Santa Monica College Faculty Association

Representative Assembly Meeting

October 2, 2003

Members Present: Maria Alavarado, Vini Angel, Garen Baghdasarian, Robin Briggs, Alan Buckley,  Sandi Burnett, Fran Chandler, Steve Contarsy, Tim Cramer, Gwen Dophna, Robert Flores, Dennis Frisch, Mark Foster, Anneliese Gerl, Josh Kanin, Lesley Kawaguchi, Ann Maddox,, Ed Markarian, Fran Manion, Ed Markarian, James Martin, Robert Massey, Kym McBride, Richard McColl, Suzanne  McDonald, Colleen McGraw, Richard Mednick, Melissa Michelson, Mitra Moasessi, Brenda Ness, Lyle Nichols, Jim Pacchioli, Pauli Peter, David Phillips, Juan Quevedo, Toni Randall,  Judith Remmes, Michael Schwartz, Lantz Simpson, Eleanor Singleton, Michael Soldatenko, Rita Soshnik, Howard Stahl, Michael Strathern, Kathy Sucher, Richard TA Alicia Villapondo, Andrew Walzer, Betty Wong, David Zehr, Linda Zwang-Weissman

Members Absent: Anthony Archer, Fariba Bolandhemet, Juanita Burris, Jim Croxton, Becky Curtis, Nick DiCamillo, Naja El-Khoury, Carolyn Feruzzi, Kai Ganado, Julie Grenfield, Martin Goldstein, Craig Hammond, John Hoover, Carolyn Holmes, Ridgeway Knight, Richard LaValle, Jim Lemmon, Arnold Lessing, Alan Litt, Ben Martin, Sheila Mason, McDonald, Jeffrey Miller, Elaine Morton, Krystyna Oakes, Ernest Padilla, Paul Roberts, Mario Semere, Marci Spiegler, Lydia Strong, Sumy Takesue, Denise Travis, Sal Veas, Robert Ware, Mari Womack,

Members Excused: Tom Chen, Don Emery, George Marcopulos, Ken Mason, Audrey Roche,

Guests: Lynne Boylan, Tracey Ellis, Teresa Garcia, and Marce Kelly

The meeting was called to order at 11:15 A.M.

I. President's Report-Lantz Simpson

A. Andrew Walzer announced the FA PAC fundraiser, which will be held on Saturday November 8 from 11A.M.-2 P.M. at the home of Nina Theiss.  Brunch will be served and the charge is $50 per person.  Donations to the PAC will be used to support candidates in the November 2004 Board of Trustees election.

B. The officers of the Faculty Association are proceeding with the interviews to hire a Public Relations person for the Association.

C. The Job Action Task Force that was approved by the Assembly and co-chaired by Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein and Kenneth Mason will meet today off-campus at 5:00 P.M.

II. Approval of minutes of May 8, 2003. 

     The minutes were approved, amended as follows " Minutes were submitted by Kym McBride substituting for Ann Maddox who was  excused from the May 8 meeting.'

III. Maria Alvarado was nominated by the President, to fill an empty seat as representative to FA Assembly from Counseling. Per Bylaws, she received the next most number of votes in the previous election.  Fran Chandler so moved and David Zehr seconded.  The motion was approved unanimously.

IV.  Job Action Task Force

     Lantz reported that the Job Action Task Force is being revived in preparation for Faculty Association bargaining, which will be occurring in the next six months  (the current contract ends as of August 31, 2004).  Lantz discussed the bargaining procedure and timelines for the next contract period. 

V. For the good of the order

     A. Robyn Briggs reported that 30 people attended the California Part Time Faculty Association (CPFA) meeting at West Los Angeles College.  Robyn and others urge both part time and full time faculty to join CPFA.

     B.  Lesley Kawaguchi reported that at the October 13 meeting the Board of Trustees will publicly interview applicants for the open Board seat. 

Respectfully submitted,

 Ann Maddox

Recording Secretary