Presidents Report Prepared for the April 13th, 2012 CRC Academic Senate Meeting

ASCCC Plenary The Plenary this time around was less controversial in the resolutions procedures (we actually got done early!). Part of this was because there was not an issue with the level of complexity like repeatability which was dealt with last Plenarypart of it might have been from the fact that were in a bit of a lull between the SSTF recommendations being published and their being implemented. I will be sending out an annotated copy of the resolutions when theyre officially available. I presented at two breakouts: Rapid Response to Urgent Issues and Responding to the SSTF Recommendations at the Local Level. In addition I moderated the questions asked in the Fourth General Session Perspectives on Budget and Legislation Enrollment Priorities Taskforce The Task Force met for a fourth time on 4/18/12. The proposed Title V language and Frequently Asked Questions dialog document were finalized. Faculty on the committee strongly pushed for the process to slow down. The State Chancellors office reported that they intended to take the proposal to Consultation Council on 4/19/12 (which they did) and intended on introducing the changes to the board of Governors for a first reading at their May meeting, with a second reading to follow in July. After they received pushback from all constituencies at Consultation Council, they have now proposed to take it to the BOG as an information item in May. This means that the first reading will be in July and the final decision will be in September.

Meetings Attended
CRC/Los Rios
4/16/12
Constituency meeting about Budget

4/16/12
Bi-monthly VPI and Senate President Meeting

4/17/12
LRCCD Senate

4/24/12
LRCCD Leadership Taskforce meeting

4/25/12
Chancellors Cabinet/LRCCD Budget Meeting

4/25/12
Meet with LRCCD Chancellor

State Meetings:
4/16/12
Enrollment Priorities Taskforce Preparatory Teleconference

4/18/13
Enrollment Management SSTF Implementation Taskforce Teleconference

4/19/12-4/21/12
Spring ASCCC Plenary

Budget Chancellors Telecommunication Technology Advisory Committee Chancellor Harris held a joint Chancellors Cabinet and th meeting District Budget meeting on April 25 . The purpose of this meeting was to update the constituencies both on the current budget situation as well as responding to feedback from the budget presentations which occurred on all four campuses as well as at the District office. Here is a summary of what was said: The main three items that the Chancellor identified that had changed since the budget presentations were: 1) The calculated costs to the district for the step and column increases were over-estimated. 2) The increases in Medical Insurance costs were not as high as estimated. 3) PERS will be hitting the district for an additional $300,000 These three changes are a net zero in change to the overall budget picture.

4/26/12-4/27/12

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Responses to the budget forums: 1) The district will now delay increasing the contribution of employees for Healthcare insurance until after the election. If the Tax initiative does not pass the additional costs will appear on our November 30th check. 2) If the tax initiative does not pass and we have to take a 6% pay cut the district will enact a plan where in the Spring all faculty will be able to take an In lieu of and then another in the Fall and following Spring. The district is being particularly vague on how they envision these days (though they did tell me that woe could not use them for convocation). 3) The move of the date that we will be asked to begin paying more for Health Insurance will cost the district $500,000. In order to backfill this cost the district will increase the reduction of discretionary funds to the colleges to 20% to 22.5% . What the District will not do: 1) Attempt to enter into negotiations to change the step/column increases. These are very complicated and the district does not want to touch them. 2) Cut additional course sections (more than are already discussed in the distributed budget plans). 3) Add additional attrition goals (these are the faculty, staff, and administration positions left unfilled). 4) Cut programs due to budgetary concerns: Programming decisions should not be made only on fiscal grounds. 5) Eliminate summer school. 6) Take down our reserves any further than laid out in the distributed Budget plans. In addition, at the CRC Budget Constituency meeting we dusted off a document first prepared by LRCCD Counsel during those heady days that we were asking the voters for them to pass Measure A. The document deals with the legal definitions of what constitutes providing information about elections (which we are allowed to do during business hours working for a State institution) and what is advocacy (which we are not allowed to do during business hours working for a State institution). Ill try and get a digital copy of this for you to bring back to your areas for discussion in the fall. Academic Senate Calendar 12-13
8/21/12 ................................................ Senate Retreat (Location TBD) 9:30-3:00 9/14/12 ................................................ Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 9/28/12 ................................................ Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 10/12/12 .............................................. Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 10/26/12 .............................................. Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 11/7-11/10 ........................................... Fall ASCCC Plenary 11/16/12 .............................................. Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 11/30/12 .............................................. Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 12/14/12 .............................................. Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 2/8/13 .................................................. Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 2/22/13 ................................................ Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 3/8/13 .................................................. Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 3/22/13 ................................................ Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 4/12/13 ................................................ Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 4/17-4/20 ............................................. Spring ASCCC Plenary 4/26/13 ................................................ Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00) 5/10/13 ................................................ Regular Senate Meeting (12:30-2:00)

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Shared Governance Committee Assignments: As Ive been collecting the Shared Governance Committee reports, Ive been spending a lot of time staring at the data. First off, the Senate only tracks requests to serve on committees not whether or not someone actually participates on that committee. Here is a chart of the number of faculty per division who did not request a Shared Governance Committee for this past year:

Faculty who did not Request a Committee Assignment for '11-'12

SSC, 14% BFS, 29% SME, 15%

KHA, 0% LRCT, 0% HSS, 2%

CVPA, 9%

C&T, 10%

In total, 11% of CRC Full-Time faculty did not request to be put on a Shared Governance committee for this past year. Ive send out two sets of emails about committee assignments and so far 52% of faculty have responded. I know that we are heading towards the end of the semester and that some are awaiting the results of the Senate elections, but please encourage your colleagues to choose Shared Governance Committee work as a means to meet their College Service. On the next few pages you will find the requests that I have received so far for committee appointment. Note: the following are requests; no appointments have been made yet. The appointments will occur after I have consulted with committee chairs, the Senate Executive committee, and others). Division Senators look at how well your areas are represented and encourage your colleagues to fill in where you may be under-represented.

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Budget Committee
Chair: Grant Parker
BFS Members Carol Olsen C & T Members David Andrews Amy Avalos CVPA Members Grant Parker HSS Members Minhhong Do Paul Zisk LRCT Mark Ford KHA Members Minet Gunther SME Efrain Lopez Camille Moreno SSC Teresa Aldredge Kathy Degn

College Planning
Chair: Marjorie Duffy
BFS Members Marjorie Duffy C & T Members CVPA Members HSS Members LRCT Members Mark Ford KHA Members SME Members SSC Members

Cultural Competence and Equity

Chair: Kathryn Mayo
BFS Members C & T Members CVPA Members Kathryn Mayo HSS Members LRCT KHA Members SME SSC

Curriculum
Chair: Michael Lawlor
BFS Members C & T Members CVPA Members Daniel DuBray Anna Trent HSS Members Amanda WolcottPaskey LRCT KHA Members SME Michael Lawlor SSC

Foundations of Academic Success

Chair: Leslie Gale
BFS Members C & T Members Timaree Hagenburger CVPA Members HSS Members James Wilson LRCT KHA Members SME Sonya Reichel Kim Williams-Brito SSC Teresa Aldredge

Professional Development
Chair: Unknown
BFS Members C & T Members CVPA Members HSS Members LRCT KHA Members SME SSC

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Health and Facilities

Chair: Mathew McHugh
BFS Members C & T Members Jason Roberts CVPA Members HSS Members Gabriel Torres LRCT KHA Members Cesar Plasencia SME Members Loi My Nguyen-Vo SSC Michelle Barkley

Distance Education and Information Technology

Chair: Greg Beyrer
BFS Members C & T Members Joseph Gee Renee Roeschen CVPA Members Cheri Fortin HSS Members Amanda WolcottPaskey LRCT Gregory Beyrer KHA Members Cheri LaDue SME Jena Bills SSC

Matriculation
Chair:
BFS Members Lance Parks C & T Members Carol Bernardo CVPA Members Kathryn Smith HSS Members Shihni Giedd LRCT Emily Bond KHA Members SME SSC David Aagaard Kathy Degn

Unknown

Campus Sustainability*
Chair: Andi Salmi
BFS Members Linn Violett C & T Members CVPA Members HSS Members LRCT Members KHA Members SME Members Tamyra Carmona Cindy Erickson SSC Members

Honors*
Chair: Unknown
BFS Members C & T Members CVPA Members Georgine Hodgkinson HSS Members LRCT KHA Members SME Ron Breitenbach SSC

Learning Outcomes Dialogue*

Chair: Lisa Marchand
BFS Members C & T Members CVPA Members HSS Members Lisa Marchand LRCT KHA Members SME Scott Crosier Dave Hodapp SSC

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Professional Standards*
Chair : Patty Felkner
BFS Members C & T Members CVPA Members Patty Felkner HSS Members Kerstin Feindert Norman Hom LRCT KHA Members SME Charles Deneke Michael Yarbrough SSC

Social Responsibility*
Chair : Sandra Carter
BFS Members C & T Members CVPA Members HSS Members Constance Carter Heather Hutcheson Anastasia Panagakos LRCT KHA Members SME Mark Hunter SSC

Academic Integrity Committee*

Chair : David Weinshiboum
BFS Members Sonny Huang C & T Members Dana Wassmer CVPA Members HSS Members James Frazee Melanie Lewis Emmanuel Sigauke David Weinshilboum Paul Zisk LRCT Emily Bond KHA Members SME Lora Stewart SSC

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