President’s Council
May 24, 2006
Minutes
Attending: S. Kinsella, J.
Keeler, D. Seelie, J. Wolowitz, E. Crook, F. Lozano, R. Rude, R. Hannon
Others attending: J.
Chargin, D. Phillips, M. Arvizu, Rob Fitzpatrick (Angus-Hammer),
J. Pruitt
Council members and those in
attendance introduced themselves.
Minutes (5/10/06) MS
(Rude/Gonzalez) to approve minutes as presented.
Sherrean reported that the
following standards have been submitted and reviewed:
Standards 1 and 3 and should
be ready to go to editing team by June 15.
Joe met with the Board and
College Budget Committees to review; there is a $546,000 difference between
revenue and expenses. The ending fund
balance will change as the state continues to work on the budget. The tentative budget will go to the Board for
approval on June 13.
Mimi introduced Rob
Fitzpatrick, Angus-Hammer, who has been meeting with several groups on
campus. A draft of this was sent to all staff.
Rob reviewed the process; the idea of
the new plan (on web site) reflects what the College has accomplished. Appropriate use of PC/Mac is listed as an initiative
under Administrative Services. (Note: should
be on page 15 not page 16). Mac should
be instructional related. Please forward
further changes to Rob by June 1.
Dave reported that this
should be completed by the end of month and presented to the Board in
June. The Council was reminded that the agreement
was to continue, if there were no concerns, with the contract during the summer
as a cost saving measure.
Dave reported that
instructors can now post grades online through the Intranet; part time
instructors received information in mail boxes.
Joe reported that a
secondary system will be added in case one goes down, received four bids under
budge. A hiring committee is in the
process of checking on low bidder and this will go to the Board on June 13.
Joe reported that vacating the
OE building this summer has been deferred Dec. 2006. He will be working with the Administration
team on the swing space and will take through committee process in Sept. when
everyone returns.
Reports
Administrators
No report
ASB
No report
Professional Support Staff
Diana Seelie has been
selected as CSEA Employee of the Year.
Diana thanked Joe, Sherrean and John for helping with the ice cream
social on May 24.
Confidential/Supervisors
Fabio reported that there
are 70 students interested in the
Faculty Senate
No report
Steve reported that the Assembly
would like to reduce registration fees from $26 to $20 which will take money
away from equalization. We will know
more in the next couple of months and if there is a surplus it will be
reflected in our final budget. Steve
congratulated staff on great year and noted that the Vice President of
Instructional Services position should be filled during summer.
Next meeting June 13, 2006,
3:30 p.m. if nothing on agenda will go to July, may have a state budget
approved by then.
Meeting adjourned at 4:08
p.m.