The meeting was called to order at 2:10PM.

1. The meeting began with the introduction of all present members.

2. After an opportunity for discussion, Ann Barrett was unanimously elected as MAT Executive Council President for 2000-2001.

   Ann disclosed that she is not presently planning on a spring sabbatical, but did not rule out the possibility.

   Ann shared that she is leaning toward using three quarters of the MAT replacement funds for her time and one quarter of the funds for MAT clerical support. We are still awaiting Governing Board approval on the language before we can move forward with hiring clerical support. The option of how to spend the funds will be left open to future presidents.

   MEC voted and approved that the “MAT replacement funds available for the President and clerical support are to be controlled by the MEC and are to be utilized on a pro rata basis.”

3. For the upcoming year, Ann explained that she hoped that the MEC meetings could be functional working meetings instead of significant time being spent on committee and campus reports.

4. Each council member was asked to verify committee membership and phone numbers on the MAT web site. A hard copy was passed around for corrections.

   It was requested that a direct link to professional growth and access to archive reports be available.

   MAT still needs to fill two vacant slots on EBAC. Ann has received some notes from interested MAT members.

5. Based on the activity calendar created at the MAT retreat, a professional growth session is scheduled for August and a new MAT reception is scheduled for September 19. It was recommended that the August Professional Growth session be postponed to a better time. More members are needed on the Activity Committee.

6. Emily Weinacker gave a MAT conference report. The next conference is tentatively scheduled for April 6th or 20th , 2001. A conference planning commitment sheet was distributed and collected. The MEC briefly brainstormed for a conference theme and potential topics. We decided on a theme of 2001 MAT Odyssey.

7. Dee Jacobs provided MAT fiscal year 2000 reports of professional growth and expenditure reports by budget. Dee will work with other MEC members with fiscal experience to further refine budget reporting. The balance available in the Professional Growth budget demonstrates that colleges are not accessing approved funds.

   Dee asked that she would prefer that the MAT Treasurer process all MAT dues so she can keep track of who has paid and who has not. These records are currently limited for previous years.

8. Sherrie Faulker was introduced as a guest to discuss Fear in the Workplace. Sherrie shared that a random sample survey of 600 MCCCD employees has concluded and the data is being interpreted. An end goal is to develop training to address fear from an MCCCD organizational perspective.

9. The meeting adjourned at 4:02PM.

Meeting minutes by:
Rick Kemp, Director of Customer Service
Applied Programs
Rio Salado College
Phone: 480-517-8508 Fax: 480-517-8519
E-mail: rick.kemp@riomail.maricopa.edu