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April 162012
April 162012
1. ADJUNCT FACULTY
a) Denise Johnson, present
4. HEALTH SCIENCES
a) Susan Herman, present
b) Heather MacDonald, present
5. LANGUAGE ARTS
a) Sean Connelly, present
b) Stephen Calebotta, present
6. INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT
a) Greg Creel, present
b) Robert Rundquist, present
8. PAC AT-LARGE
a) Sue Herman, present
VISITOR(S):
DeCreasy Valdez, DPS
Luke Gunderson, History
Kipp Preble, Communication Studies
Karen Pender, Mathematics
OFFICERS/COMMITTEE CHAIRS:
I. Call to order
The Rep Council was called to order at 12:34 p.m.
C. Adjunct Brochure
Denise has mailed brochures to 450 part-time faculty. Additionally, there will be a CCFA
information session tomorrow for part-time faculty.
D. Rep Positions
There are several positions that will be expiring in May. Reps whose terms are not expiring,
should solicit nominations for the open positions. Greg will e-mail a reminder that nominations
for officers should be submitted by next Monday (April 23). The original announcement was e-
mailed by Rod. The election will be done by secret ballot. There is a petition being circulated to
place an initiative on the ballot. The general membership can decide any matter by simple
majority.
E. Other
Bret is a member of the GEM committee (not as a union representative) and has shared an
incident with the Rep Council. Henry attended a recent meeting and spoke with Dan Loomis
regarding gathering information on solar energy. Marie suggests that The Breeze do a story on
sustainability at Chaffey. Also, the Civics Club is looking for event ideas. Luke will contact
members of the Civics Club and suggest an event on sustainability.
There is a petition being mailed by CTA on the tax initiative. If you receive this in the mail,
please sign and return to CTA.
C. Grievance Committee: Jon Ausubel, Paula Snyder and Bret McMurran: Student Readers
The mediation will be May 1.
V. Committee Reports
A. Calendar Committee: Stephen Calebotta and Rod Elsdon
Nothing to report.
F. Labor, Management Committee: Jon Ausubel, Shelley Eckvahl and Bret McMurran
The issue of anonymous complaints will be addressed.
G. Ad Hoc By-laws Group: Rod Elsdon, Jon Ausubel, Denise Johnson, Heather MacDonald and
Wendy Whitney:
Issues identified for Rep Council discussion are below:
1) Should the Association elect all its officers (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
and others as determined by Rep Council) by a vote of the active membership?
This is currently done, but the by-laws do not reflect the practice used by CCFA. According to
the by-laws, only the President is elected. The officers who are not elected according to CCFA
practice are the Grievance Officers and the PAC Chair. If the Treasurer and the Secretary are
appointed by the President, they would not have a vote. Dan suggests that the Treasurer and
Membership Chair be separate positions due to the extensive duties of these positions. There is
consensus that non-elected officers should not have a vote on the Rep Council.
2) Should representatives be permitted to hold only one seat (e.g. a school rep cannot also serve
as Vice President)?
3) Should the Association form an Executive Board comprised of its elected officers? The
Executive Board would meet more frequently than Rep Council to discuss emergent matters in
order to advise Rep Council.
5) How should the one person, one vote" principle be applied? That is, one representative for X
active members.
6) Should the Association ask HR to include membership forms and information in the
employment packets given to new full- and part-time hires?