Faculty Council Minutes
October 8, 2004

In attendance:

Norma Driscoll	Alice Whitenack	Mary Brau
Judy McKenzie	Larry Scott	Sue Thompson
Bert Pooth	Karen Krumney-Fulks	Dennis Gilbert
Sharon Kimble	Bob Barber	Sharon Hagan
Tony McCown (ASLCC)	Ray Smith (Classified)	Chris Seifert
Patrick Lanning (OISS)	Jim Salt (LCCEA)	Stan Taylor
Sonya Christian (OISS)	Peggy Oberstaller
Sheila Broderick

The minutes of the Council meeting of 11 June 2004, were approved as submitted.

Introductions: all present introduced themselves.

Welcome English as a Second Language Program: Chris Seifert
ESL moved from their downtown location to the main campus during the summer. (There is still a night program at the downtown location.)

ESL is now in building 11.

Chris thanks all for the warm welcome the department received. She told us about the diverse student body for the program, ranging from non-readers to Ph.D. graduates, from teenagers to people in their nineties, and includes students from 40 different countries.

Governance Councils
There will be an orientation for all members of governance councils on Friday, October 15, from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Location has yet to be decided.

Part-time reps can be get overload pay instead of reassignment time.

Governance Council Representatives

COLLEGE COUNCIL
Sheila Broderick, co-chair of the Faculty Council

The following representatives to governance councils were elected by the members of the faculty council:

LEARNING COUNCIL
Judy McKenzie
(Bert Pooth will also be a member as co-chair of the Faculty Council)

DIVERSITY COUNCIL
Alice Whitenack

FACILITIES COUNCIL
Shannon Gaul

STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL
Debby Ganser
(There is an opening for another representative from Faculty Council)

TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
Pam Dane

Jim Salt reported the following will be LCCEA representatives on the governance councils:

COLLEGE COUNCIL
Jim Salt

LEARNING COUNCIL
Tamara Pinkas
Ken Zimmerman
Bob Barber

DIVERSITY COUNCIL
Michael Samano

FACILITIES COUNCIL
Mason Davis

FINANCE COUNCIL
Jim Salt
Chris Culver

TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
Joe Escobar

Committees
Co-chairs working to get a list of all committees with Faculty Council representation and the status of representatives. An e-mail solicitation for statements of interest in serving on committees will be sent out as soon as openings are identified.

Unit Planning: Mary Brau
Mary pointed out that some unit plans done last year were incomplete, especially in terms of making assessments.

She suggested that student assessments allow us to assess class curricula, and these assessments inform the process of assessing our programs, and program assessments lead to assessment of institutional effectiveness.

It is at the program level that we can identify needs, these become components of the unit plan.

Sonya Christian pointed out that unit planning was a response to the immediate need of providing physical evidence of planning to the accreditation team. Unit plans must now be integrated into governance system.

Several members noted it should be the other way around: rebuild unit planning process so that unit plans drive resource allocation. In the past faculty have not been able to contribute to decision-making. The new mechanism for funding curriculum development is an example.

Charter Amendments
An issue has arisen in the Science Division concerning representation when a division has a co-chair. This issues and others will be studied by a Charter Amendments Work Group to be set up at a future meeting.

During this discussion, it was also noted that we would want to establish a mechanism for communication with representatives on governance councils. Because they represent the faculty through the faculty council, it is important that they report to the faculty council and take direction from it.

Future Agenda Items
No time for discussion, but members are urged to make additions and prioritize.

Adjourned