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Faculty Association Called Meeting
October
13, 2006
I.
Call to order
President
Amina El-Ashmawy called to order the regular meeting of the
CCCCD Faculty Council at 1:30 PM on October 13, 2006 at CYC.
II.
Approval of
minutes from last meeting
A.
Motion to
dispense with reading of minutes and accept minutes as
distributed electronically with no corrections (Barbara Lusk,
Mary Milford)
1.
Motion passed
-- The minutes were approved as distributed.
III.
Treasurer’s
report
A.
Treasurer
John Glass provided a general overview of current funds in both
the old Faculty Association account and the new “sunshine
fund”. A spreadsheet with detailed information will be
available by the next meeting.
B.
Voluntary
contributions to the sunshine fund were requested by passing a
Halloween bucket. John requested ideas for “themed buckets” for
future meetings.
IV.
President’s
Report
A.
Cary Israel
will be the invited speaker for the Nov 17 meeting. Meeting
begins at 1:30 PM; Cary will be speaking at 2:00 PM.
B.
FC Website:
Template has been designed and is being “tweaked”. Link will be
placed in the Quick Links menu on the college home page.
Deborah Cardenas will be webmaster.
C.
Budget:
Faculty Council asked for and has been approved for an annual
budget of $13,800. Included in this budget are funds for lunch
on days of meetings, books and publications for use by
committees, printing and paper goods, and travel by officers to
meetings of importance to FC business or interests.
D.
CCCC Textbook
Committee: Committee formed to investigate ways to make texts
more affordable for students. The committee roster follows.
Chair: Brenda Kihl; 2 representatives from Faculty Council :
Joan Kennedy, Amina El-Ashmawy; 2 students: 1 from SGA 1 from
SLA; 1 Dean; 1 Department Chair; Thom Chesney; 2 Trustees: Stacy
Arias, Brenda Goodell; David Husted. (For update on committee
activities, see Teaching/Learning Committee Report.)
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