Confer negotiations and future strategies regarding salary proposals and communications with the Governing Board.

2. Professional Growth

Willie Minor stated that he and Reinhold Kiermayr are working on a new proposal to bring to Council that would make available the monies Council approved for projects.

3. EBAC

No report.

4. FAC

 No report.

5. Legislative

Willie Minor informed Council that there was no movement on any of the retirement bills this year.  Council discussed strategies for how to communicate faculty issues and views to state legislators.

6. Dual Enrollment

Council reviewed copies of the proposed Dual Enrollment Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) that was given to CEC.  Willie Minor reminded Council that he sent a letter to the Governor’s office asking that Rosemary Kesler or her designee be chosen to sit on the Legislature’s Dual Enrollment Study Committee.

Gay Garesche gave a report to Council regarding the last Dual Enrollment Quality Committee meeting.  Council discussed various dual enrollment quality issues.

II. Old Business

A. 2000/2001 Meet & Confer Team Nominations

Judy Boschult reported to Council that nine people are on the list for Meet and Confer nominations for next year’s team.  The candidates’ biographies will be sent to Council via MEMO before May 9th.

B. Peoplesoft

Council discussed the many current problems with PeopleSoft.  A motion was made and seconded for the Faculty Executive Council to request an independent audit of the MCCCD payroll systems, processes, and procedures since July 1, 1999.  A vote was taken, and the motion passed unanimously.  Larry Williams and Willie Minor will work on the letter to the Governing Board and administration.

III. New Business

A. Nominations for 2000/2001 President-Elect

Janice Comer of MCC and Tom Butler of PVCC have expressed their interest in running for the position of President-Elect for next year’s Council.

B. Minutes

Council members recalled past discussions of changing how the minutes were reported since there were concerns that the minutes were too lengthy.  A motion was made and seconded for the minutes to include the full discussion with an executive summary with categories of actions taken.  A vote was taken, and the motion passed with one nay vote.
 

IV. Information

A. Other

Maricopa Foundation

Willie Minor stated that the Foundation still has money that they want to tie to faculty.  Bob Galloway volunteered to talk with the Foundation and stated that he wanted another person to work with him and the Foundation staff.  Willie Minor said that he would get someone else to help.

Whistleblower Issue

Council discussed this year’s Whistleblower legislation.  Willie Minor stated that he wanted to take the best of Maricopa’s current Whistleblower language and the best from Carol Bernstein’s language and combine them into one piece for Maricopa.  Willie stated that he and Freddie Anttila are working on language to bring to Council.

Peoplesoft

Willie Minor stated that he had taken the problem of faculty being given only six hours per day but eight hours being deducted per day by PeopleSoft to Donna Schober.  Willie Minor asked Council to send names of specific faculty who were having this problem to him to send to Donna Schober.

RFP Contract

Willie Minor said that he would write to all faculty informing them of the conversation regarding the RFP being a contract and informing them that language is needed on the annual notice or in the RFP.  Willie stated that he will ask that faculty be available this summer to come to the Board meetings to speak on this issue as well as recruit community members to speak on behalf of the faculty.  He will also ask faculty members who know the Governing Board members to speak to those people directly about the RFP Contract issue.

Professional Growth Representatives

Willie Minor informed the Senate Presidents that they needed to identify their Professional Growth representatives for next year as soon as possible.

AAUP State Conference

Willie Minor informed Council that Carol Bernstein has asked the Maricopa Faculty Association for its view on making the AAUP State Conference dues mandatory.  Council members were asked for their thoughts on this request.  Willie Minor stated that the state conference also needs a treasurer, and Carol Bernstein suggested that someone from Maricopa should fill the position.

MCC Climate Study

Council discussed the results of Climate Study at MCC

California Academic Senate Conference

Rosemary Kesler and Mark Richard gave Council an informal report on the two-day California Academic Senate Conference.  Rosemary Kesler said that the keynote speaker was from UC Berkeley and suggested that the Faculty Association might try to get him for next year’s all faculty convocation.  Mark Richard stated that Mesa Community College is San Diego had created a photographic history book to use as a good bonding tool with the community and suggested that Maricopa should create a similar book for public relations purposes

MRAP Report

Mark Richard gave a report to Council from the MRAP meeting.  He stated that Rushworth Kidder from the Institute for Global Ethics spoke on ethics.

Professional Growth Summer Meeting

Tom Butler reported that the Professional Growth Committee wants to meet in the summer and is asking for money from the Professional Growth accounts to be paid at the $18 per hour rate.  A second issue is that not all of the money that Council approved can be used for summer projects this summer because the new fiscal year starts July 1st and any funds for projects after that date have to come out of next year’s money.  Discussion will continue at the next Council meeting.

V. Significant Happenings/Presidents’ Reports

CGCC
CGCC had a groundbreaking ceremony for its new performing arts center.  Currently, there is a good one-woman show at CGCC.  The show will be performed at the Kerr Cultural Center in Scottsdale on Mother’s Day.

EMCC
All is well at EMCC.

GCC
GCC will have a groundbreaking ceremony for GCC North, which is located at Happy Valley Road and 59th Avenue.  The NCA will hold a focus visit in two weeks.  The GCC Senate held elections for eight positions in the Senate.  A GCC student went to the annual National Oratorical Association and won the national championship.  The Forensics team competed in a competition against other schools such as Northwestern and placed fifth in the competition.  All of those students are getting scholarships.

GWCC
The GWCC Senate has held elections for Senators and the elections for officers will be held soon.  GWCC had a strategic conversation regarding the NCA visit.  In the NCA exit interview, there was an edict that the number of committees at GWCC be reduced.  There was a discussion about identifying the hot issues for each committee and if there were no hot issues the committee would be inactive for the year.  Also, the NCA said that the records at GWCC were not up to date.  Council will be given more information on what the NCA told GWCC at a later date.

MCC
All is well at MCC.

PC
PC had one of its students on the cover of USA Today.  On April 20th, the PC theater
Held its production of “The Gift” which was well attended and well received.  Also, PC had the new President-Elect who is Alan Haffa.

PVCC
PVCC’s new President-Elect is Jane Marks.

RIO
There was no report from RIO.

SCC
Karen Biglin and Patricia Lokey sat in for Joe Ortiz and Laura Ruiz-Scott at the Council meeting.  Joe and Laura are on the new DI search committee.

SMCC
There was nothing new to report from SMCC.

VI. Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m.