Della Elliott, Staff – Public Information

Nadra Farina-Hess, Librarian – LRC

Marsha Raybourn, Supervisor – Instructional Operations

Curtis Stevens, Librarian – LRC

A motion was made to approve the agenda.

M/S/U Goodman/Schmiege

A motion was made to approve the minutes from the February 6, 2006 meeting.

M/S/U Snider/Goodman

Beth reminded everyone of the Governing Board meeting tomorrow at Cuyamaca. She stated a requested has been made for the meetings to be moved to a larger venue to accommodate all guests. The chancellor’s said that the board meetings will not be moved, but could be in the future, once the current construction is finished and there is more space. Beth was unclear on whether speakers or chairs would be available outside the meeting room. The group discussed the Brown Act and whether or not it was legal for the Board not to accommodate any persons who want to attend a public meeting. It was stated that with this being an election year, the community should have access to the Board meetings. SOC will look it up in the Brown Act.

Suda House stated the situation of not allowing every interested person into the meetings was wrong and not in the spirit of democracy and should be pursued with an attorney. The group discussed a variety of available locations on campus that could accommodate larger groups. The general community being able to attend the meetings was also reviewed.

Beth reviewed the upcoming Academic Senate meeting schedule. The next Academic Senate meeting is scheduled for April 3^rd and the next meeting will be the first Monday after Spring Break, April 17^th. Since Spring Break will be the week before the April 17^th meeting, the agendas will be distributed during the week of April 3^rd after the Monday meeting. Please note the April 17^th meeting will be held in Room 524. Beth will remind everyone of the change of location before the meeting.

The next Chairs & Coordinator’s Committee meeting will be on March 27^th.

Beth shared the Task Force to Review Supervised Tutoring composition has been developed. The composition is as follows:

2 – Faculty from departments with discipline specific supervised tutoring labs.

2 – Faculty from department without discipline specific supervised tutoring labs.

1 – Counselor.

1 – Student.

2 – Instructional Administrators.

Faculty Co-Chair – Curriculum Committee

The Senate approved the development of this Task Force at the last meeting with a request for follow-up of the final composition.

Dr. Dean Colli, Interim, Grossmont College President greeted the Senate and thanked them for their support during his term as Interim President.

Dr. Colli then gave an overhead presentation on enrollment and FTES. He distributed a hand-out on 2006-07 Goal FTES Options and 2006-07 FTES Challenges. Dr. Colli stated the college is below its base enrollment and reviewed options, recommendations and strategy figures. The group discussed the implications if the goals are not met.

Dr. Colli stated he has read the department letters to the chancellor and thanked everyone for their positive attempts at solving the current situation.

Bonnie Schmiege shared that it is time for Distinguished Faculty Nominations. She has nomination forms if any one is interested in nominating a colleague. The selection committee is being formed. The Distinguished Faculty will be honored during the Fall Semester Professional Development week and through the following year. If you have any questions, please contact her.

Beth stated an additional version had been sent to her over the weekend. Copies of the version were available on the back table on goldenrod colored paper. This additional version would be titled Version C. Beth asked the group to review all three of the versions and then the group would discuss Version C first.

A motion was made to place Version C on the floor for discussion.

M/S Wertlieb/Kirby

The group reviewed and discussed Version C.

A motion was made to remove the last Resolve section on the Resolution – Version C.

M/S/U Robinson/Hovde

The group discussed the resolution.

A motion was made to add the fourth "Whereas" section from Version B after the second "Whereas" section in Version C. The section in Version B reads "Whereas, By denying that problems exist, the Chancellor and Governing Board have not responded to several requests for mediated assistance prior to the March, 2005, No-Confidence vote the Grossmont Academic Senate."

M/S Milgrim/Montejano

The group discussed the addition. After discussing further, the motion was withdrawn.

A motion was made to change the wording in Version C to reflect reasons of Votes of No Confidence.

M/ Schmiege

The groups decided to further discuss the resolution. It was suggested adding to the Resolution – Version C a listing of definitions of issues. The group continues discussing the pros and cons of adding the list.

A motion was mad to table Resolutions – Version C so that SOC could list the definitions of issues.

M/S Wertlieb/Kirby

After discussion the motion was withdrawn.

It was decided that SOC will work on adding a list of definitions and today’s changes into Resolution – Version C.

A motion was made to table discussion until next meeting when the adjustments have been made to the resolution.

M/S/U Wertlieb/Kirby

Beth shared that Grossmont SOC met with the Cuyamaca SOC last Friday to discuss the Joint Academic Senate meeting in the fall and the revised board policies. Both colleges would like to work on a process to approve revised board policies in a more timely manner. Beth stated the meeting was a good meeting.

Beth stated the revised board policies packet had been distributed at the last Senate meeting but if you needed an additional copy, Tasa had a few left.

A motion was made to review and approve the packet.

M/S/ Wertlieb/Schmiege

The group reviewed the changes. Beth reported that Cuyamaca had requested BP 5016 – Probation, Disqualification, and Readmission be pulled for further review. The Senate agreed to pull.

The group reviewed and discussed BP 2315 – Closed Sessions.

The group reviewed and discussed BP 7310 – Nepotism. The group requested this policy be pulled by the Senate. The group discussed. It was agreed the Grossmont Academic Senate would pull BP 7310 – Nepotism.

A motion was made to approve the Revised Board Policies packet with the pulling of BP 5016 – Probation, Disqualification, and Readmission and BP 7310 – Nepotism.

M/S/U Wertlieb/Morrison

Due to lack of time this item was not discussed.

To build trust between district leaders and faculty leaders through mutual respect and open communication free of intimidation.

A public commitment to actions that lead to adherence of the Title 5 regulations calling for collegial consultation between the board and the senate.

Clearly define processes that can be understood and agreed to by everyone.

A consistent adherence to defined district processes.

A commitment to provide information in a timely way to support thoughtful, open discussions.

Communicate directly with the senate leadership when discussing academic and professional matters, and other matters of interest.

The use of data from mutually agreed upon reliable sources to drive all district decisions.

All decisions regarding academic and professional matters will follow a process that has been mutually agreed upon by the board and the senate.

Chancellor will provide justification and rationale to the senate for the final decisions regarding academic and professional matters.

Board items recommended via shared governance should be identified as such including which constituent groups oppose the recommendation if consensus is not reached.

Define district shared governance processes, reporting lines, operational functions, and delineation of functions.

Shared governance processes regarding academic and professional matters will function with primary reliance on the senate.

Establish a Program Review of district services and programs that is facilitated by the colleges.

Address the ongoing problem of district expenses in the college budget in a way that does not simply shift the monies for such expense away from the college to the district.

Plan to sustain Grossmont College through the enrollment shortfall, and a plan for enrollment growth at both colleges.

Address the fact that 51% of classroom hours are taught by full time teachers, and the percentage has been dropping each year.

Develop a plan to regularly monitor the district adherence to the full time faculty obligation number as well as the 50% law.

Plan for self-sufficiency for Cuyamaca per the chancellor’s response to the senate in January 2005.

Develop plans that identify resources to open, staff, and utilize new classrooms and labs.

Establishment and implementation of prerequisites are the purview of the senate.

Academic integrity of credit and noncredit courses.