April 28, 2025

I. Call to Order

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Welcome

Zoom bomb incident

A zoom bomber was removed from the meeting. Zoom security protocols were applied for the rest of the meeting. Everyone joining online had to be verified before being admitted. It took a little more time to confirm the quorum.

Erik Woodbury welcomed everyone to the meeting. He reminded representatives to complete their report out. Many thanks to Mary Donahue for always reporting on her areas

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Approval of Agenda and Minutes from April 21, 2025.

Alicia Mullens moved, Veronica Acevedo seconded to approve both minutes and agenda. No objection. Agenda and minutes approved by unanimous consent.

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Public Comment

Shagun Kaur: Currently there are members nominated by the FA and the administration, but no faculty for the Tenure Review Due Process panel. It was imperative to include faculty voices in this important process. They needed two faculty to step up to form this panel 

Jayanti Roy and Mary Pape volunteered. To be confirmed later.

Alicia Mullens: Has there been any discussion about bringing back parking permits, at least for staff. It was getting harder and harder to find parking, as more people came back to campus. The mornings can get really bad. 

No current information. The Senate will follow up on it and report back.

Lianna Wong pointed out that the link to the minutes in the agenda was incorrect.

Ishmael Tarikh expressed solidarity for the tragedy at a Filipino cultural celebration.in Vancouver, Canada. 

Veronica Acevedo: The library has acquired over 100 copies of James by Percival Everett. They Are available for reserve and for classes. Percival Everett will be at UC Santa Cruz for a free event on Sunday

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II. Consent Calendar

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Consent Calendar: (Attachment)

Tenure Review Committee Update: Susana Ramirez

Julie Keiffer-Lewis, Faculty, African American Studies, replaced Carmen Lizardi-Foley

Jayanti Roy moved to approve, Lisa Mesh seconded. No objection. Consent Calendar approved by unanimous consent.

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III. Needs and Confirmation

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District and College Needs (Attachment)

Hiring Committee: Vice President for Student Services (VPSS)

Need Two (2) FT faculty members and One (1) PT faculty member to serve on the committee. To be confirmed next week.

Tenure Review Committee Due Process Pool

Need 2 FT Tenured faculty. 

Jayanti Roy and Mary Pape volunteered to serve on the due process pool for the 25-26 school year. No Objection. 

Tenure Review Committee At Large Faculty members

Need at least 12 members. Currently none.  Committees to be confirmed by June 1st to serve 2025-2026. Must be up to date on Tenure and J1 training.

DDEAC/HRAC: District Diversity & Equity Advisory and Human Resources Advisory Committee

Need faculty representative for spring 2025 quarter

Enrollment Priorities Workgroup (BP/AP 5055)

Would like more faculty members in this workgroup

Nominations and Elections Committee

Need another representative to replace James Adams who went on emergency leave. Alicia Mullens volunteered

Update. The nomination deadline has been extended by another week.

Openings for Senate President, Senate Vice President. One at-large part-time representative and District Senate president.

Need to confirm if Christina Wright will return to resume serving the second year of her term.

Recruiting people to serve

There were discussions and comments on the difficulty with recruiting people to serve. There was a broader equity issue with some faculty being over involved while others not contributing much.

Daniel Solomon pointed out that Kathy Perino will be addressing this issue in her presentation on FA Update: Full-Time Faculty Duties and Responsibilities

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Confirmations

Jayanti Roy and Mary Pape to serve on the Due Process Pool 

Alicia Mullens to replace James Adams on the Nominations and Elections Committee

No objection. Approved by unanimous consent.

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IV. New & Continuing Business

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Quick Notes:

ASCCC Spring Plenary Report Out

• Resolutions Debated
• District Voting Record

Erik Woodbury was elected to the ASCCC executive board as the North Representative at the statewide level for the next two years. He will join Karen Chow who serves as one of two at-large representatives. For the first time there will be two ASCCC board members from the same college.

Erik Woodbury shared the link of the resolution debate at the ASCCC Spring Plenary held in Irvine this past weekend. There were some extra amendments but no new resolutions. There was a link to the district voting record, which showed how De Anzo voted, Foothill voted, and the District Academic Senate voted as well as the final vote for the resolutions.

Most resolutions passed. The sanctuary district resolution passed with acclamation. Resolution to update Title V to require the inclusion of part-time faculty in academic senates also passed. The resolution related to supporting updates to the Brown Act passed. Several resolutions were referred to the executive committee like the one on credit for prior learning for more research. 

The final resolution had some serious debate, 111.09 S25 Supporting a United Faculty Workplace for California Community Colleges. It passed (66-42).

There were some good discussion and breakout sessions; faculty representation through the state bodies, AP1705; Educational holistic design; dual enrollment.

AI Notetaker thoughts?

Reach out to officers with feedback and thoughts if anyone would like to bring this back for more discussion.

Bay Area Community College Faculty Demand Protection against Student Visa Revocations (Attachment)

Link to Petition

Statement of Solidarity from Chancellor Lambert
Item 1  Item 2

Chancellor Lambert as well as the ASCCC has signed to support the petition.

Mary Donahue encouraged everyone to sign and forward the petition.

This was the first read on the petition. The Senate will bring this back for more discussion and decision to support it as a body. Please read the documents and be prepared to vote next week.

District Senate and District Senate President Update

The 2 Senate presidents and the current District Senate President have met to discuss updates to the structure and compensation for the position. They will provide more information in the near future.

VPI Forums This Week! 

Starting Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning, and afternoon.

Three candidates, Moaty Fayek, Ram Subramaniam, Lydia Hearn.

Forum meetings will be in the Fireside in the Student Union. Recordings will be posted Thursday. Encourage all to attend and/or watch recordings and provide feedback by Monday.

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FA Update: Full-Time Faculty Duties and Responsibilities

FA FACULTY PRESENTATION.pptx

Presentation PDF

Kathy Perino, FA Negotiations Team, gave a proposed update to Full-Time Faculty Duties and Responsibilities

Other negotiators in attendance were Rich Booher and Daniel Solomon.

The team will be going around to present this update and gather feedback.

The presentation started with the current system. The update proposed an alternative to PGA and PAA.

The aim was to provide incentives to get more full time faculty involved in work outside of their primary duties and for the work to be shared.

They are divided into two categories, Professional Responsibilities and Professional Development in the 3 year evaluation cycle.

Professional Responsibilities has a minimum requirement of 12 points over the 3 year cycle to be earned across different categories.

Professional Development. 75 hours to be acquired every 3 years.

This is still in negotiation. Nothing has been agreed upon. The goal was to have it ratified and be in effect by fall, 2025. 

There were questions about the transition. There were also suggestions for works that may qualify for Professional Responsibilities.

Appreciation to Kathy and her team for all their work.

Email Kathy, perinokathy@fhda.edu and her team with questions and suggestions.

This will be back for more discussion next week

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Academic Senate Funding Guidelines and Request Process (2nd read) DRAFT Funding Request Guidelines for Academic Senate

Logistical Questions to consider: 

How much can the Senate give each year? 

What is the cap per request, sliding scale?

What is the process to make requests? 

Should matching funds be used as a criteria or as a preference? Should be more flexible; as an opportunity for fundraising; as supplement to other funding.

DASB is the largest funder on campus.

Should Senate funds be used for faculty requests or to fund student events or both? Ex: Speaker series, brown bag series, music/performance events.

Should people be required to present their request in person? It is a chance to learn about their program; clarify their purpose; how they are soliciting funds for the program 

To be continued

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Proposal for Senate Dues Increase

Concern over depletion of Senate funds. The advocacy for more equitable compensation for part time faculty and the Senate plans to support faculty programs and needs will impact the Senate reserve. Senate dues have remained $5/month for 20 years. The proposal was to increase the senate dues and/or recruit more paying members.

Strategy: Begin recruitment with the executive committee.

Proposing a new rate of $20/month.

Motion

Veronica Acevedo moved to extend discussion time and table the next item Alicia Mullens seconded. No objection. 

Need a better recruiting process with more visibility/awareness. Announce in division meeting; enrollment form in hiring packet

Membership committee. MOU as a recruitment tool.  Why join the senate? What does the Senate do for you?

Barbara Dahlke motion to increase dues to $20. Ishmael Tarikh second; 

Mark Landefeld suggested a tiered rate between part-time and full time. Some part-time faculty are paying dues and fees in multiple schools. Mary Donahue has requested data from Mallory Newell and Lydia Hearn. She would like to wait for the numbers before making a decision.

Veronica Acevedo moved to table, Mary Pape seconded

Barbara Dahlke moved to table motion until next week.

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Updates to Mission and Vision (Attachment)

Tabled

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Good of the Order

Please review all report outs

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Adjournment

Alicia Mullens motioned, Jayanti Roy seconded, to adjourn, no objection

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Attendance

In person

Erik Woodbury, Patty Guitron, So Kam Lee

Veronica Avila Acevedo, Viviana Alcazar, *Sam Bliss,  Barbara Dahlke, Umar Douglas, Mark Hamer, Kevin Glapion, Lauren Gordon, Rusty Johnson, Shagun Kaur, Sherwin Mendoza, Lisa Mesh, Alicia Mullens, Mary Pape, *Victor Pham, Christian Rodriguez, Jayanti Roy, Jesus Ruelas, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, Ravjeet Singh, Sukhjit Bob Singh, Ishmael Tarikh, Lianna Wong, Felisa Vilaubi

Online

Mary Donahue, Mark Landefeld

Absent

*Deborah Armstrong, James Capurso, Julie Hughes, Leah Smith

*Non-voting members