August 21, 2012 Meeting

Agenda

Taft College Faculty Association Agenda

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

 

  1. Welcome and Lunch

 

  1. Introductions
    1. New Faculty
    2. Officers
    3. TCFCBC Team

 

  1. Approval of Minutes from May meeting

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report
    1. Cash balance
    2. New member forms
    3. Conference expenditures
    4. Scholarship donation (J. Gallon Retirement)

 

  1. TCFCBC Update
    1. Health Benefits
    2. Voluntary Severance Package
    3. Overload Sick Leave
    4. 2012-13 Agenda Topics

 

  1. Benefit Brochure Handout

 

  1. Other

 

  1. Next Meeting: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 12:10pm, Location: Cougar Room (Lunch will be provided) (Every 4th Wednesday)

Minutes

Taft College Faculty Association

Minutes of August 21, 2012

 

Call to Order

President Diane Jones called the meeting to order at 12:20 pm.

 

Introductions

Faculty Association Officers

President: Diane Jones

Vice President: Jeff Ross

Secretary: Mike Mayfield

Treasurer: Ruby Payne

 

Taft College Faculty Collective Bargaining Committee (TCFCBC)

Team members include: Darcy Bogle, Greg Golling, Craig Johnson, Diane Jones, Mike Mayfield, Jeff Ross and Tony Thompson.

 

New Faculty

Dental Hygiene:                                                Eric Herkowitz

High-Tech Center-Access Specialist:                        Joseph Polizzotto

History:                                                            Jen Altenhofel

Life Science:                                                            Tim Markowitz

Psychology:                                                            Michelle Oja

 

 

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the May16 meeting were approved as presented.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Cash Balance and Membership Forms

Treasurer Ruby Payne reported that the current balance in the association account is $6166.84. Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Faculty Association should see Ruby and pick up a new member form. Ruby will be dispersing membership cards this week.

Conference Expenditures

President Diane Jones informed the association that her expenditures amounted to $164 of the $400 approved in our last meeting. Ruby’s paperwork from CTA was delayed. She has just received it and will be submitting for reimbursement soon.

 

Scholarship Donation

President Diane Jones reported that Jack Gallon retired over the summer. He chose a scholarship donation over the customary chair. A motion was presented by Darcy Bogle and seconded by Robin Polski to donate $200 of association funds to a scholarship in Jack Gallon’s name to be paid in May 2013. Motion passed by unanimous vote.

 

Taft College Faculty Collective Bargaining Committee (TCFCBC) Update

Interest Based Bargaining (IBB) Training

President Diane Jones reported that the bargaining team and administration are in two days if IBB training. We will use an actual topic for this afternoons training.

 

Health Benefits

President Diane Jones reminded the association that this topic will come up again this year.

 

Voluntary Severance Package

President Diane Jones reminded the association this issue is discussed in each August TCFCBC meeting. Anyone considering retirement should contact Diane.

 

Overload Sick Leave

President Diane Jones reminded the association that earning sick leave for overload assignments is now in place. The language we agreed to states that accrual of overload sick leave would begin July 1, 2012. If you taught summer courses you may have received an overload sick leave statement with an unusual number of sick leave hours earned. Diane also reminded members to use the contract personal necessity leave first if you need to take a sick day. After that, or for donation purposes, use overload hours before normal sick leave hours.

 

2012-2013 Agenda Topics

President Diane Jones reported that several topics were presented in our IBB training today. Topics include: health benefits, division chair duties, non-teaching faculty loads, adjunct/overload pay, $500,000 board challenge, GASB, retirement language, salary, and notification of longevity. No new topics were presented by association members. Diane reminded members to contact her or other bargaining team members if issues should arise.

 

Benefit Brochure Handout

President Diane Jones distributed the CTA Member Benefits Highlights pamphlet.

 

Other

President Diane Jones reported that in her opinion it is crucial to K-14 education for proposition 30 to pass this November.

 

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 12:41 pm.

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