Ventura College Academic Senate
Minutes
Thursday, April 16, 2009
1:30-3:30 pm
Campus Center Conference Room

I.	Call to Order
This meeting was called to order at 1:37 p.m. The following senate members were present:

Algiers, Kammy 
Anderson, Lisa
Haines, Robbie
Hendricks, Bill
Lange, Cari (Secretary)
Lew, Warren (Treasurer)
Morris, Terry
Munoz, Paula
Pauley, Mark

The following guests were present: 
Cook, Jennifer

II.	Approval of minutes
a.	April 2, 2009
Motioned by Hendricks, seconded by Morris. Required revision to minutes: Under Information Items, Lew corrected that the Social Sciences are more or less--with the exception of history--ahead of reaching the ideal 75/25 Full/Part time load of AB1725. Approved 8-0-1 with changes, with Munoz abstaining. 

III.	Action Items
a.	Appointment of Mark Pauley as Academic Senate Treasurer for 2009-2011
No write in candidates from the March 2009 Academic Senate Treasurer position expressed an interesting in assuming the position of Treasurer. Lew motioned to suspend the rules in order to appoint a person to the position. Haines seconded the motion.   Motion approved 8-0-1, with Munoz abstaining.
	Morris then motioned to appoint senate member Mark Pauley to the position of Treasurer.  Seconded by Haines. The motion was unanimously approved.

b.	DCSL:  Academic Procedures 4021, 4025, 4026, 4030, 4040, 4060, 4100, 4102, 4103 (Second Reading)
4021- Program Discontinuance: Lew motioned that this item by tabled in order to allow Sezzi to lead discussion about the proposed changes during the next Senate meeting on 5/7.  Haines seconded this motion. The motion to table this one item was unanimously approved.
All other academic procedures: Due to lack of needed discussion, Lew motioned that the Senate Council suspend the rules and collectively vote on the remaining procedures. Hendricks seconded. Approved 8-0-1, with Munoz abstaining.
Motion for approval of these procedures was made by Hendricks; seconded by Morris. No modifications were made to the procedures. Approved 8-0-1, with Munoz abstaining.

c.	DCSL:  Academic Procedures 4104, 4105, 4110, 4220, 4222, 4225, 4226, 4227, 4231, 4250, 4255, 4260, 4400 (First Reading)
Hendricks motioned to have these procedures on the agenda as action items for vote at the next senate meeting. Seconded by Morris. The motion was unanimously approved.

IV.	President’s Report
a.	Administrative Council report 
	Admin Council did not meet this week.
b.	Consultation Council report
	Sezzi reported earlier in the week that he drafted and sent the letter endorsed by the Academic Senate regarding our displeasure of setting a 552 productivity goal for Ventura College. 
c.	Board of Trustees meeting report
	Nothing to report.
d.	Other
	Nothing to report.

V.	Vice-President’s Report
		Nothing to report.

VI.	Treasurer’s Report
a.	Senate Student Scholarships
	The Senate will award two student scholarships this academic year. The students receiving the awards are Clifford Beaver and Abdou Ghrair. Scholarships will be presented at the annual scholarship event.
b.	Faculty Recognition Appreciation
	Gifts cards were approved as retiree gifts.

VII.	Committee reports
a.	Accreditation Task Force report
	Nothing to report.
b.	Due Process Task Force report
	Nothing to report.

VIII.	Information Items
a.	Other
Cook requested that more faculty become involved with the graduation committee.

Munoz reported that the AFT will be sending out a salary negotiations update soon. She stressed that VCD has plenty of money in the reserves, and that we should not back down from our current round of salary negotiations.

Lew reported that the new on line adoption form is a bit more difficult to navigate than we were led to believe. The bookstore is putting together a directions guide that will be sent out the week of April 20th. 

IX.	Adjournment
	The meeting was adjourned at 2:35pm.