Ventura College Academic Senate
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Campus Center Conference Room

I.	Call to Order
This meeting was called to order at 1:35 p.m. The following senate members were present:
	
Drake, Ken - Career and Technical Education
Gardner, Ty- Math & Sciences
Guillen, Guadalupe - Student Services
Haines, Robbie - Math & Sciences	
Kolesnik, Alex - Math & Sciences	
Lange, Cari – Senate Secretary
Mitchell, Nancy – Career and Technical Education
Morris, Terry – PE & Athletics	
Muñoz, Paula – Student Services
Penuela, Alan – Career and Technical Education
Pollack, Deborah – Senate Vice-President 
Reynolds, Andrea – Social Sciences
Schoenrock, Kathryn – Communication and Language Resources
Sezzi, Peter – Senate President

The following guests were present:
	Algiers, Kammy - Math & Sciences	

II.	Public Comments
Sezzi took a moment to thank the Senate Exc for their work over the course of the last year.

III.	Approval of minutes
a.	April 21, 2011
The minutes were approved.

IV.	Acknowledgement of Guests
a.	Kammy Algiers,  Instructional Calendar Task Force
Algiers briefly reported on the survey results and presented a couple of potential calendar options developed by the task force. The task force was commended for their quick and professional work. A motion to accept the report was made by Muñoz, seconded by Morris, and unanimously carried. 

b.	Sue Bricker, Registrar 
Bricker was in attendance to inform the senate of some changes that will be effecting us for the fall. These changes include:
•Non-payment drop deadline - will be same day as registration beginning around Aug. Bricker informed us that registrars were not consulted about this. As a senate we are strongly opposed to this policy and the way it was developed/implemented. Sezzi agreed to talk about it at the next BOT meeting. 
•Late enrollment petitions will be processed more according to the stated policy.
•Pre-req challenges must be filed prior to the beginning of the class.
•Number of time a student may repeat the class may be capped at three attempts, regardless of grade assigned. 

V.	Announcements
a.	VCF/Osher/Senate Endowed Scholarship Final Update
We collectively raised $910. Sezzi asked if we should roll over some of the unallocated Senate dues in order to reach the triple matching threshold. We all agreed to this.

VI.	Study Session
a.	VCCCD Mission & Board Policy Objectives
The senate agreed by consent to respond to a survey to be developed by Sezzi regarding how effectively the Board is meeting the VCCCD Mission & Board Policy Objectives.

VII.	President’s Report
a.	Faculty Senate awards
The winners of this year's awards are: 
1. For Outstanding Service to Students: Bob Arce
2. For Outstanding Service to Faculty: Ty Gardner & P. Scott Corbett 
3. For Outstanding Service to the College: Michael Callahan 
4. For Outstanding Service to the Community: Simon Waltzer 
We congratulated these five dedicated and hard-working Ventura College faculty colleagues.

b.	Administrative Council report
Move in for the new GPC buildings will be done over the summer. Buildings J,K,T, and U will be fenced off after the summer session, and are scheduled for demolition over winter break 2011.

c.	Consultation Council Meeting report
Sezzi requested that the process of defining what a program is, how programs are consolidated, and how Coring occurs be an agenda item at CC so that faculty can be included in the process. 

d.	DCHR, DTRW, DCSL reports
DCHR approved the employee code of ethics. Sezzi moved to allow faculty to continue to us the AAUP’s code of ethics. This was voted down. Sezzi will pursue the issue with the trustees. 
DTRW discussed changes to Title V.
DCSL student completed unit categories were reported out on.

VIII.	Campus /Senate Committee reports
a.	Senate Elections Committee report
The Senate Elections Committee reported that the by-law updates were passed on a 15 Yeas – 1 Noes vote.

b.	Senate Instructional Calendar Task Force report
c.	Curriculum Committee report
i.	Final report on VC’s SB 1440 Degrees 
Sociology was approved for the fall.

ii.	Upcoming changes to Title 5 related to curricular matters
d.	Student Learning Outcomes Oversight Group report
SLOOG will post an on-line survey to aid in their assessment of the SLO process. 

e.	Program Assessment Rubric Development Task Force report
First reading. Motioned by Guillen to be a second reading at the next meeting. Sseconded by Haines. Carried 11-0-1, with Muñoz abstaining and Lange not present for the vote.

IX.	Action Items
a.	Senate Instructional Calendar Task Force Final report
Please see discussion above in IV a.

b.	Ventura College Faculty Satisfaction Survey report
Sezzi briefly reported out on the results of the Ventura College Faculty Satisfaction Survey. It was motioned by Gardner that the report be accepted and presented to the BOT. Guillen seconded. Motion unanimously carried, with Mitchell not present for the vote. 

c.	Accreditation Follow-Up report (First Reading)
Haines motioned to move this item to a second reading at the first senate meeting of the fall 2011 academic semester. Gardner seconded. Motion carried 11-0-1, with Reynolds abstaining and Mitchell not present for the vote.

d.	Ventura College Integrated Planning, Program Review & Resource Allocation Model Handbook (Second Reading)
Deborah motioned to approve the handbook as a working, modifiable document. Guillen  seconded. Motion carried 10-0-2 with Muñoz and Schoenrock abstaining and Mitchell not present for the vote.

e.	Program Discontinuance Rubric (Second Reading)

X.	Adjournment
The regular Academic Senate session adjourned at 2:50 pm and other constituencies joined the body to begin functioning as the new College Planning Council (CPC), the participatory governance group charged with establishing the program review/integrated planning parameters for the 2011-2012 academic year.