Ventura College Academic Senate Staffing Priorities Subcommittee Meeting
Minutes     Thursday, 20 October 2011     MCW 312

I.	Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 3:41 p.m. The following committee members were present:
Algiers, Kammy—General Education Representative
Chen, Albert—At Large Representative
Hagerman, Michelle—At Large Representative
Haines, Robbie—Senate Secretary
Hall, Luke—Past Senate President
Lange, Cari—Senate Vice President
Prell, Ted—Career and Technical Education Representative
Sezzi, Peter—Senate President
Turner, Steve—General Education Representative
The following guest was present:
Calote, Robin—VC President

II.	Public Comments
No public comments were made.

III.	Acknowledgement of Guest: Robin Calote
Calote answered committee members’ questions. When asked if this committee should consider replacing retiring faculty or only growth positions, Calote responded that District-wide full-time faculty obligation number (FON) must be maintained, so the rule of thumb is that all retiring faculty will be replaced. If they’re retiring from a program that does not need replacement, however, she may consider a replacement hire for a different program in which new faculty are needed. Since little or no growth positions are likely to be filled this year and since essentially all retiring faculty will be replaced, this, then, is the primary goal of this committee this year. Details of program discontinuance and absorbing faculty from other campuses were discussed, and it was established that we should not consider a growth position in anticipation of a potential future retirement; further, if a retiring faculty position is not replaced, it is gone—replacing it in a future year would be considered growth. Consensus was reached that this committee should recommend and prioritize three candidates to present to Calote. 

IV.	Action/Information Items
a.	Determining Procedure
Mechanism of prioritizing candidates was discussed, particularly in light of inconsistencies in Program Review documents across different Divisions. Determinations made about which Programs should be permitted to present to this committee. It was determined that only programs that requested a faculty member on their program review documents shall be allowed to make presentations before the subcommittee.

b.	Rubric and Evaluation Instrument
Previous criteria for evaluating new faculty requests were discussed. Modifications were made to the rubric and evaluation forms to be used. Sezzi agreed to make the discussed changes, distribute modified forms to committee members, and solicit entire Senate approval at extraordinary Senate meeting on 27 October 2011. 

V.	Adjournment
This meeting adjourned at 5:07 p.m.