CLASSIFIED COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

October 2, 2003

Present:  Anyta Archer, Barbara Daley, Donna Elliott, Pablo Gonzalez, Linda Herda, Felix Perez, Phyllis Porcar, Theresa Tentes, Char Wulbers, Kathy Z-Taylor.

Approved minutes from September 4, 2003 meeting as submitted.

OfficersÕ Search Committee Ð Barbara Daley and Felix Perez volunteered to be on the committee to search for Classified Staff who might be interested in being an officer for next year.

TreasurerÕs Report Ð Theresa Tentes reported that we have put aside $50 for the engraving of the retireeÕs plaque leaving us a $3937.42 balance in our account.

Committee Reports

College Council - Phyllis Porcar shared with us the Swinerton Management and Consulting Master Schedule of projects. There will be a Facilities Update Forum on 10/21 from 1 Ð 3 PM in room 2306. Associated Students will be getting a new ID machine.

New College Budget Committee Ð Felix Perez, Salah Webb and Barbara Daley will be Classified StaffÕs representation on this new committee.

District Shared Governance Ð Phyllis Porcar will not be able to attend the next meeting and Felix Perez will attend in her stead.

Ed Policy - Char Wulbers reported that the grievance form and process, which has taken years to work out, has been approved. Changes in the credit by exam process are in progress and should be approved shortly. In the future there may be a fee accessed to the students for this process.

Health & Safety Committee Ð Because of budget cuts the hours of the nurse have been shortened: M-Th 9 AM Ð 1 PM and 6 PM Ð 8:30 PM and Friday 8:30 AM Ð 12:30 PM.  After these hours a staff person may offer first aid supplies upon request to a student but we cannot administer care.

Institutional Planning Committee Ð Anyta Archer, Tiffany Reardon and Kathy Z-Taylor will be Classified Staff members on this committee.

EEOAC/Museum of Tolerance Ð There are plans for a trip to the Museum of Tolerance in November sometime. Felix Perez and Sandra Kirkpatrick are on the list of people interested in attending. If there are any other Classified Staff that would like to add their names to the list please contact Donna Elliott or Barbara Daley.

Please make your reservations now with Donna Elliott in the Health Center, ext. 4270 if you would like to attend one of the performances of the play ÒHorizon LineÓ being presented on campus on November 5 & 6.

Technology Ð Anyta Archer explained that the problems we were all experiencing recently with our computers were caused by a virus that attacked the Skyline network. Repairs are in progress. Meanwhile computer techs are backed up with repair orders, please be patient.  


Other
The dirt pile next to building 1 at the foot of the stairs to building 8 and the reoccurring elevator outages in Building 2 should be brought up at the next Health and Safety Committee meeting. It was suggested that maybe the Skyline View could run an ongoing column concerning issues of repair here on campus, similar to the SF Chronicle column called Chronicle Watch.

Nick Kapp from Academic Senate now has a discussion board set up connected to their website. This allows questions to be posted with a threaded conversation to be held with a moderator. Does Classified Staff want to do this also? Discussion followed. Anyta Archer let us know that the CTL offers a workshop on this feature. If there is anyone interested in owning, maintaining and monitoring such a site please contact Phyllis or Anyta.

Upcoming Dates and Events

Bake Sale Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 7:30 am to 11:00 am in front of building 2. Donna Elliott will make banners; Barbara Daley has several trays we can use; Phyllis will ask Jerry Peel to send out an All Skyline Employee e-mail announcing this event. She will also ask Amory Buisch/ASSC about using a couple of tables and posting an announcement in the quad. Cathy Welch is scheduling volunteers to staff the tables. Phyllis Porcar is monitoring baked goods to be donated. Everything will be $1.

Felix Perez suggested we look into purchasing a permanent vinyl banner announcing Classified Staff with the college logo.   


Next Meeting: Thursday, November 6, 2003, Room 5131, 2:00 pm



Respectfully submitted by Linda Herda, Secretary