Minutes
Los
Angeles Harbor College Academic Senate
October 5,
2000
LRC 125
Present:
Kate Campbell, Sally Fasteau (recorder) Linda Forrest, Len Glover (Treasurer), Brenda Guertin, Mike Hiscocks, Wendy Hollis, Jonathon Lee, Bruce Lemon, Susan McMurray, Tissa Munasinghe, Rod Oakes, Joyce Parker, Jane Pavlina, Yvonne Pueblos, June Smith (Immediate Past President), Jim Stanbery (presiding) Nicholas Webb (ASO President) Mark Wood (Vice President)
Guests:
Marge Edelen (LAC & Constitution Review
Committee), Philip Heath (ASO Senate), Tom Bottone (Constitution Revision
Committee), Debbie Tull (FHPC Review Committee)
I. Call to Order: The Meeting was called to order at 12:25 p.m.
Approval of Agenda: With no objection, the agenda was approved.
Approval of Minutes: With no objection, the minutes of September 21, 2000 were deferred to the next meeting with the following exception: The FHPC motion to approve the immediate filling of the Nursing Position was approved as written.
Treasurer’s Report: Len Glover reported that the current balance in the treasury is $2008.85.
II. Special Orders:
A. Constitutional
Revision Forum #1:
Full Time/ Part Time Issue: (Pavlina)
The old and proposed revision texts on this issue were distributed and discussed. Senators are asked to take these issues back to Divisions for feedback.
B. Library
“Bill of Rights” (Lee)
Two documents were distributed:
1) “Library Bill of Rights”
2) “Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights”
Noticed Motion for
October 19, 2000 meeting:
Lee/Smith
The Senate endorses the “Library Bill of Rights” and the “Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries”
C. Calendar
“Heads Up”
Copies of the AFT negotiated calendars for 15 or 16 week semesters were distributed.
Noticed Motion for Oct. 19, 2000 meeting: Hollis/Wood
Reconvene the Calendar Committee.
III. Motions Noticed for Action Oct. 5, 2000
A. Master planning Schedule
The facilities needs list was distributed for future consideration.
The master planning schedule was distributed.
Motion: The Senate approves the Master Planning Schedule.
Motion Approved
B. FHPC Manual Change
Motion:
The Senate approves the submitted changes to the FHPC Policies and Procedure Manual, page 5 Article 2 a.
Motion Approved
The Changes are as follows:
The committee shall be composed of the following voting members: One Full time, tenured track representative from each Division represented on the Academic Senate (remove, ”except the counseling division”); the Vice-President of Academic Affairs, one Dean of Academic Affairs and the Vice President of Student Services. (remove, “the Counseling division is entitled to a non-voting representative”.)
IV.
Comments on Distributed Reports/Notices/Committee
Minutes
A. FHPC
(Wood)
The FHPC Presentation Schedule for September 29, 2000 and the minutes of that meeting were distributed: 17 presentations were made. The ranking and justification sheets are due to Lori Martel by 4:00 October 23, 2000.
Noticed Motion For
October 19, 2000:
The FHPC will rank all 18 positions and justify the top ten. The FHPC will present the ranked and justified positions to the Academic Senate for acceptance.
B. PFE
(Guertin/Keller)
A report was distributed. It was announced that the PFE proposal forms have been distributed to Division Chairs and forms have been placed on the table across from the campus mailboxes. Project proposal are due Monday Oct. 23, 2000 by 4:00pm. There is approximately $500,000 available. A Forum discussing PFE will be held at noon Oct 12, 2000 in the Music Recital Hall.
C. Curriculum
(McKenzie)
Minutes from the 9/5/00 meeting were distributed. Future meeting dates are Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, 2000. The Curriculum Committee meets on the first Tuesdays of each month and the TRS (technical review subcommittee) meets on the 3rd Tuesdays and other Tuesdays as needed. All meetings are held in the Music Conference Room at 1:00 pm.
D. College
President’s Objectives for the year
The President’s objectives for the 2000-01 academic year were distributed.
V.
Announcements
A. Division Council Block Grant Recommendation
Noticed Motions for Oct.
19, 2000:
The distribution for the gross of both Block Grants shall be 10% to the library, 10% to Student Services and of the 80% remaining, 75% to Division Council and 25% to others. M/S Hollis/Smith
Ten
percent of all division purchases of equipment requiring MIS maintenance shall
go into a separate account designated for MIS. M/S
Hollis/Oakes
.
B. Administrative
selection committees; representation, committee lists
Deferred to next meeting.
C. ASO
Activities (Webb)
1. There will be a school wide Candidates Forum for local election Oct 24, 1-3 in the Sea Hawk Center
2. ASO Senate would like to see active implementation of the book policy. This request was noticed as a motion for Oct. 19, 2000 meeting
Noticed
Motion for Oct. 19, 2000:
The
Academic Senate supports the ASO Senate’s request that active implementation of
the text book policy be undertaken.
M/S Hollis/McMurray
VI. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 1:46 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted: Sally Fasteau, Secretary