MINUTES
Harbor College Planning Advisory Council
Regular Meeting
September 21, 2000
Administration Representatives:
Linda
Spink, Luis Rosas, Rochelle Hudson, Nina Malone, George Ealer,
Nancy
Carson
Faculty Representatives:
Jim
Stanbery, Sally Fasteau, Larry Heimgartner, Kate Campbell, Josh Abarbanel
Faculty AFT Representatives:
Rod
Oakes, Wendy Hollis
Classified Representatives:
Amos
Powell, Claudette Youins, Sholeh Khorooshi, Bob Sotelo
Student Representatives:
Nicholas
Webb, Andrea Hawley
Guests:
June
Smith, Beverly Shue, Sam Sandt
Dr. Spink called the meeting to
order at 2:04 p.m.
1. Approval of 5/11/00 Minutes
The
Minutes of the 5/11/00 Meeting were approved with the following change. Mr. Stanbery added the following to the
Minutes under Item II, MOTION: L.
Menzies moved to have PAC approve the creation of the Strategic Planning
Taskforce with R. Hudson and J. Stanbery as the co-chairs and the committee to
consist of the PAC plus the Division Chairs and others as necessary.
2. Distribution of 9/14/00 Minutes
The
Minutes of the 9/14/00 Meeting were distributed.
3. Governance Process/Procedures
Mr.
Stanbery indicated that the two statements listed on page 2 of the Shared
Governance document were inconsistent with the minutes of 5/11/00. This is supposed to be a model that would be
a pilot. There are gaping holes. There has been no discussion of committee structure,
what committee structures are needed and the reporting mechanisms. Some discussion took place as to whether some
of the committees were PAC or Academic Senate committees.
Dr.
Spink reported that some colleges have a committee making recommendations
directly to the president and other colleges have committees reporting to a
body which then recommends to the president.
AB 1725 sets down specific guidelines saying we have to consult with
students and classified in addition to setting the guidelines for the 10
Academic and Professional matters. Mrs.
Smith distributed copies of the Shared Governance Policy agreed upon by the
Academic Senate and the College President in September 1997. Mr. Stanbery pointed out that page 2, item
3, does not include facilities per se and that we must involve the college in a
systematic college-wide process. Mrs.
Smith suggested having a Technology Committee including MIS as part of the
Senate.
Mrs.
Hollis indicated that a smaller group called the Coordinating Council used to
meet and set the PAC agenda.
If the
president sees that a recommendation does not include all of the constituencies,
it should be returned.
Dr.
Spink asked that a subcommittee be formed with one person from each
constituency to write up a revised governance structure and bring it back to
the PAC in a couple of months. Mr.
Stanbery volunteered for faculty, with Mr. Webb for students, and either Dr.
Spink or Mr. Rosas for administration.
Mr. Heimgartner suggested that Dr. Spink be the administrative
person. The classified group will caucus
after the meeting and come up with an idea since no one was willing to volunteer. Dr. Oakes recommended that the group consist
of those who are really interested in writing the planning part.
Mr.
Webb asked if we were still operating under the old PAC rules, i.e., consensus,
and subcommittee composition. Consensus
was that until each constituent group approves any changes the old rules still
apply.
4. Facilities Priorities
Dr.
Spink indicated that she needed feedback on the Facilities Priorities. Mrs. Carson reported that at the Division
Council Meeting the division chairs were asked to look at the priorities. Mr. Stanbery reported that the list was
given to the Senate and they felt it was inappropriate for them to make
recommendations; it would be better at the division/department level. Ms. Youins reported that she had done a
survey of her group. Ms. Malone
reported that it would be taken up at the ASO Retreat.
This
topic will be a key agenda item at the next meeting
5.
Announcements
Dr.
Spink needs to know what our legislative priorities are in order to report back
to the Chancellor. Some examples were
given such as under funding, lack of equity in schools in the affluent
community versus the disadvantaged areas.
Mr. Heimgartner was asked to coordinate a brown-bag lunch meeting to
come up with some ideas for legislative priorities
Dr.
Spink indicated she was also waiting for feedback from the second draft of her
Goals and Objectives.
The next meeting is scheduled
for Thursday, October 5, 2000, at 2 p.m. in LRC 125. The entire agenda will be to finalize college priorities for
facilities development.
The meeting adjourned at 3:05
p.m.