LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

2001 – 2002 Faculty Senate

APPROVED Minutes of the September 26, 2001 Meeting

James Goodman, Chair

Jean Hara, Vice Chair

Jack Pond, Secretary

SENATORS PRESENT: N. Buchanan, P. Cravath, P. Frary, J. Goodman, J. Hara, K. Hill, J. Kappenberg, G. Levy, P. Lococo, C. Martin, M. Minasian, D. Pascual, J. Pond, M. Reese, R. Tanimoto, R. Toyama.

SENATORS EXCUSED: . R. Flegal, W. Imada.

SPECIAL GUESTS: Mark Silliman, Provost

CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 3:25 p.m. with a quorum.

SPECIAL REPORT: The Chair read a letter from the Senate to the Provost regarding the Senate’s desire to re-establish its role in budget development and decisions on campus.

The Provost responded, “I wholeheartedly welcome your input at any point in the budget process.” He went on to further explain that the recent national tragedy on Sept. 11 will most certainly result in a budget reduction of between 5 and 10%. He stressed that such a reduction will have serious consequences. He is actively seeking the Faculty Senate’s help in making the crucial decisions that must be made. Several creative means of coping with this reality were discussed. The Provost also asked for the names of four (4) faculty (including at least one non-Senator) who will serve on Phase Two of the Reorganization Committee.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Minutes of the May 2, and September 5, 2001 Senate meetings were read and approved as submitted. The Senate directed the Secretary to check with the Provost’s secretary to determine who should receive hard copies of the minutes off campus. Additionally, the Secretary is directed to forward approved minutes to Terry Richter for inclusion in the Campus Bulletin and to Senator Toyama for posting on the Senate Website.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

BUDGET AND PLANNING – Senator Reese will serve as co-chair with Senator Kappenberg.

LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS – Senator Toyama volunteered to chair.

STUDENT COMMITTEE – Senator Pascual volunteered to chair.

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE – Senator Buchanan reported that the Committee revisited ICS 111 (Introduction to Computer Science I) at its recent meeting. It asks the Senate to accept the recommendation to change the wording in Item 14 (Course Curricular Function) of the core outline for ICS 111 to read, “This course is recommended required for the A.S. degree in Information and Computer Science.” This will reflect the ICS program modification, approved by the Provost on April 12, 2000, that replaced ICS 155 with ICS 111 as a program requirement.

Motion 01-24: To accept the Committee’s recommendation to modify the core outline for ICS 111 to reflect recent program changes.

PASSED – Unanimously

CHLOE HOLLAND SERVICE COMMITTEE – The College has lost the highway cleanup project option with the Department of Transportation. The question was posed to the Senate whether we should attempt to get it back, expand the scope of the committee’s focus on community service, or do away with the committee entirely.

Motion 01-25 (Levy/Kappenberg): To continue to have a community service committee, and to broaden its scope to coordinate some of the community service efforts on campus.

PASSED – Unanimously

It was pointed out that the committee now needs a chair to carry forward the Senate’s wishes; however, no one volunteered.

CHAIR’S REPORT: The Chair reported on the Community Colleges Council of Faculty Senate Chairs; the All Campus Council of Faculty Senate Chairs and the BOR meetings recently held on Maui. Discussions centered on the feared hardships on CC students of the new tuition policy of paying for each credit hour taken; recent grant awards in the UH system; Maui’s Community Service Initiative; President Dobelle’s remarks to F.S. Chairs; articulation of non-Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses (Robert Hochstein and Tommylynn Benevente were names submitted by Chair Goodman to be representatives on this committee); the new UH Manoa General Ed. requirements; new policy on Division Chair stipends and assigned time for Discipline, Program Coordinators, et al.

OLD BUSINESS:

Ø The appointment of two new Senators was approved.

Andrzej Dabrowski replaces Shari Holder;

Christian Ganne replaces Patricia Neils.

These are in addition to last month’s appointment of Zenaida Estrada who replaces Laura Keyser (approved at the last meeting).

Ø Review of Senate By-Laws (revised 10-15-99) not yet approved by the Chancellor. The Chair asked the Senate to review the By-Laws and bring questions to the next meeting. There are a number of parts of the By-Laws that are vague and may have more than one interpretation. Senator Pond suggested that former Senator Leslie Munro, who was instrumental in their development, be invited to the next Senate meeting to discuss interpretations. Senators are therefore asked to forward to Senator Pond the precise Article and Section that is confusing so that Dr. Munro might be prepared to address those areas.

Ø Senator Pond took an electronic poll of Senators regarding the interest in continuing refreshments. By a margin of 4 to 1, the Senate voted to continue refreshments. Senator Pond prepared a signup list for future meetings. He will send reminders prior to each meeting.

NEW BUSINESS:

Ø There may be some interest in developing a protocol for conducting business via email; however, most Senators felt that important business needs to be conducted at meetings and not over email.

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 5:15.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: Jack Pond, Secretary.