GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
FACULTY COUNCIL MEETING
http://www.grccfaculty.com
December 1,
2006
Call to Order: F. van Hartesveldt called the meeting to
order at 6:36 a.m., 120
ATC.
Present: W. Acevedo-Ferrer, N. Alexander, R. Barnhart,
J. Batten, J. Berlin, M. Burns, M. Campo, J. Chesla, L. Crossman, K. Danko, J.
Doane, F. Garbowitz, D. Godfrey, C. Grin, T. Hoving, B. Keelean, R. Long, B.
Manker, R. Monaldo, R. Montes-Sutton, B. Morris, J. Neumann, M. Parsons, M.
Saur, J. Spoelman, F. van Hartesveldt, T. Walwood, G. Zeeff, F. Zomer (for K.
Owens).
Absent: F. Conner, A. Cook, B. Foster, J. Hayes, H.
Hoare, R. Ralya, J. Russell, J. Swets, D. Wabeke.
Approval of Agenda: Approved with the addition of Ed2go.
Approval of Minutes
from November 17, 2006: Approved as written.
Faculty Presentations
from the Floor:
- Senator
Bill Hardiman will speak on campus December 8, 2006, as a guest of KARSP, the
representative group for retired Kent County
school employees.
- Golden Age Pass
cards, available through the GRPS Volunteer Office, provide discounts
including free GRCC parking for those age 60 or older.
- MESSA
will reimburse members for the cost of the GRCC flu shot if you have the
preventive care rider and submit a claim with a receipt.
- Faculty
Council representatives can be contacted through a new feature called
Message Now, located at http://www.grccfaculty.com/newmembers.html. The feature allows email contact even if
the sender does not have a GRCC email account.
Treasurers Reports: R. Godfrey distributed the Treasurers report
for November, 2006. Total expenses were
$24,099.84. Checking account balance is
$23,996.34 and Money Market balance is $134,700.97. Full report is attached.
Presidents Report:
- F.
van Hartesveldt will serve on the Millage Planning team. The College will survey the community to
determine, among other things, an appropriate millage amount.
- A dean
has restarted the review of faculty qualifications.
- Faculty
members are reminded, in regard to unplanned ending of employment, that it
is wise to engage the Faculty Association to assist in the separation.
- Board
of Trustees meeting on November
20, 2006, included discussion of the possibility of a mid-year
budget cut in state aid.
- Two additional
Lab Technician positions will likely join the Faculty Association,
bringing the total number of Lab Technician positions to four.
- Adjunct
Advisory group will meet December 8, 2006, to examine adjunct
issues.
- F.
van Hartesveldt provided a review of his recent work:
o
Reviewing all past MOUs to determine which are
current. They will be converted to PDF
format and posted at http://www.grccfaculty.com.
o
Continuing to work on grievance history
database.
o
Responding to faculty member statements in the
recent faculty survey.
o
Working with student worker to digitalize
records.
o
Continue working on communications, various
committees, unit determination issues, personnel issues, and adjunct issues.
Discussion and Action
Items:
Negotiations: J.
Spoelman reported events from JCC meeting on November 17, 2006.
- The
Administration proposed financial terms for a one-year contract. Negotiating team counter-proposal
included issues such as accretion of lab techs and coordinators.
- JCC
met with Provost to discuss the 2008-2010 academic calendars.
- Frustration continues when Administration fails to
abide by JCC decisions.
- Discussion
took place about the additional 15 minutes in scheduled classes,
including:
- Administration
sets the schedule, wants faculty to start workday at 7:45 a.m.
- The
15 minutes can be used as break as long as the 800 minutes/credit is met.
- Issues
arise because student schedules state class ending or starting at a
longer time than faculty members are holding class.
- Suggested
that faculty put together an issue paper and submit to AGC.
http://www.grcc.edu/ed2go
- Ed2go
is non-credit on-line instruction offered by GRCC but provided by
Thompson-Learning. Association will
ask Administration to immediately end these offerings for reasons
including:
- Over
300 GRCC courses are being offered with no CARP process.
- Instructors
are from Thompson Learning and do not undergo the same hiring screening
and qualifications that GRCC faculty complete.
- Thompson
Learning instructors are not members of the Association.
- Some
companies and higher education institutions may accept Ed2go courses as
prior learning credits and circumvent credit courses.
- The
courses appear to directly compete with many GRCC offerings.
Grievance Report: F. Garbowitz
reported on the following:
- A third party neutral hearing is scheduled for January
10, 2007, for Grievance 167 regarding denial of overload in a telecourse
class.
- Items
for the next Faculty Council meeting should be submitted to F. van
Hartesveldt.
- Friday, January 12, 2007
at 6:30 a.m. 120 ATC.
- Motion
to adjourn B. Manker; N. Alexander seconded. Adjournment at 7:39 a.m.
Submitted by K. Danko, Secretary
GRCC
Faculty Association
Treasurers
Report
November
2006
Checking account balance November
1
.
$33,679.87
Deposits: Dues
...
.14,416.31
Expenses: Donations/Flowers
.
...
.$47.50
Food
...667.80
Grievances
..400.71
JCC
(survey)
...225.76
Legal
...
165.00
Officers
salary
...
17,776.23
Taxes
.4,816.84
Total
Expenses
...
.
$24,099.84
Checking
account balance November 30..
..
$23,996.34
Money Market Balance
10/31/06
..
..$134,700.97
Revenue
& Expenses Year to Date
Revenue: Dues
....
. $36,558.62
Interest (10/31/06)
...
.860.24
Expenses: Donations/Flowers/Fruit Baskets
$458.37
Food
....
1,938.47
Grievances
..
921.70
JCC
..4,612.26
Legal
...
.3,974.85
Office:
Supplies
105.98
Telephone
93
Website
..56.76
Officers
pay
.
33,013.00
Public
Relations
..3,500.00
RCC
.
..780.00
Taxes
.
....12,240.64
Total
Expenses
.
. $61,602.96
Submitted December 1, 2006, by Dick Godfrey,
Treasurer