Collin Faculty Council
Meeting Minutes
May 4th, 2007
I.
Call
to order
President Amina El-Ashmawy called to order the regular meeting
of the CCCCD Faculty Council at 1:28 pm on May 4th, 2007 held at
the SCC Conference Center Section A-B.
II.
Approval of minutes from last meeting
A)
Secretary Mary Weis began to read the minutes from the April
13th, 2007 meeting.
B)
George Jackson moved to dispense the reading of the minutes and
accept the minutes as distributed. A second to the motion was
made by Mary Jane Tobaben
C)
Motion passed and the minutes were approved as distributed with
2 members who were opposed.
III.
Approval of Treasurer’s report
·
John
did not send a report due to his emergency appendectomy surgery
this week.
·
Summary: $35.00 collected at the last meeting was added to the
sunshine fund.
IV.
President’s Report
·
The
budget submitted for next year is the same as last year and the
request is for $13,800. The incoming FC president will defend
this amount at the budget hearings in June.
·
The
Academic Freedom distillation from the March round table
discussion has been recently received. This report may be sent
back to the committee for further changes and clarification.
·
The
Scholarly Community round table discussion was successful. 85
attendees consisting of faculty and administration had a nice
dinner and discussion on four questions. The discussion results
have been distilled and will be forwarded to the LT for their
meeting on May 14th. Amina has emailed the VPAA to
request permission to attend this meeting to present the results
of this discussion.
·
The
next board meeting is May 22nd. An update by the
outgoing FC president will be made to the BOT regarding the
function of the council and the work of the committees. There
will be a formal presentation of the new FC president to the
board and administrators at this meeting.
V.
Committee Reports
The
committee chairs have been asked to send their end of year
reports to Amina. These reports will be placed on the college
web site so that the information will be available to the
college community and more importantly, available for the
incoming council representatives for follow-up and review.
* To
those who have served the FC this year a heart felt thank you.
To honor your service, each received a 256 MB USB drive labeled
with the FC logo and website address. Thanks to each of you for
your work.
o
Mary
Milford
o
Barbara
Lusk
o
Joan
Kennedy
o
Barbara
Taylor
o
Mindi
Bailey
o
David
Garrison
o
John
Glass
o
Sonja
Andrus
o
Levi
Bryant
o
Mike
McConachie
o
Loren
Miller
o
Donna
White
o
Mary
Weis
o
In
addition, all the people who served on these committees will get
a USB drive from the FC president.
VI.
Updates
* COE:
Dan Lipscomb. Some funds are available due to return of
unencumbered funds. Dan sent out an email regarding the process
for applying and how requests will be prioritized by the COE
treasurer, Mary Weis.
* ACC:
Kemal Moula., Nothing to report as ACC has not had a meeting.
VII.
New
Business
·
Election Results
o
FC
President: Cathy Donald Whitney
o
FC VP:
Paula Miller
o
Representatives were elected from each of the campuses
§
3
Representatives for CPC
§
5
Representatives for PRC
§
10
Representatives for SCC
o
Additional Officers to be elected from this council are the
positions of Secretary and Treasurer. The nomination process
will begin soon.
o
Representative serving staggered terms as follows:
§
Sonja
Andrus = 2 year term, CPC
§
Pam
Gaiter = 2 year term, CPC
§
Valerie
Smith = 2 year term, CPC
§
Tracey
Elliott = 1 year term, PRC
§
Wendy
Gunderson = 1 year term, PRC
§
John
Glass = 2 year term, PRC
§
Jon
Hardesty =1 year term, PRC
§
Debra
St. John =2 year term, PRC
§
Peggy
Breedlove = 1 year term, SCC
§
Amina
El-Ashmawy = 1 year term, SCC
§
David
Garrison = 2 year term, SCC
§
Dan
Lipscomb = 1 year term, SCC
§
Loren
Miller = 2 year term, SCC
§
Joanne
Stevens = 2 year term, SCC
§
Sam
Tullock = 1 year term, SCC
§
Mary
Weis = 1 year term , SCC
§
Donna
White = 1 year term, SCC
§
Kyle
Wilkinson = 2 year term, SCC
The FC
would like to say thank you to Amina for her outstanding service
as FC president this year.
VIII.
Announcements
·
Adopt-a-Highway will meet at the flagpole this afternoon.
·
Please
visit the Humanities Exhibit in the SCC atrium.
IX.
Adjournment
George
Jackson motioned to adjourn; Second by Mary Milford.
Amina El-Ashmawy adjourned the meeting at 1:48 pm.
Minutes submitted by: Mary Weis
Preliminary approval of the minutes by: Amina El-Ashmawy
Final approval of the minutes by: |