CLASSIFIED SENATE AGENDA (Please post on nearby bulletin boards.)
 Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 12:05 p.m.  to 12:55 p.m.
LOCATION: Business 111
[Classified Senators unable to attend are requested to e-mail Gayle Sosa in advance.]

1.      Call to order. (Please sign the roll sheet before the meeting ends.) Minutes will be distributed at or before the meeting whenever possible, and corrections will be taken during the secretary’s report.

2.      Public or college community member comments to the Senate on any topic within the scope of Board of Trustees policy 1620. (Limited to 2 minutes per person.)

3.      California Community Colleges advocacy during state budget crisis: Sacramento and Pershing Square events (Mary-John Hart)

4.      Information-only report on Senate officers’ meeting with Dr. Robertson (Lee Peterson)

5.      Proposal for letter to Board of Trustees recommending its next few meetings be scheduled in room of sufficient size for a crowd

6.      Classified Senate election committee progress report (Mary-John Hart)

7.      Updates about other groups (Academic Senate, Board of Trustees, 4CS, etc.)

a.      SMC Board of Trustees

b.      Academic Senate

c.      4CS. Classified Leadership Institute (http://www.ccccs.org/activities/cli/cli2003.html)

d.      SMC construction updates

e.      Relay for Life project (Mary-John Hart)

8.      campus committee involvement reports
 http://www.smc.edu/csenate/campus_committee_index.htm)

a.      District Budget Committee (met 2/28; meets again 3/14).

b.      Accreditation 4A: "Leadership and Governance: Decision-Making Roles and Process" (met 2/24)

c.      Accreditation 4B: Board and Administrative Organization (met 2/24)

d.      any other committees

9.      Officer reports:

                  a.      Treasurer Alex Siefert. No expenses to date. $664.31 in account.

            b.      Secretary Gayle Sosa: Senator attendance and corrections to previous minutes. (Either vote or pass minutes by general consent.)

            c.      Vice-President Mary-John Hart.

            d.      President Lee Peterson.

10.  If time allows, continue discussion on possible evaluation processes for the campus and its leadership

11.  CSEA report

12.  Questions, comments, good of the order, and requests for future agenda items.

13.  Adjournment. Executive Committee will meet briefly after the meeting. 

NEXT MEETING: second Wednesday of the month, April 12, 2003, 12:05 p.m. to 12:55 p.m. in special location, Drescher 300 (Loft)