CLASSIFIED SENATE

OF SANTA MONICA COLLEGE

A meeting of the Classified Senate of the Santa Monica Community College District will be held in the Technology Building 300E (The Loft) on Thursday, March 9, 2000 at 12:00 p.m.

AGENDA
12:00 p.m. Call to Order

12:05-12:55 p.m. Major Items of Business
1. Review and Filing of Minutes
February 10, 2000 (to be distributed at the meeting)

2. Special Guest

Jim Wilson, President of the California Community Colleges Classified Senate

2. Unfinished/Old Business

1. Elections

a. Senator vacancies

4. Standing Committee Reports (written or verbal)

5. New Business -Items for Action

1. Nomination and Elections for Classified Representative to District

Personnel Commissioner Screening Committee

6. CSEA Report
7. Comments/Questions
8. Adjournment

Next Meeting: April 6 at 12noon in the Technology Building 300E (The Loft) Please note April meeting will be the FIRST Thursday for this month only due to spring vacation.

Classified Senate Meeting Agenda

March 9, 2000

Page 2

TO: Classified Senate

FROM: Executive Committee

PREPARED BY: President

SUBJECT: Senator Elections

UNFINISHED/OLD BUSINESS ACTION ITEM No. 1

It is recommended the Senate DIRECT the Senate Executive Committee and Election Committee Chair to contact members of the classified staff and fill the 15 vacant senator positions until the next regular election in June 2000. List of candidates would be nominated at the next regular or special meeting to the full senate for approval.

Comment: Resignations in recent months have left the senate seriously underrepresented. Review of the bylaws section 7.5.1 through 7.5.3 would allow the senate to direct the Executive Board to recommend candidates to the full senate for approval.

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NEW BUSINESS ACTION ITEM

TO: Classified Senate

FROM: Executive Committee

PREPARED BY: President

SUBJECT: Nomination/Election of Representative to

Personnel Commissioner Screening Committee

Action Item No. 1

It is recommended that the Classified Senate nominate and elect a representative the Personnel Commissioner Screening Committee.

Comment: At their February meeting, the Board of Trustees authorized the Superintendent/President to form a Personnel Commissioner screening Committee. Please see the attached BOT recommendation # 23. Commissioner Alan Shatkin has resigned and a new Commissioner must be appointed.. The Classified Senate representative will be authorized to attend all selection committee meetings, reviews applications and participate in the candidate interviews. Based on the information provided through the committee process and interviews the representative will be authorized to vote for the best candidate for classified employees.

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NOMINEE(S):

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Santa Monica Community College District

Action

February 7, 2000

MAJOR ITEMS OF BUSINESS

RECOMMENDATION NO. 23 PERSONNEL COMMISSIONER SELECTION COMMITTEE

It is recommended that the Board of trustees authorize the Superintendent/President to form a Personnel Commissioner Selection Committee. The committee will recommend to the Board of Trustees at least two qualified candidates through the Superintendent/President for the Board to select a nominee to serve on the Personnel Commission, for a term that began December 1, 1999. The committee will be composed of:

1. A Board of Trustees representative

2. A Personnel Commission representative

3. A CSEA classified employee representative

4. A Classified Senate representative

5. A community representative (General Advisory Board)

6. A management representative

Comment: Personnel Commissioner Allan Paul Shatkin tendered his resignation from the Personnel Commission effective January 10, 2000. Therefore, it is necessary to follow the process for appointment of a Personnel Commissioner.

The Superintendent/President will select the members of the Selection Committee. CSEA and the Classified Senate will submit a list of recommended names to the Superintended/President from which she will select a representative. The Vice President of Human Resources will coordinate the recruitment and selection procedures and serve as a member of the Personnel Commissioner screening committee. The entire process, including at least one month for recruitment, will take approximately four months to complete.

The screening committee will review all applications, review the candidate questions prior to the actual interview, interview a selected group of applicants, and recommend at least two candidates to the Board of Trustees.

MOTION MADE BY: Carole Currey Public Comment

SECONDED BY: Nancy Cattell Lee Peterson

Amendment

Motion was made by Carole Currey and seconded by Nancy Cattell to amend the recommendation by adding to the committee: 7. The Vice-President of Human Resources will chair the committee.