President's Report

• Thanks to Janet Bickham for agreeing to be our webmistress
• Faculty Senate Officers' Meeting of September 9, 2002-expressed the concerns of the Senate about the Master Syllabus and the possible dissolution of the Budget committee
• Board Meeting of September 9, 2002-introduced the Senate officers and expressed our thanks for the dialogue/luncheon which opened our semester.
• Shared Governance Committee September 20, 2002-working group was formed and appointments from the Senate will be Matthew Daudy (academic) and Renee Cornett (workforce).
• Course Master Syllabus September 20, 2002-met with AVP Donetta Goodall and others to discuss the current document and requirements.
• Board of Trustees Work Session September 23, 2002 (EVC)-Board discussed, but took no action on the proposed A.A.S. in Dental hygiene; contract for Media buying services; proposed Citizen's Advisory Committee on Finance and Budget; Proposed revision to Board Policies A1 Mission of the College and A2 Statement of Values and Ideas. Also noted was an agenda item for the Board of Trustees meeting on ctober 7- Consideration of possible sale of the RVS Golf Course to the city of Austin
• Community Awareness Network (CAN committee) September 30, 2002-Discussed the need "to communicate the ACC story to both internal and external stakeholders." This is not a political action committee.

The Senate discussed the following agenda items:

Policies and Procedures Committee-continues to be concerned about the election of task force chairs. The current membership rules will allow full time faculty to be out-voted by adjuncts. This situation is in violation of SACS rules in the management of adjuncts. The following resolution was passed by the Senate:

Whereas the number of full time faculty members must be adequate to provide effective teaching, advising and scholarly or creative activity, and be appropriate to participating in curriculum evelopment, policy making, institutional planning and governance. The employment of part-time faculty members can provide experience to enhance the educational effectiveness of an institution, but the number of part-time faculty member must be properly limited,

Therefore, be it resolved that the rule concerning task force membership will be consistent with SACS guidelines.

Salary and Benefits Committee-presented a committee report that the officers will take to the meeting with the administration. We ask that our 10.5 months salaries be calculated as follows: 9 months +1/6.

Associate Vice President Instructional Support Services, Mary Hensley-addressed the Senate concerns about the section cuts for the spring and summer sessions. The process was described and the Senate gave suggestions for improvement. We feel that all discussions about section cutting should involve the task force hairs and program coordinators. We must meet the SACS requirement that the faculty be involved in the schedule building. AVP Hensley will return in the spring to keep us updated on the schedule developments.

Albertson's Purchase-this agenda item was tabled until our November meeting.

Master Syllabus Report-the task forces will decide the parameters of the Instructional/Class Syllabus. If the department has a requirement, then all faculty must meet that demand. There will be a master course syllabus developed for each course that is offered in the class course schedule.

Letter to the Editor-we discussed the advantages/disadvantages to sending a letter to the Austin American-Statesman. As timing is everything, the Senate has decided to write after the Comptroller's report is released. In the meantime, we are certainly able to write individual letters to express our opinions.

Faculty Evaluations-the apology for inconveniencing the faculty was too little, too late. After a lengthy discussion he Senate passed the following resolution:

Whereas the faculty evaluations in the past three years have been fraught with unclear guidelines, unattainable deadlines, and errors in compellation of data and

Whereas the Faculty Senate has repeated expressed its concerns and offered its assistance and has been ignored,

Be it resolved that the Faculty Evaluations be suspended for FY'03 until a functional process in collaboration with faculty can be implemented.

The following faculty substituted for absent Senators: Paula Robertson-Rose for Joe Lostracco and Zoe Van Sandt for Larry Willoughby.