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SANTA MONICA COLLEGE FACULTY ASSOCIATION
REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY MEETING
April 3, 2008
Members present: Dianne Berman, Sandra Burnett, Fran Chandler, Rebecca Curtis, Gail Edinger, Tracey Ellis, Dennis Frisch, Martin Goldstein, Ben Jimenez, Kym McBride, Colleen McGraw, Melissa Michelson, Mitra Moassessi, Sue Moisin, Dana Morgan, Brenda Ness, Eric Oifer, Jim Pacchioli, Pauli Peter, Franklyn Phillips, Lisa Saperston, Eleanor Singleton, Howard Stahl, Michael Strathearn, Kathy Sucher, Esau Tovar, Joy Tucker, Sal Veas, Alicia Villapando, Edward Wilkinson, David Zehr, Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein.
Guests: Amber Katherine, Jackie Scott.
Excused: Lantz Simpson, Susan Sterr.
Absent: Diana Aghabegian, Maria Alvarado, Vini Angel, Jill Assadi, Rory Barnett, Espy Bolivar-Owen, Chuck Brinkman, Tom Chen, Gwen Dophna, Lawrence Driscoll, Jolia Allen, Don Emery, Ron Fitzgerald, Donald Gantner, Richard Goldenson, Jeff Gordon, Michael Gougis, Toby Green, Patricia Halliday, Veronica Herrera, William Hogan, John Kennedy, Richard Lavallee, Peter Lee, Ed Markarian, Suzanne McDonald, April Mizuki, Fereshteh Mobasheri, Jeffrey Nick Pernisco, Tom Peters, Dave Phillips, Jeffrey O’Connell, John Quevedo, Guadalupe Ramos, Jenny Resnick, Elaine Roque, Jennifer Schofield, Mario Semere, Elisha Shapiro, Tara Shima, Sumy Takesue, Nina Theiss, Gary Todd, Frank Turner, Odemaris Valdivia, Sal Veas.
I. Approval of Minutes – March 6, 2008. A change was made to the minutes after Dennis Frisch suggested the wording “members” dues, rather than just dues would be more accurate. Mitra Moassessi made a motion to approve the minutes from March 6, 2008. Martin Goldstein seconded the motion. Passed unanimously.
II. Presidents Report:
Conferences: The CCCI Conference will be held in Sacramento May 2-3. The CCCI represents the independent community college unions state-wide. The FA will pay your expenses if you want to attend.
CPFA Conference at SMC: The California Part-time Faculty Association 10th annual conference, mill be held Saturday May 3 here at SMC. The FA will pay registration for SMC faculty who attend. PT Faculty who wish to attend should contact Martin Goldstein, or Becky Curtis:
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The conference includes breakfast and lunch.
LA Faculty Guild Health Benefits & Retirement Conference will be held April 25th at the Manhattan Beach Marriot. www.aft1521.org/?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=75428
Part-time Retirement Issues:
The FA met with the District to discuss the problems with part-time retirement plans. There was an encouraging meeting with the College lawyer, and the FA and District are close to a solution.
III. Negotiations Report – Mitra Moassessi
All Faculty--Your last paycheck reflects your 3.5% raise.
You can find a link on the SMCFA website with the new salary schedule.
http://www.smcfa.org/Paycheck_project/A1_salary_schedule_35.htm
FT Faculty: The Faculty Association is close to an agreement with the adjustment in the salary schedule. We don’t know when the retro check for the 3.5% increase since Fall 07 will be available.
http://www.smcfa.org/negotiations/negotiations_07/raises_retros.htm
PT – As of Spring 2008 Part-time pro rata pay increases to 74%. The way office hours are calculated has changed. Part-Timers who get paid for office hours are paid for one hour weekly. To calculate: take the amount in the cell on Salary Schedule A-1 corresponding to the current placement of the part-time faculty member on salary schedule B-2 divided by 2 and multiply by 2.5%.
The pay per unit for PT factory on load factor one was mistakenly calculated at 70% instead of 74% for the latest paycheck. This problem will be corrected in the retro check. The retro will reflect the 74%.
PT faculty can now purchase additional health benefits. If a PT faculty member is enrolled in Kaiser, they can buy dependent care. If a member wants to take advantage of that provision, they need to submit a form by April 18. Enrollment forms are available on-line.
IV. Elections Committee Report: Kym Mc Bride
A Special Election will begin April 17th and run until May 1. The ballots will be due before noon May 1. There will be an informational meeting 4/17 at 11:15 place TBA. The ballot will contain two measures, the first regarding a dues reduction and the second regarding making annual contributions to the FA Political Action Committee. A special edition of the Faculty Association Bulletin will be issued after spring break with complete details. The special election ballot was read to the Assembly without objection. (See Appendix to minutes)
V. Endorsement of Candidate in State Senate Election -- Fran Pavley. A motion from the executive committee was made to endorse Fran Pavley for the State Senate. Passed with one abstention.
VI. FACCC Election Procedure: Email from FACCC, election 2008.
All faculty should have received an email on April first, directing them to the voting site. The Election runs from April 1 through the end of the month. Please do not delete your FACCC email. If you have any problems with voting contact: Howard Stahl --
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All faculty are encouraged to vote in the FACCC election. Check the website for more information http://www.smcfa.org/FACCC/2008_election/index.htm
VII. Endorsement of SMC Candidates for FACCC Board.
The Assembly voted to endorse Mitra Moassessi for FACCC Governor at Large, and Dennis Frisch for Vice-President. Passed unanimously. ( Motion made by Becky Curtis, seconded by Martin Goldstein)
VIII. How to Read Your Paycheck-- Check out the new link on the SMCFA website: http://www.smcfa.org/Paycheck_project/paycheck.html
Thank you to Tom Peters, Mitra Moassessi and Odemaris Valdivia who worked to created this link.
IX. For the Good of the Order
A suggestion was made to create a link to the FA meeting agendas.
Respectfully Submitted,
Becky Curtis
Recording Secretary
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