COLLEGE OF MARIN

Academic Senate Meeting Minutes
Thursday, August 30, 2007
12:45 -2:00 pm
Student Service Building,
Conference Rooms A & B

Senators Present: Carol Adair, Yolanda Bellisimo, Michael Dougan, Ron Gaiz, Erika Harkins, Patrick Kelly, Arthur Lutz, Joe Mueller, Meg Pasquel, Radica Portello, Robert Kennedy, Ingrid Schreck, Blaze Woodlief, Derek Wilson

Senators Absent:  Sherrie 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 along with a memo to the Board re: AP Courses.

The Vice-President reported the following:

• The VP requested that the rotation policy be a future agenda item.
  

Standing Reports

Curriculum Committee

• A written report was submitted.
• The Committee reviewed 29 items; half were returned for corrections and half were sent for approval.
• The Committee needs members.
• The AS PResident will contact the Chairs for volunteers.
  

Academic Standards Committee

• A written report was submitted.
  

Discussion Items

Senate Vacancy

• One member of the AS is no longer on the faculty this semester. This member must be replaced according to the AS Constitution.
  
• AS President requests that Senators bring names to the AS for advice and consent
• The candidate must be a part of the part-time faculty
• Senators should e-mail names to the AS President
• A call to all faculty will also go out on the AS NEWS and a memo will be distributed to all faculty mailboxes.
  

Status of MOU on Program Review

• The AS has several questions re: the workload issues implied in program review. The AS contacted the Union for answers to these questions and is awaiting a response.
  
• AS President will ask the Union to send a Union Rep. to the AS to address these concerns.

Equivalency Committee & Request to Audit Faculty Minimum Qualifications

• A memo was submitted as part of the State Minimum Qualifications and the application to hiring at CoM.
  
• The State Senate has recommended that local Senates request an internal audit of all faculty for minimum qualifications.
  
• CoM does not currently have an Equivalency Committee
• Senator Woodlief made a motion to re-establish the AS Equivalency Committee.
• This issue will be voted on next week.
• The AS President requested advice from Senators to recommend faculty to serve on this committee.
  
• Senator Pasquel made a motion to request that HR perform an audit to insure that the minimum qualifications of the state were met at the time of hire.
  
• The AS will vote on this item next week.
  

Full Time Hiring Policy

• The AS President completed a Hiring Survey to Community College Senates regarding procedures used for determining Departments Eligible for full-time hires.
• A written documenting outlining these procedures was submitted as part of the minutes.
  
• The AS President submitted a draft of criteria for ranking full-time priorities to the AS and will bring the new rubric and committee makeup to the union for approval to replace the current formula and to help revise Article 16.
  

Requests to Address the Senate on Non-Agenda Items

• No requests
  

Meeting adjourned at 2:01
Minutes submitted by Schreck