review the Shared Decision-Making Document had not yet met and that she was concerned about the Senate releasing too much of its authority. R. Cabral reiterated that committee chairs have been the key sources for content contained in the document, and that the ad hoc committee will review the document shortly (within a week). M. Jones expressed concern over the recommendation to implement staggered membership or term limits as many committee positions are established by virtue of position (e.g., Fire Tech, police department, etc.). A. Valle emphasized that such term limits should not preclude anyone’s involvement and that the Senate carefully selects its representation by virtue of faculty interest, such as representation on PBC. —R. Cabral further reported that PDC’s email (referenced in Feb. 22 Minutes) had been sent. Follow-up regarding possible relocation of EOPS offices was also completed with R. Duran stating that the discussion of the move had occurred during the last six months during “Best Practices” meetings. EOPS faculty present respectfully disagreed and asked that minutes of said meetings be referenced. A meeting among R. Duran and EOPS faculty was recommended by R. Cabral to sort out differences of opinion. R. Cabral further stated that he has had difficulty in uploading
Academic Senate minutes from this academic year to the Senate website. Reading and Approval of Minutes C. Mainzer (1st); M. Jones (2nd). The Minutes were approved with numerous corrections having been given to J. Redding. Impact of Budget Cuts DCAS —No report was given. A meeting will be held in two weeks. #6 District and College Gov. Structures #10 Processes for Institu. Planning Planning and Budgeting Council— Butler/Robert Cabral —No report was given. A meeting will be held next week. #6 District and College Gov. Structures #10 Processes for Institu. Planning Program Effectiveness and Planning Committee— Robert Cabral —No report given. A special meeting will be held tomorrow in order to discuss ranking of program resources request forms. #4 Educ. Prog. Development; #9 Program Review Individual Departmental Reports— No reports given. Board and Committee Reports
Treasurer’s Report— Maria Parker —M. Parker noted that the current balance is $1,407.31. She distributed a list reflecting who had paid their Senate dues and asked representatives to remind their constituents to pay their dues as soon as possible. Senators to remind constituents to pay Senate dues. #10 Budget Development Basic Skills Initiative— Jenny Redding —J. Redding stated that no meeting of the Committee had occurred since the last Senate meeting, but that Harold Sanders, a professional student tutor is available to assist students with their writing needs. A Writing Referral Menu was also distributed for use by faculty across the disciplines. #4 Educ. Prog. Development; #5 Policies regarding student prep. and success Accreditation Committee— Steven Hall —No formal report was given. However, March 22 is the next deadline for the third draft of the Self-Study Report. Members of the Committee had further been charged with gathering evidence. Such evidence will be stored in an empty office near the College President’s office. Public review of draft Accreditation Self Study to be done during March. #7: Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation Technology Committee— Linda Kamaila —L. Kamaila stated that the Technology Committee had not met but that the Distance Education Committee had met. The Committee hopes to streamline the Distance Learning Appendix and submit same to both the Technology and Curriculum Committees for their review. L. Kamaila also asked that faculty forward any problems they might be experiencing in terms of technology to the Committee representatives. Streamlined Distance Learning Appendix will be drafted and sent to Technology Committee and Curriculum Committee for review. #4 Educ. Prog. Development; Professional Development Committee— Shannon Newby —No report given. L. Kamaila again asked that a formal Committee report be given to the Senate by the Committee chair. R. Cabral stated that he would personally contact the chair and bring back results of said conversation to the Senate at its next meeting. R. Cabral will bring back results of conversation with S. Newby to the next #8 Policies for Faculty Prof. Development