September 15, 2005
Members Present: Dan Alford, David Babel, Richard Bautista, Myrtho Blanchard,
Janet Bush, Fran Emory, Barbara Hatheway, Joey Horobetz, Barbara Howard, Zina Jemison, Charles Kellermann, Marjorie Kinnaman, Kim McManus, Maria Nieto-Shahsavarian, Bill Shannon, and Ruth Stanton.
Members Absent: Miguel Corrigan, Myles Embry, Marsha Fisher and Irene Osterman.
1. Call to Order: Alison Baker called the meeting to order.
2. Election of the Officers: Fran Emory and Janet Bush were nominated for the position of chair. Janet Bush declined to serve as chair. There being no other nominations, Fran Emory was elected chair by acclamation.
Janet Bush was nominated as vice chair and agreed to serve in that capacity if elected. There being no other nominations, Janet Bush was elected as vice chair by acclamation.
3. Establishing the Schedule: The committee agreed to meet at 2 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month.
4. Creation of Committees: Fran Emory took the chair and called for a motion to create the Faculty Subcommittee. The motion was moved and seconded. There was brief discussion about the role of the subcommittee. The committee agreed that the role of the faculty subcommittee is to discuss issues of importance to faculty ranked employees and to bring these issues to the full committee for consideration. The Faculty Subcommittee also solicits and reviews applications for the President’s Sabbatical award and recommends to the President up to three faculty for the award. The committee unanimously agreed to create the Faculty Subcommittee.
Fran called for a motion to create the Classified Subcommittee. The motion was moved and seconded. There was brief discussion of the role of this subcommittee. The committee agreed that the role of the classified subcommittee is to discuss issues of importance to classified employees and to bring these issues to the full committee for consideration. The Classified Subcommittee also solicits and reviews nomination for the Classified Emeritus designation and recommends retired members of the classified staff to be designated as classified emeritus. The committee unanimously agreed to create the Classified Subcommittee.
5. Review and Approval of the Minutes: The minutes of the April 2005 meeting were amended to indicate that the committee had approved the workforce violence policy and were approved as amended.
6. Agenda topics: The Committee agreed that creating a new enhanced retirement program (ERP) remained a high priority. Bill Shannon agreed to take the lead on this issue. The Committee also agreed that the upcoming faculty salary study would be an important topic. The Committee suggested that Patti Hill come to the next meeting to explain the process for setting administrative salaries. Members of the Committee also expressed an interest in meeting with the salary student consultants as the salary study begins.
The Committee invited Myrtho Blanchard to make a presentation on what the Professional Development Committee does and what is on that group’s agenda.
Dan Alford, Barbara Hathaway, Barbara Howard and Joey Horobetz agreed to work on the telecommuting policy for teaching faculty.
7. Adjornment: The Committee adjourned at 3:20 and moved into its two subcommittees.