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San Mateo Community College Federation of Teachers, AFT 1493

Minutes of
General Membership/Executive Committee Meeting
of October 12, 2005 at Cañada College

Members Present: Dan Kaplan, Joaquin Rivera, Nina Floro, Victoria Clinton, Sandy Raeber, John Searle, Rick Hough, Karen Olesen, Annie Nichols, John Kirk, Ernie Rodriguez, Teeka James.

Meeting came to order at 2:22pm

Minutes of the Sept. 14^th meeting were approved.

NON-AGENDA ITEMS:

There were no statements from AFT members on non-agenda items.

CO-PRESIDENTS REPORT AND NEGOTIATIONS – Joaquin Rivera

Joaquin Rivera presented a copy of a letter he was to send to the Chancellor dated Oct. 12, 2005. Re: Contract Proposals for the 2005-06 Contract of Academic Employees in the San Mateo County Community College District. After a discussion of the content of the letter, the Executive Committee unanimously approved the letter.

The first meeting of the negotiations team will take place next week and the only agenda item is a report on the district budget by Cathy Blackwood, Chief Financial Officer.

CAMPUS REPORTS

Special election activities: Skyline Chapter Chairs have contacted the student government to help with a campaign table, no response to date. Dan Kaplan will help setting up if needed. CSM Chapter Chairs have been too busy to do much and Dan agreed to help them get organized. The Central Labor Council needs volunteers to help at the phone bank. Karen Olesen suggested AFT Local 1493 volunteer for Monday Oct. 24^th and the Executive Committee agreed.

Dues restructuring proposal Forums: The first Forum was held at Cañada before this meeting. Two instructors attended. Executive Committee members were encouraged to attend the other Forums on their campus – CSM on Oct. 17^th in 18-206 and at Skyline on Oct. 24^th in 5131.

Bay Meadows faculty social: Karen Olesen reported that as of today 46 tickets had been sold. The event will take place on the evening of Oct. 14^th.

AFT 2005-06 WORKPLAN

Ernie Rodriguez presented a document entitled: AFT 2005-06 Workplan (draft). It was agreed that the workplan is just that, a plan. We do not expect to complete all of the tasks on the plan and some tasks not on the plan (unforeseen events) will require our attention. It was agreed that each member of the Executive Committee would prioritize the tasks under each of the Areas of the Workplan and send their results to Ernie Rodriguez. The results will be presented and discussed at the next Executive Committee meeting. A motion was passed to extend the plan to include the period 2005-07.

GRIEVANCES AND DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE

John Kirk provided a written report detailing the current grievances. He also reported on the last District Committee on Budget and Finance meeting (10-4-05). The District presented a Resource Allocation Model with actual numbers in it. They used actual numbers for 2005-06 to see how it would change the allocations to each of the campuses, the District Office, Facilities and “Fixed Costs.” John is working with some other members of the faculty to come up with some improvements in the model.

DISTRICT SHARED GOVERNANCE COUNCIL REPORT

Karen Olesen and Teeka James substituted for Katharine Harer on the District Shared Governance Council. They discussed their individual perceptions of the committee. The Mutual Respect policy is still being worked on. Dan Kaplan is on the subcommittee to work on the latest draft.

CAMPUS EQUITY WEEK

Dan Kaplan reported that campus equity week is the last week in October. Since the union is working on so many other issues during the next two weeks, we will be unable to organize the usual informational tables on the campuses. Dan suggested that we invite Joe Berry, a former AFT Local 1493 Executive Secretary, to speak at a Forum to discuss his new book entitled: RECLAIMING THE IVORY TOWER (Organizing Adjuncts to Change Higher Education). Monthly Review Press will publish the book this month.

Rick Hough who facilitated the meeting adjourned the meeting at 4:10pm.

Respectfully submitted,

John Kirk

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