General Meeting Information

Date: October 3, 2022
Time: 2:30 - 4:20 p.m.
Location: MLC 255

This meeting will be held HyFlex, meaning anyone can participate in-person or online.  To join remotely, see the Zoom information at the bottom of this page.


  • Agenda

    Time Topic Purpose Discussion Leader
    *** Subject to change until 2:30pm Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 ***
    I. Call to Order
    2:30-2:35 Welcome (representatives who have not updated their report out and wish to, please do so) D Balm
    2:35-2:40 AB 361 (Brown Act emergency exceptions) A Balm
    2:40-2:45 Approval of agenda and minutes from June 13, 2022 A Balm, Lee
    2:45-2:50

    Public Comment

    I Balm

    II. Old Business and Informational Updates

    2:50-3:00

    Welcome to our new Officer and Executive and Associate members!

    • Erik Woodbury - Vice President
    • Jason Bram - Biological and Health Science division
    • Mary Pape - Business, Computer Science and Applied Technologies division
    • Julie Hughes - Creative Arts division
    • Marco Marquez - Creative Arts division
    • Mari Tapia - De Anza Latinx Association
    • Marc Coronado - Intercultural and International Studies division
    • Alicia Mullens - Physical Sciences, Math and Engineering division
    • Ravjeet Singh - Social Sciences and Humanities division
    • Jayanti Roy - Social Sciences and Humanities division
    • Deborah Armstrong - Classified Staff representative
    • Edith Chan - De Anza Student Government representative
    I Balm
    3:00-3:10

    Updates on summer business

    • Special meeting on August 4, 2022 to approve spending on welcome day and employee appreciation events and to authorize bank account signers
    • Employee appreciation events Sept. 29 and Oct. 5, 1-2pm
    • Approved a hiring committee for a full-time, non-tenure track MPS (Math Performance Success) counselor
    • Approved equivalency for a new part-time Automotive Technology instructor
    • De Anza agreed to host the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates (ICAS - part of ASCCC) meeting on May 31, 2023, 10am-4pm

    I/D

    Balm, Woodbury
    3:10-3:30

    Update on Shared Governance

    • Retreat scheduled for Oct. 21
    • Continuance of PBTs

    Background documents:

     I/D/A  Balm

    III. Needs and Confirmations

    3:30-3:40

    District and College committees - needs

    I/D/A Balm, Woodbury
    3:40-3:50

    Hiring and tenure committee - confirmations

    • 1 hiring committee - Administration of Justice
    • Tenure committees
    I/D/A Woodbury
    3:50-3:55

    Academic Senate - needs

    • New Part-time representative
    • Faculty mentor for our DASG (De Anza Student Government) representative
    I/D/A Woodbury

    IV. New Business

    3:55-4:05 Academic Senate bank account status I/D Balm
    V. Other Items
    4:05-4:20 Report Outs and Good of the Order I Balm

    A = Action
    D = Discussion
    I = Information

  • Minutes

    Date: Oct. 3, 2022
    Time: 2:30 pm-4:20 pm
    Location: MLC 255 and on Zoom 

    Attendance

     Member  Present   Absent   Member  Present   Absent 

    Cheryl Jageer Balm - President 

    X   Kevin Glapion - DSPS X  
    Erik Woodbury - Vice President & Curriculum Chair X   Liliana Rivera - E&E X  
    So Kam Lee - Exec. Secretary X   Marc Coronado - IIS X  
    Mary Donahue - Part-time rep. & FA rep. X   Shagun Kaur - LA X  
    Dawn Lee - APASA X   Lauren Gordon - LA X  
    Rana Marinas - BHES X   Mark Landefeld - PE X  
    Jason Bram - BHES X   Rusty Johnson - PE   X
    Glynn Wallis - BFSA   X Alicia Mullens - PSME X  
    Mary Pape - BCAT X   Salvador Guerrero - PSME X  
    Tim Harper - CTE X   Ravjeet Singh - SSH X  
    Robert Alexander - Gen. Counseling   X Jayanti Roy - SSH X  
    Lisa Castro - Gen. Counseling X   Melinda Hughes - EOPS X  
    Felisa Vilaubi - Emb. Counseling X   Thomas Ray - Adminstrative Liaison (non-voting) X  
    Julie Hughes - CA X   Deborah Armstrong - Classified Staff rep (non-voting) X  
    Marco Marquez - CA X   Edith Chan - DASG (non-voting) X  
    Mari Tapia - DALA X        
    Anita Vazifdar - DSPS X        

    Minutes

    Welcome back to the new quarter and school year.

    Balm reminded representatives to update their report out.

    AB 361 (Brown Act emergency exceptions)

    Alicia Mullens motioned, Shagun Kaur seconded to invoke AB361 to enable the Senate to continue meeting in HyFlex.

    Yes 13, No 0, Abstain 0. Motion passed

    Approval of Agenda and Minutes from June 13, 2022

    Mary Donahue moved, Shagun Kaur seconded to approve both minutes and agenda. No objection.

    Agenda and minutes approved by unanimous consent.

    Public Comment on items not on agenda (Senate cannot discuss or take action)

    Alicia Mullens expressed her sincere thanks to the body and the Senate resolution that supported her name change at  De Anza.  It is fixed.  She is now officially Alicia Mullens in the system. Again, thanks for the resolution that helped her and will help others in similar situations.

    Welcome to our new Officer and Executive and Associate members!

    The Senate is one division short of having representatives from every division.

    There was a special welcome and recognition of new members ;and returning members in new roles.

    Erik Woodbury - Vice President

    Jason Bram - Biological and Health Science division

    Mary Pape - Business, Computer Science and Applied Technologies division

    Julie Hughes - Creative Arts division

    Marco Marquez - Creative Arts division

    Mari Tapia - De Anza Latinx Association

    Marc Coronado - Intercultural and International Studies division

    Alicia Mullens - Physical Sciences, Math and Engineering division

    Ravjeet Singh - Social Sciences and Humanities division

    Jayanti Roy - Social Sciences and Humanities division

    Deborah Armstrong - Classified Staff representative

    Edith Chan - De Anza Student Government representative

    Updates on summer business

    Special meeting on August 4, 2022 to approve spending on welcome day and employee appreciation events and to authorize bank account signers

    The Senate had a Meet Your Officers table and tent during lunch time on College Opening Day. 

    Employee Appreciation Events scheduled for the first two weeks of the quarter. Thursday, Sept. 29 10-11 am and Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1-2 pm.

    Community building opportunities with donuts, cookies, and coffee. Open to all.

    Approved a hiring committee for a full-time, non-tenure track MPS (Math Performance Success) counselor.

    Approved equivalency for a new part-time Automotive Technology instructor.

    De Anza agreed to host the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates (ICAS - part of ASCCC) meeting on May 31, 2023, 10am-4pm

    Karen Chow, the local Area ASCCC B representative, will help coordinate the event.

    Update on Shared Governance

    Brief history,

    President Holmes asked for a review of shared governance in Summer 2020.  
    Results of Fall 2020 De Anza governance survey

    The College Council formed the Shared Governance Task force in spring 2021.
    Shared governance review website

    In March 2022 the Task Force proposed a new shared governance model to College Council. The Council voted to recommend that the president adopt this new model. The president responded with follow-up questions that were discussed in the subsequent College Council meetings. In April, the Academic Senate passed a resolution urging President Holmes to adopt the model recommended by College Council and to do so in a timely manner. 

    New Shared Governance Proposal (approved by College Council 3/17/22)

    Response from President Holmes (4/18/22)

    Resolution Urging President Holmes to Adopt the Proposed 2022 Shared Governance Task Force Model (approved by Academic Senate 4/18/22)

    A Shared Governance Retreat was scheduled for July 13 but was canceled shortly before the event.

    Another Retreat has been scheduled for Oct. 21.

    In the meantime, the Academic Senate needs to decide if it should fill the empty faculty seats on the PBTs (planning and budget teams) since the new model is not in place. The PBTs have 2 year terms. Some of the seats have expired.

    Discussion: there were many questions, confusion, frustration, and disappointment over its process and progress. There was also concern over not having faculty representation on the PBTs if it will be business as usual.

    There will be no PBT meetings in the next few weeks. 

    Mari Tapia motioned to delay the call out for volunteers for vacancies in the PBTs for a week to allow representatives a chance to gather input and do due diligence. Mary Pape seconded. 

    Yes 16, No 1, Abstain 1

    Mary Donahue asked for a summary of what the representatives should discuss with their constituencies.

    Question:  How do faculty wish to participate in the PBTs, given the recommendations by the College Council and the Academic Senate in Spring 2022? 

    Potential actions for Academic Senate to decide upon next Monday: 

    • Fill the PBT faculty positions for 2022-2023 
    • Fill the PBT faculty positions for Fall 2022 only 
    • Refuse to authorize faculty participation in the PBTs until the Oct. 21 retreat, after which the Academic Senate will revisit the issue. 

    Needs and Confirmation

    Faculty rep (1) for APBT (Administrative Planning and Budget Team) - meets 4th Tuesdays monthly 2-3:20pm and as needed

    Hold

    Faculty reps (3) for IPBT (Instructional Planning and Budget Team) - meets Tuesdays 4-5pm

    Hold

    Faculty rep (1) for Equity Action Council - meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 1:30-3pm

    Call out

    Faculty reps (3) for the Campus facilities Committee - meets 4th Tuesday of each quarter (Oct 18 for Fall) 2-3pm and as needed

    Call out

    Faculty reps (2) for the Campus Center Advisory Board - meets the 4th Monday of each quarter (Oct 17 for Fall) 2:30-3:30pm and as needed

    Call out

    Noncredit rep (1) for the Curriculum Committee - attend bimonthly

    Call out

    Curriculum Advisory Team (CAT) meetings on Thursdays 2:30-3:30, encouraged attendance at Curriculum meetings Tuesdays 2:30-4.

    Call out

    DA faculty reps (2) for the District PDL (professional development leave) committee

    Call out

    Faculty reps (2) for the Due Process Pool for Tenure Committees. - Meets as needed

    In the past, the Academic Senate president and vice president have served as theAcademic Senate faculty representatives. There was a discussion on if there should be a broad call out for volunteers or or stay as it has been.

    Mari Tapia motioned, Alicia Mullens seconded to have Cheryl Jaeger Balm and Erik Woodbury serve as theAcademic Senate faculty representatives on this committee.

    Yes 18, No 1, Abstain 0.

    Motion passed.

    DA faculty rep (1) for the Chancellor hiring committee

    There was discussion on sending out a general call out. If nobody responds to the call out, then executive members may nominate. The candidate will be picked and confirmed by the executive committee. The candidate should be tenured or with REP.  It was suggested that the call out should be postponed until the next meeting.

    Hiring and tenure committee - confirmations

    Hiring Committee for Administration of Justice Instructor 

    Elvin Ramos, Dean SSH, Chair of Committee 

    James Suits, Faculty AJ 

    Purba Fernandez, Faculty Geography 

    Yvonne Mills, Faculty Paralegal 

    Amy Norris, EO Rep

    Tenure committees

    James Adams, Library 

    Thomas Ray, Dean, ASLR 

    Tom Dolen, Librarian 

    Alex Swanner, Librarian 

    Alex Giardino, At-Large, English

    Rosanna Alvarez, Ethnic Studies 

    Debbie Lee, Dean, IIS 

    Mae Lee, ASAM 

    Marc Coronado, WGSS 

    Manish Goel, At-Large, CIS

    Sheryl Bernardo, Paralegal 

    Elvin T. Ramos, Dean, SSH 

    James Nguyen, Political Science 

    James Suits, Administration of Justice 

    Amy Leonard, At-Large, English

    Thalia Bobadilla Communications Studies 

    Kirstin Skager, Dean, LA 

    Stephanie Anderson, Communications Studies 

    Shagun Kaur, Communications Studies 

    Alicia Mullens, At-Large, Meteorology

    Joe D'Agostino Athletics 

    Eric Mendoza, Dean, Athletics 

    Danielle Altman, KNES/Athletics 

    Rachel Catuiza, KNES/Athletics 

    Karen Chow, At-Large, English

    Sung Sandra Jung, Nursing 

    Anita Muthyala-Kundala, Dean, BHES 

    Maureen Miramontes, Health Tech 

    Anna Miller, Biology 

    Rebecca Board Liljenstolpe, At-Large, English

    Caitlin Kepple, Astronomy 

    Mehrdad Khosravi, Dean, PSME 

    Marek Cichanski, Astronomy 

    Roderick Taylor, Mathematics 

    Cheryl Owiensy, At-Large, Athletics

    Ivan Kojnok, AutoTech 

    Moaty Fayek, Dean, BCAT 

    Dave Capitolo, AutoTech 

    Bill Wishart, AutoTech 

    Sarah Lisha, At-Large, English

    Vinh Kha Nguyen, Mathematics 

    Mehrdad Khosravi, Dean, PSME 

    Richard Lopez, Mathematics 

    Zack Judson, Mathematics 

    Noemi Teppang, At-Large, Counseling, ISP

    Flora Payne, Student Development 

    Michele LeBleu-Burns Dean, Student Dev & EOPS 

    Melinda Hughes, SD & EOPS 

    Hyon Chu Yi-Baker, College Life 

    Roderic Taylor, At-Large, Math

    Jaime Pelusi, Faculty Coor. Pride Center 

    Alicia Cortez, Dean, E&E 

    Cynthia Kaufman, Director of the Vasconcellos Institute 

    Roseanne Quinn, LA and WSCG Coord (prev). 

    Tom Nguyen At-Large, BHES Counseling

    Angela Winch, Nursing 

    Anita Muthyala-Kundala, Dean, BHES 

    Alicia de Toro, Environmental Studies 

    Jason Bram, Biology 

    Fatemeh Yarahmadi, At-Large, PSME Math

    Lianna Wong, Biology 

    Anita Muthyala-Kundala, Dean, BHES 

    Jason Bram, Biology 

    Bob Kalpin, Biology 

    Linda Yee, At-Large, ESL

    Zuleyha Yusek, Physics 

    Mehrdad Khosravi, Dean, PSME 

    Eduardo Luna, Physics 

    Doli Bombhania, Mathematics 

    Nellie Vargas, At-Large, Child Dev.

    Alicia Mullens motioned, Shagun Kaur seconded to approve the hiring and tenure committees. No objection.

    Committees approved by unanimous consent.


    There was a motion to extend time to the meeting to approve the tenure committee for Tabia Lee.

    Mary Donahue motioned, Mari Tapiaseconded to extend time. No objection.

    Tabia Lee, Faculty Director for the Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education

    Alicia Cortez, Dean, E&E 

    Thomas Ray, AVPI

    Sal Breiter, Humanities

    Richard Lopez, Mathematics

    Luis Limcolioc, At-large, English

    Shagun Kaur moved to approve, Alicia Mullens seconded. No objection. Committee approved.

    Academic Senate - needs

    New Part-time at-large representative

    Call out for candidates, the Academic Senate executive members will vote to confirm.

    Faculty mentor for our DASG (De Anza Student Government) representative

    Academic Senate bank account status

    None of the current officers have access to and are not signers on the bank account. The situation is being resolved.

    Report Outs and Good of the Order

    Adjournment: So Kam Lee motioned, Shagun Kaur seconded, no objection.

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