Santa Monica College Faculty Association

Representative Assembly Meeting

December 9, 2004

Present: Vini Angel, Alan Buckley, Sandi Burnett, Juanita Burris, Troy Cardenas, Fran Chandler, Elizabeth Chavez, Tom Chen, Tim Cramer, Gwen Dophna, Kathy Flynn, Dennis Frisch, Peter Geltner, Martin Goldstein, Pierre Goueth, Julie Greenfield, Carolyn Holmes, Josh Kanin, Lesley Kawaguchi, Ruth Logan, Ken Mason, Kym McBride, Richard McColl, Colleen McGraw, Melissa Michelson, Mitra Moassessi, Brenda Ness, Eric Oifer, Jim Pacchioli, Pauli Peter, David Phillips, Juan Quevedo, Michael Schwartz, Lantz Simpson, Eleanor Singleton, Michael Soldatenko, Howard Stahl, Michael Strathearn, Kathy Sucher, Sumy Takesue, Esau Tovar, Joy Tucker, Andrew Walzer, David Zehr, Linda Zwang-Weissman.

Absent: Fletcher Beasley, Fariba Bolandhemet, Juanita Burris, Steve Contarsy, Jim Croxton, Gail Edinger, Don Emery, Mark Foster, Anneliese Gerl, Patricia Halliday, Craig Hammond, Cecile Hanrahan, Ed Markarian, Ben Martin, Suzanne McDonald, Krystyna Oakes, Judith Remmes, Brian Rodas, Ruth SanPietro, Jacqueline Scott, Elisha Shapiro, Peter Sheridan, James Smith, Rita Soshnik, Steve Soucy, Marci Spiegler, Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, Sal Veas.

Excused: Maria Alvarado, Tracey Ellis, Emily Lodmer, Genee Pytlewsky, Toni Randall.

Guests: Ernest Padilla, Espy Bolivar-Owen.

I.    Approval of Minutes

Corrections to the October 21, 2004 minutes included changing the numbering of agenda items, a typo, and an incorrect contract article number (in item V, article 8 should be changed to article 10.)

Motion: (Frisch/Buckley) The October 21 and November 4, 2004 minutes should be approved as corrected.  Approved unanimously.

I.                   President’s Report

Board of Trustees report – Tom Donner was approved as interim president. 

Annual PAC meeting report – Andrew Walzer was re-elected as the at-large member of the board.

CSEA held their elections yesterday.  CSEA has elected a new president:

Giovanni Bella (126 votes) defeated outgoing president Phil Hendricks (123 votes).

FTES: Administration reported to Senate leaders that FTES is down for fall by 800 FTES (that means about a $2.5 million shortfall in funding). There was a discussion of strategies, including retention, that might be used to rebuild our FTES.

II.                 Presentation and Approval of 2004-5 Faculty Association Budget – Mitra Moassessi

Motion: The Executive Committee recommends that the Assembly adopt the FA Budget for 2004-5.  Approved unanimously

III.             Reassigned Time for Winter/Spring 2005

Motion:  The Executive Committee Recommends the following reassigned time for winter/spring 2005.  Approved unanimously.

                        Winter 2005

                        President                      40%

                        Chief Negotiator           40%

                        If negotiating in the winter:

                        Negotiating Team         40%

                        Spring 2005

                        President                      80%

                        Vice President              80%

Chief Negotiator           80%

Negotiating Team         40%

Special Projects            40%

Website                        20%

Hourly Committee        20%

Newsletters                  20%

IV.              Motion: The Executive Committee recommends that the Assembly approve the Resolution of Support for Contra Costa Community College District.  Approved unanimously.

V.                 Negotiations Update – Mitra Moassessi

A Load Banking Table Agreement has been reached.  (As an aside, recently Jeff Shimizu told Dept Chairs to tell faculty who have excess banking--over 24 units--that the District will not honor any more intersession banking.)

A Computer Use Policy (which includes confidentiality provisions) has been proposed to the District.

The District has proposed 05-06 and 06-07 Calendars.  They want to take one individual and one department flex day and place them into the finals calendar.