The agenda was approved with a change in order of items presented. Item 6, a report from the Policy & Procedures Committee was removed from the agenda and item 8, Reorganization Issues, was combined with item 3, President's Report.

The minutes were not available for review; they will be routed to Senators during the next week.

The agenda incorrectly listed Audit and Elections; Mary Leonard represents the Nominating Committee. Senators reviewed a list of nominations. A motion to accept the slate of nominations was made and passed.

The President's Report and Reorganization Issues were combined on the agenda to allow discussion during Mike's presentation. The presentation focused on the status of recommendations from the ad-hoc Committee to Review the Reorganization. Senate representatives on the committee are Mike, Dolores Segura, and Hazel Ward. Mike prefaced his report by noting that any recommendations of the whole committee will go to Dr. Fonte for final approval. He then said that the committee had reached consensus on some issues, and was still in discussion on others. The Committee is in agreement that the assigning of courses to adjunct faculty should be moved from the Directors of Academic Support. The most logical place for the staffing duty to devolve would be Program Coordinators for single campus disciplines and Assistant Deans for multi-campus disciplines. The Senate was in agreement with this. The committee has also reached consensus on appropriate job descriptions for Assistant Deans, Program Coordinators, and Task Force Chairs. These job descriptions were presented to the Senate for their review. These were accepted by the Senate with only minor modifications.

The discussion then turned to appropriate compensation levels for the positions of Task Force Chairs, Assistant Deans, and Program Coordinators. Mike noted that these compensation levels are still under discussion and that the Committee has not reached a consensus on them. Mike did note that in an earlier officers meeting, Dr. Fonte had indicated that he did not want any additional release time for Assistant Deans. Significant discussion ensued on what compensation package would allow faculty serving in these positions to adequately perform the duties of the positions. Related to this, there was some discussion about large versus small task forces and the differentiation in work loads. Members expressed concern about one person being responsible for a large area and discussed the duties of task force members. Not all duties are listed in the job description, and it was questioned what would happen to duties not listed--who would be assigned responsibility and whether compensation would be provided for accepting responsibility. It was noted that the direction that the committee had taken to determine stipended duties for task force members was to determine those duties formerly performed by division chairs and department heads as part of those roles, as well as what was considered routine faculty duties. It is expected that former department head and division chair duties not currently assigned to another position, and not part of routine faculty duties, would constitute the "stipended" duties for assignment to task force members.

After much discussion, the Senate agreed that a reasonable adjustment to the overall compensation package for Assistant Deans, Task Force Chairs, and Program Coordinators would be an additional course release in the Fall and in the Spring semesters. If Dr. Fonte is unwilling to consider this for some positions, then a stipend could be substituted. The Senate felt that a $2,500 stipend in lieu of a release would be appropriate. The Senate Representatives agreed that this would be an appropriate request, but did note that it is well in excess of anything that the administration has tossed out yet. The Senate empowered the Representatives to negotiate with the administration, if possible. If the Representatives are unable to negotiate an acceptable compensation package, the Senate will reconvene to discuss appropriate action.

The Senate then discussed the second summer session. It was agreed that summer be kept separate from the negotiations for the long semesters. There is adequate compensation for the first summer session; there is nothing in place for second session. Assistant Deans have support staff and supervise lab staff at all campuses. Senators discussed incentives to encourage Assistant Deans and Task Force Chairs to stay during the second session. There was general consensus that half the number of long-semester hours, or about 18 hours per week, should be adequate for these duties. At this level of coverage, a stipend of around $2,500 would be appropriate. The Senate did, however, recommend that the Representatives point out to the administration the potential problems in having unsupervised staff and labs during the second six weeks, and let the administration propose a solution.

Additional topics for discussion included faculty role in advising and the needs for an instructional master calendar. Senators also discussed the feasibility of making the position of Task Force Chair a multi-year assignment.

There will be no board election since every seat is uncontested. Consequently, the Board Candidate Forum will be cancelled.