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Meeting Minutes

Faculty Association Regular Meeting

November 17, 2006

Pike Hall at CPC

I.      Call to order

President Amina El-Ashmawy called to order the regular meeting of the CCCCD Faculty Council at 1:32 pm on November 17, 2006 in Pike Hall at CPC.

II.      Approval of minutes from last meeting

A. Secretary Mary Weis began to read the minutes from the October 13^th meeting.

B. Joan Kennedy moved to dispense the reading of the minutes and accept the minutes as distributed.  A second to the motion was made by George Jackson.

C. Motion passed and the minutes were approved as distributed.

III.      Approval of Treasurer’s report

A. Treasurer John Glass presented the accounting of the FC Sunshine Fund.

Total amount collected to date $407 and total expenses $221.13 leaving a current balance of $185.87. Voluntary Sunshine Fund collection was conducted, and additional monies were collected by passing the cowboy hat and a baseball bling hat.

B. Previous monies from the old FA account total $900.75 and will be used towards the scholarship fund.

IV.      President’s Report

A.    FC president’s report has been deferred to the December 8^th meeting.

V.      Vice President’s Report

            A. The FC vice president’s report has been deferred to the December 8^th meeting. 

VI.      Committee Reports

A.    Committee reports were summarized and sent to the faculty via email.

B.     Policy and Procedure (P&P) committee presented power point summaries on the two proposed governance structures for the Faculty Council.  A written summary of each proposal was sent out to the faculty via email prior to the meeting.  The Faculty Council Website and the WebCT P&P discussion folder access and use were reviewed.  An email link to the P&P chair will be set up via the FC website for faculty to send comments and address issues and concerns.

VII.      Announcements

            No announcements were made.

VIII.      Guest Speaker

  Invited guest speaker, President Cary Israel, began his discussion at 1:55 pm

He addressed

·               the Texas Senate finance committee in terms of the funding formula, employee benefits, Closing the Gap, and state mandates on outcomes & student success

·               the construction at CPC, PRC, and SCC

·               a variety of course offerings (on line, weekend college, open ended, learning communities, concurrent enrollment) and retention

·               the recent dual admissions agreements

·               the foundation and funding for tuition scholarships

·               FT: PT faculty ratio,  new hiring, and more faculty offices

·               the work of the Textbook Committee and raising money for books

·               the need for education and information about academic freedom

·               the need for a model, philosophy, strategic planning, and program direction for the college

IX.      New business

A. No new business

X.      Adjournment

Amina El-Ashmawy adjourned the meeting at 3:08 pm.

Minutes submitted by:  Mary Weis
Preliminary approval of the minutes by: Amina K. El-Ashmawy
Final approval of the minutes by Faculty Council on December 8, 2006

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