Representative Assembly Meeting MINUTES

March 14, 2002

Members Present: Teri Bernstein, Espy Bolivar-Owen, Robin Briggs, Fran Chandler, Tom Chen, Maria Dell, Clayton Dube, Carolyn Feruzzi, Robert Flores, Carolyn Holmes, John Hoover, Steve Hunt, Richard Johncola, Marcella Kelly, Ann Maddox, Ken Mason, Kym McBride, Richard Mednick, Mitra Moassessi, David Phillips, Lantz Simpson, Michael Soldatenko, Michael Strathearn, Beverly Tholen, John Toivonen, Esau Tovar, Alicia Villapando, Andrew Walzer,

Members Absent: Terrin Adair-Lynch, Maria Alvarado, Ed Bermudez, Juanita Burris, Daniel Cano, Tina Chambers, Paul Churchyard, Patti Del Valle, Charlie Donaldson, Gordon Dossett, Mark Foster, Claudia Garcia, Teresa Garcia, Bill Hogan, Esther Hugo, Jim Keeshen, Michael Landis, Karl Lisovsky, Fran Manion, Ben Martin, Catherine Matheson, Joan Mills, Dana Morgan, Aida Mostkoff-Linares, Brenda Ness, Melody Nightengale, Laurie Pawinsky, Pauli Peter, BillPrice, Boris Ricks, Saul Rubin, Christine Schultz, Elisha Shapiro, Rita Soshnik, Sumy Takesue, Michael Tracey, Joseph Vargas, Robert Ware, Marion Wynsryg, , David Zehr

Members Excused: Rebecca Anderson, Gail Edinger, Dennis Frisch, Colleen McGraw, Jim Pacchioli, Ernest Padilla, Rich Robinson, Kathy Sucher, Nina Theiss, Betty Wong

Guests: Loring Emile, Martin Goldstein

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

I. President's Report-Lantz Simpson

A. Lantz explained that the Faculty Association does not have a role to play in the current discussion concerning the reorganization of college departments. If changes affect the contract agreements, at that point the Faculty Association would be involved in negotiations.

B. Faculty Lobby Day in Sacramento is March 18, 2002.

C. The podium was ceded to Andrew Walzer who advocated for including at every meeting a report on issues especially relevant to adjunct instructors. He reported that the current most "burning Issues" are pro rata pay, job security (which is partially dependent on department chairs' completing evaluations in a timely manner), and provision of spaces where instructors can receive mail and meet with students.

D. Budget Committee-The district administration are concerned about the cuts in the state budget, and the Faculty Association position is that we don't know enough until the "May revise" to

decisions concerning any necessary cuts in the SMC budget.

E. Contract-Some corrections need to be made before the contract can be signed.

F. Retroactive paychecks for faculty will arrive on April 1.

II. Motion from the Executive Committee-First Reading

Article IX

Nominations and Elections

Special Election Procedures

Section C: Nominations

1. Ballot Preparation

A.The Nominations and Elections Committee shall solicit nominations from the Representative Assembly not later than the second meeting in April. If only one meeting is held in April, the solicitations shall take place at that meeting.

Section D: Elections

2. Annual Elections

A. The annual election shall be held no later than the last full week of May.

The first reading passed unanimously.

III. Motion from the Executive Committee

The Faculty Association shall give support to the Academic Senate on an annual, per capita basis as follows: $15 per full time faculty person and $5 per part time faculty person. The total head count for the purposes of this annual per capita support shall be taken from the October payroll deduction register (the first payroll report of the fall semester) submitted to the Faculty Association by the District. The Faculty Association shall forward its annual per capita support to the Academic Senate by early November. The Academic Senate shall approve an itemized Senate budget during the fall semester. This agreement shall be reviewed in Fall, 2004.

The following amendment was presented by Ken Mason and seconded by Ann Maddox. "Delete the last sentence from the Executive Committee motion".

The amendment passed with one abstention.

The following amendment was proposed by Richard Johncola and seconded by Richard Mednick. The last sentence should read, "This agreement may be reviewed at any time by vote of the Representative Assembly."

The amendment passed with one abstention.

The motion then passed unanimously.

IV. Approval of Revised Faculty Association budget

The revised budget was passed unanimously.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 P.M.

Respectfully submitted.

Ann Maddox, Recording Secretary