Regular Meeting,

1:00, Thursday, May 18, 2006

T120 

Administrative Report

          Mr. Luis confirmed that hiring for new positions will not begin until the Senate has acted on Dr. Spink's response to the FHPC recommendations.  MSU (Smith/Stanbery) to suspend the rules to establish a sense of the Senate on the president's response and notice a motion to that effect for our next regular meeting.  MSU (Smith/McKenzie) that it is the sense of the Senate that the president's response to the FHPC recommendations should be accepted and that a motion to this effect be noticed for our next regular meeting.  Ms. McMurray announed that she will request two additional positions.

          Ms. Patterson alerted the Senate to the June 10 college-wide Open House designed for our own students, the community in general, and high school studdents in particular.

CONSENT ITEMS

          Summer Meeting Dates

          Unanimous consent for Senate meetings on July 6 and August 3 at 1 PM.  Ms. McMurray urged greater faculty participation in the Student Success Initiative and Summer Bridge programs.

ITEMS/MOTIONS NOTICED FOR ACTION MAY 18

          Accreditation Facilitator

          After some discussion, there was Unanimous consent to amend the second paragraph of the motion as noticed (Wood/McMurray),and to adopt the resulting text, to read:

          The Academic Senate of Los Angeles Harbor College requests that the college president reassign a faculty member to oversee college implementation of the planning agenda items specified in the 2006 Self-Study as well as of the recommendations in the official response to the Self-Study.

            This individual shall be appointed by the Senate, to report to the Senate and as necessary to other college bodies, and shall be responsible for

            1.  Developing a timeline and plan of action for implementation of the above objectives;

            2.  Assuring that these objectives are incorporated into operational plans and implemented through the college participatory governance and planning process;

            3.  Tracking progress toward fulfillment of these objectives;

            4.  Maintaining evidence of completion, compiled and organized in accordance with the accreditation standards;

            5.  Maintaining departmental and committee reports which document and support themes set forth by the ACCJC.

COMMENTS ON DISTRIBUTED REPORTS/NOTICES/COMMITTEE MINUTES

Senate Committees:

A.      Curriculum

          Ms. Fasteau reported that the committee will meet on May 30 to recommend several course approvals for Senate action June 1.  Mr. McKenzie added that the committee is considering several contract ed proposals.  The Academic Affairs Committee will be considering a summer session for-credit culinary arts proposal under one of the certificate programs already approved.  A considerable discussion resulted involving the integration of program initiations and unit plans.

I.       Middle/High School Advisory Committee

          Ms. McMurray reported that the first class will graduate this spring.

CPC and Other Committees/Concerns:

N.      Budget Committee

          Mr. McKenzie reported that the committee will be proposing to move supplies funding from Program 10 back to Program 100.  There was considerable discussion as to how Budget, Staffing, and CPC planning decisions interact, which will be a focus for our agenda on June 1 and for the CPC agenda on June 5.

Q.      Prop. A/AA

          Mark Wood reported that the college had been offered the opportunity to have the new Child Development Center put on a “fast track”, with the state providing the funding for the CDC in one installment instead of the three normally required for Design, Drawings, and Construction. When the original estimate came in over budget, the district advisor responsible for state funding then suggested that the college reduce the planned square footage and resubmit the proposal, without realizing, as the Core Committee was informed on May 9^th, that in having done so, the project forfeited its priority, and went back in the que to be funded under traditional mechanisms, meaning any savings from the redesign will now be consumed by cost inflation due to lost time. Furthermore the Chancellor has stated that the colleges are not to decline any state funded projects, which means funding for the Chem/Phisics building now is jeopardized. A college-wide forum will be held on July 20^th to discuss alternative solutions to this problem.

          Interested parties will participate in a meeting on the future of the college mural.  There will be a parade of cars to "open" the loop road.  The decomissioning ceremony for the Liberal Arts Building will be on June 29.

Other Items:

A.      President's Report

          Ms. McMurray urged all faculty to attend the graduation ceremony and submit grades on time.