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Representative Assembly Meeting MINUTES
September 19, 2002 Members Present: Rebecca Anderson, Anthony Archer, Garen Baghdasarian, Robin Briggs, Nick DiCamillo, Charlie Donaldson, Gordon Dossett, Gail Edinger, Don Emery, Carolyn Feruzzi, Robert Flores, Mark Foster, Dennis Frisch, Kai Ganado, Claudia Garcia, Carolyn Holmes, John Hoover, Marcella Kelly, Richard LaValle, Arnold Lessing, Ann Maddox, George Marcopulos, James Martin, Ken Mason, Robert Massey, Kym McBride, Richard McColl, Colleen McGraw, Richard Mednick, Mitra Moassessi, Dana Morgan, Brenda Ness, Lyle Nichols, Jim Pacchioli, Ernest Padilla, Rich Robinson, Lantz Simpson, Eleanor Singleton, Michael Soldatenko, Michael Strathearn, Lydia Strong, Sumy Takesue, Beverly Tholen, Esau Tovar, Leslie Vaughn, Sal Veas, Alicia Villapando, Andrew Walzer, Betty Wong, David Zehr Members Absent: Maria Alvarado, Vini Angel, Ed Bermudez, Sandi Burnett, Juanita Burris, Fran Chandler, Tom Chen, Paul Churchard, Becky Curtis, Patti Del Valle, Naja El-Khoury, Teresa Garcia, Bill Hogan, Ridgeway Knight, Jim Lemmon, Karl Lisovsky, Alan Litt, Fran Manion, Ben Martin, Catherine Matheson, Elaine Morton, Pauli Peter, David Phillips, Juan Quevedo, Boris Ricks, Paul Roberts, Mario Semere, Elisha Shapiro, Kathy Sucher, Nina Theiss, Michael Tracey, Denise Travis, Joseph Varga, Robert Ware, Members Excused: Melody Nightengale Guests: Alan Buckley, Espy Bolivar-Owen I. Approval of minutes of June 6, 2002 Charles Donaldson moved and Dennis Frisch seconded the approval of the minutes. Passed unanimously. II. President 's Report A. There are rumors flying around Sacramento that perhaps next year's budget will not be as bad as predicted, but it remains to be seen---. B. The FACCC conference is in Anaheim this year from October 3-5. FACCC is a fifty-year-old statewide advocacy organization for California Community Colleges. The SMC Faculty Association will pay registration for members who would like to attend. C. The negotiating team worked all summer on reassigned time for department chairs and believed they had reached an agreement, but the administration backed out. Currently the issue is settled except for the Business and Computer Science Departments. III. Approval of Executive Committee-Lantz Simpson Lantz presented the following members for approval to the Executive Committee for 2002-2003. Officers President Lantz Simpson Chief Negotiator Robert Flores Vice President Kenneth Mason Recording Secretary Ann Maddox Treasurer Mitra Moassessi Committee Chairs Professional Rights and Responsibilities Ken Mason Finance Dennis Frisch Instruction Ed Bermudez Ernie Padilla Public Relations, Legislation, Political Action Ken Mason Faculty Benefits Nominations and Elections Beverly Tholen College Environment Hourly Faculty Andrew Walzer Robin Briggs Social Maria Alvarado Web Site Kathy Sucher Immediate Past President Fran Chandler Academic Senate Gordon Dossett Richard Mednick moved and Charles Donaldson seconded the approval of the Executive Committee as presented. Passed unanimously. IV. Nomination and Election of At-large Members of Executive Committee The following nominations were made from the floor: Jim Martin. Kym McBride, and David Zehr. Richard Mednick moved and Dennis Frisch seconded that nominations be closed. The members were elected unanimously. V. Political Action Report-Ken Mason Ken Mason reported on the "local political scene", the K-12 and College Board elections and the City Council elections. Santa Monica Renter's Rights group has endorsed incumbent trustee Dorothy Ehrhart-Morrison and challenger Nancy Greenstein for the College Board of trustees. The Democratic Club and the Committee to Protect the Living Wage have endorsed Ehrhart-Morrison and Greenstein as well as challenger Bill Winslow, who is pro-labor and an environmentalist. There will be a Santa Monica College Faculty Association PAC meeting this afternoon at 3:00 P.M. in LV6. The members of the PAC are encouraged to attend and vote on campaign donations for College Board candidates. VI. Negotiations Report-Robert Flores Mr. Flores began by reminding both old and new members of our good fortune in having a three year contract in this period of tight state and college budget when other college unions are fighting for every penny. It would not be a good time to be negotiating. Some pending issues remained to be cleared up, and negotiations continue on reassigned time for chairs of Business and Computer Science and teaching loads for some disciplines. Memoranda of Understanding have been issued to provide a $250 stipend for Distance Education teachers who need to install a high speed computer line at home and also for the right to retroactively add education credit for salary purposes if it was forgotten when the person was hired. VII. Budget Committee Report In May and June, Mr. Donner had reported that there would be zero balance in the budget for 2001-02. However, by the end of August final budget report, the figures showed a $2 million surplus. The 2002-03 budget shows a reserve of $600,000. At the beginning of this school year, the administration had asked for 30% across the board cuts in departmental budgets. No cut in administration was proposed. VIII. For the Good of the Order The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Ann Maddox Recording Secretary
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