Senators Present: Yolanda Bellisimo, Barbara Bonander, Hank Fearnley, Theo Fung, Ron Gaiz, Deborah Graham, Erika Harkins, Patrick Kelly, Arthur Lutz, Radicia Portello, David Rollison, Sheri Rollison, Ingrid Schreck, John Sutherland, Blaze Woodlief

Senators Absent:

Guests: Hoa-Long Tam, V-Anne Chernock, Peggy Dodge, Seanna Villarreal, Sara McKinnon, Becky Reetz, Maula Allen, Linda Beam, David Snyde, Anita Martinez

Approval of Agenda & Minutes      

Motion made to approve the agenda

• Motion adopted

Senator Fearnley requests that President's Retreat Rights be moved up on the agenda.

Motion to approve the minutes from November 9, 2006

• Minutes approved as amended

Officers' Reports

The President reported the following:

• WASC is satisfied with all of the work done at the college  except the work done on program review.
• WASC commended work done at course level with SLOs but voiced concern with the program review elements between campus wide and course level review.
• As a result of the WASC visit a primary goal of the institution is to get the Program Review document approved before the end of the semester and to initiate a pilot study.

The Vice President reported the following:

• The Swing Space team will begin to work in January.
• According to the Director of Modernization, the Dance Building is scheduled to be demolished in 2008.

The Treasurer reported the following:

• A written report was submitted.
• $118 is deposited every month. These funds are taken out of paychecks.
• The treasurer requested that the treasurer should get paid as the other officers are paid.

Standing Reports

Curriculum Committee

• A written report was submitted.

Academic Standards Committee

• The committee reported that they need the Dean of Enrollment Services to attend meetings.
  
• According to VP Martinez, the Dean of Enrollment services is expected to attend the meetings as a resource.

Community Education

• No report

Technology Committee

• No report

       IPC

• Program review document has been revised by IPC and needs Senate approval.

Action Items

• Teller's Report: The Referendum failed.
• Number of votes cast: 208
• 96 voted yes; 112 voted no.
•  credit, full-time:     56-yes, 38-no    
• credit, part-time:    30-yes, 38-no
• non-credit:              10-yes, 36 no    
• The report was accepted and the results were ratified by the Senate.

Senator Lutz withdrew his motion that was tabled last week to declare the referendum null and void.

Time Sensitive Discussions

Golden Bell nominees were accepted and given to the AS President.

Academic Standards Board Procedure was discussed.

o         Operations and changes and procedures should be the purview of the AS. The admissions Dean is the one who does the dismissal so there may be a conflict of interest. Standards committee needs assurance that their needs will be met and that the committee will have the resources they need to function effectively.

o         Senators request that this issue be placed on a future agenda and that the Dean of Enrollment Services be invited to attend the next AS meeting.

Senator Woodlief made the motion that Òdue to the time sensitive issue, the Senate approve the expenditure of funds for the Brown Act Training out of whatever fund is appropriate.Ó

o         Motion failed

Senator Fearnley moves that all AS expenditures be brought to the AS for approval.

o         Motion failed

• Approval of the expenditure for the Brown Act training will be placed on the next agenda.

Meeting adjourned at 2:03 pm

Minutes submitted by Schreck