West Campus Faculty Senate Minutes

April 8, 2004

PRESENT:  Maryke Lee (presiding), Gene Adams, Jennifer Britton, George Dow, Randy Grosch, Nasser Hedayat, Shannon Hellard, Jean Henderson, Terri Johnsen, Jim Johnson, Dan Kimble, Graeme Lindbeck, Terry Long, Brian Macon, Sue Matthews, Stan Melnick, Lana Powell, Pamela Sandy, Marilyn Santos, Susan Stone, Mary Sugier, Jeff Wiltzius

GUESTS:  Victor Collazo, Tom Lopez

CALL TO ORDER:  President Maryke Lee called the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  Except for the omission of Susan Stone on the attendance list, the minutes were approved as submitted.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT:

·        President Lee thanked all who turned out to vote on the compensation proposal.  The approved proposal still has to go before the Board of Trustees.

OLD BUSINESS:

            Letter from HR on Harassment Policy:  President Lee reported that Dr. Martha             Williams is working on developing the harassment policy letter.  Tom Lopez gave          an overview of what the letter will address.

            Food Services Contract:  George Dow reported that seven faculty had volunteered        to serve on the Food Services committee.  He also reported that the current food       services contract is for three years.  Victor Collazo noted that students were given            a survey on food services and they overwhelmingly requested Subway on West             Campus.

NEW BUSINESS:

Security:  The following items were discussed with Tom Lopez, Director of Security:

·        New parking policy:  He expects the policy to go to the Board of Trustees by mid-summer. 

·        Cart Safety:  Security staff are not allowed to drive in pedestrian walkways unless needed.  The facilities staff were given training on better driving procedures.  If faculty see violators, please feel free to contact his office.

·        Faculty/Staff Parking Issues:  He discussed the possibility of different parking decals for part-time staff to eliminate students (who used to be part-time staff) using faculty/staff parking areas.

·        Web-based Registration for Parking Decals:  Students are now able to apply for their parking decals through the web.

4-Month Salary Memo:  Jeff Wiltzius distributed a memo from Dr. Stanley Stone regarding 4-month contracts.  President Lee discussed the differences from previous years.  Mary Sugier suggested that 4-month faculty make a recommendation to Faculty Senate which would then be sent to administration.

4-Month Supplemental Life Insurance:  Jeff also discussed how 4-month faculty must reapply every year for supplemental life insurance after they have been off contract during the summer.  President Lee will check into the possibility of renewal since most 4-month faculty go back to adjunct status during the summer.

Site Licenses and Technology Fees:  Pam Sandy asked if other departments are running into difficulties getting funding for site licenses renewals.  All departments pay for most of their own site licenses.  Senators were asked to go back and get information from their departments and it would be discussed again at a future meeting.

Commiteee Representation:  President Lee asked for volunteers for the following committees:  two representatives to the Academic Grievance Committee, two representatives to the Sabatical Committee and one representative to the Student Activities Budget Committee.  She asked that senators recruit from their respective departments and e-mail her the names as soon as possible.

REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENTAL SENATORS:

Engineering and Technology:  Nasser mentioned that faculty who attend meetings on the East Campus will get a $10.00 ticket for parking in student parking and asked if this was also the case on West Campus. 

LRC:  Dan Kimble reported that they are in the process of interviewing for the Manager, Instructional Support Services.

Mathematics:  Jean Henderson reported that she would be leaving at the end of the summer.  She also asked if someone could research what happened to the 80 atomic clocks that were purchased and never installed.  President Lee will discuss with Dr. Gastenveld.

Social Sciences:  Randy Grosch asked what the salary offer would be for new positions that are currently in the interview process.  Would it be based on the old salary schedule or the new compensation proposal?  If it is based on the old salary schedule then we would continue to loose good candidates because of the low starting salary.

ADJOURNMENT:

President Lee adjourned the meeting at 2:48 p.m.

The next meeting will be May 13 at 1:15 p.m. in Room 1-151.