Minutes
Academic Senate
Los Angeles Harbor College
Present:
Nabeel Barakat, Kate Campbell, Sally Fasteau (recorder), Len Glover (Treasurer), Brenda Guertin, Mike Hiscocks, Wendy Hollis, Steve Judge 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) Tricia Wickers, Mark Wood (Vice President).
Absent:
Charles Davis, Linda Forrest, R. David Weber
Guests:
Pamela Watkins (communications alternate), Beverly Shue (DAS), Kristopher Glalang (ASO), Al Bolis (ASO), Jordan Murrin (ASO), Thomas L. Bottone (Constitution Revision Committee), Philip Heath (ASO)
I.
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at
12:22 p.m.
Adoption of Agenda: The agenda was approved with the following additions: Under Special Orders: B. CSU/CC Coordination (Wood); and C. Election Committee (Keller) D. PFE (Wood) E. Planning Update (Stanbery)
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of November 16, 2000 were approved with the request that the text of the 2 motions from the Constitution Review Committee be added.
MSP Glover/Lemon
Treasurer’s
Report: (Glover) The Treasurer reported that the current
balance in the treasury is $2382.63.
II.
Special Orders:
A. Transfer
Center/Hiring Policies (Shue)
Concerns regarding these District Policies are related to no consultation with the Academic Senate. There were no specifics on duties of the advisory committee. Discussion of this issue will probably be on the Jan. 2001 Board of Trustees agenda.
B. CUS/CC Coordination (Wood)
Reported on a conference he attended regarding efforts to align curriculum to improve articulation
C. Election
Committee (Keller)
Fifty-seven people voted. The results were as follows: Nabeel Barakat 55; Kate Campbell 55; Sally Fasteau 55; Mark Wood 54; Dave Loftin 1; Bruce Lemon 1. The top 4 candidates will assume their duties at the end of the Fall Semester.
The committee requests that the issue of part-time faculty and voting eligibility be decided prior to the Spring 2001 election. Of those that voted in the PAC election, 11 were part-time faculty members.
D. PFE (Keller/Wood)
It was reported that Dr. Spink has decided not to fold the PFE budget into the general budget. She has indicated that $300,000 may be used on the PFE proposals and has asked the committee if it would consider funding two faculty positions with other PFE funds. She has also indicated that she wants the faculty funded by PFE to be on going costs.
A question was asked about the total amount of funding for PFE ($1.6 million and a $200,000 carry over). There are some on-going costs from previous years that need to remain in PFE.
Also, we need to see the goals that the District has set to see if we are actually meeting them. The PFE committee will meet Dec 8, 2000. A mini summit on PFE will be held in March 2001. Mary Spangler was reported to be the chair of this event.
E. Planning
Update (Shue/Stanberry)
B. Shue reported that Gary Columbo, the district person assigned to oversee our planning process is concerned about our process.
J. Stanbery reported that the leaders of the Strategic Planning Committee met with the Budget Review Committee to work on an integration of planning with the budget process.
F. Public
Comment:
1. Beverly Shue: Reported that the District has sold the 4050 Wilshire building.;
Pierce College has a conceptualized masterplan which integrates facilities, technology,
student services, and budget planning.
She stated that a matrix of the above would help us understand how this
works; There will be a meeting of IMPAC (Intersegmental Majors Preparation) on
Jan 20, 2001. It will address aligning
prerequisites for specific majors throughout the state. New work is being done on nursing, food
science, earth science, chemistry, biology, physics and math.
III.
Motions Noticed for Action on December 7, 2000:
A. Senate Committee Structure Resolution
Proposed by the Constitutional Revision Committee:
Motion: “The Faculty
Senate will vote to recommend to the Faculty Senate Constitution Committee one
of the two models of the Academic Senate committee structure for inclusion on
the constitution of the Academic Senate of LAHC. This is only a declaration of
intention.”
Motion
Passed: 9 yes/8 no
Motion: “The Senate
authorize the constitutional revision committee to incorporate “Plan A” into
its committee structure proposals as fully as in the best judgment of the
committee is feasible.”
M/S:
Wood/Campbell
After some discussion, the chair ruled to defer discussion.
B. Division
Meetings:
Motion: The Senate reaffirms its prior resolutions
calling upon instructional divisions to meet regularly, and specifically requests
the follow-up division meetings on educational master plan revisions which now
are due according to this year’s master planning schedule.”
M/S:
Wood/Guertin
Motion: To divide.
There was no objection to division by
Wood/Guertin.
M/S/P:
Hollis/Smith
Motion passed unanimously.
Division of motion:
1.
Motion: The
Senate reaffirms its prior resolutions calling upon instructional divisions to
meet regularly.
2.
Motion: The Senate specifically requests the follow-up
division meetings on educational master plan revisions which now are due
according to this year’s master planning schedule.
Request for a follow-up motion:
Motion: The senate requests division council
establish the protocol for follow-up division meetings on educational master
plan revisions.
M/S/P:
Hollis /McMurray
IV.
Comments on Distributed Reports/Notices/Committee
Minutes:
A. Dec
14. DAS meeting preparations (Parker)
There is a need to reserve the room. Food will be served at 12:30.
B. Flex
Days in January (Smith)
Workshops are still needed for the Jan 9 – 12 flex week.
V. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 2:06
Respectfully Submitted,
Sally Fasteau, Secretary