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Santa Monica College Faculty Association Representative Assembly Meeting October 5, 2006 . Present: Vini Angel, Vicki Blaho, Fariba Bolandhemat, Espy Bolivar-Owen, Chuck Brinkman, Sandi Burnett, Fran Chandler, Tom Chen, Steve Contarsy, Gail Edinger, Dennis Frisch, Martin Goldstein, Toby Green, John Kennedy, Kym McBride, Suzanne McDonald, Colleen McGraw, Walter Meyer, April Mizuki, Mitra Moassessi, Launa Nelson, Jeffrey O'Connell, Pauli Peter , Kathryn Pope, John Quevedo, Guadalupe Ramos, Jenny Resnick, Elisha Shapiro, Lantz Simpson, Eleanor Singleton, James Smith, Howard Stahl, Michael Strathearn, Kathy Sucher, Sumy Takesue, Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, Odemaris Valdivia, William Van Benschoten, Alicia Villapando, Edward Wilkinson, Absent: Lee Axelrod, Barbara Baird, Rory Barnett, Sharon Bell, Sara Brewer, Ken Buckner, Lydia Canalita, Troy Cardenas, Brandon Ceballos, Susie Chapman, Becky Curtis, Ronn Davis, Gwen Dophna, Karen Dumas, Makiko Fujiwara-Skrobak, Claudia Garcia, Richard Goldenson, Pierre Goueth, Michael Gougis, Patricia Halliday, William Hogan, Christian Hart, Michael Kerze, Richard Lavallee, Peter Lee, Emily Lodmer, Fran Manion, Ed Markarian, Melissa Michelson, Joan Mills, Dana Morgan, Brenda Ness, Ernie Padilla, Boris Ricks, Ruth SanPietro, Jennifer Schofield, Michael Schwartz, Peter Sheridan, Linda Sinclair, Leon Singleton, Rita Soshnik, Gary Todd, Frank Turner, David Wu. Excused: Maria Alvarado, Lawrence Driscoll, Tracey Ellis, Jim Pacchioli, Toni Randall, Susan Sterr, David Zehr. Guests: Richard Mednick, Nick Pernisco, Karon Tabaoh-Wilhelm, Joy Tucker, Sam Voorhees. I. President's Report - Lantz Simpson (A) CALPIRG New Voters Project Sam Voorhees encouraged Assembly members and all faculty to support “Voter Participation Week”, Oct 17-23 rd . Oct.23 rd is the last day to register. Many Assembly members pledged to support the effort and took forms. Ways faculty can support the effort include: - Registering students to vote in your classroom. Drop forms off at the FA Office. Forms must be submitted within 3 days of being filled out.
- Wearing a “VOTE” wristband or button.
- Putting up a Register to Vote poster.
Sam can be reached at (802) 989-3170 or
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(B) The contract was settled by a vote of membership: 441 For | 4 Against. The Board of Trustees will meet Oct. 9 th to approve the contract. At that point the contract will be put in force. For a calculation of the retroactive pay due to each faculty member, a downloadable Excel spreadsheet is available at http://www.smcfa.org (C) Dennis Frisch spoke to the CCCI California Community College Initiative which has now entered the signature-gathering phase. SMC student groups will be helping gather signatures. Faculty are also being asked to collect a few signatures from colleagues, friends, neighbors, or other California voters. Dennis passed out petitions (and the 2 short “declarations” that any signature-gatherer must sign). Forms may also be downloaded here: http://www.californiansforcommunitycolleges.org/downloads/ Forms may be dropped off at the FA office or mailed in directly. Signatures must be gathered outside of class time. The talking points for the initiative are: Students It will reduce student fees to $15 plus, a process will be put in place to prevent radical escalation of fees in the future. Governance It empowers the Chancellor's Office with more authority (instead of the legislature) while preserving local control. Funding It changes the “funding mechanism.” Instead of the Community Colleges splitting Prop 98 with K-12, it would establish separate funding from K-12 (D) Board of Trustees election. All candidates have been invited to speak to the Representative Assembly. (E) FACCC Conference. All Representative Assembly members are invited to attend the FACCC Conference next week, Oct 12-14 in downtown L.A. The Faculty Association will pay registration for anyone who wants to attend. (F) Lawsuit Settled. The lawsuit brought by our former political consultant Kelly Hayes-Raitt has been settled in favor of Hayes-Raitt. The FA has paid the $20,000 settlement. (G) “Enrollment Recovery Effort”. Lantz is soliciting suggestions for the FTES enrollment recovery plan as it is agendized for the next DPAC meeting. Some of the provisions in the new contract that will help boost FTES include newly-defined Distance Ed. Class-sizes and now pay for mid-size oversized classes. (H) Next DPAC Budget Committee Meeting . The college may be headed toward “stabilization”. The Compton FTES will be discussed. II. Approval of Minutes from May 11, 2006, June 1, 2006, Sept 7, 2006 . M/S: Goldstein/Strathearn. Approved unanimously. III. Negotiations Report – Mitra Moassessi The contract is being finalized; the Board is expected to approve it on Oct. 9 th . IV. Elections for at-large members of the Executive Committee David Zehr, Kathryn Pope, and Walter Meyer were elected by acclamation. V. Motion from the Executive Committee MOTION : The Executive Committee recommends that the $50,000 from the General Fund that was approved as a contribution to the PAC for the November 2006 campaign be considered a loan. $5,000 of that amount will be dedicated to paying federal tax. Passed unanimously. MOTION : The Executive Committee recommends that the following appointments be made: DPAC Budget – Lantz Simpson and Mitra Moassessi DPAC Human Resources – Fran Chandler and Kym McBride DPAC Technology – Howard Stahl and Kathy Sucher DPAC College Services – Maria Alvarado and Michael Strathearn DPAC Facilities – Tracey Ellis and Dennis Frisch College-wide Health Benefits Committee – Martin Goldstein will serve as a part-time representative Passed unanimously. VI. For the Good of the Order Respectfully submitted, Kathy Sucher SMCFA Recording Secretary/Webmaster
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