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Santa Monica College Faculty Association Representative Assembly Meeting February 23, 2006 Present: Vini Angel, Barbara Baird, Fariba Bolandhemat, Espy Bolivar-Owen, Sara Brewer, Sandi Burnett, Fran Chandler, Tom Chen, Steve Contarsy, Becky Curtis, Gwen Dophna, Tracey Ellis, Dennis Frisch, Peter Geltner, Martin Goldstein, Pierre Goueth, Christian Hart, Carolyn Holmes, John Kennedy, Ken Mason, Kym McBride, Suzanne McDonald, Colleen McGraw, Joan Mills, Mitra Moassessi, Julie Morgan, Jeffrey O'Connell, Eric Oifer, Jim Pacchioli, Ernie Padilla, Pauli Peter, David Phillips, Kathryn Pope, Juan Quevedo, Brian Rodas, Michael Schwartz, Elisha Shapiro, Lantz Simpson, Eleanor Singleton, James Smith, Howard Stahl, Michael Strathearn, Kathy Sucher, Sumy Takesue, Joy Tucker, Robert Taylor, William Van Benschoten, Bob Ware, David Zehr. Absent: Maria Alvarado, Lee Axelrod, Fletcher Beasley, Sharon Bell, Ken Buckner, Lydia Canalita, Troy Cardenas, Brandon Ceballos, Susie Chapman, Elizabeth Chavez, Ronn Davis, Gail Edinger, Don Emery, Kathy Flynn, Claudia Garcia, Julie Greenfield, Patricia Halliday, Michael Kerze, Richard Lavallee, Emily Lodmer, Fran Manion, Walter Meyer, Melissa Michelson, Launa Nelson, Ruth SanPietro, Jacqueline Scott, Peter Sheridan, Linda Sinclair, Leon Singleton, Rita Soshnik, Steve Soucy, Sal Veas, David Wu. Excused: Alan Buckley, Brenda Ness, Toni Randall, Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein. Guests: Jeremy Goulard, Mary Fonseca. • Approval of Minutes – November 17, 2005 and December 8, 2005 M/S Mason/Goldstein. Minutes approved. • President's Report (1) Jeremy Goulard, FACCC Membership Director made a short presentation. FACCC is looking for someone to run for FACCC Board Region C; full-timers only are eligible to run. The Education Institute is looking to grow and is soliciting suggestions for workshops. (2) FACCC Lobby Day is Monday, March 6, 2006 ; it's important that FACCC have a large group walking the halls of the Capitol. (3) DPAC recommended re-hiring to fill all vacancies created by retiring faculty. • Motion from the Executive Committee – Amendment to FACCC Contract MOTION: The Executive Committee recommends that the Representative Assembly support the following amendments to the original contract: (1) the contract will be renewed on a year-to-year basis; (2) the contract will be with FACCC's Educational Institute; and (3) every five years the FACCC E.I. shall reimburse the SMCFA five percent of the median annual dues collected by the FACCC E.I. from the SMCFA over the previous five years. Otherwise, the contract will continue as it is written. Passed unanimously. • Motion from the Executive Committee – Community College Initiative MOTION: The Executive Committee recommends that the Representative Assembly support the California College initiative. Passed unanimously. • Motion from the Executive Committee –Initiative Contribution MOTION: The Executive Committee recommends that the Representative Assembly authorize $2500 to be paid from the Faculty Association General Fund to CCCI to support the Community College Initiative. Passed unanimously. • Benefits Committee – Sandi Burnett -Human Resources disseminated a printout detailing each faculty's benefit contributions. In the communication is a letter from Pat Brown asking faculty for a signature confirming that the information is correct. The letter does not include the information and queries that the Health Benefits committee asked to be included in the letter, so Sandi says we're in a quandary (she can't advise us about whether to sign the letter). -March 2, at 11:15 am there is a workshop for faculty thinking about retiring. The workshop will discuss benefits. -The Benefits Committee is working on a timeline to issue an R.F.P. (request for proposals) in order to see if we can find another company that can offer us benefits equivalent to what we currently have. • Negotiating Report – Mitra Moassessi - Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding Field Study Class Compensation (see attached.) -M/S: McBride/Frisch: The Representative Assembly approves the MOU as presented. Passed unanimously. -Mitra reported no progress on negotiations; she encouraged representatives to get ready and to get faculty ready for the next step, which would be a job action. -The preliminary P-1 report is out and Mitra says it looks good. • For the Good of the Order Respectfully Submitted, Kathy Sucher Recording Secretary
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