April 24, 2013 Meeting

Agenda

Taft College Faculty Association Agenda

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

 

  1. Welcome and Lunch

 

  1. Approval of Minutes from February meeting

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report

 

  1. TCFCBC Update
    1. Adjunct Salaries
    2. Sabbatical Leave
    3. Class Size Limits

 

  1. Officer Nominations for 2013-14

 

  1. Board of Trustees Meeting

 

  1. CCA Conference

 

  1. Update on Retirement Gift

 

  1. Scholarship Committee

 

  1. Faculty Appreciation Week May 6-10, 2013

 

  • Other

 

  1. Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 12:10pm, Location: Cougar Room (Lunch will be provided) (Every 4th Wednesday)

Minutes

Taft College Faculty Association

Minutes of April 24, 2013

 

Call to Order

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

 

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the February 27 meeting were approved as presented.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Cash Balance

Treasurer Ruby Payne reported that the current balance in the association account is $7983 before lunch.

 

Taft College Faculty Collective Bargaining Committee (TCFCBC) Update

Adjunct Salaries

President Diane Jones reported that consensus was reached on this item in the last TCFCBC meeting. This was the result of a lot of hard work and data collection. Taft College primarily competes for adjuncts with Bakersfield College, which pays $60/hr. The statewide average for adjunct salaries is $70/hr. The consensus agreement would raise adjunct salary step 3 to $64.35/hr. The agreement includes a two step process for implementing this raise: 1) Wait for the May revise of the State Budget, which is anticipated to include a 1.65% COLA, 2) After implementation of any COLA to the salary schedule, remaining money will be added to get to $64.35/ hr. This will probably go to the Board in September, and be retroactive to July 1, 2013.

A motion was presented by Tony Thompson, and seconded by Kelley Kulzer to ratify the consensus agreement. Ratified Unanimously

 

Sabbatical Leave

President Diane Jones reported that she presented the document in TCFCBC that Eric Bérubé, Dave Berry, and Vicki Herder worked so hard on. The process is just getting started on this item.

 

Class Size Limits

President Diane Jones reported that this item hasn’t been discussed yet in TCFCBC. Diane and Academic Senate President Tony Thompson met with Interim Vice President of Instruction Patti Bench. We are looking to establish a baseline that will document what we are currently doing. This current baseline will be presented in TCFCBC.

 

Officer Nominations 2013-2014

President Diane Jones reported that all officers are ready to continuing serving in their current capacities. She opened the floor for nominations. No new nominations were presented. A paper ballot is not required in this case. A motion was presented by David Layne and seconded by David Reynolds to elect officers as follows:

 

President                   Diane Jones

Vice President            Jeff Ross

Secretary                  Mike Mayfield

Treasurer                  Ruby Payne

Motion passed by unanimous consent.

 

Diane also stated that Darcy Bogle’s term on the bargaining team expires this year. She reminded the association that per our bylaws, the President and Vice President are automatically on the bargaining team, while the remaining five members are elected to rotating three year terms. Diane opened the floor for nominations. Craig Johnson nominated Kanoe Bandy, and no other nominations were presented. A paper ballot is not required in this case. A motion was presented by Craig Johnson, and seconded by David Layne to elect Kanoe Bandy to a three year term on the bargaining team beginning June 1, 2013. Motion passed by unanimous consent.

 

Board of Trustees Meeting

President Diane Jones reported that she attended the last meeting and was able to discuss adjunct salary rates. At least one Board member was surprised to learn that that full-time faculty make less than their normal salary in overload.

 

CCA Conference

President Diane Jones reported that she and Ruby Payne would be attending this conference. In the past, some of the expenses have been reimbursed by CCA. She asked for a motion authorizing up to $700 per person for this conference. A full accounting will be presented following the conference. A motion was presented by Jeff Ross and seconded by Craig Johnson to approve up to $700 per person in expenses for this conference. Motion passed by unanimous consent.

 

Update on Retirement Gift.

President Diane Jones reminded the association that we had previously approved a retirement gift for former faculty member and interim Vice President of Instruction Patti Bench. Diane read Patti’s thank you card aloud.

 

Scholarship Committee

President Diane Jones stated that Darcy Bogle, Juana Escobedo, and David Lane have agreed to again serve on this committee. They will be selecting scholarship recipients tomorrow. We still have a credit on our scholarship account, so no new association funds are required.

 

Faculty Appreciation Week May 6-10, 2013

President Diane Jones reminded the association that ASB is putting on a faculty appreciation week. Get out there and get appreciated!

 

Other

Kelly Kulzer asked if the association thought chairing one committee should count as serving on two committees. Vice President Jeff Ross reminded members present that the faculty association originally proposed the two committee assignment because the same few faculty members were serving on all of the committees. President Diane Jones stated that we could pursue this if the association wanted to, but reminded everyone that the Academic Senate just made a big deal about shared governance. Sharyn Eveland asked where Division Chair Duties fit into TCFCBC agenda item priorities. Diane stated that this would be a good topic for next year. Sharyn gave a brief history of this item. The previous Vice President of Instruction left some duties undone. Division Chairs picked up these duties as a result. The new VP of instruction starts April 29, 2013. The fear is that the new VP will assume that these duties are the official responsibilities of the Division Chairs, and not of the Office of Instruction. Jeff Ross stated that the Division Chairs will have the opportunity to express this concern in their meetings with the VP, and they can inform him that this item is going to TCFCBC. Diane also sent out a welcome to Paul Blake, our new Engineering and Energy Technology faculty member.

 

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 12:53 pm.

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