Santa Monica College Faculty Association

Representative Assembly Meeting

September 18, 2003

Members Present:  Garen Baghdasarian, Sandi Burnett, Robin Briggs, Alan Buckley, Fran Chandler, Tom Chen , Steve Contarsy, Robert Flores, Mark Foster, Dennis Frisch, Martin Goldstein, Carolyn  Holmes,  John Hoover, Josh Kanin, Lesley Kawaguchi, Richard LaValle, Ann Maddox, Fran Manion, George Marcopulos, Ed Markarian, Ben Martin, James Martin, Robert Massey, Kym McBride, Richard McColl, Suzanne McDonald, Colleen McGraw, Richard Mednick, Melissa Michelson, Mitra Moasessi, Lyle Nichols, Krystyna Oakes, Juan Quevedo, Rick Russell, Michael Schwartz, Lantz Simpson, Eleanor Singleton, Michael Soldatenko, Howard Stahl, Michael Strathern, Sumy Takesue, Alicia Villapondo , Andrew Walzer, David Zehr, Linda Zwang-Weissman

Members Absent: Maria Alavarado, Vini Angel, Anthony Archer, Fariba Bolandhemet, Juanita Burris, Tim Cramer , Jim Croxton, Becky Curtis, Nick DiCamillo,,Gwen Dophna,  Naja El-Khoury, Don Emery, Kai Ganado, Anneliese Gerl, Julie Grenfield, Craig Hammond, Ridgeway Knight, Jim Lemmon, Arnold Lessing, Alan Litt, Sheila Mason, Jeffrey Miller,  Elaine Morton, Brenda Ness, Ernest Padilla, David Phillips, Judith Remmes, Paul Roberts, Mario Semere, Rita Soshnik, Marci Spiegler,  Lydia Strong, Denise Travis, Sal Veas , Robert Ware, Mari Womack, Betty Wong,

Members Excused:, Ken Mason, Jim Pacchioli, Pauli Peter Kathy Sucher,

Guests: Tony Diniro, Tracey Ellis, Marce Kelly,  Gloria Lopez,

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

I. Approval of the minutes:  February 27, 2003, April 3, 2003, June 5, 2003, and September 4, 2003

     The Assembly unanimously approved the minutes from the previous meetings.

II. President's Report-Lantz Simpson

     A. At present in CSEA-District negotiations, the district retains the right to lay off classified staff as they decide, and CSEA team refuses to agree to  do workshare without the promise of limited  lay-offs in the near future.  Eighteen classified positions have been abolished to date.

     B. Mitra Moassessi reported on the methods the district uses to hide approximately 3 million dollars by transferring money back and forth between category 03 and category 01 funds.  The purpose of this is probably to create the picture of low reserves in order to avoid being required to hire more full time faculty members to meet the 75% law.

III.  Approval of Executive Committee Appointments

The following people were elected to at-large membership on the Executive Committee:  Jim Martin, Kym McBride and David Zehr.  Approval was passed by acclamation.

IV.  Dennis Frisch proposed and Kym McBride seconded a motion to appoint Suzanne MacDonald as counseling department to replace absent representatives.  The motion was passed unanimously.

V. Appointment of Co chair for Job Action Task Force

     The President appointed Richard Tavildarein-Jesswein to co-chair the Job Action Task Force with Kenneth Mason.  Mr. Mason will return to campus at the beginning of November.

VI. The meeting was adjourned at 12:15 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,