A.  APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES:

The Wednesday, March 20, 2002 meeting minutes were approved.

B.  ACTIONS ITEMS:

Curriculum Committee - Dean Larson reported:

The March 26 meeting minutes were approved as presented by the committee.

Concerning hidden prerequisites: it is important that students be advised these courses
are needed before they can take the courses required for the degree.

Other -

Dr. Wolf reported on the upcoming Technology Expo.  She presented the new logo for
the event.  There is now a web site for the expo.  The theme is "Sensing the Future of
Technology."

C.  INFORMATION ITEMS AND REPORTS:

Fletcher Parking Lot Electronic Arm - Dr. Zeigler reported - Cost for the arm is about
$17,000 and would be funded from Executive Vice Chancellor Dr. Martinez's office.
There was also discussion of traffic flow.  The traffic flow might have to be changed
regardless of whether the arm is put in or not.  The change would relieve some
congestion on Dewey.

The consensus of the Council was that the arm should not be installed.  Dr. Zeigler will
set up a committee to work with Chief Hoffman to talk about how traffic flow might be
changed.

Mr. Richard Parrigan, chair of the Music Department, made a suggestion to move the
traffic light at the corner of San Pedro and Dewey to Courtland.  With the closing of
access to Dewey from San Pedro, traffic now exits and enters San Pedro from
Courtland creating a tremendous traffic jam.  A light would ease the problem and
reduce the danger at this corner.  No Council action was taken on this
recommendation.

Competency Committee - Ms. Betty Lee Birdsall reported - The final draft of the
Competency Handbook should be available to the committee at the end of April.  It
should come to the Academic Council Committee for approval at the next meeting in
May.

Employee Development - Professor Gary Smith - There are 11 presenters going to
NISOD from SAC.  A total of 25 from the entire district are going to present at the
conference.

Institutional Effectiveness Steering Committee - Dr. Zeigler reported:

Another Title V grant has been submitted.  This grant is a cooperative Title V grant with
UTSA.  The grant, if funded, would help develop a Teaching Academy.  There is an
error in the grant proposal which is in the process of being corrected.  The grant
proposes to achieve an objective of transferring to UTSA from SAC 440 students going
into the teaching field.  The number should have been 44.  Ms. Susan Espinoza has
contacted UTSA, who completed, with the error,  the final copy which was submitted to
the Department of Education and requested the number be changed to 90 students.
She pointed out this is a much more realistic target.

The IESC is beginning to look at preparing for our next SACS reaffirmation self study.
The new criteria require the college to submit a Compliance Report two years before
our 2006 Peer Review visit.  Dr. Zeigler will establish a committee in the fall to begin
working on the reaffirmation project.

CCSSE (Community College Survey of Student Engagement:) - Mrs. Sonia Valdez who
directed the project reported:

     .    A total of 1122 students were surveyed.  She thanked everyone involved for
     support of the project.  Results of the survey should be received in mid summer.
     Results will be on the Web.  A hard copy will be provided to the college.  A group
     will be going to Austin to a CCSSE workshop to learn about strategies for using
     the data.

     .    Mrs. Valdez said the most difficult part of the project was contacting adjunct
     faculty. She recommended that all adjunct faculty be given an ACCD email
     address.   Dr. Zeigler suggested working with Dean Flores and Mr. Les Germer
     to get the addresses.

Incarnate Word University is using the Northeast Campus for classes in the evening.
They wanted to offer lower division courses at the facility.  Ms. Debbie Hamilton offered
to accommodate their lower division class needs with our courses but they rejected the
proposal.  Dr. Zeigler asked for the Council membership's opinion on allowing IWU to
offer lower division courses which would be in direct competition to the courses we offer
at the site.

     .    Nancy Saunders made the following motion: We will adhere with the original
     agreement made with SPC and SAC and IWU for offering classes at the
     Northeast Campus.  The motion passed.

Dr. Zeigler will contact SPC and encourage that they pass a similar motion.

Since the IESC is the over site committee for the Title V grant, Dr. Thomas Hoy, grant
director, has been asked to join the committee as an ex officio member.

Faculty Senate - Professor Nacho Orozco reported:

Mr. Orozco thanked chairs and secretaries for helping with the survey on district
services.  As soon as the results come out the Senate chairs from each campus will get
together to determine how to use the information.

Mr. Orozco thanked all for participating in the Senate nominations.  Both the online and
the drop in ballot boxes worked well.

The College Academic Council in its new configuration has been in operating for the
past four years and the Senate still thinks it is working well.  The Governance
Committee is reviewing all standing committees to see if they are still viable.

There is a called meeting for addressing the parking issue for the summer semesters.

Professor Ralph Domas is coordinating the "Adopt a Spot" program and the Senate has
adopted a spot.  It is a small but an important spot.

The Salaries and Retirement Committee has met.  Professor Johnnie Rosenauer is
chairing the committee.  The committee is waiting until after the May election to
determine what to present to the board.  The Chancellor has committed to supporting
what the committee proposes.

The Presidential Search Committee is meeting.  The field has been narrowed to twelve.
Other applicants were eliminated because of incomplete application packets.

Dr. Loland reported on the Capital Improvements Project IV [CIP IV] Blue Ribbon
Committee and the current revenue bonds building projects.

     .    The revenue bond issue has not gone anywhere because the Board is totally
     divided.  Affirmed General Contracting has been selected as the over site
     company but they have not been approved by the board.  As a result of the
     delay, projects that were to be ready for fall will not be completed.

     .    The final meeting of the Blue Ribbon was this morning.  The number has
     dwindled to only six attendees.  The question was put to the commission as to
     whether we should go for the full $250 million or a reduced amount. All six
     strongly endorse the full package.  What remains is what sort of marketing
     strategy will be employed.  The six said we need to overcome all the negative
     publicity that the ACCD has generated recently.  The feeling expressed was that
     putting it before the voters in the early fall is too early.  There will be another
     meeting in June to determine how to proceed after the Board elections.

     .    It was suggested that any marketing should have little mention of the ACCD.
     Emphasizing the colleges will have a positive effect.

Chairs Council - Professor Alex Bernal reported:

He has met with the District Chair's Council.  The meeting was to mostly prepare for a
meeting with Dr. Ramsay and all chairs on May 1.  Mr. Bernal reported that he is
collecting names of chairs that will be attending the chairs meeting with the Chancellor.

The surveys concerning evaluation of the faculty were merged and recommendations
will be made.

Mr. Bernal expressed a concern that mandatary sessions with HR have been scheduled
before the Sexual Harassment Policy has been completed.  Dr. Zeigler responded that
the sessions deal primarily with the legal issues of sexual harassment.  Having the
training is a legal protection for the individual and the District.  These sessions will not
affect a revision of the Sexual Harassment Policy.  The training is not mandatory for
adjunct faculty, either full or part time.  Dr. Zeigler will send another email to SACALL to
make it clear that attending the session is mandatory for all faculty.

The Multi-Cultural Conference is starting on April 23.  Copies of the program were
distributed.

Staff Council - No report

Student Government - No report

Enrollment Management - Mr. Manuel Flores reported: The Strategic Enrollment
Management Report due in late fall will be submitted to the IESC in July and then come
to the Council for final approval.

Budget Update - Professor Mrizek reported:

The FY03 budget has been developed.  Copies of key summary pages of the budget
package were distributed.

Our base target allocation is $48,081,905.  The money was allocated to accounts in the
college based on the allocation priority list previously reviewed by the Council.

There are 108 accounts which have budgets in object codes 40, 41, and 46 which are
10% of FY01 actual expenditures.  It was necessary to allocate at this low level to cover
the recurring costs throughout the college.

The FY03 Hiring Priority list was distributed.  There are currently 14 vacant FTEs in the
college.  Many of the positions on the list are currently being covered by temporary full
time employees.  Even though we have the money for the positions we do not have
adequate FTEs to hire.

Also distributed was a list of the college's new initiatives and non-instructional high technology equipment needs.

Dr. Zeigler identified the two key issues we need to work toward resolving: increasing our base allocation to fund those departments at 10% of actual expenditures and increase the number of FTEs available for the college so we can hire for positions currently being filled by full time temps.

Deans' Reports -

Dean Larson - There is an OTE chairs meeting at 1:45 on April 11.

Dean Hyde - Annual Program Review planning reports need to be completed.

We are in the process of purchasing a site license for "Turn It In.com."  This is a
plagiarism detector.  All faculty will be encouraged to have it on their machines to check
for plagiarism.

Chairs are asked to turn in to the Dean their summer work schedule.

FY03 Planning - All units were asked to complete their Annual Program Reviews and
put the file in their folder on the shared drive by May 31.

Title V - Dr. Thomas Hoy reported: An additional $50,000 might be available from our
current Title V grant with the addition of new projects.

Other:

"I" Grades: Faculty are being asked to produce an ID when they come to the window
at Admissions to change an "I"grade.  This is being done  to verify they are faculty
authorized to do the grade change.  Mrs. Hoopes asked all to talk with their faculty so
they understand why the ID is being requested.

Directory Pictures: All were asked to work with Mr. Leonard Ziegler to set up times to
have pictures taken for the new picture directory of college personnel.

Drop Slips: Dr. Zeigler reported that after reviewing the College Academic Council
minutes it was discovered that the issue of returning the green copy of drop slips to
faculty was never discussed.  This will be discussed at the next meeting.

Faculty Application Packets: Dr. Zeigler check with HR on why departments could not
screen the applications for faculty to verify they are qualified for the position.  He was
told there is a legal issue that HR must do an initial screening to make sure that all the
candidates meet the minimum requirements.  This information was from Ms. Teri
Fayette.

Mr. Bernal pointed out that there are times when applications are being held so some
needed information can be provided.  He requested that they need to notify the
department if a packet is being held so the screening committee is aware there are
applications still outstanding.

Dr. Zeigler indicated there is also a problem as to who gets the packets.  Now all
packets will be sent to the President's office.

A change in advertising is that all advertisements now must have closing dates.  No
longer will positions be held open until filled.

Dr. Nancy Saunders suggested we invite Ms. Teri Fayette to a special council meeting
to hear our concerns next fall.

Campus Clean-up: There is an effort to get everyone involved in keeping the campus
clean.  The "Adopt-a-Spot" program being coordinated by Professor Ralph Domas is
one part of that plan.

As a follow-up from our meeting with Mr. Val Santos, District Director of Facilities, Dr.
Zeigler and Dr. Hyde walked around campus after the recent heavy rain.  They found
eight areas where there was water standing in low areas.

Concert Announcement:  Mr. Richard Parrigan announced that Dr. Emily White will be
presenting a piano concert at 7:30 in the McAllister Auditorium.  The concert is free.