General Meeting Information
Date: March 5,
2024
Time: 2-3pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Agenda
Time Topic Purpose Discussion Leader 2:00pm Welcome and Introductions I/D Armstrong 2:10pm Approval of Agenda and Notes I/D/A Armstrong 2:15pm Senate Business
- Campus Resource: PGA
- Leadership Requests
- CS Handbook
- Discuss Leadership Transition
I/D/A All 2:40pm Internal Committees and Reports
- FHDA Annual Professional Development Day
- Elections- Debrief and Evaluation
- Classsified Appreciation Week in May- Awards and Recognitions
I/D/A Diaz 2:45pm Leadership Committees and Reports
- Fill out here- Leadership Reports
- DASG
- Board of Trustees
- RAPP
- College Council
- Measure G (Student Services, Creative Arts, Event Center, Medical Facility)
- EAC
- Other
I/D/A
Diaz
2:50pm Calendar
- Announcements
- Campus Wide events
- Next Steps
I/D/A
Garcia 2:55pm Affirmations
I/D
Diaz A = Action
D = Discussion
I = Information -
Minutes [DRAFT]
Welcome
The Classified Senate met on zoom on March 5, 2024 with president, Adriana Garcia calling the meeting to order at 2:09 PM.
Approval of Agenda and Notes
The current agenda was approved by unanimous vote. The minutes for the previous meeting were not ready.
Senate Business
Campus Resource: PGA
Tabled for a future date.
Discuss Leadership Transition
Time was next given for senators to react to the college president's resignation and college leadership transition. There was concern that classified staff would still be welcomed to participate in decision-making and that attention would be given to spending on infrastructure repair to campus facilities.
Internal Committees and Reports
Adriana commended the volunteers who organized the professional development day on March 1 and the attendees who made it a success. Adriana reminded senators to fill out the weekly leadership report detailing their individual participation in shared governance.
Leadership Committees and Reports
The discussion moved on to concerns about the measure G funds and how much of them would be spent on De Anza's needs. There was frustration expressed that De Anza had not planned well for building maintenance.
Senators who attended the previous evening's board meeting also gave a debrief on that meeting.
The discussion circled back to professional development day with several attendees commending the hard work that went in to its planning and organizing. There will still be a classified appreciation week in May. Adriana still needs volunteers to join Vins on an awards committee.
Tina reported RAPP is still going through personnel requests and prioritizing positions for hiring. They will be moving on to program review she said. The campus facilities committee she reported will be making improvements to the meditation room upstairs in the campus center. Input will be solicited from users. She also reported the food pantry is moving to the campus center and the improvements that are being made so it can happen. Tina also reported on her project to add more bike racks and possibly bike lockers, plus replacing the bike racks that are less sturdy. She also reported that dining services staff will continue in their current roles for the foreseeable future. People are encouraged to eat in the De Anza cafeteria to help offset their deficit.
Eric reported that academic senate continues their discussion on setting standards for training faculty to create regular and substantive interaction in online education. He also said academic senate is revising their model syllabus and welcomes input from classified on its development.
Calendar
Affirmations
Meeting Adjourned
The meeting closed with affirmations and adjourned at 3:03 PM
Links Mentioned In The Chat
- Current agenda: deanza.edu/gov/classifiedsenate/meetings/2024-03-05.html
- Leadership Reports (collaborative document)
- Questions Regarding the Possible Health Clinic: PDF