Meeting agenda approved. Lorna Maynard made the motion to approve, Angelica Stongone
seconded.
Heidi King brought up the point that at the general membership meetings (held March
24 and April 6) the attending constituents were able to vote on the Bylaws changes,
but not the Constitution changes. Bylaw changes require 51% of attending members,
whereas Constitutional changes require 51% of constituency votes (needed 113 voting
members). Will open voting on Constitutional changes in May during Senate voting.
Leaving current Constitution on the website, since there are only 2 small changes.
When changes passed, the two documents will become one document.
Five Senate Members have one more year to their two-year terms. Please let Executive
Committee know which areas of Focus you would prefer for next year. Prefer those five
to be Senate Leads.
A request was made for volunteers to form an Elections Committee for this year’s Senate
voting. Lorna Maynard and Angelica Stongone volunteered. Heidi will follow up with
them next week. Nomination from will be released on April 26 and will remain open
for voting for two weeks. Time expectations will be listed on the Nominations Form,
so prospective members will understand the time commitment of each position.
Scott Olsen announced he is stepping off Classified Senate to run for ACE President.
This leaves the President Seat open for next year (he is currently President-Elect).
Heidi expressed willingness to run as President-Elect for next year, with the caveat
that Classified Senate understands she would not assume the role of President the
following year. She expressed the importance of having a strong Executive Committee
to keep the momentum going on the changes that have been made within the Senate structure.
Updates on Professional Development Day: Most workshops have been scheduled for the
event. There will be a meeting next week to plan out a Guided Pathways workshop, and
looking for a Facilitator to run a workshop on Adobe Sign. Adriana Garcia volunteered
to host an Adobe Sign workshop, and also mentioned Pippa Gibson may be a possible
Facilitator. Heidi will follow up via email with both Adriana and Pippa. Typically
the Professional Development Day occurs during Classified Professionals Week, and
when we are on campus involves the Classified Breakfast, voting and Ice Cream social
as some of the activities. Last year, due to the Pandemic and remote work, the week
went by unheralded. Looking for ideas to celebrate the week, whether via virtually
or live events outdoors. Ideas were shared surrounding possible meeting in Memorial
Park across street from De Anza, or opening the coffee shop up for a day. Scott also
talked to Patrick Gallagher to see if he might be willing to do a simple breakfast
served outside. Maritza Arreola expressed discomfort at the idea of meeting face-to-face,
as she is hearing-impaired, and masks make it impossible to lip-read, so meeting virtually
allows her the ability to better socialize in this case. Another idea expressed was
to use the monies we haven’t been able to spend during the Pandemic and honor the
folks who have been on campus throughout the Pandemic by bringing them coffee or lunch,
or provide gift cards to them so they could treat themselves.
Committee Reports:
Heidi reported that the District Board meeting on Monday, April 6 had the Housing
Resolution as an Agenda Item, so that the Board members and Campus Leaders could have
formal discussion regarding the Resolution. Board Members are prohibited from making
comments or voting on items brought up by attending members of the community within
the meeting as Public Comments. By making the Housing Resolution an agenda item, they
were now permitted to discuss the resolution and make public their opinions on the
matter. Sushini Chand mentioned that College of San Mateo and Cañada College both
have employee housing. Heidi clarified that these housing units are provided with
a third-party partner along with the City of San Mateo to provide below-market housing
for their employees. The Board will be looking at these and similar models to form
ideas on a plan for Foothill-De Anza employees to be offered below-market housing.
Next meeting wClassified Senate will vote on supporting the Affordable Housing Resolution.
The District Board meeting also addressed Campus Safety. A Task Force will be formed
to look at different ways to address campus safety.
Luiza Roy reported the The Student Senate met to ratify formally the change of name
from DASB to DASG.
Scott Olsen reported that the Shared Governance Task Force (a sub-committee of College
Council) met to discuss the reinvisioning of Shared Governance on our campus. The
task force is looking at other shared governance models on other campuses, and seeks
ways to make the different shared governance groups more transparent to one another.
Possible merging of IPBT and SSPBT as part of that restructure.
Heidi King reported that IPBT met over Finals Week to discuss different ways to prioritize
hiring of Faculty, with Equity positions at the forefront. Discussion to continue
at next IPBT meeting.
Adriana Garcia shared the following links in chat as a matter of Public Interest.
Meeting concluded at 3:00PM
