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Santa Monica College Faculty Association Representative Assembly Meeting May 22, 2003 Members Present: Rebecca Anderson, Garen Baghdasarian, Robin Briggs, Sandi Burnett, Fran Chandler, Tom Chen, Nick DiCamillo, Gail Edinger, Naja El-Khoury, Don Emery, Robert Flores, Mark Foster, Dennis Frisch, Kai Ganado, Teresa Garcia, John Hoover, Marcella Kelly, Ann Maddox, George Marcopulos, James Martin, Ken Mason, Kym McBride, Colleen McGraw, Mitra Moasessi, Dana Morgan, Lyle Nichols, Pauli Peter, Stuart Sam, Lantz Simpson, Eleanor Singleton, Michael Strathern, Kathy Sucher, Sumy Takesue, Beverly Tholen, Esau Tovar, Alan Buckley (for Leslie Vaughn), Alicia Villapondo, Andrew Walzer, David Zehr Members Absent: Vini Angel, Maria Alavarado, Anthony Archer, Garen Baghdasarian, Ed Bermudez, Juanita Burris, Paul Churchard, Becky Curtis, Patti delValle, Charlie Donaldson, Gordon Dossett, Carolyn Feruzzi, Claudia Garcia, Bill Hogan, Carolyn Holmes, Ridgeway Knight, Richard LaValle, Jim Lemmon, Arnold Lessing, Karl Lisovsky, Alan Litt, Fran Manion, Catherine Matheson, Richard McColl, Richard Mednick, Elaine Morton, Brenda Ness, Melody Nightengale, Ernest Padilla, Jim Pacchioli, David Phillips, Juan Quevedo, Boris Ricks, Paul Roberts, Saul Rubin, Christine Schultz, Mario Semere, Elisha Shapiro, Lydia Strong, Nina Theiss, Michael Tracey, Denise Travis, Joseph Vargas, Sal Veas, Robert Ware, Members Excused: Ben Martin, Robert Massey , Betty Wong Guests: Espy Bolivar-Owen, Tony DiNiro, Jocelyne Kepler, Jan McKay I. President's Report-Lantz Simpson A. Lantz reported that Tom Donner would present to the Assembly information concerning a proposal for a change in the health plan. There would be no difference for Kaiser enrollees. Tom Donner will provide more information later in the meeting. B. In the recently held FACCC Elections all three Santa Monica Colleges nominees won: Ken Mason-Vice President, Dennis Frisch-Board Member, and Kym McBride-Adjunct Representative. Congratulations to the three and to Santa Monica College Faculty Association. All members are encouraged to attend the Focus Group meeting from 9-2 on May 30 to tell FACCC what we believe their priorities should be in the coming year. Rich Hansen and Jonathan Lightman will attend to listen to faculty concerns. II. Approval of minutes of October 31, 2002 The minutes were approved as read. III. 2003-2004 Election Results-Beverly Tholen Election results are as follows: Lantz Simpson-President Ken Mason-Vice President Mitra Moassessi-Treasurer Division representatives will be announced soon. IV. Guest speaker Tom Donner, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services Tom Donner reviewed the plan for proposed change in health benefits. Northern California medical costs are higher than those in Southern California, so it may be possible to go in with a group of colleges in the south and be able to save money on the health plan, duplicate the current benefits for Blue Cross, and continue to provide benefits for retirees. One difference in the plan is that while Blue Cross has no lifetime limit, the Self-Insured Schools of California (SISC) plan under discussion has a $2,000,000 lifetime cap, a disadvantage that could be remedied by "reinsurance". The deductible is lower on the SISC plan. Respectfully submitted, Ann Maddox Recording Secretary
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