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MAT Executive Council Meeting
September 13, 1995
District Office, Maricopa Room

Members Present:
	Maridel Chase, GWCC		    Sharon Blanton, SCC
	Mary Lou Mosley, PVCC		Carol Wilson, RSCC
	Ruth Ramano, CGCC		        Gail Mee, MCC
	Raul Monreal, PVCC		        Clay Goodman, EMCCC
	Sue Tavakoli, DSCC		        Barbara Thelander, MCC
	Bruce Dickson, MCC		        Sue Starrfield, SMCC
	Harvey Blanshan, SMCC		Nancy Markowski, PVCC
	Raul Sandoval, PC		            Patti Johnson, CGCC
	Cookie Horne, GCC		        Henrietta Harris, SMCC


I.    Meeting called to order by President Henrietta Harris at 9:35 a.m.
      All members were asked to introduce themselves.

II.   Minutes of the July 11, 1995 minutes were approved.

III.  MAT Exec. Council Committee 94-95 Year-End Reports
	Standing Committees:

	Nominations and Awards - Susan Starrfield 
	  Fifteen awards were given to MAT members for a total cost of $253.
	  Vacancies were identified in March and nominations were solicited in
	  April.  Cluster representatives are elected for two year terms.

	Professional Growth/Sabbatical Leave - Mary Lou Mosley
	  Mary Lou shared the process and funding levels for tuition,
	  activities, sabbaticals, tuition supplements, and degree stipends.
	  Packets of new forms were distributed to Unit Reps.  Please dispose 
	  of old forms.  Be sure members read the directions on the back of 
	  forms.  Although unit reps should be their first contact, further 
	  questions may be addressed to committee members listed on the back of 
	  all forms.
	  Funding is the same amount as last year:  
		Sabbaticals		    $ 90,000
		Tuition/Activities	$100,000
		Degree Stipend		           0
		      TOTAL		   $190,000
	
	  Unit representatives must be notified by October 15th if a MAT member
	  thinks they may finish a degree this year.  This will allow the
	  committee to plan for the amount of money needed and to use the 
	  excess dollars for tuition and activity requests.
	  MAT members may be awarded a maximum of $800 each year, but that 
	  does not mean you have a personal account of $800.  All the money 
	  is in one pot and must be applied for.  The amount in the budget does 
	  not permit an award of $800 for every MAT member.
	  All sabbatical money has not been awarded this year so money will be
	  used for degree stipends or roll over into tuition and activities.
	  	  
	Grievance - Kent Duffy (No longer on council; did not submit a report)

	Meet and Confer - Alberto Sanchez; no report

	Other committees:

	Dialogue w/ Chancellor - Bill Genrich (No longer on council; did not 
	  submit a report)

	Resources - Sharon Blanton 
	  The main concern of the committee was the timeliness of getting      
	  information out to members.  Sharon has developed a WWW page with MAT   
	  resources listed, such as Who's Who.  It can be found on the SCC Home 
	  Page.
	
	Goals - Alberto Sanchez; no report 
 
	Review/Recommendations/Statistics - Nancy Markowski
	  The committee recommended that they meet with MAT members who have
	  served on this committee in previous years to prepare a process for
	  Review and Recommendations.  They should also assist in creating a
	  more unified Meet and Confer process.  Last year there was no 
	  deadline for the Review and Recommendations issues.

IV.  MAT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 1995-96 MEMBERSHIP LIST

	Nominate/Solicit President-Elect candidates - Sue Starrfield will 
	solicit names via A-1 of current council members who would be willing 
	to run; election will occur at October Council meeting.

	Nominate/Solicit Cluster II Representative to replace Debbie Bala Lain 
	- Sue Starrfield will ask for nominations from the general membership; 
	those will then be voted on by Cluster II members; to be completed by 
	November meeting.
	Additional Changes - The council approved the appointment of Renee 
	Barstack as Member-at-Large; Renee will continue as secretary.

V.  1995-96 MAT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES
	
	The Council approved a motion to eliminate the By-Laws committee and to 
	have the Resources committee continue to include monitoring of the By-
	Laws this year.  The Purposes listed for the By-Laws committee should 
	be moved to the Resources committee list.  The new name for the 
	committee will be Resources/By-Laws. 
	
	Each committee chair should bring a "plan of action" for their 
	committee to the October meeting.
	
	The Council approved a motion to discontinue the Goals committee.

VI. District Committee Liaisons/Reports
	
	Budget Development Executive Committee (BDEC) now will be the
	Chancellor's Financial Advisory Council (CFAC).  Each employee group 
	will have two members on this committee.
	
	Human Resources-Harvey Blanshan, chair of the MAT grievance committee 
	will serve as the MAT representative on this District committee.

	LCS Steering Committee should be added to list with Renee Barstack 
	as the MAT representative.
	
	QUESTION?  Are we going to have MAT representation on any of the other 
	Apollo groups/committees?  Henrietta will check to see if there needs 
	to be representation on any others.  They generally have been trying to 
	get campus representation rather than employee group.  Henrietta also 
	will request that some one come to the Oct. 11 meeting to explain the 
	committee structure.

VII.1995-96 Who's Who Publication
        Henrietta presented the idea of purchasing a 2" notebook @$5 per 
	member.  The notebook could be updated annually by replacing pages.  
	Wilson Co. has the state contract. 
	Raul Sandoval suggested that all the information instead be put on a
	disk. Sharon Blanton suggested that the Resource Committee could be 
	responsible for this.  The council approved referral to the Resource 
	committee.

VIII.TREASURER'S REPORT
        Raul Monreal presented a report showing Savings and Checking Balances 
	from Jan. 1995 through July 1995.  Also included was a list of members,  
        by college, who paid District dues for 94-95.
	Some discussion followed and the report was not approved.  Concerns 
	expressed include:
	1. Expenditures and revenues should be listed for each month so that 
	   members can determine where their money is going.  Raul showed the 
	   form that used to be used, but the Council had asked that it be 
	   shortened since it was difficult to read.    
	2. Lists of dues paid are not correct.  Renee has tried to get 
	   corrected lists from the district, but nothing has been forthcoming. 
	   Unit Reps need to find ways to keep track of all dues paid.  The 
	   most difficult to track are payroll deductions.  Reps should send 
	   names of members paying, dollar amount and method (check/deduction) 
	   to Raul, and be sure the list is correct at each monthly meeting.
	Bruce Dickson suggested that the books should be audited annually.  
	Barbara Thelander expressed concern from some Mesa members who paid 
	campus dues, but not District dues.  They want to know what the 
	District dues are used for.
	Questions arose as to what the dues should be used to cover. Campus 
	Reps should solicit suggestions from their groups and should send them 
	to Raul Monreal, and he will bring the ideas to the Oct. meeting.  We 
	may want to sponsor a once-a-semester MAT breakfast.  The only expenses 
	last year were: Bond election donation, printing of Who's Who, 
	Subscriptions, and awards.
	
IX.  Plan of Action for MAT Reorganization Study
	Alberto Sanchez-Absent, no report.  
	Since we didn't have much information on the study, it was decided that 
	Henrietta should form an ad-hoc committee to meet with Alberto and 
	bring back a report to the Oct. meeting.  Since this may become an 
	issue for Meet and Confer, it was decided that that committee would 
	serve as the ad-hoc group.  Sue Starrfield suggested that the 
	Review/Recommendation/Statistics committee also be involved.  Henrietta 
	will set a date for a meeting by Monday 9/18.  Any questions or 
	concerns about the Reorganization Study should be sent to Henrietta by 
	Sept. 21.
	MEET AND CONFER STRATEGIES- The Meet and Confer team will begin 
	discussion of strategies at the meeting concerning MAT Reorganization.

X.  Things to accomplish prior to next council meeting:
	Committee Chairs submit plans of action and meeting dates.
	Finalize electronic Professional Growth Applications.
	Finalize MCCCD MAT Executive Council distribution list.
	Elect President-Elect.
	Provide detailed Treasurer's report.

XI. College Reports Skipped due to lack of time

Meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m.
 
Respectfully submitted,

Maridel Chase, GWCC
Renee Rodgers-Barstack, DSCC
									      
*******Calendar Change:  The March 13, 1996, MAT Executive Council Meeting was 
moved to March 6, 1996, due to the observance of Spring Break.  Professional 
Growth will still meet on March 13, 1996, or conduct their business via 
A-1.***