Representatives and Guests
Ray Smith
Craig Taylor

Faculty Statements
-Karen Krumrey-Fulks said the Speech Department of EFL&Sp is considering a conversion to 4 credits.
-Mark Williams announced the possibility of staff reduction in distance learning.  (Possible topic for next meeting).
-Mason reported the upcoming educational forum on Cuba, January 21^st.
Also the Faculty Council needs to provide a more extensive response to the “student focus groups comments” by Jan. 8.  Bob and Mason will draft the memorandum and need responses from Council members by 5:00 p.m. on Jan 6.   No response by the deadline will be taken to mean support of the draft.

Last two Faculty Council Minutes approved (October 24 and November 14)

 Approval item—Committee Appointments by Faculty Council
Academic Council:
-Barb DeFilippo
-Sheila Broderick
-Cristina Simoni
-Patrick Schreiber

Student Online Evaluation Team:
-6 faculty interested, 2 or more to serve as representatives at scheduled meetings.
            -Barbara Breaden
            -Dave Shellabarger
            -Leslie Rubenstein
            -Stephen Johnston
            -Carol Watt
            -Shannon Gaul (submitted statement at today’s meeting, added/approved)
-Concern:  probationary faculty in more than one department received online evaluations as well as scantron format.  This presents major breakdown in the agreement with the administration. Concern was also expressed over whether there will be discrepancies between the online eval. and scantron eval. if both were conducted by any one student.
-Committee will be formed with IRAP, OISS, Faculty Council representative, etc.
-All 5 interested plus Shannon Gaul as of today are approved/added and will decide the division of labor within the group with the help of Bob and Mason.
-Bob and Mason will consider sizing of the committee to address scheduling needs.

Action Items
(a) Discussion with guests from the Banner team:
Linda DeWitt(Project manager)             Helen Garrett(Enrollment Management Director)
Sharon Kimball (Faculty-BT)                 Steve Pruch (IT Dept.)             

Discussion re new software program—Luminous:
-What is Luminous? 
Software that would go on top of Banner that allows control of web data and how it’s presented, as well as other services.

-Steve Pruch presented the following specs on Luminous:
-Made by same Company that makes Banner
-Offers powerful functionality but faculty and other staff must decide if we really need it.
-Demonstration will be scheduled after the first of the year.
-Will cause faculty to rethink GroupWise as e-mail system
-Provide e-mail to all students
-Generate home page for every course offered
-Allow for targeted communication
-Uniform environment-log in only once
-if approved for purchase, projected date of use Summer or Fall 05

Discussion points:
-We need function description before decision made
-Need list of other faculties using Luminous and links to Luminous resources
-Should we have some beta testing or staged implementation?
-Luminous not necessary, not replacing anything
-Concerns about this program complicating efforts of staff to learn Banner

Other Banner Issues to be considered:
-Decision making process on Banner
-Ways Banner information can be effectively utilized
-Whether or not to spend additional funds (Luminous)
-How we organize further training in online tasks
-Whether or how to use L# for student system access
-Tools exist that are not being utilized, may be complicating matters now

Helen speaks on Banner grade-book and syllabus module/component of Banner. Demonstrations will be scheduled in winter term.
-Helen advocate for faculty needs re Banner
-Concern/inquiry:  How do faculty concerns get from division level to tech support for problem solving? (a) by contacting the faculty participant on the student core team, Sharon Kimble of Business Tech or (b) Faculty to division chairs to admin assistants to Helen/Ron Rourke.
-Concern with grading re audit and p/np students being treated differently than graded students, not allowing instructor access to this info is interfering with grading accurately.
-Need to sort out which of the above concerns are policy issues and which can be internal adjustments.
-Mark Williams’ proposal to create a subcommittee re Banner/Luminous approved

 Updates
(a) Strategic Plan (Anne McGrail)
-Committee met this same day to discuss feedback from draft
-Agreed upon concept to consider re parallel needs and career goals of students in LCC atmosphere:  1) workforce training/skills development  2) intellectual life/liberal arts education.
-Tentatively made a small, meaningful change to the “workforce” bullet under draft topic “Transforming Students’ Lives”:  Position Lane by empowering a learning workforce in a changing economy.
-Still negative connotation of “workforce” to some, others agree it’s fine
-Change perspectives – Lane to create business or employment not in terms of replaceable workforce
-Create system to communicate what needs to be created, implemented

 Governance (Time Constrained) (Bob Barber and Karen Louise White)
- Longer discussion at the Jan. 9 Faculty Council meeting, using near-to-ready public comment draft.  1 month staff discussion envision mid January to mid February.
-One remaining issue – sorting out responsibility of roles of faculty union and faculty council.
-Classified council, management council not part of gov system.
-Faculty Council or Senate-type group will be involved
-Bargaining agents believe their scope of authority encompasses interest of representative employee groups.

LCC 40^th Anniversary Planning
Events: Photo exhibit                 Website                        Dinner              Oral Histories
Students, faculty, staff involved
Ask: students who would be willing to help, anyone willing to write remembrances, faculty willing to be a voice? (Bill Woolum)
Organize a symposium about CC movement/change/future
Consider co-op internship as help re planning, events.

 Adjourn 4:37pm