College of Alameda Academic Senate Meeting Minutes Thursday, October 17, 2013, L237 Present

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  Appointments
  
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    Grievance Committee- Appointment: Carolyn Johnson
    
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      Alternates
      
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    Disciplinary Hearing Panel- Appointment: Marissa Nakano
    
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      Alternates
      
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    District-wide Accreditation Workgroup- Appointment
    

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  Glen Pearson and Marissa Nakano appointed to Disciplinary Hearing Panel
  
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  Carolyn Johnson and Reza Majlesi appointed to Grievance Committee
  

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  VPI Update
  
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    Scheduling/FTES
    
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      Process for Adding more Sections
      
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    APUs (Integrated Planning and Budget Process)
    
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    Accreditation
    
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    Lottery money: process for the distribution of $10K that was set aside
    

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  Spring 2014 Schedule incorporated template of spring 2012.
  
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  Productivity data was reviewed from BI Tool
  
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  Discussion regarding faculty overenrolling students in classes when possible
  
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    Motion made to encourage faculty to overenroll courses; no second; motion defeated.
    

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  Template will be distributed soon, deadline of Nov. 12^th.
  

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  Dr. Stark expressed need for a campus-wide effort in completing Accreditation Self-Evaluation
  
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  Stipends may be available for individuals who write portions of the Self-Evaluation
  

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  $37K was set aside, not $10K
  
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  Instructional equipment money should be around $65K
  
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  Computer refresh tentative date for roll-out is Feb. 14, with re-ordering happening in December.
  
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  Question was asked whether Part-timer faculty were included in computer refresh; only FT faculty included.
  

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  Senate Goals 2013-2014 (see handout)
  
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    Identify how faculty can support Student Success and the tools/resources they need to do it.
    
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    Support Part-time faculty.
    
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    Promote faculty involvement and knowledge of the Academic Senate.
    
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    Review the Accreditation process and participate in COA’s Self-Study.
    
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    Other goals?
    

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  Handout distributed which aligned proposed goals, 10+1 areas, and COA ILOs.
  
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  Recommendation to remove COA ILOs from handout.
  
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  Recommendation to replace numbered list with bullet format to signify that all are equally important goals.
  

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  Senate Constitution Revision
  
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    Revision Sub-Committee
    
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    Election Committee
    

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  Extensive work was done last year to review Constitution and draft by-laws.
  
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  Need to review what was completed and finalize changes before Election Committee can proceed.
  
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  Need volunteers for new Revision Sub-Committee (previous members are no longer Senators)
  

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  Emeritus Luncheon
  
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    Volunteers for Committee
    

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  Committee members include Myron Jordan and Sherrone Smith
  

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  Standing Reports
  
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    President’s Report
    
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    Treasurer’s Report
    
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    College Committees Reports
    

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  President’s Report
  

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  Treasurer’s Report
  

Beginning Balance $2,612.09

Deposits -0-

Expenses: Checking Fee 6.00

Ending Balance $2,606.09

500 Regular Share Account

Beginning Balance $2,249.62

Deposit (dividends) .06

Withdrawals (service charge)6.00

Ending Balance $ 2,247.68

Y-T-D Dividends .18

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  Public Comment- Guests are welcome to make announcements or share feedback (limit 2 minutes per individual; maximum 5 minutes on a single topic)
  

Information taken from COA Technology Committee meeting minutes on 9/12/13:

• 860 Atlantic, Science laptops

• Labs given priority for desktop refresh

• Prioritization of roll down of workstations

• Laptop specs will be updated by Purchasing Dept refresh