Santa Monica College Faculty Association
Representative Assembly Meeting
October 21, 2004
Present: Maria Alvarado, Vini Angel, Alan Buckley, Sandi Burnett, Troy Cardenas, Elizabeth Chavez, Tim Cramer, Gail Edinger, Kathy Flynn, Peter Geltner, Martin Goldstein, Julie Greenfield, Carolyn Holmes, Josh Kanin, Lesley Kawaguchi, Ruth Logan, Ed Markarian, Ben Martin, Ken Mason, Kym McBride, Richard McColl, Suzanne McDonald, Colleen McGraw, Mitra Moassessi, Eric Oifer, Jim Pacchioli, Pauli Peter, David Phillips, Juan Quevedo , Jacqueline Scott, Elisha Shapiro, Lantz Simpson, Eleanor Singleton, James Smith, Michael Strathearn, Kathy Sucher, Sumy Takesue, Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, Esau Tovar, Joy Tucker, Andrew Walzer, David Zehr.
Absent: Fletcher Beasley, Fariba Bolandhemet, Juanita Burris, Fran Chandler, Steve Contarsy, Jim Croxton, Gwen Dophna, Tracey Ellis, Don Emery, Mark Foster, Dennis Frisch, Anneliese Gerl, Pierre Goueth, Patricia Halliday, Craig Hammond, Cecile Hanrahan, Melissa Michelson, Genee Pytlewsky, Judith Remmes, Brian Rodas, Ruth SanPietro, Michael Schwartz, Peter Sheridan, Michael Soldatenko, Rita Soshnik, Steve Soucy, Marci Spiegler, Howard Stahl, Sal Veas,
Excused: Tom Chen, Emily Lodmer, Brenda Ness, Krystyna Oakes, Toni Randall, Linda Zwang-Weissman
Guests: Espy Bolivar-Owen
I. Approval of Minutes – Sept 23 and October 7.
Two corrections were made. On Sept 23rd there was one correction offered but ultimately rejected: that Richard Lavallee should be listed as a member of the assembly, but in fact he is NOT a member.
On October 7th, the word "oversestimated" in the Negotiations Report, should be replaced with "underestimated". Also, it is the "unrestricted reserves that are used to get off of the Watch List". These corrections were offered by Mitra and approved.
Ruth Logan moved; Peter Geltner seconded. Approved unanimously.
II. New Business
Motion: Richard McColl be appointed to the Representative Assembly to fill a vacancy in the Art Dept. Approved unanimously.
II. Special Guests
The following neighborhood partners in the upcoming campaign addressed the assembly and expressed support for our candidates and solicited support for their efforts.
- Friends of Sunset Park representative ( Tom Cleys ) www.friendsofsunsetpark.com
- Pico Neighborhood representative (Oscar de La Torre)
- Rob Rader, candidate
- Doug Willis, candidate
III. Campaign Update - Andrew Walzer & Richard Tahlvidaran-Jesswein
- The Santa Monica Mirror has endorsed out candidates. (10/23/04)
- Full-page ad in today’s Santa Monica Mirror indicating endorsements of current trustee Annette Shamey; former trustee Pat Nichelson; and former mayor/judge David Finkle.
-Lantz read highlights from Margaret Quinones’ most recent campaign mailer.
IV. Negotiations Update – Mitra Moassessi
The focus of a lot of the negotiations so far has been towards setting up a health benefits committee, but as of now, there is no committee.
The District refused to have table agreement on Article 8 (Benefits) while a Benefits Committee would do its work. The Faculty Association can not agree to leaving Article 8 open with the possibility of take back demands influencing the work of the committee.
