General Meeting Information

Date: March 18, 2024
Time: 2:30-4:30 PM
Location: MLC 255

This meeting will be held HyFlex, meaning anyone can participate in-person or online.  To join remotely, see the Zoom information at the bottom of this page

  • Agenda

    Time Topic Purpose Discussion Leader

    Amended Agenda
    I. Call to Order

    2:30

    Welcome
    Voting and Associate members joining us online, please turn your cameras on and add "VM" to your zoom name to help identify you to the public.
    (Please complete your report out if you haven't already)

    I All
    2:30-2:35 Approval of Agenda and Minutes from March 11th, 2024 I/D/A All
    2:35-2:40

    Public Comment

    I All

    II. Consent Calendar

    2:40

    Approval of Consent Calendar (Attachment)

    I/D/A Guitron

    III. Needs and Confirmations

    2:40

    District and College Needs (Attachment)

    I/D Guitron
    2:40

    Confirmations

    I/D/A Guitron

    IV. New & Continuing Business

    2:40-3:00
    (2:40-3:10)
    Report out from Board Meeting 3/11/2024: Measure G
    Next Board Meeting: April 1st

    Event Center Proposed Reallocation Summary
    I/D Woodbury
    3:00-3:05
    (3:10-3:15)
    Curriculum Update: List of Course Revisons Not Yet Started I Wong
    Woodbury
    3:05-3:20
    (TABLE)

    Program Consultation Committee Proposal

    I/D Woodbury
    (3:15- 3:30)

    Resolution on Alignment of Career Fair Practices with College Mission and Values (amended agenda item)

       
    3:20-3:50
    (3:30-4:00)

    COOL Committee Proposal (third read)

    DA Cool Proposal

    D/A Woodbury
    Capurso
    3:50-4:20
    (4:00-4:20)

    Reflections on Joint Senate Meeting: Online Instruction Training, RSI, & Accessibility

    I/D Woodbury
    4:20-4:25

    Good of the Order
    Report Out Highlights

    Please review all report outs

    I All
    4:25

    Adjournment

     

    A = Action
    D = Discussion
    I = Information

  • Minutes

    I. Call to Order


    Welcome

    Erik Woodbury reminded representatives to complete the report out


    Approval of Agenda and Minutes from March 11th, 2024

    The agenda was amended to include the Resolution on Alignment of Career Fair Practices with College Mission and Values, an item received on Friday after the agenda was published. This item needed immediate action. Felisa Vilaubi moved, Cheryl Balm seconded to approve the amended agenda. No objection. Amended agenda approved 

    Shagun Kaur, Joyanti Roy seconded to approve the minutes with the recommended changes. No objections. Minutes approved by unanimous consent.


    Public Comment 

    Shagun Kaur reminded faculty to make sure their classes are marked correctly for “no cost” or “low cost”  for the spring quarter.

    James Capurso and Jamie Pelusi: The pronoun list in Canvas has been updated and expanded in the pull down menu. Jamie shared the “Canvas Pronoun Guide”. 

    Mary Donahue continued to update the Model Course Syllabus (located on the Academic Senate website).  Please check it out and give feedback.  

    Mary Donahue asked  James Capurso for a list of suggested online training courses, especially toward RSI training, so that faculty could start taking them over the break. She noticed a lot of good offerings in the Online Learning Portal.


    II. Consent Calendar


    Approval of Consent Calendar (Attachment)
    Tenure Review Committee, Sheryl Bernardo, Instructor, Paralegal Studies

    Mark Healy, Psychology to replace James Suits.

    Local GE Pattern Committee:

    James Perla-Adams, FT, Non-Tenured, Learning Resources (Library)

    Mary Pape moved, Mary Donahue seconded to approve the Consent Calendar. No objections. Committees approved.


    III. Needs and Confirmation


    District and College Needs (Attachment)

    Vice Chancellor, Business Services Hiring committee, 1 faculty member

    Academic Senate Vice President for fall 2024.

    RAPP Executive Secretary for Spring 2024.

    AS Scholarship Committee members

    EO Representatives

    Academic Senate GE Committee members


    Confirmations

    Mark Landefeld volunteered to serve as the faculty member on the Vice Chancellor, Business Services Hiring Committee. 

    Shagun Kaur moved, Mary Pape seconded to approve. No objections. Mark Landefeld confirmed.


    Report out from Board Meeting 3/11/2024: Measure G

    The next Board Meeting is April 1st (during Spring Break). The Academic Senate was concerned about faculty not being around to attend the meeting.  Erik will convey, on behalf of faculty, a request that the upcoming meeting be not focused on action/vote, but rather on discussion. 

    The request came out of people’s response to and discussion on the new proposed reallocation of the Event Center funds from the Chancellor's Office. Event Center Proposed Reallocation Summary

    In the powerpoint, Slide 1 was the Event Center Proposed Re-allocation Summary presented at the March 5 Study Session. Slide 2 and 3 are the revised proposals.

    In both revisions, the De Anza allocation is down $5 million. There were questions and discussion on the allocation and the spending for IT and infrastructure. 

    For IT, the campus has a lot of network closets, impoverished spaces for routers, servers, etc. They do not have adequate boilers, chillers, underground pipes, and lines. According to the proposals, the funds go toward the replacement and update for these items.

    In the proposal, the De Anza priority is Flexible Space that includes the Arts Quad and the Student Services spaces.The Foothill priority, not stated in the proposal, will go toward their Dental Hygiene Building.

    There was general disappointment and discouragement over the revised re-allocation. People pointed out how De Anza students, faculty, staff, and the community showed up at last year’s board meetings to advocate for the Measure G Task Force recommendation for De Anza priorities and needs. That proposal was warmly received in August and then November.

    There was a suggestion to advocate again and to challenge the proposed allocation.

    Erik will work on a letter/statement to the board that will be circulated for signature.


    Curriculum Update: List of Course Revisons Not Yet Started

    75 courses that need to be completed have not yet reached stage 1, and the deadline to enter stage 1 is March 26th. Those courses will be suspended if no action is taken.


    Program Consultation Committee Proposal

    (TABLE)

    Resolution on Alignment of Career Fair Practices with College Mission and Values (amended agenda item)

    In last year's Career Fair, the presence of uniformed/armed Border Patrol agents as employer reps caused severe distress for undocumented student participants. 

    Erik read the draft of Resolution on Alignment of Career Fair Practices with College Mission and Values.

    Cheryl Balm motioned that in light of its sensitive nature (decisions about the upcoming Career Fair to be made within the next week,) the Senate forgoes its usual process of a second reading of the resolution and passes it at the first reading. Shagun Kaur seconded. 

    Yes 19 No 1. Motion approved.  Resolution passed.


    COOL Committee Proposal (third read)

    DA Cool Proposal

    James Capurso has revised the Charge based on people’s feedback and comments. He also updated the representative list in accordance with last week’s discussion and vote.

    There were more discussions about representation in the committee. Cecilia Hui mentioned that the Library should be represented. Therefore, #12 Online Education and Learning Resources. is designated for the Library. Some argued that a 17-member committee might be too large. What happened if they cannot get reps from all the different areas?

    Some people like Mary Donahue have reached out in their areas and got no response. Others like DALA have expressed interest.

    The committee is subjected to the Brown Act. It is also modeled after the Curriculum Committee as well as the Foothill COOL that is represented by divisions.

    Sherwin Mendoza voted for the expanded membership. This way the committee is self selecting. Some divisions and departments may have more interest. Shagun Kaur believed that it is aspirational, but not realistic to get 17 people to serve on this committee. Felisa Vilaubi recalled that some people were not comfortable with the other option, representation by villages.

    Cheryl Balm motioned to approve the proposal, Mary Pape seconded.

    Yes 17, No 1, Abstain 1. Proposal approved.


    Reflections on Joint Senate Meeting: Online Instruction Training, RSI, & Accessibility

    Cheryl Balm motioned, Felisa Vilaubi seconded to table item until next meeting. No objections. Motion passed.


    Good of the Order

    Lydia Wong: DASG approved a resolution regarding Block Scheduling in De Anza Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Departments.

    In the resolution DASG is calling for standardized start times in lab sections across the aforementioned departments to address the class conflict issues many students face when taking two or more classes in these departments concurrently. DASG is looking for Academic Senate sponsorship of this resolution in the spring to hopefully impact fall 2024 scheduling.

    Mary Donahue: The De Anza Outdoor Club will be going to Grand Teton National Park between summer and fall quarter.

    Some people who went on the trip last summer and are signing up for August 2024 have booked campsites to share. The campsites cost $65.49 per night. Depending on how many people share each site the cost will be $10.92 to $32.75 per person, per night (max 6 people and two vehicles per site).

    https://marydonahue.org/map-of-colter-bay-campground-grand-teton-national-park

    Other overnight accommodations to consider are 

    the Colter Bay Cabins:

    https://marydonahue.org/colter-bay-cabins-grand-teton-national-park

    Colter Bay tent cabins:https://marydonahue.org/colter-bay-tent-village-grand-teton-national-park

    Colter Bay RV park

    https://marydonahue.org/colter-bay-rv-park-grand-teton-national-park-including-maps

    or other hotels

    https://marydonahue.org/grand-tetons-hotels-cabins-lodging

    https://marydonahue.org/jenny-lake-lodge-grand-teton-national-park-cabin-photos-descriptions-and-maps

    The main trip webpage is:

    https://marydonahue.org/grand-tetons

    other campgrounds include:

    https://marydonahue.org/map-of-jenny-lake-campground-grand-teton-national-park

    https://marydonahue.org/headwaters-campground-map

    https://marydonahue.org/lizard-creek-campground-map

    https://marydonahue.org/signal-mountain-campground-map

    https://marydonahue.org/gros-ventre-campground-mapand perhaps also of interest:

    https://marydonahue.org/teton-range-peak-names

    https://marydonahue.org/rocky-mountain-mammal-size-comparisonshttps://marydonahue.org/gas-stations-in-grand-teton-national-park

    https://marydonahue.org/string-lake-grand-tetons

    https://marydonahue.org/grand-teton-national-park-boat-launch-access-ramps-boat-trailer-parking-boat-in-campsites-with-maps

    https://marydonahue.org/grand-teton-national-park-birds

    https://marydonahue.org/cascade-canyon-grand-teton-national-parkhttps://marydonahue.org/wolf-pack-territories-in-grand-teton-and-yellowstone-national-parks-and-wolf-watching-tips

    https://marydonahue.org/top-reasons-not-to-speed-in-a-national-park

    https://marydonahue.org/before-a-bison-charges

    https://marydonahue.org/your-safety-in-grizzly-bear-territory

    https://marydonahue.org/safe-distances-from-wildlife

    https://marydonahue.org/fatal-near-fatal-or-close-call-incidentsaccidents-in-camping-backpacking-climbing-and-mountaineering

    https://marydonahue.org/wildlife-jams


    Please review all report outs

    Adjournment

    Cheryl Balm motioned, Catherina Wong seconded, to adjourn, no objection.


    Attendance
    In person

    Erik Woodbury, Patty Guitron, So Kam Lee

    Cheryl Balm, Sam Bliss*, Carmen Lizardi-Folley, Mary Donahue, Elsa Jimenez-Samayoa, Rusty Johnson, Shagun Kaur, Kevin Glapion, Sherwin Mendoza, Lisa Mesh, Anna Nguyen, Liliana Rivera, Mary Pape, Christian Rodriguez, Jayanti Roy, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, James Tallent, Felisa Vilaubi, Catherina Wong, *Lydia Wong

    Online

    Mirsaeid Abolghasemi, *Deborah Armstrong, Cecilia Hui,  Lauren Gordon, Lydia Hearn*, Mark Landefeld

    Absent

    Ravjeet Singh, Li Wei Sun, Glynn Wallis

Meeting URL: https://fhda-edu.zoom.us/j/83439477181?pwd=XIIaaHHSOgnk34hqixqxaXY0EwQOPU.1  

Meeting ID: 834 3947 7181
Passcode: 996594

Member   Remote Location   In District?  
Mary Donahue (PT) MLC 243, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014 Yes
Mark Landefeld (PE & Athletics)   PE 51a, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014 Yes
Mirsaeid Abolghasemi 101 W.Weddell Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Yes
Cecilia Hui 1230 S Blaney Ave, San Jose, CA 95129 Yes
Lauren Gordon F 31G, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014 Yes

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