Ventura College Academic Senate
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Multidisciplinary Center West (MCW) – 312

I.	I.	Meeting called to order at 1:45 p.m. The following Senate members were present:
Arquilevich, Gabe—English and Learning Resources
Beynon, Sharon - English and Learning Resources
Gardner, Ty—Math and Sciences
Guillen, Guadalupe—Student Services
Lange, Cari—Senate Vice President
Morris, Terry—PE/Athletics, Communication Studies, Foreign Languages, and ESL
Mundell, Meredith—Career and Technical Education (substitute for Nancy Mitchell)
Pauley, Mark—Senate Treasurer, Curriculum Co-chair
Sezzi, Peter—Senate President
The following guests were present:
Chavez, Daniel— ASVC 
Sanchez, Ramiro—EVP, Student Learning

I.	II.	Public Comments
No public comments were made.

I.	III.	Acknowledgement of Guests

I.	IV.	Approval of minutes
Pauley motioned to approve these minutes, Arquilevich seconded. Motion carried unanimously.

I.	V.	One Minute Paper
Senators were ask to write in one minute what single thing is required of students in order to be “successful.” Responses were shared and discussion ensued in how to define success and how closely our ideas of success tied into the ILSOs. 

I.	VI.	Study Sessions
a.	a.	Statewide Academic Senate Spring Plenary Resolutions
Chavez  requested that Sezzi vote in favor of resolution 6.02 (Early Childhood Education ) and against 6.04 (Tiered Fees in the California Community Colleges, which we opposed) on behalf of the ASVC. The senators approved Sezzi voting on the remaining resolutions as he sees fit based on any relevant information that he receives at plenary. 

a.	b.	Revisions to VCCCD Participatory Governance Manual/Flow Charts & Functional Mapping/Delineations of Functions 
Sezzi reviewed the newest version of VCCCD Governance flow chart, functional maps and Participatory Governance manual with the senate. There were no comments.

a.	VII.	Action Items
b.	a.	VCCCD Participatory Governance Manual (First Reading)
Pauley motioned to move this to a second reading, Guillen seconded. Motion carried unanimously.

a.	VIII.	President’s Report
b.	a.	Accreditation Site Visit on Commission Concern report
Sezzi informed the senate that he reported to the commission’s designees this past Monday that in his opinion the BOT has taken measures to address their behavior and that they are in the process of developing a sustainable plan to serve as the policy-makers of the District, as the Accreditation standards require.

a.	b.	Board of Trustees meeting report
Sezzi reported that the most significant event at the BOT meeting was the approval to cut the identified classified positions. Sezzi was saddened that there were not more people to speak at the meeting in support of the classified staff.  Morris suggested that was due to the fact that often times when we protest and speak up at BOT meetings it is too late in the process, the decision has in effect already been made. Sezzi acknowledged that this is often times the case but then added that there have been recent examples, such as with the t.v. program at OC, where the BOT did reconsider due to the support heard at the meeting.

a.	c.	DTRW & DCSL reports
Pauley and Sezzi mentioned that there was nothing to report from DTRW.
Sezzi mentioned that at DCSL a number of APs that we had previously reviewed were passed.

a.	d.	BGOITF report
Sezzi was unable to attend the last BGOITF meeting. Pauley mentioned that a draft response to the BOT goals is still being worked on and forthcoming.

a.	e.	Administrative Council report
It was reported that there will not be a graduation breakfast this year due to budget cuts and the cafeteria closure. As an alternative, light refreshments will be served to graduates and participants as they line up for the ceremony. 

a.	IX.	Senate Subcommittee and Campus Committee reports
b.	a.	Curriculum Committee report
There was nothing substantial reported.

a.	b.	Learning Communities Committee report Sezzi encourages any faculty interested in establishing any type of learning community, from projects or assignments up to full courses, to contact Bob Porter.

a.	c.	Student Learning Outcomes Oversight Committee report
i.	i.	Updates on Fall 2012 SLO/SUO mapping /processes & Fall 2012 ACCJC SLO report
A new process will be in place for the fall semester. It is hoped that this process will eliminate some of the existing paperwork burden and better meet the accreditation recommendations. One major change is that only programs with a degree or certificate will have program level SLOs will appear in the catalog. The other programs will map their SLOs only to the general educational goals (ISLOs).
a.	d.	Professional Development Committee report
We were reminded that the faculty travel fund pool  “opt out” form will be delivered soon. It was reported that of this year’s pooled travel funds, only $54 were not encumbered. This is a great improvement over the previous method of distributing travel money, where we typically returned thousands in unencumbered funds. 

a.	e.	Other Committees
Nothing to report.

a.	X.	Information Items
b.	a.	Senate Faculty Awards Form
It was agreed that faculty mail boxes will be stuffed with a hard copy of the nomination forms. 

a.	b.	One Book, One Campus selection
Sezzi mentioned that after much consideration, the One Book, One Campus committee decided to Packing for Mars by Mary Roach. This book was chosen for many reasons: its availability in paperback, its accessibility and humor, its ability to reach across the disciplines, and its “chunkability.” And given the recent cuts to NASA’s space shuttle budget, space exploration is a timely topic. It is also worth noting that this book was chosen as San Francisco’s 2011 One City One Book selection. Deborah Pollack and Ayanna Gaines have ideas for presentations and activities in conjunction with this book, but they look forward to any thoughts you may have; please send your ideas their way. 

a.	c.	Academic Senate surveys
Senators were reminded to complete all end of the semester surveys, especially the two Senate surveys.

a.	XI.	Adjournment
This meeting was adjourned at 2:35 p.m.