1. Call to Order: 12:12pm Minutes distributed. (Any changes to be made at end of Secretary’s report to avoid time consumption.) Approval of Agenda. President requested to move Officer’s Reports to end.

No objections.

Old Business A: Election Committee updates: I: Tom Carter – four names put forth: Alex Siefert, Herb McNeely, Mark Stemock, Lee Peterson. Vote on Action Item 1 – filling of Senate vacancies. Moved & seconded by committee. Barbara Siegel made a motion to use a secret ballot. Tom seconded the motion. Vote: Y – 12; N – 0; A – 2 – Passed Bobby Ponce assisted as Teller as Tom passed ballots and then the box went around. Vote for Action Item 2 - the vacant Vice President’s seat followed. Barbara moved that the vote be secret ballot as well. The candidates for the vacancy are Adam Philipson, Leon Reytblat and Alex Siefert. Comments/questions. Barbara withdrew her motion. Hand vote followed. Y – 12; N – 0; A – 0.
Officer’s Report: Ana/Adam a) Secretary’s Report – approval of minutes. Craig Walter moved to approve; seconded by Jeannette Goolsby. Vote: Y – 11; N – 0; A – 2. Minutes approved. b) Treasurer’s Report – Nothing done. Joined Social Committee as part of Classified Senate. Will sell tickets for Thanksgiving Raffle. Marilyn Goodrich volunteered to sell.

Vote on Senators: All ratified. Alex Siefert – 11; Herb McNeely – 13; Lee Peterson – 10; Mark Stemock - 11

Action Item #2: Moving to vote secret ballot for Vice President. No discussion. Motion by Barbara – seconded by Bernie Rosenloecher. Vote: Y – 16; N – 0; A – 0.

Old Business B: a) Committee assignments: a) Student Conduct Committee still needs third person (an alternate);

Action Items #4: Ana recommends Steve Levine and Lee Peterson for appointment to Information Technology Committee (Information Services & District Technology/two committees meeting one time a year.) Craig Walters moves to approve and Marilyn Goodrich seconds motion. Discussion.

Academic Senate Committee generally has about 10 people. Administration appoints two managers. Academic Senate can appoint as many people as they want.

Craig moves that we vote secret ballot for the Vice President vacancy. Jim Galligan seconds the motion. Vote: Y – 8; N – 5; A – 2 – motion passes. Secret ballot vote taken. The results: Alex – 1; Adam – 11; Leon – 6. New Vice President of Classified Senate – Adam Philipson.

Craig asked if there were any other committees needing to be voted on. Discussion followed. Ana read rules on committee members’ responsibilities from by-laws. Ana has no one for Professional Development Committee. A recommendation to table was put out and Senate okayed the decision unanimously.

Lee recommends we appoint anyone who might want to go. Craig moves for write in for Info Tech & Social Committees. Bernie seconds the motion. Vote: Y – 13; N – 2; A – 0. Motion passes. Lee moves we yes/no vote in the interest of time. For Social Committee: Maria Bonin, Gloria Mottler, Marilyn Goodrich. On Information Technology Committee: Lee Peterson, Steve Levine. Craig would like to vote secret ballot in the interest of not making enemies. This is approved.

Old Business C: Mission Statement update/Adam - met with team members and put together statement. Read statement to Senate. Would like it ratified, if possible. Comments & questions followed. Barbara Siegel would like to change some wording – “shared governance” instead of “participatory governance”. Phil suggested date be changed or taken out. Carl mentioned that “shared”/or “participatory” government in mission statement. Craig moved we adopt statement with “shared/participatory” governance. Adam seconds motion. More discussion. Need to see document prior to voting. Lee moves to table it to agendize it at next meeting. Lee withdraws motion. Craig calls the question. Adam asks if it is correct that there is only one change. Lee motions and Adam seconds to drop adoption. Vote: Y – 14; N – 0; A – 0. Motion passes. Back to original motion – Craig’s motion to make change in verbiage. Vote: Y- 13; N – 0; A – 0. Committee appointments: Info Tech: Steve Levine – 13; Lee Peterson – 12; Social Committee: Gloria Mottler – 10; Maria Bonin – 12; Marilyn Goodrich – 14. Total Ballots: 15

Jeannette moves to adjourn. Maria seconds.

Adjournment: 1:07pm

Attendees: Maria Bonin, Tom Carter, Jim Galligan, Carl Gettleman, Marilyn Goodrich, Jeannette Goolsby, Phil Hendricks, Ana Jara, Martha Jimenez, Lee Peterson, Adam Philipson, Robert Ponce, Leonid Reytblat, Bernie Rosenloecher, Barbara Siegel, Gayle Sosa, Craig Walter. Excused: Linda Davis, Carol Evans, Joanne Guercio, Jackie Portal-Purdy, Mark Stemock, Amelia Trejo,

Guests: Gloria Lopez

Next Meeting: Wednesday, December 10, 2003, Noon, B-111