Representative Assembly Meeting MINUTES

February 22, 2001


May 17, 2001

Members present: Maria Alvarado, Carol Beckstead, Lynne Boylan, Alan Buckley, Daniel Cano, Helen Cohen, Maria Dell, Clayton Dube, Gail Edinger, Loring Emile, Robert Flores, Bill Hogan, Carolyn Holmes, John Hoover, Richard Johncola, Peggy Kline, Ann Maddox, Fran Manion, Ken Mason, Richard Mednick, Joan Mills, Mitra Moassessi, Chuck Nelson, Dave Phillips, Kathy Shamey, Lantz Simpson, Kathy Sucher, Sumy Takesue, Nina Theiss, Beverly Tholen, Betty Wong
Members absent: Terrin Adair-Lynch, Vini Angel , Ed Bermudez, Teri Bernstein, Espy Bolivar-Owen, Juanita Burris, Denise Cavener, Dennis Cozen, Jim Croxton, Ron Davis, Nicholas DiCamillo, Charlie Donalson, Don Doten, Carolyn Feruzzi, Mary Fonseca, Mark Foster, Nancy Hanson, Esther Hugo, Steve Hunt, Jim Keeshen, Michael Landis, Ben Martin, Aida Mostkoff-Linares, Jim Pacchioli, Laurie Pawinski, Bill Price, Lisa Saperston, Christine Schultz, Lynette Shisheido, Heywood Sobel, Michael Soldatenko, Rita Soshnik, Michael Strathern, Michael Tracey, Joseph Varga, Alicia Villapando, Robert Ware, Mary Jane Weil, David Zehr
Members excused: Fran Chandler, Gloria Heller, John McMullen,
Guests: Merle Arnold, DonEmery

The meeting was called to order at 11:20.

I. Approval of minutes was postponed until quorum was reached.

II. President’s Report-Lantz Simpson

A. Lantz reported that the May revised budget for the state of California contains an extra $22 million for
over the January budget community colleges. COLA will be 3.87 % and other money is provided for student access and part-time equity.

B. The fifty percent lawsuit is proceeding slowly. If no agreement is reached by June, 2001, the judge will order a trial date and/or mediation.

C. The budget committee of the college including district, Senate, and Faculty Association representatives is scheduled to meet the second Friday of every month.

III. Chief negotiator’s report-Robert Flores

The negotiating team will be meeting weekly with district representatives until the end of July (except during final exam week in June). The target date to reach a contract settle is August 20, 2001.

IV. A quorum was reached and the minutes of April 19 were approved unanimously.

V. CCCI meeting report-Ken Mason

Robert Moore from BOG was a speaker at the meeting and he presented a plan to change the funding policy for community colleges.
CCCI (California Community College Independents) dues will need to be raised since money is needed to purchase reassigned time from districts in order to have faculty available to work with the Chancellor’s office and other state level agencies. The organization is an important source of collective bargaining information and a newsletter is published twice a year.




VI. Election Results-Beverly Tholen

Beverly Tholen announced the following results: President, Lantz Simpson; Vice President, Ken Mason; Treasurer, Mitra Moassessi

VII. Approval of Summer,2001 reassigned time for Faculty Association officers and Executive Committee to work on 50% lawsuit, contract negotiations, and grievances
The following motion was presented by Richard Johncola and seconded by Chuck Nelson.

Reassigned time for summer 2001 shall be as follows:
President-Lantz Simpson-40%
Chief Negotiator-Robert Flores-20%
Vice President-Ken Mason-20%
Treasurer-Mitra Moassessi-20%
Negotiating Team Member-Martin Goldstein-20%

The motion passed unanimously.

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

Respectfully submitted,



Ann Maddox, Secretary