COLLEGE OF MARIN

Academic Senate Meeting Minutes
Thursday, May 3, 2007
12:45 -2:00 pm
Student Service Building,
Conference Rooms A & B

Senators Present: Yolanda Bellisimo, Barbara Bonander, Hank Fearnley, Ron Gaiz, Erika Harkins, Patrick Kelly, Arthur Lutz, Radica Portello, David Rollison, Ingrid Schreck, John Sutherland, Blaze Woodlief

Senators Absent:  Theo Fung, Deborah Graham, Sheri Rollison

Guests: Hoa-Long Tam, Sara McKinnon, Bernie Blackman

Approval of Agenda & Minutes    

Motion made to approve the agenda

• Motion adopted
  

Motion made to approve the minutes

• Motion adopted
  

Officers’ Reports

The President reported the following:

• A written report was submitted.
  

The Vice President reported the following:

• Joe, Eric and Patrick will meet with Pres. White to discuss Bolinas.
  
• AS VP met with V-Anne to discuss the meeting for the gateway building
• After the November 2008 election we will find out if the bond passes and we will know for certain which buildings will be part of the Gateway.
• Faculty should attend the Gateway planning session to discuss the plans and offer input.
  

Standing Reports

Academic Standards Committee

• The committee is working on College Petitions Committee procedures and guidelines.
• AS should review and pass on to College Council, then it goes to the Board.
• They have also been working on updating the enrollment services handbook.
• The Math Dept. approved ap credit for Mat 115 with a score of 3, 4, or 5
• AS gives consent to give approval of AP credit policy for Math 155
  

Community Education

• The Community Ed teachers who teach at night usually have mailboxes in the Emeritus room. Until recently there was one person there until 7:30 to allow access to the building. There is no longer access to that room at night. Several teachers cannot get their mail.
  
• Pres. of the AS will research this issue and find out whether the Community Ed mail can be moved to the mailroom.
  

Action Items
Investigation & Negotiation of Senate Units

• Senator Bonander made a motion for the AS to determine the required work for Senate consideration prior to any negotiation of officers.
• The AS will list officer's roles and bring it back to the AS for consideration. If the AS determines that we should be asking for more units, that would then be negotiated.

CHECK WORDING FROM TAPE INDEX

• Roll call vote:
• Shreck: Y
• Woodlief: Y
  
• Harkins: Y
• Lutz: A
• Portello: Y
• Bonander: Y
• Gaiz: Y
• Rollison, David: N
• Sutherland: Y
  
• Fearnley: No
• Kelly: A
• Bellisimo: Y
  
  
• Motion adopted
  

MOU on Program Review

• Definitions of program review were discussed.
  
• Pres of the AS stated that the MOU document was drafted so that program review will be used to "grow ad sustain" programs. The document was written to protect programs.
  
• Concerns were raised about the wording and language of the document concerning the budgeting role.
• Suggestions were made to add into the preamble "as applied to academic programs" as opposed to any other unit.
  
• Concerns were raised about mixing program review with student learning outcomes.
• Senators discussed adding a bit more to the program review draft.
• AS pres will revise and send the draft to Senators; this will be voted on next week.
  

Requests to Address the Senate on Non-Agenda Items

• No requests
  

Meeting adjourned at 2:03
Minutes submitted by Schreck