Academic Senate

Academic Senate

Grossmont College

Monday, November 6, 2006

11:00am – 12:20pm in Griffin Gate

CALL TO ORDER

Approval of Agenda

Approval of Minutes from October 30, 2006

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

COMMITTEE REPORTS

ACTION ITEMS

Smoking Policy – Attachment #1

Faculty to Serve on Committees
Collegewide Professional Develop Comm Nadra Farina-Hess

Shina Alagia

INFORMATION ITEMS

Institutional Values – Chuck Passentino – Attachment #2

Review of Senate Constitution and By-Laws – Attachment #3 & #4

Academic Senate

Grossmont College

Minutes of the Meeting – October 30, 2006

PRESENT: Beth Smith (President); Bonnie Schmiege (Vice President); Victoria Howitt (Senate Officer at Large); Jennifer Carmean (Senate Officer at Large); P.J.Ortmeier, Tina Young (Administration of Justice); Jennifer Carmean (ASL); Paul Turounet (Art); Gregg Robinson (Behavioral Sciences); Virginia Dudley, Michael Golden, Michelle Perchez (Biological Sciences); Judith Zander, Evan Enowitz, Nate Scharff (Business Administration); Linda Snider, Mark Pressnall (Business Office Technology); Don Ridgway (Cardiovascular Technology); Jeff Lehman, Tom Olmstead for Martin Larter (Chemistry); Mary Courtney, Sheridan Dewolf (Child Development); Joel Castellaw (Communication); Janet Gelb, Diane Mayne-Stafford (Computer Science); Mary Rider, Debbie Lim, Renee Tuller (Counseling); (Culinary Arts);Scott Barr (Disabled Student Services); David Mullen (Dance); Chris Hill (Earth Sciences); Joan Ahrens, Tony Ding, Tate Hurvitz, Micah Jendian (English); Barbara Loveless (ESL); Sylvia Montejano (EOPS); Jim Symington, Laura Burger, Steve Johns, Larry Larsen (Exercise Science and Wellness); Paul Vincent (Foreign Language); Sue Gonda, Devon Hansen (History); (International Business); Pat Morrison (Library); Shirley Pereira, Jeff Waller, Jenny Vanden Eynden (Math); Evan Wirig, William Snead (Media Communications); (Music); Tom Oertel (Nursing); (Occupational Therapy); David Milroy, Raul Sandelin (PartTime Representatives); Zoe Close, Bill Hoaglin (Philosophy, Humanities & Religious Studies); (Physics, Astronomy, & Physical Sciences); Brian Jennings, Jim Wood (Political Economy); Lorenda Seibold-Phalan (Respiratory Therapy); Craig Everett (Theatre Arts).

ABSENT: (Vice President); (Administration of Justice); (ASL); Jim Wilsterman, Suda House (Art); Israel Cardona, Teresa Jacob (Behavioral Sciences); (Biological Sciences); (Business Administration); Rick Kirby (Cardiovascular Technology); Martin Larter (Chemistry); (Child Development); Sheri Guseman (Communication); (Computer Science); Tom Gamboa (Cross Cultural Studies); (Counseling);Joe Orate, James Foran (Culinary Arts); (Dance); Jane Nolan (Disabled Student Services); Judd Curran (Earth Sciences); Gary Phillips, Julie Cardenas (English); Pat Bennett (ESL); (EOPS); (Exercise Science and Wellness); Ruth F. Konopka (Foreign Language); Marty Ennis (History); Priscilla Rogers (International Business); (LRC); Peg Hovde (Math); (Media Communications); Steve Baker (Music); (Nursing); Christine Vicino (Occupational Therapy); (PartTime Representatives); (Philosophy, Humanities & Religious Studies); Ross Cohen (Physics, Astronomy, & Physical Sciences);(Political Economy); (Respiratory Therapy); Beth Mallette (Theatre Arts).

GUESTS: John Colson – Vice President, Student Services

Bob Eygenhuysen – Director, Risk Management

Tim Flood – Director, Campus Facilities & Operations

Kendra Jeffcoat – Interim Assistant Dean, Student Affairs

Chuck Passentino – Faculty, SLO Presentation

Walter Sachau – Manager, Campus Projects

Crystal Suldano – Student

Mike Wangler – Faculty, Geography – Cuyamaca

RECORDER: Tasa Campos

I. CALL TO ORDER

A. Approval of Agenda

A motion was made to approve the agenda.

M/S/U Wirig/Morrison

Approval of Minutes from October 2, 2006

Devon Hansen stated she is shown as present at the meeting but she was absent.

A motion was made to approve the minutes from the October 16, 2006 meeting with the above change.

M/S/U Schmiege/Wirig

II. PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Beth stated she felt the email distributed this morning to the Grossmont, Cuyamaca, and District sites calling for an in-house investigation is ridiculous. The group discussed in-house and outside agency investigations.

A motion was made stating the Academic Senate body is calling for an investigation into the Chancellor Contract incident by an independent outside agency.

M/S/U Robinson/Rider

A motion was made to suspend the rules and move the motion to action.

M/S/U Hill/Burger

Both motions passed unanimously.

Report – State Plenary Session

Beth distributed copies of some of the resolutions voted on at the State Plenary Session she and Bonnie Schmiege attended last week. A total of sixty resolutions were voted on. Beth reviewed the following three resolutions related to Associate Degrees that passed:

13.04 F06 – Opposition to Associate Degrees based Solely on IGETC and CSU GE Breadth

14.01 F06 – Minimum Grade Requirement for Associate Degree Courses

20.01 F06 – Supporting Student Self-Referral for Tutoring Services

With the election of a new Academic Senate President, Vice President, and Senators at Large, Beth recommended any persons interested in these seats will want to get familiar with the current resolutions and information. Please contact a SOC member to find out more information.

David Milroy gave a brief update on the presentation he gave at the Plenary Session on Part Time Faculty.

Part Time Faculty Issues

Beth shared the Part Faculty Reps David Milroy and Raul Sandelin had concerns regarding the composition of and the process of decision making regarding the Academic Senate’s Part Time Faculty Issues Committee. An overhead review of the form used to develop a committee was presented. Beth shared that all new committee development or any changes to existing committees go through ADSOC and the decisions are made there. ADSOC consists of the College President, the Senate Officers and President Cabinet members. David and Raul expressed the following concerns with the process:

Open membership vs. assigned membership

No Part Time reps present during the discussion regarding this committee

Contradiction in the Academic Senate Constitution

An administrator being made part of the composition

Possibility of having ad hoc members at large

Information being addressed in the wrong way

The group discussed the Part Time Reps concerns and the process of formalizing the senate’s committee as a college committee.

A motion was made requesting the Academic Senate develop a Task Force to review the composition of the committee.

M/S/P Milroy/Robinson

It was agreed the task force would consist of the Senate Officers, the two Part Time Reps, and one Administrator.

There were three nays and nine abstentions. The motion passed.

Other

The following information was also shared:

Beth reminded everyone on the importance of arriving to the Senate meetings on time in order to keep quorum. Quorum is required in order to vote on items.

Beth reviewed the following calendar timeline for the Senate:

o October 30 – Review information items on the agenda

o November 6 – Review information items on the agenda – Institutional Values and Constitution

o November 6 – Open nominations for the Academic Senate President seat

o November 20 – Close nominations for the Academic Senate President seat

o November 20 – Vote on action items reviewed as information items at the last couple meetings

The next two meetings will contain a lot of important information. Please be aware of the time line and discuss the information with your departments. The Academic Senate President Election ballots will be sent out with the information on the changes that may be made to the constitution so both items will be voted on at the same time.

III. COMMITTEE REPORTS

None at today’s meeting.

IV. ACTION ITEMS

None at today’s meeting.

V. INFORMATION ITEMS

Smoking Policy Update – Attachment #1

Beth welcomed Bob Eygenhuysen, Tim Flood and Walter Sachau to the meeting. She thanked Tom Oertel for helping to arrange the information. Beth reminded the group the Senate has been reviewing the Board Policy BP 6810 Smoking Ordinance. The Senate asked for more information at the last meeting.

Bob thanked the Senate and gave a brief overview on the history of the Smoking Task Force. Tim gave an electronic presentation showing and reviewing the designate smoking areas on the map determined and recommended by the Facilities Committee. The designated areas are as follow:

Concrete table by President’s parking space, next to lot 7; add an umbrella

East of bus structure

Griffin Gate patio; north east corner, add an umbrella and table

At the ROP area by the storage garage

Southeast corner of the 500 quad

North 500 lower patio, 2 tables

Football field behind the bleachers to the east

Grass area by the weight room, add a table

Bench area east of the LTRC

By the west 300 at the retaining wall and man hole

By 270 in front of the mechanical room

300 south in front of the ceramics kiln area

After the presentation of locations, the group discussed the following:

Signage

District office designate areas

Using air filters

Moving all smoking to parking lots

Discipline would go through Student Affairs and United Faculty

Enforcement would be done by Public Safety

The Senate will be voting on endorsing a policy of a smoke free campus except in designated areas. Concern was expressed regarding voting on any action that may assist in the disciplinary action to any faculty or staff member.

Beth thanked Bob, Tom, Tim and Walter for their time and requested any additional questions or suggestion be sent to them.

Institutional Values – Chuck Passentino – Attachment #2

Chuck Passentino shared that after the last Senate meeting, he received many suggestions for change and/or additions for the Institutional Student Learning Outcomes diagram. He will be putting together addition information and changes to present at the next Senate meeting. Please send your suggestions to him.

Review of Senate Constitution and By-Laws – Attachment(s) #3 & #4

Due to lack of time this item was not discussed but Beth requested all Senator be discussing this their departments prior to the next meeting.

VI. OTHER

Meeting adjourned at 12:20p.m.

*The next meeting will be on November 6^th in Griffin Gate.

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Action Item - #1

November 6, 2006

BP 6810 Smoking Ordinance

Reference: Government Code §§ 7596-7598

Adoption Date: February 16, 1988
Updated: June 18, 1996

It shall be the policy of the Board to prohibit smoking in on all District buildings property, except in posted and predesignated outdoor areas.~~, until June 30,2007~~. ~~within twenty feet of any entrance to any District building, and in the physical education and athletic areas of the campuses.~~

~~After July 1, 2007, smoking in all District buildings and outdoors on all campus facilities is forbidden.~~

Any District public safety officer or designated employee authorized by the Vice Chancellor-Business Services or Vice Chancellor-Human Resources may warn or cite any person on property owned or controlled by the District who is in violation of Board Policy 6810, Smoking this policy.

This policy shall be reviewed one year after the date of implementation.

Action Item – Attachment #2

November 6, 2006

Information Item – Attachment #3

November 6, 2006

Articles of the Constitution of the Grossmont Academic Senate Current Proposed Changes Fall 2006

I. Name The name of this body shall be the Grossmont College Academic Senate

II. Goals and purposes The goals and purposes for which this organization is formed are:
1. To represent the faculty in the formation of policy in academic and professional matters.

2. To make recommendations to the college administration and to the Governing Board.

3. To facilitate communication among the faculty, the college administration, the classified staff, the students and the Governing Board.

4. To promote the development and maintenance of teaching excellence within the framework of academic freedom and professional responsibilities and ethics.

III. Scope and Representation The Academic Senate represents all nonmangement certified personnel employed at Grossmont College.

IV. Membership and Organization 1.The Senate shall consist of :
a. A Senate Officers Committee consisting of the President, Vice President, two Officers-at-large and the President-elect or Past President. The President shall be elected at large to a four year term in include one year as President-elect, two years as President, and one year as Past President. All other officers shall be elected at large to two-year terms. Officers shall begin their terms on the last day of the spring semester and may succeed themselves for as many terms as elected.

b. Designated Senators as described in Section 3 of the By-Laws.

c. Two at large part-time instructors, elected at large by part-time instructors to terms of two years, with each representative elected in an alternate year.

2. Units represented by Senators are departments or combinations of disciplines for purposes of Senate representation. These units shall be referred to as departments throughout this Constitution. The current alignments of unit representation will be listed as Appendix A to this Constitution. Adjustments to Appendix A will be made by the third Senate meeting of each Fall semester based on each department’s current FTEF.
1. The Senate shall consist of:
a. A Senate Officers Committee consisting of the President, Vice President, and two Officers-at-large. All officers shall be elected to two-year terms. Officers shall begin their terms on the last day of the spring semester and may succeed themselves for as many terms as elected. The President shall not be concurrently elected or appointed as a department chair or coordinator.

b. Same

c. Same

2. Same

V. Meetings 1. There shall be at least one regular meeting each month of the fall and spring semesters.
2. Special meetings shall be called by the Senate President, by a majority of the Senate Officers, by a petition signed by twenty percent of the Senate members, or by a petition signed by twenty percent of the faculty.

3. All meetings will be open to the general faculty and are subject to the Rules of the Brown Act.

VI. Amendments This constitution may be amended by a majority vote of the faculty, as previously defined (Article III), provided that the faculty has been notified in writing of the test of the amendment at least one week prior to the vote, and providing that the amendment has previously been approved by two-thirds of the Academic Senate, or that twenty percent of the total faculty had signed a petition supporting the proposed amendment.

VII. Ratification This constitution when ratified by a majority of all members present and voting, assuming a quorum of the Grossmont College Academic Senate, shall supercede the previous Constitution and become binding on all present and future members of the Senate as soon as the officers and members of the Senate have been elected.

Information Item – Attachment #4

November 6, 2006

By-Laws Section Current Proposed Changes Fall 2006

1. Duties of the officers 1. The President. It shall be the duty of the President:
a. to preside at all meetings of the Senate.

b. to insure that regular meetings of the Senate are held, and that the membership and faculty are adequately informed as to the time and place of each meeting.

c. to call special meetings when necessary or when required by other provisions of this Constitution, and to insure that the membership and faculty are adequately informed as to the time and place of each meeting.

d. to appoint special committees when necessary or when so directed by the membership.

e. to serve or to appoint a designee to serve as an ex-officio member of all committees for which senate representation is required.

f. to be responsible for all correspondence to and from the Senate.

g. to serve as the official representative of the Senate when so authorized.

h. to arrange for representation of the Senate at scheduled meetings of such professional organizations as directed by the membership.

i. to prepare and distribute at the appropriate time, meeting agenda and proposed amendments.

j. to supervise clerical staff assigned to the Senate, who will assist the President as follows:

i. Keeping complete records of proceedings of the Senate meetings,

ii. Distributing minutes of these to each faculty member who requests them,

iii. Brining to each meeting a complete record of the proceedings of the current year, a copy of the Constitution, and the latest copy of Robert’s Rules of Order.

k. to appoint a Parliamentarian.

l. to perform such additional duties not in conflict with any provisions of this Constitution as the membership shall direct.

m. to maintain and operate an Academic Senate office, including all records, files data bases, and appropriate physical assets.

2. The Vice-President. It shall be the duty of the Vice-President:

a. to assist the President and assume the duties in the absence of the President.

b. to perform such additional duties not in conflict with any provisions of this Constitution as the membership shall direct.

3. The President Elect/Immediate Past President. It shall be the duty of the President Elect/Past President :

a. to attend budget, planning and other committees as agreed upon in discussion with the Academic Senate President.

b. to recommend appointments to any committee formed by the Senate and to assist in staffing institutional committees as directed by the Senate.

c. to serve as a liason between the Senate and committees and the Senate.

d. to provide communication with the faculty concerning work of the committees.

4. The Senate Officers Committee, consisting of the four officers and the President Elect or Immediate Past President, will be responsible for:

a. preparing and distributing the agenda.

b. acting on behalf of the Senate in emergencies when the Senate cannot be convened.

c. monitoring the budget of the Senate.

d. maintaining an accurate list of Senate members.

3. Delete

4. The Senate Officers Committee, consisting of the four officers, will be responsible for

a. same

b. same

c. same

d. same

e. And other duties as necessary to facilitate the work of the senate committees.

2. Election of Officers 1. Officers shall be elected by secret ballot vote of the faculty, as defined in Article III, on the last day of the spring semester.
2. Officers will be elected by a simple majority of the votes cast. If for any office no one receives a majority, a run-off election between the two candidates receiving the most votes will be held the following week.

3. Nominations for Senate officers shall be made from a list prepared by the Nominations and Elections Committee. Any member of the faculty is eligible for nomination before the election.

4. At the Senate meeting when the Nominations/Elections Committee presents its list of recommended candidates, nominations for officers may be received from the members of the Senate and faculty at large. This meeting is to be held at a reasonable time before the election.

5. The Nominations/Elections Committee shall make all other necessary rules for carrying out the election of the officers.
1. Officers shall be elected by secret ballot vote of the faculty, as defined in Article III.
3. Nominations for Senate Officers shall be made from a list prepared by the Nominations and Elections Committee. Any member of the full-time faculty is eligible for nomination before the election.

3. Designation of Senators other than officers 1. Senate representatives shall consist of:
a. The chair or coordinator of each department.

b. In addition to the chair or coordinator, each department with more than four but less than ten Full Time Equivalent Faculty (FTEF) may be represented by one senator selected by the department faculty.

c. For each additional ten FTEF, or fraction thereof, a department may select one additional senator.

2. It shall be the responsibility of the faculty within each department to ensure timely designation of their representative and to determine the method of selection.

3. Selection of part-time representatives shall follow the same procedures as those specified for election of officers in Section 2 of the By-Laws, except that they shall be nominated by and elected by a vote of the part-time faculty only.

4. Vacancies 1. President. In case of the continued disability or resignation of the President, the Vice-President shall fill the unexpired term of the President until a special election can be held.
2. Other Officers. In case of the resignation or disability of any elected officer other than the President, the Senate shall designate one of its members to fill the remainder of the of the unexpired term by a simple majority vote.

3. Department representatives. In case of the resignation or disability or continual non-attendance of any Senate member other than an offider, the department, which the Senator represents will conduct a special election to fill the vacancy, in accordance with the provisions of By-Laws Section 3, part 2.

5. Quorum A simple majority of Senators including Senator designees recognized by the Chair at the openings of meetings shall constitue a quorum. Senator positions not filled by departments will be not be included in quorum determinations.

6. Assessments 1. Dues. There shall be no Academic Senate dues.
2. Special Assessments. The Senate may solicit contributions from the faculty when it deems such action advisable.

7. Parliamentary Procedure All meetings of the Senate shall be conducted according to parliamentary law as set forth in the lastest edition of Robert’s Rules of Order.

8. Recall and Referendum 1. If a referendum petition protesting an action by the Academic Senate, signed by ten percent of the faculty, is presented to the Senate President, the President shall suspend such action until a referendum election is held. Prior to such an election, the faculty shall be notified in writing of special meeting to discuss alternate views on the issue. The election, by secret ballot, administered by the Nominations/Elections Committee, shall then be held, in no case more than thirty days following submission of the petition. A simple majority shall determine the outcome.
2. If a recall petition asking for the recall of any officer, signed by ten percent of the genral faculty, is presented to the Nominations/Elections Committee, this committee shall notify, in writing, all faculty of a special meeting to present alternate views on the matter. The election, by secret ballot, administered by the Nominations/Elections Committee, shall then be held, in no case more than thirty days following submission of the petition. A simple majority shall determine the outcome. Any position vacated by recall shall be filled by a special election, by a secret ballot, with nominations and elections supervised by the Nominations/Elections Committee. This election shall be held within two weeks of the successful recall.

9. Committees The Senate shall have the following standing committees:
1. The Curriculum Committee

2. The General Education Committee

3. Program Review Committee

4. Professional Development Committee

5. Instructional Computing Committee

6. The Nominations/Elections Committee, consisting of at least three Senators, shall direct the nomination and election of Senate officers, and supervise special elections as needed. Further, this committee shall accept recall petitions and process them in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution (By-Laws, Section 8, Part 2).

7. The Professional Relations Committee, consisting of a chairperson selected by the Academic Senate, and at least five additional persons selected by the Senate Officers Committee to be assigned as needed, shall serve to mediate personal difficulties of the professional nature not covered by contract grievance procedures.

8. Academic Rank Committee

9. Part Time Faculty Issues Committee

10. By-Laws By-Laws to this Constitution may be adopted by amended by a simple majority of the Senators present and voting (quorum defined in Section 5), provided that the proposal has been introduced at a previous meeting, and provided that the general faculty has been notified in writing of the test of the amendment at least a week prior to the Senate meeting at which the vote on the amendment will be taken.

BP 6810	Smoking Ordinance

Reference:	Government Code §§ 7596-7598

Adoption Date:	February 16, 1988 Updated: June 18, 1996

Articles of the Constitution of the Grossmont Academic Senate	Current	Proposed Changes Fall 2006
I. Name	The name of this body shall be the Grossmont College Academic Senate
II. Goals and purposes	The goals and purposes for which this organization is formed are: 1. To represent the faculty in the formation of policy in academic and professional matters. 2. To make recommendations to the college administration and to the Governing Board. 3. To facilitate communication among the faculty, the college administration, the classified staff, the students and the Governing Board. 4. To promote the development and maintenance of teaching excellence within the framework of academic freedom and professional responsibilities and ethics.
III. Scope and Representation	The Academic Senate represents all nonmangement certified personnel employed at Grossmont College.
IV. Membership and Organization	1.The Senate shall consist of : a. A Senate Officers Committee consisting of the President, Vice President, two Officers-at-large and the President-elect or Past President. The President shall be elected at large to a four year term in include one year as President-elect, two years as President, and one year as Past President. All other officers shall be elected at large to two-year terms. Officers shall begin their terms on the last day of the spring semester and may succeed themselves for as many terms as elected. b. Designated Senators as described in Section 3 of the By-Laws. c. Two at large part-time instructors, elected at large by part-time instructors to terms of two years, with each representative elected in an alternate year. 2. Units represented by Senators are departments or combinations of disciplines for purposes of Senate representation. These units shall be referred to as departments throughout this Constitution. The current alignments of unit representation will be listed as Appendix A to this Constitution. Adjustments to Appendix A will be made by the third Senate meeting of each Fall semester based on each department’s current FTEF.	1. The Senate shall consist of: a. A Senate Officers Committee consisting of the President, Vice President, and two Officers-at-large. All officers shall be elected to two-year terms. Officers shall begin their terms on the last day of the spring semester and may succeed themselves for as many terms as elected. The President shall not be concurrently elected or appointed as a department chair or coordinator. b. Same c. Same 2. Same
V. Meetings	1. There shall be at least one regular meeting each month of the fall and spring semesters. 2. Special meetings shall be called by the Senate President, by a majority of the Senate Officers, by a petition signed by twenty percent of the Senate members, or by a petition signed by twenty percent of the faculty. 3. All meetings will be open to the general faculty and are subject to the Rules of the Brown Act.
VI. Amendments	This constitution may be amended by a majority vote of the faculty, as previously defined (Article III), provided that the faculty has been notified in writing of the test of the amendment at least one week prior to the vote, and providing that the amendment has previously been approved by two-thirds of the Academic Senate, or that twenty percent of the total faculty had signed a petition supporting the proposed amendment.
VII. Ratification	This constitution when ratified by a majority of all members present and voting, assuming a quorum of the Grossmont College Academic Senate, shall supercede the previous Constitution and become binding on all present and future members of the Senate as soon as the officers and members of the Senate have been elected.

By-Laws Section	Current	Proposed Changes Fall 2006
1. Duties of the officers	1. The President. It shall be the duty of the President: a. to preside at all meetings of the Senate. b. to insure that regular meetings of the Senate are held, and that the membership and faculty are adequately informed as to the time and place of each meeting. c. to call special meetings when necessary or when required by other provisions of this Constitution, and to insure that the membership and faculty are adequately informed as to the time and place of each meeting. d. to appoint special committees when necessary or when so directed by the membership. e. to serve or to appoint a designee to serve as an ex-officio member of all committees for which senate representation is required. f. to be responsible for all correspondence to and from the Senate. g. to serve as the official representative of the Senate when so authorized. h. to arrange for representation of the Senate at scheduled meetings of such professional organizations as directed by the membership. i. to prepare and distribute at the appropriate time, meeting agenda and proposed amendments. j. to supervise clerical staff assigned to the Senate, who will assist the President as follows: i. Keeping complete records of proceedings of the Senate meetings, ii. Distributing minutes of these to each faculty member who requests them, iii. Brining to each meeting a complete record of the proceedings of the current year, a copy of the Constitution, and the latest copy of Robert’s Rules of Order. k. to appoint a Parliamentarian. l. to perform such additional duties not in conflict with any provisions of this Constitution as the membership shall direct. m. to maintain and operate an Academic Senate office, including all records, files data bases, and appropriate physical assets. 2. The Vice-President. It shall be the duty of the Vice-President: a. to assist the President and assume the duties in the absence of the President. b. to perform such additional duties not in conflict with any provisions of this Constitution as the membership shall direct. 3. The President Elect/Immediate Past President. It shall be the duty of the President Elect/Past President : a. to attend budget, planning and other committees as agreed upon in discussion with the Academic Senate President. b. to recommend appointments to any committee formed by the Senate and to assist in staffing institutional committees as directed by the Senate. c. to serve as a liason between the Senate and committees and the Senate. d. to provide communication with the faculty concerning work of the committees. 4. The Senate Officers Committee, consisting of the four officers and the President Elect or Immediate Past President, will be responsible for: a. preparing and distributing the agenda. b. acting on behalf of the Senate in emergencies when the Senate cannot be convened. c. monitoring the budget of the Senate. d. maintaining an accurate list of Senate members.	3. Delete 4. The Senate Officers Committee, consisting of the four officers, will be responsible for a. same b. same c. same d. same e. And other duties as necessary to facilitate the work of the senate committees.
2. Election of Officers	1. Officers shall be elected by secret ballot vote of the faculty, as defined in Article III, on the last day of the spring semester. 2. Officers will be elected by a simple majority of the votes cast. If for any office no one receives a majority, a run-off election between the two candidates receiving the most votes will be held the following week. 3. Nominations for Senate officers shall be made from a list prepared by the Nominations and Elections Committee. Any member of the faculty is eligible for nomination before the election. 4. At the Senate meeting when the Nominations/Elections Committee presents its list of recommended candidates, nominations for officers may be received from the members of the Senate and faculty at large. This meeting is to be held at a reasonable time before the election. 5. The Nominations/Elections Committee shall make all other necessary rules for carrying out the election of the officers.	1. Officers shall be elected by secret ballot vote of the faculty, as defined in Article III. 3. Nominations for Senate Officers shall be made from a list prepared by the Nominations and Elections Committee. Any member of the full-time faculty is eligible for nomination before the election.
3. Designation of Senators other than officers	1. Senate representatives shall consist of: a. The chair or coordinator of each department. b. In addition to the chair or coordinator, each department with more than four but less than ten Full Time Equivalent Faculty (FTEF) may be represented by one senator selected by the department faculty. c. For each additional ten FTEF, or fraction thereof, a department may select one additional senator. 2. It shall be the responsibility of the faculty within each department to ensure timely designation of their representative and to determine the method of selection. 3. Selection of part-time representatives shall follow the same procedures as those specified for election of officers in Section 2 of the By-Laws, except that they shall be nominated by and elected by a vote of the part-time faculty only.
4. Vacancies	1. President. In case of the continued disability or resignation of the President, the Vice-President shall fill the unexpired term of the President until a special election can be held. 2. Other Officers. In case of the resignation or disability of any elected officer other than the President, the Senate shall designate one of its members to fill the remainder of the of the unexpired term by a simple majority vote. 3. Department representatives. In case of the resignation or disability or continual non-attendance of any Senate member other than an offider, the department, which the Senator represents will conduct a special election to fill the vacancy, in accordance with the provisions of By-Laws Section 3, part 2.
5. Quorum	A simple majority of Senators including Senator designees recognized by the Chair at the openings of meetings shall constitue a quorum. Senator positions not filled by departments will be not be included in quorum determinations.
6. Assessments	1. Dues. There shall be no Academic Senate dues. 2. Special Assessments. The Senate may solicit contributions from the faculty when it deems such action advisable.
7. Parliamentary Procedure	All meetings of the Senate shall be conducted according to parliamentary law as set forth in the lastest edition of Robert’s Rules of Order.
8. Recall and Referendum	1. If a referendum petition protesting an action by the Academic Senate, signed by ten percent of the faculty, is presented to the Senate President, the President shall suspend such action until a referendum election is held. Prior to such an election, the faculty shall be notified in writing of special meeting to discuss alternate views on the issue. The election, by secret ballot, administered by the Nominations/Elections Committee, shall then be held, in no case more than thirty days following submission of the petition. A simple majority shall determine the outcome. 2. If a recall petition asking for the recall of any officer, signed by ten percent of the genral faculty, is presented to the Nominations/Elections Committee, this committee shall notify, in writing, all faculty of a special meeting to present alternate views on the matter. The election, by secret ballot, administered by the Nominations/Elections Committee, shall then be held, in no case more than thirty days following submission of the petition. A simple majority shall determine the outcome. Any position vacated by recall shall be filled by a special election, by a secret ballot, with nominations and elections supervised by the Nominations/Elections Committee. This election shall be held within two weeks of the successful recall.
9. Committees	The Senate shall have the following standing committees: 1. The Curriculum Committee 2. The General Education Committee 3. Program Review Committee 4. Professional Development Committee 5. Instructional Computing Committee 6. The Nominations/Elections Committee, consisting of at least three Senators, shall direct the nomination and election of Senate officers, and supervise special elections as needed. Further, this committee shall accept recall petitions and process them in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution (By-Laws, Section 8, Part 2). 7. The Professional Relations Committee, consisting of a chairperson selected by the Academic Senate, and at least five additional persons selected by the Senate Officers Committee to be assigned as needed, shall serve to mediate personal difficulties of the professional nature not covered by contract grievance procedures.	8. Academic Rank Committee 9. Part Time Faculty Issues Committee
10. By-Laws	By-Laws to this Constitution may be adopted by amended by a simple majority of the Senators present and voting (quorum defined in Section 5), provided that the proposal has been introduced at a previous meeting, and provided that the general faculty has been notified in writing of the test of the amendment at least a week prior to the Senate meeting at which the vote on the amendment will be taken.