MCCCD MAT Executive Council Meeting

Date: October 14, 1998

Time: 9:30am

Location: District Office - Maricopa Room

I. Call to Order and Introductions

Attendance

Guests Present:

Rebecca Richey - President Elect, EMCC

Lupe Gutierrez, Employee Services

Julie Beaty, Creative Pathways

II. Approval of September 9, 1998 Minutes

Approved

III. Guests

1. Julie Beaty, Creative Pathways - gave overview of the program
   • most projects are for 4 - 8 hours per week lasting up to 6 months
   • some funds are available for backfill
   • mostly faculty are taking advantage of funding
   • they are seeking more funding
2. Lupe Gutierrez, Employee Services - discussed planned replacement of MAT Annual Evaluation tool
   • current tool was developed in 1987
   • she has gathered examples to review
   • requests 5 - 6 members of MAT to participate in committee
   • MAT recommends Cluster Reps. and Jule Kuhn
   • current tool has been used mostly for non-renewals
   • new evaluation training for supervisors will be in place for Fall'99

V. Officer Reports

1. President - Sharon Blanton - participated in Governing Board retreat, gave presentation at last Board meeting, was very well received
2. President-Elect - Rick Sheets - none
3. Past President - Shirley Green - none
4. Treasurer - Janet Langley - still collecting dues, about $200 to date
5. Secretary
6. Cluster I Representative - Chrystle Hall - absent
7. Cluster II Representative - Emily Weinacker - shared salary concerns for meet and confer
8. Cluster III Representative - Mary Lou Mosley - none
9. Cluster IV Representative - Patti Johnson - absent

V. MAT Committee Reports

1. Grievance/Collaborative Resolution - Sharon Blanton - information packet has been created and will be distributed to unit reps.
   1. Committee researched possibility of retaining legal counsel.
      • Faculty - pay $250 in dues, have standing agreement with a firm, bills range from $100 - $25,000, issues are prescreened by a faculty committee
      • PSA - pay $20 in dues, hire counsel to go through policy manual, have limited amount for individual work related issues, conduct screening.
   2. Issues were sent back to the committee - consider asking membership if they are willing to pay more dues to get these services, look into law clinic at ASU.
2. Meet and Confer - Patti Johnson - absent - re-assigned Rodney Holmes as Chair. Sharon, Janet, and Rodney will participate in Employee Alliance meetings. Alliance will present to Board on 10/29. Unit Reps. will request Meet and Confer items from members.
3. Nominating/Awards - Rick Sheets - absent
4. Professional Growth - Emma Walters -

   Professional Growth Activities/Tuition

   Fiscal Budget	$163,000	Fiscal Year Balance	$111,358

   Fall Budget	81,500		Fall Balance thru Sept.	29,858

   Funds Awarded

   June			$6,650

   July			6,242

   August			14,284

   September		24,466

   October Requests	$24,870

   Professional Growth Sabbaticals

   Fiscal Budget	$95,000

   Fall Budget	47,500

   Professional Growth Degree Stipends

   Fiscal Budget	$7,000

5. Dialog with the Chancellor - Shirley Green- three questions were posed to the Chancellor but got off track, had good discussion but recommends that the rest of the dialogs be cancelled since the Chancellor is not interested in making any further comments regarding the future of MCCCD
6. Resources/By-Laws - Emma Walters - The committee met October 1. We worked on issues charged to the committee by the MAT Executive Council Retreat. Each committee member is researching an issue to bring back to the committee at our next meeting, November 3. We plan to finalize our proposal for modifications to bring before the MAT Executive Council at the January or February meeting.
7. Activity Planning - Ann Barrett - We had about 35 new and existing MAT members in attendance at the MAT Reception. Negotiation Trainer, Ted Risch, is located in Tucson but has done negotiation training for PSA and taught noncredit classes for SCC and PC. His fee for classes taught to Nonprofit organizations is $20 per person. He would like to have at least 6-8 people and no more than 20 people.

VI. District Committee Reports

1. Chancellor's Financial Advisory Council - Ann Barrett - Dr. Elsner has asked the CFAC Budget Process Subcommittee to move the finalization of the 99-00 budget up to the end of January. This means that Meet and Confer will be on a very short time line.
2. Common Policies - Shirley Green - none
3. Employee Benefits Advisory Committee - Janet Langley - ASRS announced change in Early Retirement procedures, details will be sent to all employees.
4. Human Resources Commission - Cheryl Crutcher - none
5. Women's Leadership Group - Jule Kuhn - none

VII. Old Business - none due to time

VII. New Business - none due to time

IX. Unit Reports - none due to time

1. CGCC
2. Dist
3. EMCC
4. GCC
5. GWCC
6. MCC
7. PC
8. PVCC
9. RSCC
10. SCC
11. SMCC

X. Adjournment

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