1. Call to Order: 12:10pm Minutes distributed. (Any changes to be made at end of Secretary’s report to avoid time consumption.)

2. Old Business: Committee Assignments: Mary-John Hart & Ana Jara on Budget Committee; Ana and Mary-John on Coordinating Council; Mary John on Accreditation Steering Committee –Other committees need placements – list from Mary-John of open seats.

New Business: a) Parliamentarian appointed by Mary-John for Senate meetings/Martha Jimenez; b) Permission to send letters of support to Academic Senate, Associated Students. Craig Walters made motion to get it done by next meeting on 8/13. Martha Jimenez seconded. Discussion followed. Adam Philipson brought up a letter to the Board. Bernie Rosenloecher stated that there was a point of order – motion on the floor for original letters. Amendment followed to bring letter back and review it and vote on it. Vote – 16 yes; 0 no; 1 abstention – motion passed.

Officer’s Reports: President – Mary-John gave her time to Adam Philipson to report on the California Community Colleges Classified Senate Conference he attended in June.

Questions to Mary-John regarding the Summit with the Board of Trustees et al. Ross Johnson asked Mary-John if she were as positive following the Board Meeting on Monday night (July 7^th). She answered by stating that shared governance was not addressed. Faculty angry until questions addressed, not going to…(?) As senators we should ‘play nice’ in the next month to get message across. Discussion followed.

Vice President’s report: Ana Jara - need to make the Board accountable. Go back to the Academic Senate. Board disregarded our vote of no confidence with their resolution of support for the President in their closed-door session. Barbara mentioned how they used a closed session venue. Deborah Jansen stated that the Board often utilized it to discuss many things that are not closed session items. Barbara Siegel made a motion that the Senate sends a letter to the Board of Trustees stating Senate’s disappointment at their quickly saying they supported the President rather than taking time to consider our vote of “No Confidence”. More discussion followed. Ana seconded the motion. Mary-John would like to go back to Leslie with Associated Students. Vote on whether to send the letter to the Board was taken. Yes 13; No 1; Abstention 1. Motion passed.

Secretary’s report: Gayle Sosa discussed the ‘new’ absence policy for the Senate. A newly improved sign-in sheet was used and will be in effect from the July meeting onward. Any Senator missing three or more meetings without prior notice to the Secretary will be off the Senate. Also, no Senator will be counted if he/she comes just to sign in and then leave before the monthly meeting has begun.

Treasurer’s report: Maria Bonin – no report. Still trying to get information from Alex Siefert.

CSEA report: Phil Hendricks – Summit useful but without conclusion. Jimmie Thompson, SMC district’s CSEA representative, attended. KPFK – 90.7AM will have Phil & Lantz Simpson on its labor program from 2:30pm – 3pm to discuss the college issues. Negotiations are tomorrow @ 9am, pursuing work share and early retirement.

Past President’s report: Lee Peterson – salary info for President and program review. There are 36 committees meeting on campus. Mary-John mentioned that this is why it’s so important to have the right person on the committees. She was in Budget Committee meeting and had to vote on stuff she had no idea about.

Adjournment: 1:00pm

Attendees: Maria Bonin, Gina Cole, Jim Galligan, Carl Gettleman, Marilyn Goodrich, Joanne Guercio, Mary-John Hart, Phil Hendricks, Deborah Jansen, Ana Jara, Martha Jimenez, Lee Peterson, Adam Philipson, Robert Ponce, Jackie Portal-Purdy, Bernie Rosenloecher, Barbara Siegel, Gayle Sosa, Excused: Olga Chao

Guests: Ross Johnson

Next Meeting: Wednesday, August 13 2003, B-111