Approval of Agenda:             

The agenda was approved with the addition of a report on the Honors Program and a report on Salary and Benefits.

Approval of Minutes:           

The minutes of September 29 were approved as written.

Treasurer's Report:              

No expenditures.  Balance:  $10

President's Report:               

Laura Ore substituted for Paula Robertson-Rose and reported on the following items:

• The time for Dr. Allie's Working Groups concerning academic organization has been changed from 1 pm to 3 pm so that it will not be at the same time as the Faculty Senate meeting.
• A report of the Senate Officers meeting with Dr. Fonte was given and there was a general discussion of how future meetings could be conducted.  It was suggested that a request be made to tape the meetings.
• The results of the union survey should be available soon. 

Plans for Interaction with Board: 

There will be a specially called Faculty Senate meeting on November 17 to meet with members of the Board.  This might also be a posted Board meeting so that as many Board members who wish to attend may. 

Report from Honors Program Representative: 

Mark Butland reported that he is heading up the new Honors Program.  He requested faculty representation and for the Academic Affairs committee to review the proposals.

Report from Salary and Benefits Committee: 

Al Slivinske reported that Dr. Fonte liked the statistical method that was presented from the committee on how to deal with "outliers," those few positions that are not indicative of a typical faculty salary, but arise when administrators step back into faculty ranks and retain their previous salary.  He said there are still some unresolved differences as to the definition of maximum salary.

Report from College-Wide Registration Committee: 

Mae Thompson passed out the Registration Review report that will be presented to Dr. Fonte.  She also explained that electronic transcripts are now available using the SPEEDE system.  Additionally, continuing ed. will begin telephone registration as well as a telephone help line.  General discussion to the report ensued. 

Report from Policies and Procedures Committee:  

Les Albin distributed a report from the committee.  There was general discussion over the Administrative Rules on full-time faculty workload, on payroll, and on personnel records.

Discussion of bookstore:

The general consensus was that the bookstore should be open at the beginning of the semester at times classes met, including evenings and week-ends when appropriate, for student convenience.  Concerns also included that some books for some classes were never carried by the bookstore and were obtained too late to help the student.  There were several specific complaints regarding incidents where books were not available in a timely manner.  A request was made to ask Dr. Fonte to consider these issues when the bookstore contract is renewed.Meeting adjourned.

Les Albin substituted for Larry Willoughby.  Dorothy Martinez acted as Parliamentarian.  Paula Robertson-Rose, Stacey Thompson, Frank Cronin, Morgan Stout, Patti Dungan, and Nick Sarantakes were absent.