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Santa Monica College Faculty Association Representative Assembly Meeting May 31, 2007 Business 144 11:15 – 12:35 pm Present : Maria Alvarado, Barbara Baird, Fariba Bolandhemat, Espy Bolivar-Owen, Chuck Brinkman, Steve Contarsy, Becky Curtis, Toby Green, John Kennedy, Richard Lavallee, Ed Markarian, Suzanne McDonald, Richard Mednick, April Mizuki, Mitra Moassessi, Dana Morgan, Launa Nelson, Jim Pacchioli, Pauli Peter , Dave Phillips, John Quevedo, Elisha Shapiro, Lantz Simpson, Eleanor Singleton, Michael Strathearn, Kathy Sucher, Sumy Takesue, Odemaris Valdivia, Alicia Villapando, Edward Wilkinson, David Zehr. Absent : Vini Angel, Lee Axelrod, Rory Barnett, Sharon Bell, Vicki Blaho, Ken Buckner, Lydia Canalita, Troy Cardenas, Brandon Ceballos, Fran Chandler, Susie Chapman, Tom Chen, Ronn Davis, Gwen Dophna, Lawrence Driscoll, Karen Dumas, Gail Edinger, Makiko Fujiwara-Skrobak, Claudia Garcia, Richard Goldenson, Pierre Goueth, Michael Gougis, Patricia Halliday, William Hogan, Christian Hart, Michael Kerze, Peter Lee, Emily Lodmer, Fran Manion, Colleen McGraw, Walter Meyer, Melissa Michelson, Joan Mills, Sue Moisan, Dana Morgan, Launa Nelson, Jeffrey O'Connell, Ernie Padilla, Nick Pernisco, Kathryn Pope , Guadalupe Ramos, Jenny Resnick, Ruth SanPietro, Jennifer Schofield, Michael Schwartz, Peter Sheridan, Linda Sinclair, Leon Singleton, James Smith, Rita Soshnik, Susan Sterr, Gary Todd, Joy Tucker, Frank Turner, Robert Tyler, William Van Benschoten, David Wu. Excused : Sandi Burnett, Tracey Ellis, Dennis Frisch, Martin Goldstein, Kym McBride, Brenda Ness, Howard Stahl, Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein. I. President's Report – Lantz Simpson - AAUP Summer Institute - Lantz encouraged faculty to attend the national AAUP Summer Institute in Reno , NV July 19-22, 2007 . Let Lantz know if you would like to attend and the FA will pay expenses. - FACCC Conference will be in Pasadena this fall. Let Lantz know if you would like to attend and the FA will pay expenses. - Elections Report - Assembly races will be announced after all write-in candidates have been notified and if any runoffs are necessary; officer election results are posted in the mailroom. - DPAC Budget Committee “Benchmark Subcommittee” Report – Mitra attended the first meeting. The committee agreed on 10 districts for comparison to our district. Items that will be compared include: expenditures, advertising (CPM), and staffing. The committee will develop a questionnaire to send to these 10 districts to gather additional information. - Human Resources V.P. Meeting – The FA continues to work to resolve the District and County errors in part-time retirement reporting and placement. II. Approval of Minutes – May 17, 2007 M/S: Strathearn/Mednick. Minutes approved as presented. Passed unanimously. III. Negotiations Report – Mitra Moassessi The first meeting with the District team was 3 ½ hours long, and ground rules for negotiations were established. Nine day-long meetings were scheduled during the summer, the next of which will be June 14. IV. Motion from the Executive Committee regarding a contribution to the Campaign for Community College Initiative MOTION: The Executive Committee recommends the Representative Assembly approve a contribution of up to $25,000 to the Community College Initiative campaign to be distributed at the discretion of the Executive Officers. Passed unanimously. V. Approval of Reassigned Time – Summer and Fall 2007 Total of 4.4 FTE. The College will pay for 2.0. The Association will pay $40,000. Summer 2007 | Fall 2007 | President – 20% | President – 80% | Chief Negotiator – 20% | Vice President – 60% | Negotiating Team – 20% (among 3 members) | Chief Negotiator – 60% | Strategic Planning Task Force – 10% (Summer/Fall) | Director, Gov't Relations - 80% | | Neg. Team – 40% | | Editor – 40% | | Political Director – 20% | | Hourly Committee – 20% | | Website – 20% | | Benefits – 20% | VI. Motion from the Executive Committee – Political Consultant MOTION: The Executive Committee authorizes the President to engage consultant Barbara Maynard for a one-time $3,000 contract campaign, if necessary. Passed unanimously. VII. Appointment of Distance Education Committee Chair MOTION (Zehr/Bolandhemat): Sal Veas shall be appointed Chair of the Faculty Association Distance Education Committee) Passed unanimously. VIII. Approval of Part-time Compensation Task Force MOTION (Pacchioli/Curtis): A Part-Time Compensation Task Force shall be created to examine compensation for part-timers who perform work for the Faculty Association. Passed unanimously. IX. Benefits Committee Report – Sandi Burnett None; FA Benefits Committee member, Sandi Burnett, was out of town. X. For the Good of the Order Respectfully Submitted, Kathy Sucher Recording Secretary
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