A.  APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES:

The Wednesday, October 8, 2003 meeting minutes were approved.

B.  ACTIONS ITEMS:

Curriculum Review and Evaluation Committee - Dean Larson reported:

The October 14 meeting, with one abstention, and the October 28 meeting minutes
were approved as presented.

Other - No other action items

C.  INFORMATION ITEMS AND REPORTS

Competency Committee - No report

Employee Development  - Professor Gary Smith reported:

The deadline for tuition assistance requests is Monday at 5:00.

The Employee Development Conference was successful based on early returns of
evaluations.  Over 1000 attended the opening session.  The 1200 lunches that were
ordered were almost all gone.  The idea of having alumni speak at the opening session
resulted in positive response.  There were a 136 concurrent sessions which is the
largest number ever offered.

$6000 is available for tuition assistance each year.  There are three deadlines through
the year.  The upward mobility program is available from the ACCD.  Staff going for
their first degree are given priority in the awards.

For faculty, there is no differential in funding.  All requests are based on what is on the
professional growth plan.

Institutional Effectiveness Steering Committee - Dr. Hoy reported:

Data from the CCSSE survey was reviewed over two meetings.  A summary report is
being developed.

There are 8 individuals on the committee with two ex-officio members, Mr. David Mrizek
and Mrs. Sonia Valdez.

Accreditation Report - Dr. Johnnie Rosenauer reported:

On October 21st the leadership team met.  Individuals are going back to review the
individual components of the Reaffirmation of Accreditation Criteria.  Adjustments have
been made at to who will be attending the Leadership Team orientation meeting in
January, 2004, based on SACS requests.  Rather than the whole team traveling only
four can attend.

The "Good News Link," which is a web site set up by Public Relations, is looking for
input from all of the SAC community.  Submit any "good news" items to Dr. John
Hammond in Public Relations.

Faculty Senate - Senate Chair Professor Bill Richardson reported:

A midyear salary increase proposal is still in the works.  There will be a plan presented
at the December Board meeting.  The proposal is for faculty to get the step increase
and the new salary for half a year.  Staff and administrators will get the same
percentage increase for the remainder of the year.

Mr. John Deosdade has the revised Faculty Handbook on line.

The Senate will meet on November 19 for a presentation on the Faculty Handbook.

Chairs Council - Professor Alex Bernal reported:

There was an October 30th meeting with the Calendar Committee about the
recommendation of substituting Columbus Day for a holiday the day before
Thanksgiving.  The Calendar Committee decided to wait for the results of a staff survey
before making a recommendation.

The District Chairs Council will meet with Dr. Kelly on November 3rd.

The Council supports the Senate proposal for the mid year salary increase.

The Council is looking at modifying the evaluation cycle for tenured faculty, going from
an every year cycle to an every two or three year cycle.

Chairs have requested that they be able to work with responsible parties concerning the
development of an instrument for the evaluation of staff.  Human Resources has not yet
allowed chairs to participate.  This is the third year for the request.

Chairs have requested that the staff evaluation policy and procedure be seen by chairs
before it is put in place.

Neither the Senate nor the chairs were involved in the development of the current
sexual harassment policy.

Student Affairs Council - Dr. Lucchelli reported:

The College Access Project Team for High School Seniors met with high school
counselors here at the college.  Several chairs met with them to present their programs.

The College Access Project Team for Corporate and Business Community did the same for
businesses.

40 universities came to the Transfer Fair.

TACRO is a major outreach for college weeks and college nights.

Staff Council - Staff Council President Delia DeLuna reported:

The Employee Development Conference survey has a deadline of this Friday.  The
other college and District staff counsels are using the same survey.

The Unified Staff Council met with Dr. Kelly on Tuesday, Nov 4.  We taught him about
staff council.  It was an informative session.  We identified immediate and long range
goals of the council.

Announcements: Ms. Rachael Castillo, Housekeeping, was selected October employee
of the month.  Ms. Laura Garcia, Computer Information Systems Department, was
selected as our November Employee of the Month. Laura has also been selected as
the November District Employee of the Month. Ms. Garcia will receive a plaque and
recognition at the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, November 18.

Staff evaluations: Presidents of Staff Councils and Senate Chairs met with Ms. Terri
Fayette, Director of Human Resources, who briefed them of what has been done.  CDs
were distributed with the evaluation instrument and process.  Everyone will meet again
this Friday to go over the instrument and process.

The Women's Center will continue to sponsor the Angel Tree but Staff Council will host
the party.

Student Government - No report

Enrollment Management - No report

The Enrollment Management Steering Committee has been downsized now that the
IESC has been downsized.  A smaller subcommittee of the College Council will serve
as the steering committee.

Budget Update - Dr. Zeigler reported:

Conversion to Banner is going to cost the District $1.4 million for this year.  Our portion
of this years cost will come from lapsed salary.  Banner is a new system that will bring
SIS, Advantage, and HRS together in a web based format.  The whole conversion will
cost between 5 and 6 million dollars and take at least three years.

Deans' Reports - No Reports

FY04 Planning - Dr. Zeigler reported

We got behind this year.  The process was simplified.  Plans are sent into the division
Dean.  The Dean will put together a division plan.

A check list of things departments need to look at annually should be out shortly.  It will
need to be completed and returned.  The check list will be done for the past three
years.  There is a degree of urgency to get these things done because SACS will be
looking at them.

Title V - Ms. Emma Mendiola reported:

The IESC is no longer the advisory committee for Title V.  An independent auditor will
be reviewing the Title V activities and expenditures in December.

Alumni - Mrs. Roe Hoopes reported:

117 people attended the October 17th Alumni Banquet. Net proceeds from ticket sales
was $2992.50 which will be used for future scholarships.  The Association is looking for
individuals to nominate students for the next scholarship disbursement.  Nominations of
students must come from faculty.

Other:

EVP Search - There are 13 EVP candidates.  The committee is meeting tomorrow.

Mentor Program - The Mentor Program for Staff Leadership has had a better than
expected response.  As a result, two classes were established.  A request is being
made for individuals to act as mentors for those in the classes.  There are already eight
that have volunteered but additional mentors are needed.  Give the application to Ms.
Pearl English.  See the handout.

Directory Information - Mrs. Roe Hoopes asked the Council for help in determining
what should be included in the Student Directory.  There was consensus that Email
addresses should not be included.

Mr. Steve Kolars suggested that a group look at all the fields available in the directory
and come forward with a recommendation of what should be submitted.  Dr. Zeigler will
put together a group, which will include several students, to look at the issue.

Clean Hard Drives - Hard drives need to be reformatted before reallocating computers.
See the handout.

RTVF Building Groundbreaking - The groundbreaking for the new RTVF building will
take place Tuesday, November 18 at 10:00.

Fiesta Room Mural - A mural is being developed in the Fiesta Room in the Loftin
Student Center.  Tomorrow there will be a kickoff to unveil the mural.  The mural is
related to Hispanic Heritage.  It won't be completed until spring.

CIP 4 - The new capital improvement projects are still under discussion.  There are no
time lines for floating the bond issue at this time.  We are in the process of looking at
the priorities that were developed previously to see if they are still viable.  We have
begun discussions with the neighborhoods to work with them as we move forward.  We
are looking at expanding our boundaries to facilitate new buildings and/or parking lots.
Possible joint use buildings are being considered.  These would be used both by the
college and the neighborhoods.

Thank You Reception - On November 21st there will be a "Thank You" reception  for
Dr. Chesson.  It is not clear, yet, whether it is open to all.

Christmas Party - December 5th is the Annual College Christmas Party.  It will be held
from 11:00 to 1:30 in the Loftin Student Center.

December Council Meeting Canceled - The December meeting has been canceled
unless there is some compelling reason to meet.