COLLEGE OF MARIN
Academic Senate
Meeting Minutes
Thursday, April 19, 2007
12:45 -2:00 pm
Student Service Building,
Conference Rooms A & B
Senators Present: Yolanda Bellisimo, Barbara Bonander, Hank
Fearnley, Ron Gaiz, Deborah
Graham, Erika
Harkins, Patrick
Kelly, Arthur Lutz, Radica Portello, David
Rollison, Ingrid Schreck,
John Sutherland, Blaze Woodlief
Senators Absent: Theo Fung, Sheri
Rollison
Guests: Hoa-Long Tam, Sara McKinnon, Bernie Blackman, Linda Beam
Approval of Agenda & Minutes
Motion made to approve the agenda
Motion made to approve the minutes
Officers’ Reports
The President reported the following:
- A written
report was submitted.
- AS President & VP will write a response
to
the Grand Jury Report and bring it to the AS. AS Pres will also follow
up with President White to discover how they will respond to the Grand
Jury Report.
- AS Pres will follow up on key chain prices.
- As Pres will follow up with Police
Department re: procedures on retiree parking.
The Vice President reported the following:
- Harlan Center report from the engineers
states that the HC does not meet the Life
Performance Standard. The law states that if an improvement is
made to a building you must bring it up to code. If you don't
touch the
building, then the building must not be brought up to code. Questions
arose as to what kinds of improvements. Is putting on a new roof
considered such an improvement as the Harlan Center has made
improvements to the roof. VP stated he would follow up on these
questions.
- One of the largest single disciplines on the
campus--English, with 6% of WSCH, has faculty offices on the second
floor without elevator access for students.
- Building to "state standards" to get state
bond money is on a campus by campus basis rather than a district wide
basis.
- A proposal will be written for the Kentfield
Campus for state bond funds. The proposal would be for a state bond on
the November of 2008 elections for Gateway Complex for a total of
48,000
square foot buildings which would exist in the footprint of Harlan
Center, Olney Hall, Administration, and Business. If the bond money is
not given, then most likely only one building would be erected instead
of two. If the Harlan Center is not part of the proposal due to a lack
of state bond funding, then, at the very least HC should be updated
with an elevator.
- A planning meeting will be held from 2-5 on
Thursday
4/26 for the Gateway Building planning session. Square footage
allocations for classroom space must be
rationalized to fit with programming. The only way to insure enough
space for offices and classrooms is to attend these meetings. The
Sciences rationalized their square footage calculations and so should
other faculty when planning for space allocation. Faculty should ask
the Science Department for models of what they used to rationalize
space allocations.
The Treasurer reported the following:
- A written report was submitted.
Standing Reports
Community Education
- Complaints are coming from teachers from IVC
who state they are losing students to SRJC due to the condition of the
classrooms and grounds. Litter in classrooms and on grounds has
prompted complaints from students. Janitors have stated that they
have orders not to pick up trash
unless it's in a trash can.
- On behalf of the AS, Pres Bellisimo will
contact the supervisor
of the janitors for clarification.
Action Items
Task Force Leadership and Expenditures for Bolinas Lab
- Senator Schreck made the following motion:
"The AS recommends that Joe Mueller and a member of the community serve
as co-chairs of the Bolinas Task Force and that all funds spent on the
make-up of the Task Force be put on hold until the Task Force--with new
co-chairs--can convene and make recommendations."
Discussion
Financial expenditures for the Senate
Expenditures for the AS were discussed and
a document titled "Proposed Academic Senate Expenditure for Spring
Semester 2007" was submitted to the AS. We need to approve some
expenditures before May 2.
- Senator Bonander made a motion to accept
the expenditures.
- The motion will be voted on next week.
- Senator Lutz made the following motion that:
"all officers be compensated for their work and their compensation
terms be decided by the AS; also, to redress the inequity of
the present treasurer not having been compensated for this semester
that
compensation be given to the treasurer retroactive to this semester."
- The motion will be voted on next
week
Outstanding teacher's selection procedure
- President Bellisimo submitted the nomination
form to the AS. The AS discussed the process that should be used to
nominate and choose Outstanding Teachers.
Senator Portello made the motion to continue the
Outstanding Teacher Award Process.
- The motion will be voted on next week
Requests to Address the Senate on Non-Agenda
Items
Meeting adjourned at 2:00
Minutes submitted by Schreck