MPC Academic Senate
December 7, 2006
President's Report   Notes

Short report this week.

We have a packed agenda this week.

I fear we will not get through it.

Program Discontinuance was a last-minute addition

This will be a Second Reading.

If we vote "yes" vote today it will go to the College Council with a recommendation to become Board Policy.

Executive Committee

Met for about two hours on November 30, 2006

Discussed the following items:

• Appointment of faculty members to the Board Policy on Faculty Hiring Review and Revision Committee

• A faculty advisor for ASMPC Student Governance -- on the agenda on February 1

• Academic Senate Spring Retreat

Academic Senate Elections in Spring

We need to figure out our terms and how to stagger them.

Does anybody know where any information on this issue might be?

In preparation for this, could each of us please write down on a piece of paper

when we started the Academic Senate

When we think our term is over

Whether or not we "took over" for somebody else in the middle of their term

For example, Fred would write:

started fall 2005

Don't know when my term is over

"took over" for Elizabeth Bishop in fall 2005.

Notes for flex days

Suggestions:

• Make the schedule look more like a program before we mail it to everybody

• Make an ascii e-mail version of the schedule (no formatting)

• Thank the Staff Development Committee profusely for organizing the food and logistical issues

• List Susan Osorio, Alexis Copeland, Bill Easton, "Brad", and Susan Villa

• Get administrative assistant's name from Doug

• Still nailing down the title of the retention breakout session

• When is the due date for mailing this out to faculty? Opinions from veterans? By Wednesday Finals Week?