SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011 CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO GOUGH STREET CAMPUS 33 GOUGH STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REPORTED BY: MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 2 1 A P P E A R A N C E S 2 3 4 THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 5 6 NATALIE BERG 7 CHRIS JACKSON 8 MILTON MARKS III 9 STEVE NGO 10 JOHN RIZZO 11 LAWRENCE WONG 12 13 14 DR. DON Q. GRIFFIN, CHANCELLOR 15 LEILANI BATTISTE, GENERAL COUNSEL 16 JEFFREY FANG, STUDENT TRUSTEE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 FEBRUARY 24, 2011 3 1 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2 2011, COMMENCING AT THE HOUR OF 6:50 P.M. THEREOF, AT CITY 3 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, 33 GOUGH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, 4 CALIFORNIA, BEFORE ME, MICHELE M. SHEA, A CERTIFIED 5 SHORTHAND REPORTER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE 6 FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 FEBRUARY 24, 2011 4 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF 2 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CITY COLLEGE. 3 COULD WE PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: PRESIDENT JOHN RIZZO. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HERE. 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: VICE PRESIDENT CHRIS 7 JACKSON. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HERE. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. NATALIE BERG. 10 TRUSTEE BERG: HERE. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. ANITA GRIER. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: (NO RESPONSE.) 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE MILTON MARKS. 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: HERE. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE STEVE NGO. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: HERE. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE LAWRENCE WONG. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: HERE. 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: STUDENT TRUSTEE JEFFREY 20 FANG. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I'M HERE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 23 WILL YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF 24 ALLEGIANCE. 25 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED.) FEBRUARY 24, 2011 5 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PORTION 2 OF ONE AGENDA ITEM OUT OF ORDER, WHICH IS THE BOARD OF 3 TRUSTEES' REPORTS. 4 WE HAVE A PLAQUE OF RECOGNITION, A COUPLE OF 5 THEM ACTUALLY. AND WE HAVE A PLAQUE FOR OUR FORMER CHAIR 6 WHO SERVED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, TRUSTEE MARKS. 7 WE HAVE HERE A PLAQUE WITH A LITTLE GAVEL, SO 8 IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: THANK YOU. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND ALSO TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 11 LEADERSHIP DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: YES, THANK YOU. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON, YOUR REPORT. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: ALL RIGHT. SO I ALSO 15 HAVE A PLAQUE HERE FOR OUR FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, NOW 16 CURRENT PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE RIZZO. THIS IS VERY NICE. AND 17 I JUST WANT TO HAND THIS TO YOU, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR 18 YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP IN THIS 19 TOUGH TIME AND HERE YOU GO. IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 21 WE WILL CONTINUE THE TRUSTEES' REPORTS AT ITS 22 REGULAR TIME IN THE AGENDA. 23 SO NOW WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS 24 THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. 25 DO WE HAVE ANY TONIGHT? FEBRUARY 24, 2011 6 1 NO. 2 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 3 SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE 4 MINUTES, THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 27TH MEETING. 5 DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 7 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON AND 9 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 10 ANY DISCUSSION? 11 SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 21 OKAY, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 22 ADOPTION OF OUR RESOLUTIONS AGENDA. 23 WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MOVE THAT? 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 7 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR 2 SUBTRACTIONS? 3 COUNSEL BATTISTE: ACTUALLY, MR. PRESIDENT, AS 4 TO REVISED RESOLUTIONS, ADDED RESOLUTIONS, SUBSTITUTE 5 RESOLUTIONS, OR WITHDRAWN RESOLUTIONS, THERE ARE NONE AT 6 THIS TIME. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION. 8 TRUSTEE JACKSON MOVED IT, AND WHO SECONDED IT? 9 TRUSTEE WONG: I DID. 10 TRUSTEE BERG: LAWRENCE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE WONG. THANK YOU. 12 ANY DISCUSSION? 13 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 23 OKAY, THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 24 WE NOW HAVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. BOARD MEMBERS 25 OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 8 1 CONSENT CALENDAR MAY DO SO BY SIGNIFYING. WE HAVE ONE B 2 RESOLUTION, B2, THAT'S ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 3 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE THAT? 4 OKAY, I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR B2. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: MR. PRESIDENT. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE S1 8 OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU WANT TO TAKE S1, OKAY, OFF 10 OF CONSENT. THANK YOU. 11 OKAY, B2. MOTION FOR B2. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR 14 S2. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: ARE WE GOING TO LIKE, 17 YOU KNOW, GIVE HIM A CONGRATULATIONS OR -- 18 MR. BOEGEL: YES. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: NEXT WEEK. 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: NO. 21 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I DON'T WANT TO CONSENT 22 I MEAN IF WE DON'T (INAUDIBLE). 23 MR. BOEGEL: WE WILL INVITE THEM TO THE NEXT 24 REGULAR BOARD MEETING NEXT MONTH. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: JUST WONDERING, THANKS. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 9 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE IT 2 OFF? 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: NO. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 5 ANY OTHER REMOVALS? 6 OKAY, MOTION FOR B2. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 11 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 21 THAT CARRIES. 22 WE HAVE THE C RESOLUTIONS. C1 AND C3 ARE ON THE 23 CONSENT CALENDAR. I'VE HEARD NO MOTION TO REMOVE THOSE, 24 SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR BOTH OF THOSE. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: SO MOVED. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 10 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 4 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 5 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 14 OKAY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES, WE HAVE G1-13, H1-4, 15 AND N1. 16 WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MOVE THOSE. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: I MOVE ALL OF THE PERSONAL 18 RESOLUTIONS G-N1. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 20 IS THERE A SECOND? 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: SECOND. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARKS. 23 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) FEBRUARY 24, 2011 11 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 8 OKAY, THOSE HAVE PASSED. 9 WE HAVE ONE MORE CONSENT ITEM, S2. 10 IS THERE A MOTION FOR S2? 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON; 14 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 15 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 16 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 23 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 25 OKAY, S2 IS APPROVED. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 12 1 TRUSTEE BERG: SINCE IT'S ON THE CONSENT 2 CALENDAR, I WONDER IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING 3 ABOUT S2. 4 DOES ANYONE WANT TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE 5 FACT THAT WE JUST TENURED A BUNCH OF FACULTY? 6 MR. BOEGEL: SURE. I AM TOM BOEGEL. I AM THE 7 DEAN OF CURRICULUM. 8 WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS GRADUATING 9 CLASS OF 54 NEWLY-TENURED FACULTY. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO 10 INVITE THEM TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD WHERE 11 WE TRADITIONALLY INVITE THEM TO COME AND RECOGNIZE THEM 12 PUBLICLY. AND IT'S A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR THEM. 13 TENURE IS A FOUR-YEAR PROCESS. IT IS A PROCESS 14 OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND AGAIN, WE ARE VERY 15 EXCITED TO ADD NEW MEMBERS TO OUR FAMILY. 16 TRUSTEE BERG: DO WE HAVE ANY OF THE MEMBERS 17 HERE? 18 MR. BOEGEL: NO. WE TYPICALLY DON'T INVITE THEM 19 TO THIS ONE. 20 TRUSTEE BERG: SO AT OUR NEXT ONE. 21 MR. BOEGEL: THEY WILL BE INVITED TO THE NEXT 22 ONE. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY, THANK YOU. 24 MR. BOEGEL: IN CASE YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT 25 THEM. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 13 1 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 3 OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS VII, IT'S A DISCUSSION 4 ITEM. IT'S A REPORT ON CCSF'S CONVICTION COMMITTEE ON 5 REHABILITATION. 6 THIS ISN'T ONE THAT TRUSTEE NGO WANTED TO BE 7 HERE FOR, IS IT? 8 DO YOU KNOW? 9 HE WANTED TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT ONE. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HE WANTED TO BE HERE 11 FOR THE VETERANS. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE VETERANS, OKAY, SO I THINK 13 WE WILL PROCEED WITH THIS THEN. 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE ARE READY FOR YOU. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 16 MS. STARR: GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 17 CHANCELLOR, ADMINISTRATORS, FACULTY, CLASSIFIED. 18 SO TWICE A YEAR I REPORT TO YOU ON THE 19 CONVICTION HISTORY. YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT. THERE'S SOME 20 COPIES OVER ON THE SIDE, BUT YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET. 21 SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAD SIX APPLICANTS WHO 22 REMAINED IN THE HIRING PROCESS THROUGH AUGUST 10. AND 23 THREE OF THOSE APPLICANTS APPLIED FOR POSITIONS THAT 24 REMAIN ON HOLD DUE TO THE BUDGET. 25 THREE REMAINING POSITIONS WERE PART-TIME FEBRUARY 24, 2011 14 1 APPROVED AS FOLLOWS. AND I INVESTED ONE APPLIED FOR A JOB 2 AT CLOSED 6/1/09, AND NO SCREENING WAS CONDUCTED. 3 ONE APPLICANT REMAINED IN THE PART-TIME POOL 4 THAT HAS NOT BEEN CLOSED AND SCREENING HAS NOT TAKEN 5 PLACE. AND ONE JOB WAS REISSUED, BUT THE APPLICANT DID 6 NOT REAPPLY. 7 SO IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE CHART, CURRENTLY WE 8 HAVE FIVE FACULTY THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR POSITIONS AND ONE 9 CLASSIFIED. 10 ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PART OF IT? 11 AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ON THE BACKSIDE, ONE OF THE 12 THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED, AND WE TRIED TO HAVE A MEETING 13 IN DECEMBER, AND WE TRIED TO HAVE ONE IN FEBRUARY, IS THAT 14 THE INFORMATION ON OUR APPLICATIONS, IT ASKS THE 15 QUESTION -- AND MOST PEOPLE THINK IF THEY HAVE HAD THEIR 16 CONVICTIONS EXPUNGED, PARDONED, OR DISMISSED, THEY ALWAYS 17 CHECK THE BOX "NO." BUT THEN WHEN I GET THEIR 18 FINGERPRINTS BACK FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THEY 19 WOULD HAVE HAD THESE CONVICTIONS. 20 SO WE ACTUALLY DID HIRE TWO FACULTY MEMBERS AND 21 TWO CLASSIFIED THAT HAD THESE CONVICTIONS. AND THEY 22 DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY PUT "NO" AND 23 THEY WERE ALREADY HIRED BY THE TIME THAT I FOUND THAT OUT, 24 BY THE TIME I GOT THEIR DOG'S BACK. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 15 1 COMMITTEE AND ALL THAT STUFF. 2 MS. STARR: THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE 3 BECAUSE THEY HAD CHECKED THE BOX, "NO." SO WHAT I DID 4 THEN WAS I INVITED THEM IN, I DISCUSSED THE CONVICTIONS 5 WITH THEM, TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT, BUT AT THAT POINT WE 6 HAD ALREADY HIRED THEM, AND THEY DID SHOW ME THEIR 7 APPROVAL EXPUNGEMENT. 8 SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WAS THE REASON WE TRIED TO 9 MEET IN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE TO 10 CHANGE OUR PAPERWORK AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. 11 THE WAY IT IS NOW, IF THEY CHECK THE BOX, NO ONE 12 SEES THAT BUT THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. SO IN THE 13 FUTURE THAT WILL STILL REMAIN THE SAME. BUT IF THEY HAVE 14 CONVICTIONS, THEY NEED TO SAY, "YES" AND THEN I WILL STILL 15 BE THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL SEE THAT. 16 TRUSTEE WONG: MR. PRESIDENT. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE WONG. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: I KNOW THAT WHEN A RECORD IS 19 EXPUNGED -- 20 MS. STARR: IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO OFF YOUR 21 RECORD. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: FIRST OF ALL, IT IS SUPPOSED TO 23 BE REMOVED FROM ALMOST ALL (INAUDIBLE), EXCEPT MAYBE CIA 24 OR FBI. BUT LEGALLY, WE NEED TO FRAME THIS. AND YOU WERE 25 ANSWERING MY QUESTION AS I WAS FORMULATING MY QUESTION, FEBRUARY 24, 2011 16 1 BUT LEGALLY WE NEED TO FRAME THIS SO WE DON'T RUN A FOUL 2 OF THE LAW THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE EXPUNGED, THAT YOU 3 DON'T HAVE TO REVEAL THAT YOU ARE -- THAT THERE'S BEEN A 4 CONVICTION. THAT'S THE WHOLE PART OF THE EXPUNGEMENT, 5 THAT'S PART OF IT. 6 MS. STARR: RIGHT. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: SO THE WAY WE CRAFT OUR 8 QUESTIONS, YOU NEED TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY ACTUALLY. 9 MS. STARR: ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE JEFF SLOAN'S 10 OFFICE WORKING WITH US. AND WE DO HAVE THAT BECAUSE WHAT 11 HAPPENS THOUGH, NO MATTER WHAT, THEY SAY DISMISSAL AND 12 EXPUNGEMENT, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS COME OFF. I DON'T EVEN 13 THINK THE DISMISSALS COME OFF THE RECORD BECAUSE THAT'S 14 WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: YOU KNOW THAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS 16 THAT WHEN YOU WENT ONLINE AND YOU CHECKED, YOU SAW IT, 17 RIGHT? YOU SAW, CONVICTION? 18 MS. STARR: NO, WHEN I GOT THE FINGERPRINTS 19 BACK. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY. SO SUPPOSEDLY WITH AN 21 EXPUNGEMENT, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GOT SHOULD NOT HAVE 22 BEEN THERE. 23 MS. STARR: BUT THAT'S -- 24 TRUSTEE WONG: OBVIOUSLY, SOMETHING FELL THROUGH 25 THE CRACKS. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 17 1 MS. STARR: RIGHT. BUT IT HAPPENS SO -- 2 TRUSTEE WONG: IT HAPPENS. 3 MS. STARR: ALL THE TIME. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: YEAH, YOU ARE RIGHT. 5 MS. STARR: RIGHT. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: IT'S THE SYSTEM. 7 MS. STARR: IT'S THE SYSTEM. SO BECAUSE OF 8 THAT, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID HIRE TWO 9 FACULTY AND WE DID HIRE TWO CLASSIFIED. AND AT THIS POINT 10 WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PAPERWORK, AND I AM WORKING WITH 11 JEFF SLOAN'S OFFICE TO REVISE THE PAPERWORK SO THAT WE CAN 12 ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: IT HAS A CHILLING EFFECT ON 14 PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS. 15 MS. STARR: IT DOES, BUT NO ONE REALLY SEES 16 THAT, BUT OUR OFFICE. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT. 18 MS. STARR: BEG YOUR PARDON, OH, YEAH. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: THEY DON'T KNOW THAT. THEY DON'T 20 KNOW THAT IT'S ONLY YOUR OFFICE. IT COULD BE PUT OUT TO 21 SOMEBODY ELSE. THAT'S THE CHILLING PART. 22 MS. STARR: RIGHT. 23 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, TRUSTEE JACKSON. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO IN TERMS OF THIS, FEBRUARY 24, 2011 18 1 ARE THERE ANY -- IF YOU ARE CONVICTED OF A FELONY, ARE 2 THERE CERTAIN FELONIES YOU HAVE TO SAY YOU'VE BEEN 3 CONVICTED OF AND CERTAIN ONES YOU DON'T, OR IF YOU HAVE 4 EVER BEEN CONVICTED? I MEAN WHAT KIND OF DISCRETION DO WE 5 HAVE AS A DISTRICT? 6 MS. STARR: PRETTY MUCH, ACCORDING TO OUR FILE, 7 WE ARE LOOKING AT DRUGS AND SEX. BUT THIS POLICY WAS 8 DEVELOPED PRETTY MUCH FOR DRUGS. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 10 MS. STARR: THE ONES THAT ARE RELATED TO SEX, WE 11 JUST LOOK ON THAT FINGERPRINT CARD. IF THEY HAVE THAT, WE 12 DON'T HIRE THEM. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, BUT FOR THE -- 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, SORRY, PLEASE. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: BUT FOR THEIR DRUG 16 OFFENSES. 17 MS. STARR: WE ARE REVIEWING THOSE. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WE REVIEW THEM, BUT IT 19 HAS NO REAL IMPACT ON THEIR EMPLOYMENT OR WHAT IS THE 20 OVERALL IMPACT? I MEAN IS IT DISCLOSED TO THE HIRING 21 COMMITTEE? 22 MS. STARR: NO, IT'S NOT. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY, GOT IT. 24 MS. STARR: NOTHING GOES TO THE HIRING 25 COMMITTEE. THEY DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 19 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH. 2 MS. STARR: THAT ONLY GOES TO HUMAN RESOURCES. 3 IF THEY GET TO BE A FINALIST, THEN THEY HAVE 48 HOURS 4 PRETTY MUCH TO GET THEIR REHABILITATION PAPERS TOGETHER, 5 GET THE EXPUNGED PAPERS TOGETHER, GET ALL THE INFORMATION, 6 AND GET IT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S 7 WHEN THE REHABILITATION COMMITTEE LOOKS AT IT AND THEN WE 8 MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 10 MS. STARR: AND THE REASON THAT HASN'T HAPPENED 11 IS BECAUSE THEY ARE CHECKING "NO" BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS 12 GONE FROM THEIR RECORD WHEN IT'S NOT REALLY GONE FROM 13 THEIR RECORD. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF I MIGHT GIVE SOME 15 BACKGROUND BEFORE TRUSTEES NGO AND JACKSON WERE ON THE 16 BOARD, THE ACLU HAD CONTACTED US AND TOLD US THAT OUR 17 POLICIES OF CONSIDERING HIRING OF PEOPLE WITH PRIOR 18 CONVICTIONS WAS NOT IN LINE WITH THE EDUCATION CODE. THEY 19 HELPED US DEVELOP THIS NEW PROCEDURE AND POLICY THAT WE 20 ARE FOLLOWING AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE GET REPORTS ON 21 IT. 22 CAN I ASK A QUESTION? HAVE WE ACTUALLY HIRED 23 ANYONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS? HAVE WE HIRED ANYONE YET -- 24 MS. STARR: NO. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- WHO HAD A PRIOR CONVICTION FEBRUARY 24, 2011 20 1 AND MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH? 2 MS. STARR: NOT THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY 3 ARE CHECKING "NO." LIKE WHAT HE IS SAYING, MOST PEOPLE 4 FEEL LIKE IF THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN -- 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 6 MS. STARR: -- IT EXPUNGED OR THEY'VE GOTTEN 7 THAT DISMISSED, THEY DON'T HAVE TO SAY, "YES." 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I MEAN YOU HAVE FIVE 9 PEOPLE IN FACULTY WHO HAVE APPLIED, RIGHT? 10 MS. STARR: RIGHT. SO THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE 11 WHOLE PROCESS NOW. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BUT NO ONE LIKE THAT HAS GONE 13 THROUGH -- 14 MS. STARR: NO. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- YET? 16 MS. STARR: THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN A 17 REQUEST TO APPROVE WHAT THE REHABILITATION COMMITTEE HAS 18 DONE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: GOT IT. 20 MS. STARR: OKAY. SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW IN 21 CASE YOU HEARD THAT WE DID HIRE PEOPLE WHO HAD 22 CONVICTIONS, THE REASON YOU DID NOT SEE IT. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 24 MS. STARR: OKAY. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? FEBRUARY 24, 2011 21 1 MS. STARR: THANK YOU. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 3 SO NEXT WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION, A REPORT 4 ON THE VETERAN HOUSING REVOLVING FUND. 5 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORDING AND IF 6 YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A REAL SHORT INTRODUCTION AS TO 7 WHAT THIS IS. 8 MS. CLARK: OF COURSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 9 MY NAME IS SUNNY CLARK. I AM ASSOCIATE DEAN 10 OVER VETERANS PROGRAMS AND WHERE THEY STAND ON HEALTH, 11 DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH. 12 I AM DOING A BRIEF PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON 13 VETERANS EMERGENCY LOAN FUND WHICH WAS MADE POSSIBLE DUE 14 TO TWO FUNDS. ONE WAS $30,000 FROM WELLS FARGO AND 15 $150,000 FROM THE DISTRICT MERGED TO GIVE TO ASSISTED 16 VETERANS AS THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE GI BENEFIT BILLS FROM 17 THE VETERAN ADMINISTRATION. 18 I AM GOING TO -- PETER, PERHAPS YOU COULD HELP 19 ME PASS THIS OUT. 20 THIS IS ONE. THIS IS TWO. AND THIS IS -- THERE 21 SHOULD BE TWO SEPARATE PARTS. ONE HAS TO DO WITH -- OH, 22 HERE IT IS, PETER. I AM SORRY. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. 23 YOU WILL BE RECEIVING THREE PIECES OF PAPER. 24 ONE GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS, PROCEDURE, THE 25 VETERAN IS GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH FOR THEM TO RECEIVE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 22 1 THE BENEFIT. AND ONE FORM IS THE FORM THE VETERAN WILL BE 2 FILLING OUT THEMSELVES AND THEN THERE IS A REQUISITION 3 PART WHICH IS THE TRACKING NUMBER FOR THE CHECK 4 PROCESSING. 5 THUS FAR, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE HAVE -- 6 THE SPRING SEMESTER, WE HAVE 600 VETERANS THAT HAVE BEEN 7 CERTIFIED BY THE DISTRICT. AND NEARLY A THOUSAND VETERANS 8 WHO ARE INTERESTED -- AT LEAST THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE 9 VETERANS. 10 AND THUS FAR, WE HAVE 15 VETERANS WHO HAVE 11 APPLIED FOR THE EMERGENCY LOAN FUND. THREE HAVE DECLINED 12 BECAUSE THEIR GI BENEFIT BILL CAME AS WE WERE GOING 13 THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND TWO VETERANS HAVE RECEIVED -- 14 ALL OF THEM HAVE RECEIVED THEIR MONEY. AND TWO VETERANS 15 HAVE ALREADY PAID THEIR LOAN BACK. 16 SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT PROCESS IS 17 WORKING. AND FROM THE MINUTE THAT OUR OFFICE INTERVIEWS 18 THE VETERAN AND THE CHECK GETS BACK TO THE VETERAN, IT HAS 19 BEEN OCCURRING WITHIN FIVE DAYS. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WOW. 21 MS. CLARK: SO I THINK IN AS MUCH AS SOME OF THE 22 VETERANS WOULD LIKE IT TO BE OVERNIGHT, WITH THE DUE 23 PROCESS AND THE CHECKS AND BALANCE THAT IS REQUIRED OF 24 THIS, THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. AND I THINK MOST OF THE 25 VETERANS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO BEFORE AND AFTER, I THINK FEBRUARY 24, 2011 23 1 THEY FIND IT IS A FAIR PROCESS. IT IS A SIMPLE ENOUGH 2 PROCESS. 3 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: I WANT TO THANK CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN 6 AND PRESIDENT RIZZO FOR PUTTING THIS ITEM AS A 7 PRESENTATION ITEM FOR TONIGHT. I ASKED THAT WE PUT ON ONE 8 BECAUSE OUR RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE $150,000 FUND 9 REQUIRED THAT WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE BY THE SPRING 10 SEMESTER 2011. 11 AND I HAD ALSO BEEN APPROACHED BY SOME VETERANS 12 WHO WERE WONDERING WHETHER THE PROGRAM WAS SET UP. AND, 13 TWO, WHAT AMOUNT ARE THEY ALLOWED TO ASK FOR? 14 AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TIMELY JUST TO HAVE 15 A PRESENTATION TONIGHT. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 16 WORK AND YOUR LEADERSHIP -- 17 MS. CLARK: THANK YOU. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: -- ON GETTING THIS FUND 19 ESTABLISHED. WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE 20 THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THESE STUDENTS AND I AM GLAD 21 THAT SOMEONE LIKE YOU IS TAKING THE TASK AND REALLY MAKING 22 A GREAT PROGRAM OUT OF THIS. 23 MY QUESTION IS WHETHER IN TERMS OF OUR CAPACITY 24 THE $150,000 FUND MERGE WITH THE -- IS IT THE $30,000 25 FUND? FEBRUARY 24, 2011 24 1 MS. CLARK: YES. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: SO WE HAVE $180,000 TOTAL. 3 MS. CLARK: YES. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: CAN YOU ANSWER WHETHER OR NOT 5 THERE IS A LIMIT OR FIXED AMOUNT THAT GOES TO A VETERAN? 6 AND SECONDLY, WHAT IS THE CAPACITY FOR THIS 7 PROGRAM IN TERMS OF STUDENTS, ACTUAL STUDENTS SERVED WITH 8 THAT AMOUNT? 9 MS. CLARK: YES, AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE 10 QUESTIONS THAT SOME OF VETERANS HAVE ASKED. AND IT HAD 11 BECOME SORT OF AN EXECUTIVE DECISION. BECAUSE WHEN WE 12 LOOKED AT -- WHEN WE ARE CERTIFYING AT THE DISTRICT, 13 BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS THAT THE VETERAN HAVE THE 14 CAPACITY TO PAY THE MONEY BACK. SO IT BECOMES TRULY A 15 REVOLVING FUND, WHICH MEANS THAT I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION 16 ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE QUALIFIED AND HAVE BEEN 17 CERTIFIED BY OUR DISTRICT. AND THEN BASICALLY WE ARE 18 WAITING FOR THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. 19 SO WHEN WE HAVE CLOSE TO 600 VETERANS, IF WE 20 GAVE A LARGER AMOUNT OF MONEY $2,000, $2,500, WHICH IS THE 21 TYPICAL LIVING EXPENSE A VETERAN MIGHT RECEIVE, THAT MEANS 22 WE COULD ONLY GIVE TO 72 VETERANS. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS 23 RATHER WORRISOME IF WE GAVE THAT LARGE AMOUNT. WHEREAS, 24 IF WE GAVE THEM $1,000 AS A MAXIMUM, THEN WE COULD SERVE 25 180 STUDENTS. SO THAT WAS MORE OF AN EXECUTIVE DECISION FEBRUARY 24, 2011 25 1 ON MY PART TRYING TO SPREAD THE RESOURCES OUT TO AS MANY 2 STUDENTS AND ANTICIPATING WHAT IT MIGHT BE. 3 AND I THINK MOST OF THE VETERANS ACTUALLY WE 4 SORT OF TOLD THEM THEY COULD HAVE UP TO $1,000. AND SOME 5 OF THE VETERANS SAID, NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE AT RISK FOR 6 THAT MUCH MONEY. I JUST WANT 750 OR 700 OR 800. AND IT'S 7 BEEN A REALLY -- I THINK A REASONABLE DIALOGUE BETWEEN 8 MYSELF AND THE VETERANS. 9 USUALLY, THERE'S TWO OF US WHO INTERVIEW THE 10 VETERANS, JOY AS OFFICE MANAGER AND MYSELF. AND UNUSUAL 11 CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN ONE OF US IS NOT AVAILABLE, THE OTHER 12 ONE -- BUT WE DO GO OVER THE ISSUE OF THIS IS THE MAXIMUM 13 AMOUNT AVAILABLE. WE ARE NOT QUESTIONING WHAT YOU ARE 14 GOING TO USE IT FOR. WE BELIEVE YOU HAVE GOOD REASON THAT 15 YOU NEED THE MONEY. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 17 MS. CLARK: AND ALSO TO SEE THE CONDITION 18 BECAUSE WE ARE SAYING AS IT IS STIPULATED BY WELLS FARGO 19 AND THE FOUNDATION FOLKS, AS WELL AS THE TRUSTEES, THAT 20 THERE IS A MEANS OF PAYING THEM BACK. THAT MEANS THAT WE 21 HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A CONTROL. SO WE TELL THE 22 VETERANS, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF 23 EACH OTHER, THAT THIS IS A NO INTEREST LOAN AND THAT WE 24 NEED THEM TO RETURN THE MONEY. 25 AND FOR OUR PART, THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING A HOLD FEBRUARY 24, 2011 26 1 UNTIL THEY PAYBACK. AND SO FAR THE VETERANS CLEARLY 2 UNDERSTAND. THEY SEEM TO CARE GREATLY ABOUT ALL THE OTHER 3 VETERANS. SO THEY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND AND HAVE NO PROBLEM. 4 SO FAR IT HAS BEEN WORKING I THINK PRETTY WELL. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: MY LAST COMMENT IS, AGAIN, THANK 6 YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. I JUST ASK THAT YOU 7 CONTINUE THAT DIALOGUE WITH THE VETERANS. AND IF THAT 8 $1,000 AMOUNT NEEDS TO CHANGE, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK 9 WITH THEM AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE OTHER AMOUNTS MAY BE 10 FEASIBLE OR YOU CAN CREATE EXCEPTIONS, AND THERE IS A 11 CLEAR POLICY FOR THOSE EXCEPTIONS. 12 AGAIN, THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS POLICY IS TO MAKE 13 SURE THAT THERE IS THIS BRIDGE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THESE 14 VETERANS TO GET, THAT SUPPORT THEY NEED UNTIL THEY GET THE 15 GI BILL MONEY. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE DOING THAT. AND 16 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 17 MS. CLARK: WITH ONE VETERAN, WE DID INDICATE 18 BECAUSE I THINK HIS INITIAL WISH WAS -- AND HE WAS ONE OF 19 THE VERY FIRST VETERAN, SAID THAT IF THAT ISN'T WORKING 20 AND HE REALLY NEEDED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, FOR HIM TO RETURN 21 TO US AND THEN WE WILL SEE HOW MANY OTHER VETERANS ARE 22 COMING FOR THIS, AND IF THERE IS SOME WAY THAT WE COULD 23 ACCOMMODATE HIM AGAIN. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 25 MS. CLARK: OKAY. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 27 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE MARKS. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: I AM JUST SEEING HERE. HAVE YOU 3 HAD ANYBODY WHO HASN'T PAID BACK THE LOAN WITHIN FIVE 4 DAYS? 5 MS. CLARK: WELL, IT'S SORT OF A BRAND NEW 6 PROGRAM THIS SEMESTER. SO FAR WE'VE HAD OUT OF THE 15 7 STUDENTS, THREE OF THEM HAVE DECLINED BECAUSE THEIR GI 8 BILL CAME. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. 10 MS. CLARK: TWO OF THEM HAVE ALREADY PAID BACK. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 12 MS. CLARK: SO THE SYSTEM IN PLACE SEEMS TO BE 13 WORKING. AND IT HASN'T BEEN LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO SAY 14 THAT THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED THE MONEY YET. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. I GUESS IT WOULD BE 16 HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW -- TO KEEP US INFORMED. 17 MS. CLARK: ABSOLUTELY, I THINK TOWARDS THE END 18 OF THE SEMESTER, IT MIGHT BE MUCH MORE PRUDENT INFORMATION 19 THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE 21 VETERANS STUDENT CENTER OFFICE, HOW DO YOU FILL IN THE 22 NO. 2? 23 MS. CLARK: OH, BECAUSE WE DO THE PROCESSING FOR 24 THE GI BENEFIT -- 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 28 1 MS. CLARK: -- ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT WE ARE 2 ABLE TO OBTAIN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE VETERAN. THE 3 VETERAN FILLS OUT NO. 1. 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. 5 MS. CLARK: AND THEN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH 6 THEM AS THEY ARE DOING. AND WITH THEM THE -- IN ORDER FOR 7 US TO CERTIFY THEM, THE INFORMATION IN NO. 2 IS AN 8 ESSENTIAL PART OF THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS. THOSE ARE -- 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: WHAT IS IT THE "DD214?" 10 MS. CLARK: THAT IS THE VA STATING THAT PERSON 11 WAS DISCHARGED SO THAT THEY ARE QUALIFIED FOR BENEFITS. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. AND WHAT IS "NO CCSF 13 HOLDS?" WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW DO YOU APPROACH THAT? 14 MS. CLARK: IF A STUDENT HAD SOME SORT OF A HOLD 15 FOR OTHER REASONS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND SEE WHY. DO 16 THEY HAVE OTHER MONEY BE IT FROM FINANCIAL AID OR FROM 17 OTHER SOURCES THAT THEY BORROWED AND THEY NEVER RETURNED 18 THE MONEY, THEN THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS AND 19 UNDERSTANDING THAT WE COULD NOT LOAN THE STUDENT 20 ADDITIONAL MONEY, SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO 21 PAYBACK. 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: ALL RIGHT. SO HOW WOULD YOU 23 APPROACH SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 24 MS. CLARK: WE ASK THEM. AND WE ALSO SEARCH TO 25 SEE IF THERE IS ANY HOLD ON THE VETERAN'S RECORD. USUALLY FEBRUARY 24, 2011 29 1 IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF A HOLD, THERE'S AN INDICATION AS 2 TO WHAT THE HOLD WAS FOR. 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 5 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: I JUST COMMEND THE WHOLE DISTRICT 7 AND SUNNY, IN PARTICULAR, FOR DOING THIS PROGRAM. I THINK 8 IT IS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY, AND I THINK YOU SHOULD BE 9 COMPLEMENTED ON THIS. 10 MS. CLARK: WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR VISION 11 AND SUPPORT. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I HAVE ONE QUESTION. 13 IS $30,000 THE AMOUNT THAT'S IN THE FUND? 14 MS. CLARK: NO, ALTOGETHER IT'S $180,000. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, 180. 16 MS. CLARK: THAT'S WHY WE ARE ABLE TO -- THE 17 $30,000 FROM WELLS FARGO AND $150,000 FROM THE DISTRICT, 18 SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE $180,000. SO WITH A $1,000, 19 WE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP 180 STUDENT VETERANS THROUGH THE 20 HOLD LOAN UNTIL THEY GET THEIR GI BENEFIT BILLS ARRIVE. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 22 OKAY, OUR NEXT ITEM ARE THE REPORTS FROM 23 CONSTITUENT GROUPS. THE CLASSIFIED SENATE, ATTILA GABOR. 24 IS ATTILA GABOR HERE? 25 HE WAS HERE EARLIER. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 30 1 MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE: I THINK HE WILL BACK IN 2 A WHILE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT 4 ONE, THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF WHO IS 6 HERE? 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I HAVE INFORMED THEM, BUT 8 THEY HAVE NOT YET ARRIVED. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DON'T HAVE STUDENTS YET. 10 ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO TO THE ACADEMIC SENATE, 11 PRESIDENT KAREN SAGINOR. 12 MS. SAGINOR: THANK YOU. 13 KAREN SAGINOR, ACADEMIC SENATE PRESIDENT. 14 SO THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I LET YOU KNOW THAT 15 WE WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH BLOCKING A WEBSITE, SOME 16 CONTENT FILTERING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 17 ADMINISTRATION FOR RESPONDING VERY PROMPTLY TO A 18 RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ACADEMIC SENATE ON THAT TOPIC AND 19 THAT ONE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 20 WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH ELECTIONS FOR 21 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. WE ARE SORT OF STARTING IN ON THAT. 22 WE HAVE APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS ALAN D'SOUZA, OPHELIA 23 CLARK AND CHRIS SHAEFFER, WHO WILL BE RUNNING THE 24 ELECTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE SITTING ON THE ACADEMIC 25 SENATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR NEXT YEAR. BASICALLY, HALF FEBRUARY 24, 2011 31 1 OF OUR MEMBERSHIP IS ELECTED EVERY YEAR. 2 WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON WORKING WITH THE 3 EVALUATION OF THE CHANCELLOR. I MET THIS AFTERNOON WITH 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO AND TRUSTEE WONG ON THIS TOPIC. THANK YOU 5 VERY MUCH. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. 6 EVALUATION OF ADMINISTRATORS, WE ARE MOVING 7 FORWARD ON THAT. 8 I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU A NOTABLE COLLEGE 9 ACHIEVEMENT THIS WEEK. THE UCLA TRANSFER ALLIANCE PROGRAM 10 OR UCLA TAP SENT A VISITING TEAM TO INSPECT THE HONORS 11 PROGRAM AT CITY COLLEGE, AND THEY CAME AWAY VERY 12 IMPRESSED. THAT WENT VERY WELL, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. 13 ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT I WANT ENDORSE S1, 14 RESOLUTION. S1 IS ABOUT SB-1440 TRANSFER DEGREE. I HAVE 15 TO ADMIT I CAN'T ENDORSE IT REALLY ENTHUSIASTICALLY, BUT I 16 AM ENDORSING IT. IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO DO. 17 BUT ONE SMALL CORRECTION TO IT IN THE SHARED 18 GOVERNANCE REVIEW, THE DATE SHOULD BE CORRECTED TO 19 FEBRUARY 23RD. IT ACTUALLY PASSED BIPARTITE YESTERDAY SO 20 IF YOU WANT TO BE PRECISE ABOUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE 21 DATE FOR THAT. 22 I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'VE APPROVED S2. 23 I LOOK FORWARD TO CONGRATULATING OUR NEWLY-TENURED 24 FACULTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 25 I MAY END UP SPEAKING AGAIN, BUT RIGHT NOW LET FEBRUARY 24, 2011 32 1 ME GO AHEAD AND ENDORSE S5, THE MARCH ON MARCH. I'M 2 REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THIS BODY IS LOOKING AT A 3 RESOLUTION TO ENDORSE THAT. 4 AND I HOPE THAT AT A BOARD MEETING IN THE NEAR 5 FUTURE TO SEE A RESOLUTION ENDORSING A PARCEL TAX. I 6 THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD NEXT STEP THAT WOULD BE 7 HELPFUL FOR MOVING FORWARD SOME ISSUES ON THE BUDGET IN 8 THE LARGER PICTURE. 9 THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE'S SOME PROGRESS BEING 10 MADE THERE. WE ARE BASICALLY AT DRAFT 2.5. I'M HOPING 11 THAT NEXT MONTH THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE MADE 12 BIG PROGRESS IN THAT AREA. 13 THE ACCREDITATION SELF STUDY PROCESS, THE 14 STEERING COMMITTEE WORKED VERY HARD THROUGH THE LAST HALF 15 OF JANUARY AND THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH. 16 THANKS VERY MUCH TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HELPED 17 WITH THAT. AND OF COURSE THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 100 18 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED WITH THAT PROCESS. WE ARE 19 VERY, VERY CLOSE TO HAVING THE FIRST DRAFT OUT FOR YOU. I 20 WAS KIND OF HOPING I WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING IT WITH ME 21 TONIGHT, BUT THERE ARE JUST A FEW PIECES THAT AREN'T QUITE 22 IN PLACE YET, SO I WILL BE SENDING OUT THAT DRAFT ON 23 MONDAY MORNING TO THE WHOLE COLLEGE COMMITTEE. 24 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IT TO YOU THAT I AM GOING 25 TO ACTUALLY STAMP IT AS "RAW DRAFT" IN ORDER TO GET IT OUT FEBRUARY 24, 2011 33 1 FOR EVERYONE TO LOOK AT. WE HAVEN'T PERFECTED IT. WE 2 KNOW THERE ARE HOLES. YOU WILL LOOK AT THINGS THERE, AND 3 YOU WILL SAY, THIS IS MISSING OR THIS ISN'T RIGHT OR THIS 4 NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. WE ARE SENDING IT OUT BECAUSE WE 5 DO WANT TO GET LOTS OF FEEDBACK. SO I AM GOING TO SUGGEST 6 THAT A REALLY GOOD WAY TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS IS TO SEND US 7 SOMETHING SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS SPECIFIC FACT NEEDS TO BE 8 INCLUDED OR PLEASE CHANGE THIS WORDING, AND HERE'S WHAT WE 9 WOULD SUGGEST INSTEAD, SO GIVING US SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS 10 IS GOOD. BUT WE REALLY, REALLY WANT YOUR SUGGESTIONS. SO 11 I WILL BE SENDING IT TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY ON MONDAY 12 MORNING. 13 AND THIS FIRST PHASE, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO GET 14 FEEDBACK BEFORE SPRING BREAK, SO BY MARCH 25TH IS OUR 15 DEADLINE FOR THE FIRST DRAFT. BUT THEN OF COURSE, THERE 16 WILL BE A SECOND DRAFT LATER IN THE SEMESTER. 17 TOMORROW, AND THE REASON I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET 18 THIS OUT UNTIL MONDAY NOW, IS THAT I AM GOING TO A 19 CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE ACADEMIC SENATE FOR THE 20 CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES THE STATE ACADEMIC SENATE. 21 THE CONFERENCE TOMORROW IN SAN JOSE IS STUDENT SUCCESS 22 ACROSS THE CURRICULUM. 23 I AM HOPING TO FIND THIS A VERY USEFUL 24 CONFERENCE. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I AM GOING TO BE 25 PAYING FOR THIS OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. OUR BUDGET IS SUCH FEBRUARY 24, 2011 34 1 THAT I AM NOT ASKING THE COLLEGE FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR 2 THIS. 3 AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE OR TWO COMMENTS 4 ABOUT THE BUDGET. AS YOU KNOW WE ARE FACING A VERY, VERY 5 DIFFICULT SERIES OF BUDGET CUTS. THESE ARE NOT TRIVIAL. 6 THESE ARE NOT SHAVING OFF LITTLE PIECES OF THINGS. THESE 7 ARE SERIOUS CUTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DEPRIVING SOME OF 8 OUR STUDENTS OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. THERE'S NO WAY 9 WE CAN MAKE THESE KINDS OF CUTS BY TRIMMING OFF SOMETHING 10 UNIMPORTANT. THE UNIMPORTANT STUFF WAS TRIMMED OFF A YEAR 11 AGO. THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS CUTS. 12 I THINK IN DOING THESE CUTS WE NEED TO 13 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A REDUCTION OF OPPORTUNITY FOR 14 SOMEBODY. WE WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE AS MANY 15 OPPORTUNITIES AS WE STILL CAN PROVIDE, BUT WE WILL NEED 16 TO -- REALIZING THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE LOSING 17 OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THIS AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND DO 18 OUR BEST WITH THAT. I WILL PROBABLY SAY MORE ABOUT THIS 19 AT SOME OTHER TIME. 20 AND ONE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS TO YIELD SOME 21 TIME TO THE PRESIDENT OF AFT 2121, ALISA MESSER. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I JUST WANTED TO THANK 23 PRESIDENT SAGINOR AND RECOGNIZE THAT SHE HAS BEEN PUTTING 24 A LOT OF TIME, HER OWN TIME INTO A LOT OF THESE ISSUES, 25 THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE CHANCELLOR'S EVALUATION AND THE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 35 1 ACCREDITATION EFFORT. SHE HAS BEEN A LEADER ON THESE AND 2 I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE HAS THE TIME TO DO IT ALL, BUT SHE 3 DOES SO THANK YOU. 4 MS. MESSER: WE ARE ALL AMAZED BY THIS. 5 GOOD EVENING. THANKS, KAREN. WE ARE ALL AMAZED 6 BY THAT. 7 I ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE -- I APPEAR TO 8 BE LOSING MY VOICE. I ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE 9 FACULTY MEMBERS WHO WERE UP FOR TENURE THIS EVENING. I 10 THINK THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND I WANTED TO TAKE A 11 MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE THEM. 12 AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN -- ALL OF OUR 13 CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT BUDGET, AND SO I WANTED TO 14 START BY SAYING I WANTED TO COMMEND THE PLANNING AND 15 BUDGET COMMITTEE AT THE BOARD FOR TRYING TO MAKE THIS A 16 TRANSPARENT PROCESS WHERE THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE 17 SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS, AS PRESIDENT SAGINOR 18 SAID, A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD THAT WE ARE LOOKING 19 AT. 20 AND I THINK IT BEHOOVES US ALL TO BE TRYING TO 21 HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TOGETHER, EVEN THOUGH I REALIZE 22 THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY CONVERSATION, AND WE ARE 23 LOOKING AT A LOT OF PAIN. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO 24 MINIMIZE THAT PAIN. AND WITH THAT IN MIND, I REALLY 25 WANTED TO SAY THAT WE -- I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT IT IS FEBRUARY 24, 2011 36 1 VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING REVENUE INTO THE DISTRICT, 2 THAT WE BE LOOKING AT BRINGING REVENUE INTO THE DISTRICT. 3 SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT A PARCEL 4 TAX SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. WE REALLY NEED TO FIGURE 5 OUT WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO MINIMIZE SOME OF THE TRAGEDY, I 6 WOULD SAY, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. 7 AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, MARCH IS A VERY BUSY 8 TIME IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AROUND THE 9 STATE AND FOR STUDENTS AROUND THE STATE AND FOR EDUCATION 10 AROUND THE STATE. SO AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE ARE ALL 11 SORT OF LOOKING AT WISCONSIN AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN 12 WISCONSIN WHERE BUDGET CUTS ARE BEING USED TO REALLY SORT 13 OF RAVAGE THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND UNIONISM IN THE PUBLIC 14 SECTOR. I THINK WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER SITUATION HERE, BUT 15 WE DO HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION HERE. 16 AND PART OF THAT CONVERSATION IS REALLY ABOUT 17 WHERE THE MONEY IS IN THIS STATE, SO YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME 18 SAY BEFORE THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THE 19 STATE AND THAT MONEY UNFORTUNATELY ISN'T GOING INTO 20 EDUCATION. IT'S NOT GOING TOWARDS OUR STUDENTS. IT'S NOT 21 GOING TOWARDS WORKING FAMILIES OR TOWARDS IN-HOME HEALTH 22 CARE, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME PERIOD. 23 NEXT WEEK STUDENTS ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO DO 24 TEACH-INS AND INFORMATION ALL ACROSS THE STATE, BUT 25 INCLUDING OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FEBRUARY 24, 2011 37 1 THE STUDENTS AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE. SO THERE WILL BE A 2 TEACH-IN ON MARCH 1ST. HOPEFULLY, YOU'VE ALL GOTTEN 3 INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 4 AND THEN ON MARCH 2ND, THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF 5 SOLIDARITY ACTIONS THAT THEY WILL BE HOLDING. AND THEY 6 WILL BE GOING OVER TO STATE AND THEN STUDENTS FROM STATE 7 WILL BE COMING BACK TO CITY COLLEGE. AND WE THINK THAT'S 8 FAIRLY EXCITING TO SEE THEM WORKING TOGETHER. 9 AND WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING, AND I THINK YOU ALL 10 HAVE THE INFORMATION AND I WILL BRING MORE FLIERS IN IN A 11 COUPLE OF MINUTES, A FORM AFT 2121 HAS BEEN WORKING WITH 12 UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO WITH THE FACULTY AT SAN 13 FRANCISCO STATE, SO THAT'S THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY 14 ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS JOBS WITH JUST IN SAN FRANCISCO 15 AND A WHOLE GROUP OF COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PUT ON A FORUM 16 ABOUT THE CRISIS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN SAN FRANCISCO 17 RIGHT NOW. 18 AND SO I WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE RIZZO FOR 19 AGREEING TO COME AND BE ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PANEL 20 THERE. IT WILL ALSO HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL 21 BOARD AND OTHER PUBLIC FIGURES WILL BE THERE TO BE PART OF 22 THAT CONVERSATION, AND WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL 23 THERE AS WELL. 24 IN ADDITION, AFT 2121 HAS STARTED DISTRIBUTING 25 CARDS TO STUDENTS ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS SO THAT THERE'S FEBRUARY 24, 2011 38 1 THAT OPPORTUNITY TO START ORGANIZING AND TALKING ABOUT THE 2 BUDGET CUTS AND THE FEE HIKES BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE THINK 3 THE FEE HIKES ARE ATTACKS ON OUR STUDENTS. WE DON'T THINK 4 WE SHOULD BE TAXING OUR STUDENTS. WE THINK THE STATE 5 SHOULD BE TAXING THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT, FOR EXAMPLE, 6 RATHER THAN OUR STUDENTS. IT'S A POVERTY TAX. IT'S 7 UNFAIR FOR THE WHOLE STATE. AND IT DAMAGES WHAT WE DO, 8 AND IT DAMAGES WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO. 9 NEXT WEEK WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN ACTION THAT'S 10 COORDINATED ACROSS THE STATE AROUND STUDENT FEES AND THEN, 11 OF COURSE, WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE MARCH IN MARCH, WHICH 12 IS MARCH 14TH. SO WE HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE. AND 13 MANY OF THE FACULTY AND STAFF IN THE ROOM I KNOW WILL BE 14 THERE AS WELL IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR STUDENTS AS WE MARCH 15 IN SACRAMENTO. 16 SO WITH THOSE THINGS IN MIND, I THANK YOU. HAVE 17 A GOOD NIGHT. 18 (PRESIDENT MARKS LEAVES THE MEETING.) 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 20 TRUSTEE NGO. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: I TOO WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK OF 22 THE COLLEGE AND KAREN SAGINOR AND THE WORK, ESPECIALLY 23 WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I THINK WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK 24 AT THAT DOCUMENT VERY SERIOUSLY AND TO HONOR THE WORK THAT 25 HER AND OTHER FOLKS IN THE COLLEGE ARE PUTTING INTO IT, FEBRUARY 24, 2011 39 1 THE BOARD REALLY HAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PLAN. THEY'VE 2 SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS PLAN AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT 3 THAT DOCUMENT. I'VE SEEN IT. I HAVE SENT MY EDITS. I AM 4 SURE MANY OF THEM YOU DON'T LIKE, BUT I'VE SENT THEM. 5 THE BOARD REALLY NEEDS TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION 6 ON THE PLAN. IT IS THE DOCUMENT. IF ANY DOCUMENT THAT'S 7 OUT THERE THAT THE BOARD ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN 8 APPROVING. 9 SO I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO AGAIN HONOR 10 THAT WORK, AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE 11 SO, SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND NOT AT 12 THE END. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 14 I SEE MR. GABOR IN THE AUDIENCE SO WE ARE READY 15 FOR THE CLASSIFIED SENATE REPORT. 16 MR. GABOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 17 IT IS AN UNUSUAL TIME, SO MY REPORT IS GOING TO 18 BE UNUSUAL. 19 TRUSTEES, CHANCELLOR, COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE 20 PUBLIC, I USUALLY START MY REPORT BY SAYING, "GOOD 21 EVENING." HOWEVER TONIGHT, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I WISH FOR A 22 GOOD EVENING WITH WISCONSIN IN MY MIND. 23 YOU MIGHT SAY, BUT ATTILA, LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING 24 ON IN EGYPT, LIBYA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. 25 THAT RINGS OF FREEDOM, PROGRESS, AND DEMOCRACY SWEEPING FEBRUARY 24, 2011 40 1 THROUGH THE REGION. 2 AND I WOULD REPLY, YOU ARE RIGHT. AS A 3 POLITICAL REFUGE, I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT. I WAS ONLY 14 4 YEARS OLD WHEN I TOOK FIRST TIME PART IN AN 5 ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATION. I DO UNDERSTAND THE 6 SIGNIFICANCE. 7 HOWEVER EVEN IN EGYPT, DEMONSTRATORS HOLD UP 8 SIGNS SAYING, "EGYPT SUPPORTS WISCONSIN WORKERS. ONE 9 WORLD, ONE THING." 10 THEN YOU MIGHT SAY, BUT LOOK AT THE NEW SHORT 11 FORM THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES CAN USE TO EVALUATE 12 ADMINISTRATORS, ALLOWING FOR MORE INPUT FOR THE WORKERS. 13 AND I WOULD REPLY, YOU ARE RIGHT. THIS IS THE 14 FIRST TIME WE ARE USING THE SHORT FORM WHICH WILL OFFER 15 ANY CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE TO EVALUATE ANY ADMINISTRATOR 16 WHICH IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD. BUT IN WISCONSIN THE 17 GOVERNOR WANTS TO TAKE AWAY ONE OF THE MOST BASIC RIGHTS 18 OF WORKERS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. 19 THEN YOU MIGHT SAY, BUT LOOK AT OUR MARCH IN 20 MARCH. WE ARE ALL GOING TO GO TO SACRAMENTO AND RAISE 21 AWARENESS OF THE BUDGETARY CUTS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. 22 AND I WOULD REPLY, YOU ARE RIGHT. THE SEIU LIKE 23 ALWAYS IS IN SUPPORT OF MARCH IN MARCH. WHILE THIS YEAR 24 WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE MONETARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE 25 BUSES. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 41 1 SEIU MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE. THESE 2 MEMBERS WILL HAVE TO TAKE A DAY OFF, WHICH IN ITSELF IS A 3 VERY SUBSTANTIVE SUPPORT BOTH COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL. 4 BUT IN WISCONSIN PROTESTS BY TEN'S OF THOUSAND'S 5 OF PEOPLE A DAY ARE IN THE SECOND WEEK WITH NO VISIBLE 6 IMPACT. 7 THEN YOU WOULD REPLY, YES, ATTILA, IN WISCONSIN 8 WE SEE THE FUTURE OF OUR STATE AND OUR NATION, AND WE ARE 9 GOING BACKWARDS. 10 AND I WOULD SAY, YOU ARE RIGHT. YOU ARE RIGHT. 11 YOU ARE RIGHT. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 13 HAVE ANY STUDENTS APPEARED? 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE 15 NOT YET ARRIVED. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE 17 NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: GOOD EVENING. VICE CHANCELLOR 19 PETER GOLDSTEIN. 20 WE HAD A MEETING OF THE BOARD'S BUDGET PLANNING 21 COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS WEEK CHAIRED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 22 SEVERAL OF THE TRUSTEES WERE IN ATTENDANCE AS WERE MANY OF 23 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW, SO I DON'T 24 THINK I NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE DETAILS. WE ALL KNOW WE 25 ARE FACING SOME VERY GRIM NUMBERS FOR NEXT YEAR, VERY FEBRUARY 24, 2011 42 1 LARGE AND VERY GRIM. 2 IN THE CURRENT YEAR, WE RECEIVED THE P1 REPORT. 3 THE CURRENT YEAR BEING 2010-2011. THE FIRST PRINCIPLE 4 APPORTIONMENT REPORT FROM THE STATE THIS WEEK. FOR THOSE 5 OF YOU WHO LOOK FOR THAT KIND OF DETAIL, THE REPORT'S PAGE 6 FOR SAN FRANCISCO IS AN ERROR. 7 I'VE TALKED TO THE STATE, AND THEY'VE NOW 8 CONFIRMED IN WRITING THAT OUR NUMBER IS IN ERROR AND THAT 9 WILL BE ADJUSTED TO THE RIGHT AMOUNT. 10 I AM TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE SOMEBODY MAY TELL 11 YOU I'VE SEEN SOMETHING, AND IF THEY DO THEIR COMPARISONS, 12 IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE MISSING $1,900,000. THE STATE HAS 13 ACKNOWLEDGED IN WRITING THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE RIGHT, AND IT 14 WILL BE SHONE THE CORRECT WAY ON THE NEXT ROUND OF THE 15 REPORT. 16 IN TERMS OF NOT SUCH GOOD NEWS FROM THE STATE, 17 WE NOW HAVE A DEFICIT COEFFICIENT WHICH MEANS THE STATE 18 EVEN WHEN THEY CALCULATE HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE ENTITLED 19 TO, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY IT IN THE CURRENT 20 YEAR. THIS IS NOT A BUDGET CUT FOR NEXT YEAR. 21 SO INSTEAD OF GIVING US 100 PERCENT, US BEING 22 THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, THEY ARE GIVING US A 23 LITTLE MORE THAN 99 PERCENT. WHICH MEANS A REAL LOSS IN 24 THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR OF ABOUT $1,300,000 TO THE COLLEGE. 25 I WAS ASKED AT THE PLANNING BUDGET MEETING WHAT FEBRUARY 24, 2011 43 1 WE WOULD BE DOING TO TRY TO MAKE UP THAT SHORTFALL. OF 2 COURSE OTHER REVENUES ARE USED TO OFFSET THAT TO THE 3 EXTENT THEY ARE THERE. WE ARE HAVING A MEETING NEXT WEEK, 4 A WORKING GROUP TO TRY TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SAVINGS THIS 5 YEAR. AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT THE NEXT TIME THE 6 BUDGET COMMITTEE IS MEETING, WHICH IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY. 7 AND THAT'S MY REPORT. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 9 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? 10 THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT LIST 11 FOR THIS YEAR'S SHORTFALL. 12 OKAY, WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR RESOLUTIONS AGENDA. 13 THE FIRST ONE IS B1 ADOPTION OF A NONRESIDENT 14 TUITION FEE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012 AND THE SUMMER 15 OF 2011. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: CORRECT. TRUSTEES, THIS IS AN 17 ANNUAL RESOLUTION THE STATE REQUIRES US TO ENACT. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: EXCUSE ME, IF I COULD FIRST 19 HAVE A MOTION FOR IT. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OH, I'M SORRY. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 22 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND B1. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 24 BY TRUSTEE BERG. 25 THANK YOU, MR. GOLDSTEIN. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 44 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SORRY. 2 THE STATE STIPULATES THE DIFFERENT METHODS WE 3 ARE ALLOWED TO USE TO TRY TO CALCULATE THIS RATE EACH 4 YEAR. THE PHILOSOPHY OUR DISTRICT HAS FOLLOWED IS TO TRY 5 TO SELECT A RATE THE STATE ALLOWS THAT STILL ENABLES THE 6 COLLEGE TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN OUR NEIGHBORING 7 DISTRICTS. 8 AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE OF THE 9 RESOLUTION ON THE BOTTOM, YOU WILL SEE THE RATES FOR 10 CONTRA COSTA, SAN MATEO, AND MARIN. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 11 THE RATE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING GOING FROM 183 TO 187 WOULD 12 STILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THOSE THREE DISTRICTS IN 13 THE BAY AREA. 14 IN TERMS OF THE INCREASE, I DID ATTEMPT TO MEET 15 WITH THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS AND WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 16 STUDENTS. ALTHOUGH WE DO NOW HAVE A LOT OF OUT-OF-STATE 17 STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THIS POPULATION, NOT JUST 18 INTERNATIONAL. 19 I HAD TWO MEETINGS SET OVER AT THE STUDENT 20 UNION. THEY FRANKLY WERE NOT WELL ATTENDED, BUT I 21 CERTAINLY DID MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE ON TWO OCCASIONS TO 22 DISCUSS THIS IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE WONG. 24 TRUSTEE WONG: WHAT IS THE TREND AROUND OUR 25 TERMS OF OUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS? FEBRUARY 24, 2011 45 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE TREND. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: HAS IT GONE DOWN? HAS IT GONE 3 UP? 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I DON'T THINK IT HAS GONE DOWN, 5 BUT THE NUMBER OF OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS HAS GONE UP 6 SUBSTANTIALLY. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY. 8 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SO THE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS 9 PAYING THIS FEE HAS SHIFTED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE YEARS 10 WITH THE OUT-OF-STATE GROUP IN PART GROWING. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: THE INCREASE. 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: OH, OKAY, BECAUSE THEY ARE PAYING 14 THE SAME TUITION. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND I AM JUST GOING TO 18 STATE THIS. I AM GOING TO OPPOSE THIS. IT'S JUST A 19 LITTLE INCONSISTENT ON -- I MEAN I RESPECT THE BUDGETARY 20 WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO HERE AT THE COLLEGE, I MEAN I REALLY 21 DO RESPECT IT, BUT IT'S JUST A LITTLE INCONSISTENT THAT WE 22 CAN SAY, DON'T RAISE STUDENT FEES, AND THEN WE HAVE THE 23 DIRECT POWER TO RAISE A STUDENT FEE AND WE ARE CHOOSING TO 24 DO THAT. 25 I FULLY EXPECT THIS TO PASS, BUT I AM GOING TO FEBRUARY 24, 2011 46 1 VOTE "NO," JUST BASED UPON THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN 2 THESE TOUGH TIMES AND WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO 3 GET AN EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, I JUST PERSONALLY AND MORALLY 4 FIND IT JUST A LITTLE HARD TO STOMACH ANOTHER FEE INCREASE 5 ON STUDENTS WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT HERE, 6 ESPECIALLY NONRESIDENT STUDENTS. SO JUST FOR THAT 7 PARTICULAR MATTER, I AM JUST GOING TO VOTE "NO" ON THIS. 8 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: COULD I OFFER JUST ONE MORE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SURE. 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I FULLY RESPECT YOUR OPINION, 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. I 12 WOULD ALSO CALL ATTENTION ON TABLE 2, ON PAGE 2 OF THE 13 RESOLUTION, THE FIRST TABLE IN THE SECOND COLUMN SHOWS THE 14 ACTUAL COST TO CITY COLLEGE FOR THESE OUT-OF-STATE AND 15 OUT-OF-COUNTRY STUDENTS $200, NOT THE AMOUNT WE ARE 16 CHARGING. 17 OF COURSE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CALIFORNIA 18 RESIDENT STUDENTS AND THESE STUDENTS IS THAT WE ARE 19 GETTING MONEY FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR PROVIDING 20 EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR THE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS. WE 21 ARE NOT GETTING ANY MONEY FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR 22 THESE STUDENTS. SO THE COST TO CITY COLLEGE WOULD BE $200 23 A UNIT, BUT WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE THIS RATE MOVE UP 24 INCREMENTALLY EACH YEAR INSTEAD OF LURCH UP SO WE ARE 25 PROPOSING GOING FROM 183 TO 187 THIS YEAR. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 47 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER TRUSTEES? 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES, I WOULD ALSO BE 3 VOTING "NAY" FOR THIS ONE. JUST ON THE -- I UNDERSTAND 4 THAT, AND I WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE VICE CHANCELLOR GOLDSTEIN 5 FOR TRYING TO MEET WITH STUDENTS, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I, 6 MYSELF, ALSO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS WHENEVER I CAN, BUT 7 STILL THE IDEA IS LIKE WHAT TRUSTEE JACKSON HAS SAID. THE 8 STUDENTS, THE IN-STATE RESIDENT STUDENTS ARE SAYING THAT 9 THEY DON'T WANT A FEE RAISE AT ALL. 10 AND WHILE WE ARE HERE RAISING A FEW DOLLARS, THE 11 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND OUT OF STATE, THEN ON TOP OF 12 THIS PER UNIT, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR WHATEVER THE IN-STATE 13 FEE IS THAT IS A HUGE BURDEN FOR THEM. SO I JUST CANNOT 14 BRING MYSELF TO VOTE "YES" ON THIS ONE EITHER. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MAY I ASK A COUPLE OF 16 QUESTIONS. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE 19 ACTUALLY LOSE MONEY BY -- 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- CHARGING 187? 21 THE DIFFERENCE IS MADE UP FROM OTHER DISTRICT 22 REVENUES. SO THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT PAYING THE FULL COST, 23 NOR IS THERE ANY MONEY COMING FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 24 DIRECTLY ON THEIR BEHALF. BUT THE COLLEGE DOES HAVE OTHER 25 REVENUES, AND THAT'S IMPLICITLY WHAT'S MAKING UP THE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 48 1 DIFFERENCE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OTHER REVENUES SPECIFICALLY 3 FOR THIS PURPOSE? 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: FOR GENERAL USE, LIKE SALES 5 TAX, TRAFFIC TICKETS. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHY ARE WE -- I MEAN WHY DO WE 7 SUBSIDIZE OUT OF STATE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IF WE 8 ARE NOT IF WE ARE DOING IT AT A LOSS. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, FIRST THE STATE DOES 10 PERMIT US TO CHARGE THE LOWER AMOUNT, SO WE ARE COMPLIANT 11 WITH THE REGULATION AT THE 187. AND IT'S BASICALLY BEEN 12 THE PHILOSOPHY THAT THE DISTRICT HAS FOLLOWED FOR MANY 13 YEARS TO TRY TO REMAIN LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE NEIGHBORING 14 COLLEGES. PERHAPS WITH AN EYE TOWARD BEING MORE 15 COMPETITIVE THAN THEY ARE FOR THESE SAME STUDENTS BECAUSE 16 WE WANT THEM TO COME HERE AND NOT TO ONE OF THE OTHER 17 COLLEGES. 18 AND ALSO IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT WE 19 PROBABLY STARTED FROM A LOW POINT YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVE 20 BEEN TRYING TO MOVE UP IN SMALL STEPS INSTEAD OF BIG ONES. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND WHAT IS THE FEE RAISED IF 22 WE DON'T PASS THIS, THE FEE HIKE? IF WE DON'T PASS THIS, 23 WHAT IS THE AMOUNT -- 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SURE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT FEBRUARY 24, 2011 49 1 FOR THAT? 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YOU DO NEED TO PASS SOMETHING I 3 WOULD SAY. YOU COULD REJECT THE RECOMMENDATION OF 187 AND 4 LEAVE IT AT 183, WHICH IS THE CURRENT RATE. BUT TO BE 5 FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE, THE BOARD HAS TO TAKE AN 6 ACTION TO SET THE RATE EACH YEAR. 7 AND I GUESS I WOULD SAY I AM NOT TRYING TO OPEN 8 THIS DOOR THAT WIDE. YOU COULD LITERALLY PICK ANY OF THE 9 RATES IN TABLE 1, ANYWHERE FROM 176 TO $280 A UNIT, AND WE 10 WOULD BE COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE REGULATION. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BUT HOW MUCH MORE REVENUE DOES 12 THE HIKE BRING YOU? 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WHAT DOES IT RAISE? 14 WELL, I GUESS $4 ON 187 IS A LITTLE BIT MORE 15 THAN 2 PERCENT. AND ON THE BASE THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, 16 WHICH IS PROBABLY AROUND 8 MILLION, IT'S PROBABLY AROUND 17 $160,000 ASSUMING THAT THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS GETS 18 DUPLICATED. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YOU HAVE ABOUT 25,000 UNITS 21 THAT ARE OUT OF STATE AND INTERNATIONAL COMBINED. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SO IT'S FOUR TIMES THAT, SO 24 IT'S ABOUT 100,000. 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ALL RIGHT. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 50 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 2 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND I WILL JUST GO BACK 4 I MEAN $4 SEEMS SMALL, AND I'M DEFINITELY SENSITIVE TO THE 5 $100,000 MARK, BUT JUST THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE SENDING TO 6 STUDENTS IN GENERAL. YOU KNOW HAVING BEEN ONE FIVE YEARS 7 AGO. YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE RAISING THIS FEE BECAUSE IT IS 8 JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENTS, THEN WE MIGHT 9 AS WELL NOT MARCH TO SACRAMENTO AND OPPOSE THEIR FEE 10 INCREASES. WHY WOULD WE GO TO SACRAMENTO AND OPPOSE THEIR 11 FEE INCREASES WHEN WE ARE GOING TO RAISE A FEE RIGHT HERE 12 THAT WE HAVE A CONTROL OVER AND NOT RAISE IT? 13 IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE INCONSISTENT. I MEAN IF 14 WE ARE GOING TO OPPOSE FEE INCREASES ON STUDENTS AS AN 15 ATTACK ON STUDENTS, AS OUR PRESIDENT OF AFT SAID, THEN WE 16 SHOULD OPPOSE ALL FEE INCREASES BECAUSE I DON'T 17 SPECIFICALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN A NONRESIDENT STUDENT 18 AND A STUDENT FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY ARE STUDENT. TO 19 ME, THEY ARE STUDENT. 20 AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT LET'S JUST KEEP THE RATE 21 THE WAY IT IS. AND IF IT'S AT 183, LET'S JUST KEEP IT AT 22 183 BECAUSE TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH OUR MANDATE, AND I 23 BELIEVE THIS BOARD HAS BEEN PRETTY CLEAR IN ITS MESSAGE 24 THAT WE OPPOSE STUDENT FEE INCREASES. SO A STUDENT IS A 25 STUDENT IS A STUDENT. IN MY EYES, THERE'S NO REAL FEBRUARY 24, 2011 51 1 DIFFERENCE. THEY ALL HAVE TO TAKE THEIR UNITS, AND THEY 2 ALL ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. AND WE SHOULD BE SENDING 3 THE RIGHT MESSAGE SAYING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT 4 ADDED BURDEN, FINANCIAL BURDEN ON TOP OF IT. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 6 TRUSTEE BERG. 7 TRUSTEE BERG: I AM GOING TO TAKE THE UNPOPULAR 8 POSITION. AS MUCH AS I REALLY, REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE 9 STUDENTS BARE A GREATER BURDEN. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO 10 KEEP IN MIND SOMETHING THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE ALREADY 11 BEING HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED BY PERSONAL MONEY FROM CITY 12 COLLEGE, MONEY THAT COULD GO ELSEWHERE TO OPEN NEW 13 SECTIONS OR TO DO OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD VERY MUCH 14 LIKE TO DO WITH IT. 15 SO KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE PARTICULAR 16 STUDENTS -- CALIFORNIA STUDENTS YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT 17 CALIFORNIA STUDENTS ALSO GET -- WE GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR 18 THEM. WE GET FTES MONEY FROM SACRAMENTO FOR THE STUDENTS 19 WHO ARE OFFICIALLY HERE. PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF STATE OR 20 OUT OF TOWN ARE BEING SUBSIDIZED BY OUR GENERAL FUND. 21 KEEP THAT IN MIND. 22 OUR GENERAL FUND, SO WE ARE REALLY BEARING A 23 BURDEN TO KEEP THESE STUDENTS HERE. AND WE ARE GOING OUT 24 OF OUR WAY TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHILE 25 I THINK THAT TO BALANCE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT, WE ARE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 52 1 ASKING JUST $2 OR $3 A UNIT MORE OR $4 WHATEVER THE EXACT 2 AMOUNT IS, BUT IT'S JUST A FEW BUCKS MORE. 3 YES, IT HURTS. AND, YES, THEY ARE STUDENTS. 4 AND MY HEART DOES GO OUT TO THEM. 5 BUT FOR EACH OF THOSE STUDENTS, WHAT EXACTLY ARE 6 WE SUBSIDIZING PER STUDENT? HOW MUCH MONEY? 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE $200 8 A UNIT AND THE 187 IF YOU ENACTED $13 PER MONEY UNIT. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: SO IT'S $13 PER UNIT PER STUDENT. 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: AND THE AVERAGE STUDENT TAKES 15 12 UNITS. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: A FULL-TIME STUDENT TAKES 15 14 UNITS. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: A FULL-TIME STUDENT WOULD TAKE 15 16 UNITS TIMES $13, 15 TIMES 13. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 18 TRUSTEE BERG: THAT'S HOW MUCH WE ARE 19 SUBSIDIZING PER SEMESTER. 20 SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP THAT IN 21 MIND. AND WE HAVE MADE A TOUGH DECISION. WE DECIDED THAT 22 WE WOULD IN FACT SUBSIDIZE, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S LITTLE 23 ENOUGH TO ASK THAT WE CAN RAISE IT BY $4. THAT, YOU KNOW, 24 THERE'S SOME HELP COMING FROM THE STUDENT HIM OR HERSELF. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 53 1 TRUSTEE NGO: YOU KNOW, I SIGNED UP TO CHAIR THE 2 BUDGET COMMITTEE THIS YEAR. SOMETIMES I WONDER WHY, BUT 3 REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY SHAKE THINGS UP A LITTLE 4 BIT. I MEAN THERE IS A NEW NORMAL IN THIS COLLEGE. IT 5 SHOULD BE IN THE NORMAL AT THIS COLLEGE AND IN THE STATE. 6 THERE'S NO MORE REVENUE COMING IN PERIOD. IN FACT WE ARE 7 GOING TO LOSE REVENUE. IN FACT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND MORE 8 MONEY THEN WE BRING IN EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD. THAT'S 9 THE NEW REALITY. WE'VE GOT TO GET OVER THAT. 10 AND IF WE ARE ASKING EVERYONE AT THE COLLEGE TO 11 PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE, IF WE ARE GOING TO ASK SEIU 12 TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE, AFT TO PUT EVERYTHING ON 13 THE TABLE, ADMINISTRATORS TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE, 14 AND, YES, RESIDENT STUDENTS TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE 15 TABLE, INCLUDING A FEE HIKE THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL, IN MY 16 MIND WE CAN'T START CLOSING RANKS AROUND INTERNATIONAL 17 STUDENTS OR ANY PARTICULAR CONSTITUTE GROUP IN THIS CITY 18 AT THIS COLLEGE BECAUSE IF WE START CLOSING RANKS AROUND 19 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, AFT IS GOING TO START CLOSING 20 RANKS AROUND AFT; THE SEIU IS GOING TO START CLOSING RANKS 21 AROUND SEIU; THE RESIDENT STUDENTS ARE GOING TO START 22 CLOSING RANKS AROUND RESIDENT STUDENTS; AND ADMINISTRATORS 23 ARE GOING TO START CLOSING RANKS BEHIND ADMINISTRATORS AND 24 NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE. 25 I VALUE THE INPUT AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FEBRUARY 24, 2011 54 1 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, EVERYONE HERE DOES. WE ARE NOT 2 ASKING FOR A GARGANTUAN FEE INCREASE. AND IN FACT IT IS 3 NOT MY PREFERENCE TO RAISE ANY FEE ON ANYONE, BUT WE HAVE 4 CONFRONT TWO REALITIES HERE. 5 ONE IS THAT WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THESE STUDENTS, 6 AND IT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE VALUE THAT THEY 7 BRING TO THE COLLEGE. BUT IN THESE PARTICULAR TIMES, WE 8 CAN'T KEEP THIS MIND SET THAT EVERYTHING IS SACRED. 9 OTHERWISE EVERYTHING WILL BE SACRED AND NOTHING WILL BE 10 DONE AND WE CAN'T MAKE ANY PROGRESS ANYWHERE. 11 IF WE ARE GOING TO BE CONSISTENT AND WE ARE 12 GOING TO HAVE A PARTICULAR VALUE PLACED ON THIS BUDGET 13 QUESTION, BECAUSE IT IS A BUDGET QUESTION, BECAUSE 14 $100,000 SPENT HERE MEANS WE HAVE TO CUT $100,000 15 SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT COULD INCLUDE COUNSELING HOURS. 16 THAT COULD INCLUDE TEACHING HOURS. 17 LET'S BE HONEST SO IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS 18 DECISION TO SUBSIDIZE FOR $109,000 THIS PARTICULAR GROUP 19 OF STUDENTS, BE PREPARED FOR WHAT THAT MEANS ELSEWHERE. 20 AND THE SECOND THING IS IF WE ARE GOING TO BE 21 CONSISTENT ALL THE WAY, WHY NOT LOWER THIS NUMBER DOWN TO 22 176, RIGHT? 23 I MEAN WE COULD DO THAT, BUT IT'S JUST -- THAT'S 24 A FEE HIKE OR A FEE LEVEL THAT'S IN OUR CONTROL. SO IF WE 25 REALLY WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY, LET'S GO DOWN TO 176, BUT FEBRUARY 24, 2011 55 1 WE DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO 2 GOING DOWN TO 176. WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT. WE WOULD BE 3 SUBSIDIZING THESE STUDENTS EVEN MORE. 4 I WOULD BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU THAT I AM READY 5 TO GIVE UP SOME SACRED COWS MYSELF. AND IF I AM WILLING 6 TO DO THAT AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COLLEGE IS BRACING FOR 7 WHAT WE HAVE TO, WE CAN'T LEAVE ANYONE SPARED 8 UNFORTUNATELY. 9 IT'S MY HOPE THAT ONE DAY THERE WILL BE A 10 SHINNING NIGHT OR GOVERNOR OR A BRAND NEW LEGISLATURE AND 11 A BRAND NEW ELECTORATE THAT BASICALLY SAYS, LET'S INCREASE 12 REVENUE AND GIVE IT ALL TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. IT'S 13 JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN ANY IMMEDIATE FUTURE, ANY LONG 14 TERM FUTURE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO 15 HAPPEN. SO WE HAVE TO GET USED TO THIS CONCEPT THAT WE 16 ARE NOT JUST GOING TO HAVE AS MANY RESOURCES AS BEFORE. 17 WE CAN'T DELAY. WE DELAYED IT LAST MONTH WHEN 18 WE ALLOWED A BOARD MEMBER TO TAKE A TRIP TO DC AND WE 19 SPENT $3,000, AND WE CAN'T DO IT TONIGHT EITHER. WE JUST 20 CAN'T. 21 I URGE YOU TO TAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION WHICH I 22 THINK IS ACTUALLY REALLY FAIR BECAUSE WE ARE STILL 23 SUBSIDIZING THIS PROGRAM. AND IT'S NOT A GARGANTUAN OR 24 REALLY MEAN OR UNREASONABLE FEE INCREASE, ALTHOUGH WE 25 COULD DO THAT. I THINK IT'S A NICE BALANCED APPROACH TO FEBRUARY 24, 2011 56 1 WHAT WE ARE REALLY FACING HERE. 2 AND I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO RECONSIDER 3 THEIR POSITION IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING VOTING AGAINST IT. 4 AND I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT FOR BRINGING THIS TO US 5 EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT VERY POPULAR TO DO. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM 7 TRUSTEES? 8 I WILL JUST MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT THAT I THINK AS 9 PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS WE'VE SAID THAT EVERYTHING IS 10 ON THE TABLE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO RECONSIDER WHETHER WE 11 CAN AFFORD TO CONTINUE SUBSIDIZING INTERNATIONAL AND 12 OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS. SO I JUST THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE 13 ON THE TABLE AS WELL. 14 WE HAD ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. 15 DID YOU FILL OUT A CARD? 16 MR. HUNTSMAN: I WILL. HAL HUNTSMAN, MATH 17 DEPARTMENT. 18 JUST ONE QUESTION WHICH I HOPE IS NOTHING 19 MEANINGFUL. IN THE TABLE OF COMPARISON FROM ONE DISTRICT 20 TO ANOTHER, VICE CHANCELLOR GOLDSTEIN, IT CLAIMS WE HAVE 21 THREE CONTINUOUS BAY AREA DISTRICTS, BUT WE ARE MISSING A 22 FOURTH, WHICH I THINK IS PERALTA. I AM JUST WONDERING IF 23 THERE'S REASON FOR THAT OR IF WE KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS 24 FOR -- 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: (INAUDIBLE). FEBRUARY 24, 2011 57 1 CFO BILMONT: PERALTA WASN'T PICKED UP IN THE 2 SURVEY. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: I THINK IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT 4 QUESTION BECAUSE IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR A COMPETITIVE 5 ADVANTAGE AND PERALTA IS ACROSS THE BAY, AND THEY ARE 6 GOING TO CHARGE 186 OR 185, IT IS CHEAPER THAN OAKLAND 7 ANYWAY. WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT IF WE DON'T KNOW. 8 IF THAT'S THE RATIONALE FOR PICKING THIS NUMBER 9 AND THEY PICK 186 OR 185, MAYBE WE SHOULD RECONSIDER THAT, 10 ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT THAT FAR FROM 183 ANYWAY. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THE 12 STATE SETS A DEADLINE FOR ENACTING THIS. YOU MAY RECALL 13 THIS DISCUSSION FROM LAST YEAR. AND SO TECHNICALLY, THIS 14 IS THE FIRST BOARD MEETING AFTER THE STATE DEADLINE WHICH 15 I THINK STILL MAKES IT OKAY. 16 YOU COULD, IF THE BOARD WANTED TO, I SUPPOSE YOU 17 COULD PASS THIS RESOLUTION. AND IF WE FOUND OUT THAT 18 THERE WAS A REASON TO LOWER IT BECAUSE PERALTA WAS LOWER, 19 WE COULD COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND MODIFY IT BECAUSE IT 20 DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL THE SUMMER. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND YOU KNOW I GUESS 23 MAYBE I AM GOING TO SAY THINGS THAT ARE UNPOPULAR. I 24 DON'T EVER REMEMBER SAYING THAT EVERYTHING WAS ON THE 25 TABLE. I AM FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE FOLKS WERE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 58 1 STRUGGLING BEFORE THIS ECONOMY WENT BAD. THEY ARE STILL 2 STRUGGLING. 3 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS STUDENT IN 2001. THEY 4 STARTED TO DISINVEST IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THEY STILL ARE. 5 AND, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS OF WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH. THEY 6 SAID, THERE WAS GOING TO BE $5 INCREASE, A $10 INCREASE IN 7 STUDENTS FEES AND THEY WENT UP. I WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO 8 STATE AND THEN THEY WENT UP 100. 9 I WORKED MY WAY THROUGH COLLEGE. I THINK I'VE 10 TOLD FOLKS THIS BY LOADING A TRUCK AT UPS. THAT'S HOW I 11 MADE MY WAY THROUGH COLLEGE. AND I CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE 12 BECAUSE THEY WENT UP -- THEY DOUBLED HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO 13 GO TO SAN FRANCISCO STATE. 14 BUT IF YOU LOOK AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, IT USED TO 15 BE FREE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. AND YOU LOOK AT NONRESIDENTS 16 WHO DO COME HERE, A LOT OF THEM ARE INTERNATIONAL. THEY 17 ACTUALLY COME HERE FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND FOR A 18 BETTER LIFE. IT'S NOT JUST KIND OF WILY NILY. THEY DO 19 COME HERE FOR A BETTER. 20 AND IN THESE TOUGH TIMES I AM NOT WILLING TO SAY 21 EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE. YOU KNOW THE STUDENTS AND 22 THEIR QUALITY OF EDUCATION ISN'T ON THE TABLE. YOU KNOW 23 THEIR ABILITY TO ACCESS EDUCATION AND ACCESS CLASSES ISN'T 24 ON THE TABLE. THERE ARE THINGS THAT I AM GOING TO FIGHT 25 LIKE HELL TO PROTECT. WE TALKED ABOUT CHILD CARE LAST FEBRUARY 24, 2011 59 1 YEAR. THAT WASN'T ON THE TABLE FOR ME. I AM NOT GOING TO 2 CUT SOMEBODY'S ABILITY TO HAVE CHILD CARE. I CAN'T DO 3 THAT. 4 AND IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A STAND IN SAYING WE 5 ARE GOING TO STAND UP FOR HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE 6 EDUCATION, AND WE ARE GOING TO MARCH ON -- WE ARE GOING TO 7 HAVE A MARCH IN MARCH SAYING, DON'T RAISE OUR STUDENT 8 FEES, AND THAT IS THE BIGGEST MESSAGE THAT WE ARE TAKING. 9 I'VE PARTICIPATED AND ORGANIZED SOME OF THOSE MARCHES 10 MYSELF WHEN I WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT. THE MESSAGE IS DON'T 11 RAISE OUR STUDENT FEES. 12 I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE IFFY FOR US AS 13 A BOARD TO HAVE DIRECT POWER OVER A STUDENT FEE AFTER WE 14 HAVE SAID CONSTANTLY -- THERE IS ACTUALLY A FLIER ON OUR 15 DAIS RIGHT NOW THAT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT A PUBLIC TOWN 16 HALL MEETING ABOUT STUDENT FEES. 17 AND I JUST THINK IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE TO GO AND 18 TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE SO AGAINST WHAT THE STATE IS DOING 19 TO HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT THEN WE HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OVER 20 MAKING STUDENT'S LIVES JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. $4 ISN'T 21 THAT MUCH, BUT IT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. IT TELLS 22 STUDENTS THAT IT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND I RAISE 23 IT. AND I KNOW THESE ARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, BUT I 24 DON'T LOOK AT THESE FOLKS AS CASH COWS. I LOOK AT THEM 25 FOR WHAT THEY ARE. THEY ARE STUDENTS. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 60 1 AND I AM WILLING TO GO TO A VOTE BECAUSE I DON'T 2 KNOW IF WE HAVE THE VOTES TO STOP THIS FEE INCREASE, BUT I 3 JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT, YEAH, I MEAN THERE IS 4 STUFF THAT'S STILL SACRED AND THE STUDENTS ACCESS TO HIGH 5 QUALITY OF AFFORDABLE EDUCATION IS STILL KIND OF SACRED TO 6 ME. 7 SO WITH THAT, LET'S JUST GO FOR A VOTE AND LET'S 8 JUST SEE WHERE IT GOES. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 10 OKAY, SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE YOUR VOTE, 11 PLEASE. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): NAY. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY 14 "AYE". 15 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: NAY. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 19 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: NAY. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES. 25 WE ARE NOW ON B3, AUTHORIZATION TO MODIFY THE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 61 1 CONTRACT WITH GRANICUS ONLINE FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS 2 AT A COST OF $4,985 INITIAL FEES, PLUS $10,500 PER YEAR 3 ANNUAL FEE FOR FIVE YEARS. 4 NOW WE PASSED SOMETHING LAST MONTH ABOUT THIS, 5 BUT THERE WAS A TECHNICAL PROBLEM WHERE WE HAD TO BRING 6 THE RESOLUTION BACK AND MAYBE, COUNSEL, YOU COULD GIVE A 7 SUMMARY OF THAT. 8 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES. MR. PRESIDENT, YES THIS 9 IS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR THE MOTION THAT WAS PASSED LAST 10 MONTH. THE AMOUNT IN THE MOTION WE DISCOVERED IN THE 11 RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED LAST MONTH HAD SOME SPECULATIVE 12 AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN IT, AND IT DID EXCEED THE THRESHOLD 13 AMOUNT FOR PUBLIC CONTRACTING CODE, AND THIS HAD NOT GONE 14 THROUGH A PUBLIC CONTRACTING PROCESS. SO WE BROUGHT IT 15 BACK, AND WE INCLUDED IN THIS RESOLUTION THE ACTUAL AMOUNT 16 FOR THE SERVICES AND YOU ELIMINATED ALL THE SPECULATIVE 17 SORT OF CHARGES AND WHATNOT. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: GREAT. 19 SO IT WAS A TECHNICAL DETAIL OF THE WRITING OF 20 THE RESOLUTION ITSELF -- 21 COUNSEL BATTISTE: CORRECT. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- AND NOT ANY SUBSTANTIVE -- 23 COUNSEL BATTISTE: RIGHT, NO, IT'S NOTHING 24 SUBSTANTIVE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- CHANGE WITH THE CONTRACTOR. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 62 1 COUNSEL BATTISTE: RIGHT. I THINK THE CONTRACT 2 IS STILL FOR $58,485. WE JUST NEEDED TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT 3 IN THE RESOLUTION TO MAKE IT CLEARER. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THIS 5 IS FOR THE BROADCASTING OF THESE MEETINGS AND OTHER 6 MEETINGS ON THE WEB AND THE WEBCASTING AND ALSO WEB 7 RETRIEVAL OF THE MEETINGS. AND WE INITIALLY HAD OR WERE 8 GOING TO START THAT WITH TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE ARE NOT 9 DOING THAT. WE ARE HOLDING IT OFF A MONTH SO THAT WE 10 COULD PASS THIS FIRST. WE THOUGHT IT WAS PROPER TO REDO 11 THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE WE STARTED THE ACTUAL BROADCASTING. 12 IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 13 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG; 16 SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 17 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD? 18 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I HAVE ONE QUESTION. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, OKAY. 21 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I MEAN I MIGHT NOT 22 UNDERSTAND IT, BUT WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE, LIKE I MEAN TO 23 STREAM IT ONLINE. I MEAN YOU ARE A COMPUTER GUY, MAYBE 24 YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I JUST 25 THOUGHT IT WAS CHEAPER TO STREAM THINGS ONLINE THEN OTHER FEBRUARY 24, 2011 63 1 TYPES OF MEDIUMS. MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME JUST UNDERSTAND 2 WHAT THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY GOING TO DO TO GET THIS ONLINE 3 JUST FOR TWO SECONDS IF YOU CAN. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I THINK PERHAPS, 5 MR. HOTCHKISS, YOU COULD GIVE US A SUMMARY OF WHAT THE 6 SERVICES ARE THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING FOR THIS. 7 MR. HOTCHKISS: DAVID HOTCHKISS, CHIEF 8 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. 9 TRUSTEE JACKSON, WHAT THIS IS IS A SOFTWARE AS A 10 SERVICE OR LIKE AN A.S.P. SO WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS THEY 11 ARE HOSTING THE STREAMING AS WELL AS PROVIDING THE SERVICE 12 TO PUT IT ON THE WEB ITSELF. 13 PART OF THE AGREEMENT IS TO HOST AND STORE ALL 14 THE VIDEOS THAT WE CAN CREATE ON THEIR SERVERS IN THEIR 15 SECURE ENVIRONMENT. WE PAY FOR THE PROTECTION AND THE 16 BACKUPS AND ALL THE THINGS AND THE READY ACCESSIBILITY OF 17 THESE VIDEOS BY ANYONE AT ANY TIME, ALONG WITH THE VIDEO 18 STREAMING. SO IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE STREAMING. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY, BECAUSE MY 20 THINKING IS COULDN'T WE JUST RECORD IT LIKE WE ARE DOING 21 RIGHT NOW AND THEN JUST PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE. 22 MR. HOTCHKISS: THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY, BUT 23 THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE HAS 24 TAKEN THIS DISCUSSION FORWARD. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S -- IF I MAY JUMP IN FEBRUARY 24, 2011 64 1 THERE -- THE SERVICE THEY ARE PROVIDING ALSO MAKES THE WEB 2 CASTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, ANY 3 TIME NIGHT OR DAY. AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUMP TO A 4 PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE MEETING BASED ON THE AGENDA. 5 SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE OR WATCH THE DISCUSSION OF 6 B4 OR B3, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUMP ON THE WEB TO THAT. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE NOT 9 SOMETHING WE COULD EASILY PRODUCE. 10 MR. HOTCHKISS: IT'S THE MOST MODERN TECHNOLOGY 11 THAT I'VE SEEN THAT SYNCHRONIZES THE AGENDA TO A PLACE ON 12 THE VIDEO SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCROLL THROUGH THE VIDEO. 13 YOU CLICK ON THE AGENDA, AND IT TAKES YOU RIGHT TO THE 14 DISCUSSION ON SOMETHING THAT'S STORED IN THE PAST. FOR 15 THIS, IT'S ALL LIVE STREAMING. 16 I THINK OUR TESTS SHOW THERE MAY BE A TEN SECOND 17 DELAY FROM WHAT'S ACTUALLY DISCUSSED TO WHAT GOES ON THE 18 WEB, BUT PRETTY MUCH IT'S INSTANTANEOUS. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, CAN YOU JUST MAKE SURE THAT 21 IF AND WHEN THIS GOES LIVE, I AM ASSUMING NEXT MONTH, THAT 22 YOU GET THE DOMAIN OUT SO PEOPLE CAN FIND IT, AND WE CAN 23 SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE WANT -- WE WOULD LIKE 24 MORE ACCESS TO STUDENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE 25 INTERESTED IN THE COLLEGE. AND IF THIS IS A POSSIBILITY FEBRUARY 24, 2011 65 1 FOR THEM, THEN WE SHOULD LET THEM KNOW ABOUT IT. 2 MR. HOTCHKISS: WE WILL DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN AS 3 FAR AS ADVERTISING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE LINKS IN THREE 4 DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 6 MR. HOTCHKISS: IT'S ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 7 WEBSITE. IT'S ON THE HOME PAGE. AND THEN IT HAS ITS OWN 8 LANDING PAGE. WE HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT WE ARE ALSO 9 GOING TO TRY TO PUT IT IN CITY CURRENTS AND OTHER THINGS 10 AS WELL. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: THANK YOU. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 13 I THINK I ASKED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE WAS 14 NONE. 15 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 16 OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION -- 17 EXCUSE ME, FIRST, STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 20 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 24 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 66 1 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 3 B3 PASSES. 4 WE ARE ON B4, AUTHORIZATION HEREBY GIVEN TO 5 CONTRACT -- OH, THIS IS BEFORE -- OH, THIS IS ANOTHER 6 GRANICUS. 7 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT -- 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, THIS IS THE SECOND PART. 9 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, THIS IS FOR THE CLOSED 10 CAPTIONING. IN THE PRIOR RESOLUTION THAT YOU ALL PASSED 11 LAST MONTH, THAT LUMPED EVERYTHING IN. AND AGAIN, IT 12 INCLUDED SPECULATIVE CHARGES THAT WERE NOT YET DETERMINED 13 FOR FUTURE CLOSED CAPTIONING. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AN 14 ACTUAL CONTRACT THAT THE DISTRICT WILL ENTER INTO WITH 15 GRANICUS FOR ONE YEAR FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: GOT IT. 17 IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS? 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO MOVED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE 20 FANG. 21 IS THERE A SECOND? 22 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 24 ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? 25 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? FEBRUARY 24, 2011 67 1 SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 12 B4 PASSES. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: MR. PRESIDENT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE B SECTION, 16 I DO HAVE AN UPDATE. WE TRIED TO LOOK UP THE PERALTA 17 DISTRICT, AND IT APPEARS FROM WHAT WE HAVE GOTTEN OFF THE 18 WEB, THAT THEY ARE CHARGING AT LEAST $220 A UNIT. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THANK YOU. 20 SO I BELIEVE OUR NEXT RESOLUTION IS S1, 21 MODIFICATION OF THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE GRADUATION 22 REQUIREMENTS AND NEW PROGRAMS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE 23 CURRICULUM COMMITTEE. 24 THANK YOU, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 25 MR. BOEGEL: SURE. I AM TOM BOEGEL. I AM THE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 68 1 DEAN OF CURRICULUM. AND I AM HERE WITH S1. S1 IS THE 2 RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU TO COMPLY WITH WHAT'S REFERRED 3 TO AS SB-1440, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE STUDENT TRANSFER 4 ACHIEVEMENT REFORM. 5 WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS MANDATES SOME CHANGES TO 6 THE WAY THAT WE OFFER ASSOCIATE DEGREES AT CITY COLLEGE. 7 AND IT REQUIRES US TO HAVE A DIFFERENT OPTION FOR STUDENTS 8 WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE TO TRANSFER. 9 THE REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS ARE FOR THEM TO 10 FULFILL THE CSU GENERAL EDUCATION OR IGETC PATTERNS. AND 11 ALSO HAVE A MAJOR THAT IS ALIGNED OR IS DESIGNED TO BE 12 ALIGNED WITH A MAJOR AT THE CSU SYSTEM. 13 SO AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME CHANGES TO THE OVERALL 14 STRUCTURE OF OUR ASSOCIATE DEGREE. BASICALLY, WE ARE 15 GOING TO GO BACK TO HAVING TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR 16 STUDENTS. THEY CAN CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE OPTION THAT WE 17 HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO GET OUR OWN CITY COLLEGE 18 ASSOCIATE DEGREE, FOLLOW OUR OWN LOCAL GENERAL EDUCATION 19 REQUIREMENTS, OR THEY CAN FOLLOW THIS OTHER PATTERN. 20 THE ADVANTAGE IS FOR STUDENTS ARE THAT STUDENTS 21 WHO FOLLOW THIS PATTERN WILL BE ABLE TO GET PRIORITY 22 ADMISSION TO RELATED MAJORS AT THE CSU SYSTEM. THIS IS 23 GOING TO BE A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE FOR THEM. 24 CERTAINLY ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE 25 WITH THIS IS THAT IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT HAS COME DOWN FEBRUARY 24, 2011 69 1 FROM THE LEGISLATURE, AND THEY'VE SAID, YOU HAVE TO DO 2 THIS NOW, AND THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS TO THIS. 3 AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE ACADEMIC SENATE 4 WILL SPEAK TO SOME OF HER QUALMS BEHIND THIS. AND NONE OF 5 US I THINK NECESSARILY LIKE GETTING MANDATES FROM THE 6 STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY 7 AND THIS WAY, AND YOU CAN'T HAVE (INAUDIBLE) REQUIREMENTS 8 AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 9 ON THE FLIP SIDE, I THINK THE GOOD THING ABOUT 10 THIS BILL IS THAT IT'S GOTTEN -- THERE ARE SOME TEETH ON 11 THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM. WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS 12 OPTION. WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO OF THESE IN PLACE BY FALL 13 2011. 14 THERE ARE SOME TEETH ON THE CSU SYSTEM AS WELL. 15 THEY HAVE TO GIVE PRIORITY ADMISSION. THEY HAVE TO -- 16 STUDENTS WHO FOLLOW THIS PATTERN MUST BE ABLE TO GET A 17 BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITH NO MORE THAN 60 UNITS ADDITIONAL 18 OVER AT THE CSU. 19 THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE, AND THEY ARE STILL 20 WORKING OUT SORT OF THE SPECIFICS, BUT THERE IS A LANGUAGE 21 ABOUT NOT REQUIRING STUDENTS TO TAKE COURSES THAT ARE 22 SIMILAR TO COURSES THAT THEY TOOK IN LOWER DIVISION. WE 23 ARE STILL SORT OF HASHING OUT WHAT "SIMILAR" MEANS, BUT 24 HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL HELP LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT 25 STUDENTS WHO TAKE A LOWER DIVISION COURSE, THEY WIND UP FEBRUARY 24, 2011 70 1 TAKING ANOTHER DIVISION COURSE THAT IS SUBSTANTIAL AND 2 SIMILAR IN CONTENT. 3 SO AT THIS POINT I WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS THAT 4 YOU MIGHT HAVE OR I KNOW THAT MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE FROM 5 THE ACADEMIC SENATE HAS -- 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS 7 FROM THE BOARD? 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YEAH, ONE QUESTION. THE 9 REASON I PULLED THIS OFF THE CONSENT IS I WANTED MORE 10 INFORMATION. 11 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: AND SO WHICH IS THE 13 OPTION THAT YOU SAY WE ARE GOING BACK TO. 14 MR. BOEGEL: WELL, THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME 15 SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE WE HAD WHAT WE CALLED A TRANSFER 16 ASSOCIATE DEGREE THAT WAS SIMILAR IN SOME WAYS TO WHAT YOU 17 SEE AS LISTED AS OPTION 2. 18 WHAT WAS SIMILAR WAS THE USE OF THE DIFFERENT 19 GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN. AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME 20 DIFFERENCES THOUGH. THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IS THE 21 MAJOR REQUIREMENT. THE EASIEST PATH THAT WE ARE GOING TO 22 HAVE FOR ESTABLISHING MAJORS TO FIT WITH THIS OPTION TO A 23 DEGREE IS TO WORK WITH WHAT THEY ARE REFERRING TO AS A 24 TRANSFER MODEL CURRICULUM. 25 THIS TRANSFER MODEL CURRICULUM IS A CURRICULUM FEBRUARY 24, 2011 71 1 THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED JOINTLY BY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND 2 CSU FACULTY. AND THEY GIVE US BASICALLY A TEMPLATE THAT 3 WE CAN FOLLOW. AND FOLLOWING THAT TEMPLATE WILL SIMPLIFY 4 THE APPROVAL OF THIS MAJOR AT THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S 5 OFFICE. AND AGAIN, WE'LL HOPEFULLY SERVE TO MEET SOME OF 6 THE OTHER THINGS THAT I HAVE MENTIONED THAT IT MEETS FULL 7 LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS AND PREPARES STUDENTS FOR 8 THEIR UPPER DIVISION WORK. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: OKAY. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND I JUST WANTED TO 12 SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS WHEN I 13 WAS IN COLLEGE ABOUT FIVE YEARS WERE PUSHING FOR. A LOT 14 OF STUDENTS WOULD GO TO CITY COLLEGE, GET SOME UNITS, GO 15 TO STATE. THEY WOULD BALANCE BETWEEN STATE AND CITY 16 COLLEGE. THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS. AND SOMETIMES THEY 17 ACTUALLY -- STUDENTS ACTUALLY CAME OUT WITH A CONVERSION 18 RATE FOR EVERY 12 UNITS YOU TAKE AT CITY, PROBABLY EIGHT 19 TO TEN WOULD PROBABLY BE TRANSFERABLE TO STATE. SO THEY 20 LITERALLY HAD A CONVERSION CHART FOR UNITS THAT WOULD BE 21 TRANSFERABLE. SO I THINK THIS KIND OF CLEANS UP A LITTLE 22 BIT OF THAT AND CLEANS UP A LITTLE BIT OF SOME OF THE -- 23 I MEAN IT REALLY DOES CREATE A BETTER PIPELINE 24 BETWEEN SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, CITY COLLEGE AND SAN 25 FRANCISCO STATE OR ANY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SO I THINK WHILE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 72 1 NONE OF US LIKE MANDATES, AND THEY SHOULD FUND US TO HELP 2 TRANSFER STUDENTS TO CSU SINCE NOW WE ARE TAKING UP THE 3 BULK OF BASIC SKILLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WHILE WE DON'T 4 LIKE UNFUNDED MANDATES, I THINK THIS ACTUALLY DOES HELP 5 CLEAN UP A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRANSFER ISSUES THAT STUDENTS 6 HAVE HAD BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM AND THE CSU 7 SYSTEM. 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: ONE MORE COMMENT. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE 11 INFORMATION -- 12 MR. BOEGEL: SURE. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: -- THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED 14 TO KNOW. IF THIS HELPS THE STUDENT GET THROUGH THE 15 CURRICULUM AND TRANSFER, THAT'S GREAT. I WOULD BE 16 LOOKING -- SO WHEN WE WILL WE KNOW LIKE IN TERMS OF THIS 17 KIND OF CHANGE, HOW IT PERFORMS REALLY. 18 MR. BOEGEL: SO WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US 19 TODAY IS SORT OF THE FIRST STEP. THE NEXT STEP IS GOING 20 TO BE PROBABLY NEXT MONTH WHEN I COME BACK TO YOU WITH, 21 HOPEFULLY, A COUPLE OF MAJORS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY 22 DEPARTMENTS AND APPROVED BY OUR CURRICULUM COMMITTEE TO 23 FIT WITHIN THIS OPTION 2. WE ARE STILL HAVING SOME 24 DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS. I DON'T WANT TO 25 GIVE AWAY TOO MUCH AT THIS POINT. SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 73 1 THE NEXT STEP. 2 THESE WOULD BE FOR MAJORS THAT WOULD BE 3 AVAILABLE STARTING IN THE FALL 2011 SEMESTER. SO IT'S 4 GOING TO TAKE US PROBABLY A YEAR BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START 5 SEEING ANY ACTUAL NUMBERS BEHIND HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE 6 GOING TO ELECT TO GET THIS DEGREE AND WHAT THEIR EVENTUAL 7 OUTCOMES ARE IN TERMS OF TRANSFER. 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO IF I AM GETTING THIS 9 RIGHT, IT'S ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE WE CAN RECEIVE SOME DATA 10 REFLECTING THE DIFFERENCE. 11 MR. BOEGEL: I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK 13 YOU. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: I WOULD SUGGEST TOO AT SOME POINT 16 WHEN THIS DOES BECOME RIPE THAT YOU BRING IT BEFORE A 17 COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD -- 18 MR. BOEGEL: OKAY. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: -- TO HAVE A MORE FRUITFUL AND 20 THOROUGH DISCUSSION ON WHAT THIS MEANS AND WHAT THE ISSUES 21 ARE WITH THE MANDATE, AND WHAT MAJORS YOU ARE LOOKING 22 AT -- 23 MR. BOEGEL: OKAY. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: -- AND WHY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A 25 LOT OF WHAT WE DO. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 74 1 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: RIGHT, SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD 3 LOOK AT IT IN A TEN-MINUTE SEGMENT AND GO. 4 MR. BOEGEL: OKAY. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO 6 THE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. 7 MR. BOEGEL: OKAY. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHILE I WAS AWAY WAS THIS 9 MOVED AND SECONDED. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO AND 13 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 14 ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE BOARD? 15 TRUSTEE NGO: I THINK THERE ARE COMMENTS -- 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT 17 NOW. 18 I HAVE HAL HUNTSMAN. 19 MR. HUNTSMAN: THANK YOU. 20 I THINK THIS RESOLUTION AND THE WORK THAT THE 21 STATE LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO DO HERE IS VERY, VERY 22 IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENT 23 SUCCESS IS THAT THE STRUCTURE IS FINELY TUNED TO GET THE 24 RESULTS THAT IT GETS. SYSTEMS ARE LIKE THAT. 25 AND SO WHAT I SEE THE STATE LEGISLATURE DOING, FEBRUARY 24, 2011 75 1 AND I SEE THIS NOT JUST IN OUR STATE BUT IN EVERY STATE 2 ACROSS THE NATION, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL, IS 3 INVOLVED IN A DIALOGUE HERE IN OUR CULTURE AS A WHOLE 4 ABOUT WHAT A COLLEGE EDUCATION MEANS, WHAT A COLLEGE 5 DEGREE MEANS, AND WHAT IT SHOULD MEAN GOING FORWARD. I 6 THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS A STEP HERE IN THE 7 PUBLIC DIALOGUE TO SAY WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH MORE 8 SMOOTHLY AND MORE QUICKLY. AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY 9 IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO RECOGNIZE. 10 I THINK IT WILL DO THAT TO A LARGE DEGREE. DO I 11 THINK IT IS, PERFECT? NO. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO 12 CONTINUE TO SEE TINKERING. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE 13 IT BETTER. 14 I THINK TRUSTEE NGO'S SUGGESTION ABOUT MORE FULL 15 DIALOGUE IS VERY IMPORTANT. BUT I DON'T WANT US TO MISS 16 THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IN TERMS OF A STRUCTURAL CHANGE 17 THAT CAN BE REALLY, REALLY MEANINGFUL FOR STUDENTS AND 18 THEIR LONG-TERM SUCCESS AND THEIR ABILITY TO PROGRESS 19 THROUGH THE SYSTEM MORE QUICKLY. THANK YOU. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 21 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I GUESS I HAVE ONE 23 SINCE THERE'S NOW POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE A TWO-TRACK KIND 24 OF A SYSTEM, WHY WOULD ANYBODY PICK THE OTHER TRACK THAT 25 DOESN'T GIVE YOU PRIORITY? FEBRUARY 24, 2011 76 1 I MEAN I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF I WAS A 2 STUDENT AND YOU TOLD ME THERE WAS A -- LIKE SAY I'M GOING 3 TO BE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, A MATH MAJOR. I WOULD 4 PERSONALLY NEVER BE A MATH MAJOR. BUT IF I WERE A MATH 5 MAJOR, AND IT GAVE ME THE OPTION OF PICKING THE MATH MAJOR 6 THAT TRANSFERRED TO STATE, SAY SAN FRANCISCO STATE. AND A 7 MATH MAJOR THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ALL TRANSFERABLE, WHY 8 WOULD I NOT PICK THE ONE THAT WOULD -- WHY WOULD I NOT 9 PICK THIS ONE? 10 INSTEAD OF A TWO-TIER SYSTEM, WHY ARE WE NOT 11 JUST THINKING ABOUT JUST SWITCHING -- IF YOU PICK A MAJOR, 12 WHY NOT JUST MAKE THE MAJOR TRANSFERABLE. 13 MR. BOEGEL: LET ME BEGIN MY COMMENTS BY SAYING, 14 AS FORMER ACTING DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE OF MATH, 15 MATH IS FUN. IT IS IMPORTANT. MATH CAN BE GOOD. 16 OKAY, THAT BIT OF EDITORIALIZING ASIDE, REALLY I 17 THINK IT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THE TWO 18 DIFFERENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE. THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL THING 19 IS THAT WE HAVE ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS THAT LEAD 20 DIRECTLY TO JOBS. 21 WE HAVE THE TWO-YEAR PROGRAM IN NURSING. YOU 22 GRADUATE. YOU CAN BECOME A NURSE. WHILE WE MAY HAVE 23 STUDENTS THAT WANT TO TRANSFER TO A FOUR-YEAR SCHOOL AND 24 GET A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE IN NURSING, THAT DOESN'T DEVALUE 25 THE NEED FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TWO-YEAR PROGRAMS IN FEBRUARY 24, 2011 77 1 NURSING, IN ENGINEERING, AND A WHOLE RANGE OF OPTIONS. SO 2 I THINK WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT AS 3 AN OPTION. 4 IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO 5 REALIZE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE 6 VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHICH OF THE MAJORS THAT WE HAVE APPLY TO 7 WHICH OF THE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE REST OF THE 8 PROGRAM. 9 THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE HAS MADE THIS 10 CLEAR. I ASKED THEM DIRECTLY. IF WE GET THE 11 COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR APPROVED FOR THIS ASSOCIATE IN ARTS 12 FOR TRANSFER, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT ALSO GETS SORT OF 13 INCLUDED FOR OUR REGULAR ASSOCIATE DEGREE? AND THEY SAID, 14 NO. WE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT SEPARATELY. AND THEY 15 CAUTIONED AGAINST IT, FRANKLY, BECAUSE THEY SAID YOU MAY 16 NOT -- IT MIGHT BE CONFUSING ENOUGH FOR STUDENTS THAT THEY 17 WOULD FOLLOW THE OPTION 1 PATTERN AND THE COMMUNICATIONS 18 DEGREE AND THINK THAT THEY WERE GETTING PRIORITY ADMISSION 19 AND THEY ARE NOT. 20 SO I THINK AGAIN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY 21 CLEAR, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK AT THE 22 COLLEGE AND THE COUNSELORS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE VERY 23 CLEAR ABOUT WHAT STUDENTS OPTIONS ARE, WHAT ARE THE BEST 24 PATHS FOR THEM GIVEN THEIR CHOSEN VOCATION OR EDUCATIONAL 25 PATH. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 78 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, BECAUSE I AM ALSO 2 LOOKING AT COSTS. YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO KEEP 3 A TWO-TRACKED MAJOR -- 4 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- INSTEAD OF JUST A 6 ONE TRACK WITH MORE CLASSES. 7 MR. BOEGEL: I DON'T SEE THIS AS -- 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: IT'S A COMMITTEE 9 CONVERSATION. 10 MR. BOEGEL: I DON'T SEE THIS AS NECESSARILY AS 11 A COST THING. I MEAN WE ARE GOING TO STILL HAVE THE 12 SAME -- WE ARE GOING TO STILL RUN THE SAME COURSES. MANY 13 OF THE SAME COURSES THAT APPLY FOR OUR GENERAL EDUCATION 14 PROGRAM APPLY FOR THE CSU GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. IT'S 15 REALLY JUST ABOUT A MATTER OF HOW YOU TAKE THAT COLLECTION 16 OF COURSES AND PACKAGE THEM TOGETHER. 17 MR. JACKSON: OKAY. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MR. BOEGEL, I WILL JUST ONLY 19 OBSERVE THAT MATH WAS FUN FOR ME UNTIL I GOT TO PARTIAL 20 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND THEN IT BECAME LESS SO. 21 MR. BOEGEL: I HAD -- 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THINK I NEEDED TO STATE THAT 23 FOR THE RECORD. 24 MR. BOEGEL: I HAD ISSUES WITH RADIANCE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. WE HAD KAREN FEBRUARY 24, 2011 79 1 SAGINOR ALSO AS A SPEAKER. 2 MS. SAGINOR: KAREN SAGINOR, ACADEMIC SENATE 3 PRESIDENT. 4 SO THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PUT THROUGH IN A 5 WAY THAT REQUIRES US TO DO THIS IN A BIG HURRY. AND 6 THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES. THERE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH TIME 7 TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS. ONE OF 8 THE HALLMARKS OF THE HURRYING WHICH WE'VE DONE IS IT 9 REQUIRES US TO HAVE MAJORS IN PLACE BY FALL. AND ACROSS 10 THE STATE, THIS HAS BEEN UNDERSTOOD TO MEAN THAT WE HAVE 11 TO HAVE TWO. RIGHT, IT SAYS, IT HAS TO BE PLURAL, AND 12 THERE REALLY ISN'T TIME TO DO THIS PROPERLY. BUT IF WE 13 HAVE TWO, WELL, THAT'S PLURAL SO THAT WILL SATISFY THE 14 LEGISLATION. I THINK THAT'S A SIGN OF THE RUSH THAT IT 15 WAS DONE IN. 16 THE BIGGEST DRAWBACKS THAT I SEE ACROSS THE 17 STATE IS THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT ACTUALLY INCREASES 18 THE NUMBER OF CSU SLOTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OPEN OR 19 AVAILABLE. SO IT DOESN'T REALLY SAY MORE COMMUNITY 20 COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL GO TO CSU. IT'S KIND OF CHANGING 21 THE RULES FOR HOW YOU COMPETE FOR THE SAME NUMBER OF 22 SLOTS. 23 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH, MUCH MORE HELPFUL IF IT 24 ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF SPOTS THAT THEY COULD GET 25 INTO. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 80 1 AND ALTHOUGH IT SAYS, THAT THE FOLKS WHO GET THE 2 TRANSFER DEGREE ARE GUARANTEED A PLACE, YOU WILL NOTICE 3 THAT IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THEY ARE GUARANTEED THAT THEY 4 WILL GET TO GO EITHER TO THE SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE. IT 5 DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL GET TO HAVE THE MAJOR 6 THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE. IT SAYS, IT WILL BE A COMPARABLE 7 MAJOR, BUT MAYBE NOT THE SAME ONE. AND IT DOESN'T 8 GUARANTEE WHEN THEY WILL BE ADMITTED. SO IT COULD BE THAT 9 THEY WILL FINISH IN THE SPRING, BUT THEY WON'T BE ADMITTED 10 IN THE FOLLOWING FALL. IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT. SO IT 11 WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH BETTER THING IF IT HAD GUARANTEED 12 THOSE THINGS. 13 ONE OF THE PARTICULAR BEEFS THAT I HAVE WITH IT 14 IS THAT IT GETS RID OF SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE 15 HAVE ASKED OF PEOPLE TO GRADUATE. IN PARTICULAR, THE 16 AREAS F, G, AND H. AND THAT INCLUDES WE HAVE REQUIRED 17 THAT ALL OF OUR GRADUATES TAKE AT LEAST SOMETHING IN 18 EITHER ETHNIC STUDIES, WOMEN'S STUDIES, LGBT. WE THINK IT 19 IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT FOR SOMEONE TO GET AN A.S. DEGREE 20 BEFORE THEY TRANSFER THAT THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ONE OF 21 THESE OTHER CULTURES IN ENOUGH DEPTH TO QUALIFY FOR OUR 22 QUALIFICATIONS IN THAT AREA. 23 AND THIS JUST, YOU KNOW, THROWS THAT OUT THE 24 WINDOW. THAT TO GET THIS DEGREE YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET 25 THAT QUALIFICATION. THAT'S ONE OF MY BEEFS WITH IT. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 81 1 AND I HEAR THAT MEANS THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS 2 THEN WILL BE, WELL, I'M NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS, THEN I 3 WON'T TAKE THIS. 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: COULD WE ADD THAT ON -- 5 MS. SAGINOR: AND THEY WON'T GET THAT EXPOSURE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- AND STATE LAW SAYS 7 WE CAN'T ADD ON. 8 MS. SAGINOR: WE ARE ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN TO ADD 9 THAT ON. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WE ARE FORBIDDEN. WOW. 11 MS. SAGINOR: TO ADD THAT ON, YES. 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 13 MS. SAGINOR: SO THAT'S SORT OF MY BEEF WITH IT. 14 NONETHELESS, AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, I AM 15 ENDORSING IT. WE MUST DO THIS. WE HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO 16 DO THIS. AND ALSO SINCE THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS 17 THE STATE. IF WE DIDN'T OFFER THIS, WELL, THEN OUR 18 STUDENTS WOULD DEFINITELY LOSE OUT TO THE COLLEGES WHERE 19 THEY ARE OFFERING IT, AND THEY'VE GOT IT IN PLACE, AND 20 THEY'VE GOT IT GOING, AND THEY'VE GOT STUDENTS COMING OUT 21 OF THIS PROGRAM. 22 AND SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO IT. WE HAVE TO 23 KEEP UP. WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR THIS SEE SO THAT OUR 24 STUDENTS HAVE THAT OPTION. 25 AND I DO HOPE THAT IN THE LONG RUN IT WILL FORCE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 82 1 THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND IT WILL FORCE THE STATE TO LOOK 2 AT HOW WE ARE DOING IT AND MAYBE MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO 3 IT. 4 ANOTHER AREA THAT LOOKS PROBLEMATIC IS THAT IT 5 HAS A SET NUMBER OF UNITS. WHATEVER THE SUBJECT IS. AND 6 FOR SOME SUBJECTS REQUIRING THAT THEY DO THIS MANY UNITS 7 AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THAT MANY UNITS AT THE UPPER 8 DIVISION, FOR SOME SUBJECT AREAS, IT'S TOO FEW THAT THEY 9 ARE REQUIRING IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL. FOR OTHERS, 10 IT'S TOO MANY THAT THEY ARE REQUIRING AT THE COMMUNITY 11 COLLEGE LEVEL. 12 AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, 13 THERE ISN'T ANY FLEXIBILITY ON THAT. THAT'S ANOTHER THING 14 THAT I THINK MAYBE IT WILL CHANGE OR SOME OTHER WAY WE 15 WILL WORK SOMETHING OUT. SO THOSE ARE OUR CONCERNS. WE 16 ARE CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF DOING THINGS THAT WILL HELP OUR 17 STUDENTS TRANSFER. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HAS THERE BEEN ANY 19 CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR POINTS AT THE STATE ACADEMIC -- 20 MS. SAGINOR: OH, YES, THERE'S BEEN A LOT, A LOT 21 OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- LEVEL. 23 MS. SAGINOR: SO ACTUALLY THE STATE ACADEMIC 24 SENATE WAS OPPOSED TO THIS UNTIL IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE 25 IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS GOING TO PUSH IT FEBRUARY 24, 2011 83 1 THROUGH. YOU KNOW, THE TRAIN WAS LEAVING THE STATION AND 2 IF THE STATE ACADEMIC SENATE WAS GOING TO GET ANY INPUT AT 3 ALL, THEY BASICALLY HAD TO BE ON THE TRAIN SO THEY COULD 4 CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 5 CONVERSATION ACROSS THE STATE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: GOT IT. 7 MS. SAGINOR: THANK YOU. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THANK YOU. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 10 ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 11 ANY FURTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? 12 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 19 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 23 OKAY, WE HAVE PASSED S1. 24 S3, IS NO COST CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR RETIREMENT 25 MANAGER. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 84 1 DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR S3? 2 TRUSTEE BERG: MOVE S3. 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG; 5 SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 6 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 7 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION IN THE AUDIENCE? 8 OKAY, SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE YOUR VOTE. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THANK YOU. 11 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 20 S3 CARRIES. 21 S4 IS DEFERRED COMPENSATION 403(B) AND 457(B) 22 TIAA CREF. 23 DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR S4? 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 85 1 IS THERE A SECOND? 2 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 4 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD? 5 ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE? 6 SEEING NONE, TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 13 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 17 S4 CARRIES. 18 S5 IS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE MARCH IN 19 MARCH ON MARCH 14TH, 2011 TO SACRAMENTO. 20 IS THERE A MOTION? 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE FANG; 24 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 86 1 THAT I WANTED TO BE ADDED AS A CO-ORIGINATOR. 2 COUNSEL BATTISTE: SPONSOR. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: COSPONSOR FOR THIS. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WELCOME IT. THANK YOU. 6 ON THAT NOTE, I ALSO HAVE OTHER TRUSTEES WHO 7 HAVE AGREED TO BE CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. AND I WILL ANNOUNCE 8 THEM AS TRUSTEE BERG WISHED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR, SO HAS 9 TRUSTEE NGO, AS WELL AS PRESIDENT RIZZO. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: WHY CAN'T IT INCLUDE ME THEN? 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: OKAY. AND TRUSTEE WONG 12 TOO. I WELCOME ALL THE SUPPORT I CAN GET. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: YOU'VE GOT EVERYBODY. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: OKAY, THANK YOU. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 16 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY 18 THAT THE MARCH IN MARCH IS SOMETHING THAT THE STUDENTS 19 HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO DO. THERE ARE 20 DISCUSSIONS GOING ON. THERE ARE PLANS GOING ON. ALL THE 21 DETAILS NEED TO BE WORKED OUT. AND IF IDEAS NEEDS -- I 22 APPRECIATE EVERYONE GETTING INVOLVED. I WILL BE PUTTING 23 TOGETHER PLANNING TIME AND DATES. ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE 24 CCSF.EDU/MIM, I AM THE MAIN PERSON OF CONTACT, SO I WILL 25 BE VERY DEEPLY INVOLVED IN HAVING PLANNED THIS OUT. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 87 1 AND ALSO THE DECISION FROM THE STUDENT EXECUTIVE 2 BOARD TO SUPPORT THE MARCH IN MARCH IS UNANIMOUS JUST SO 3 THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. 4 TO SUPPORT THIS, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE GETTING 5 ON BOARD AND HELPING ME OUT, BUT THIS IS NOT ONE DAY ONLY. 6 WE ARE -- THE STUDENT HAVE ON OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD HAVE 7 EXPRESSED THAT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO 8 FIND OTHER MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS AS WELL TO ADD UPON THIS 9 MARCH IN MARCH TO GIVE MORE -- TO GET THEIR VOICES FURTHER 10 AND TRY TO GET MORE CHANGES. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: MR. PRESIDENT. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: JUST TO BE CLEAR, I AM NOT SURE IF 15 TRUSTEE FANG SAID I WAS A CO-SPONSOR OR NOT. I DON'T 16 THINK I AGREED TO CO-SPONSOR IT. 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HE SAID YOUR NAME. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: DID YOU SAY THAT? 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YEAH, I DID. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: I AM IN SUPPORT OF IT. I DON'T 21 WANT TO CO-SPONSOR IT. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: OKAY. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: IF THAT'S OKAY. 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YEAH. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: I THINK IT'S -- YOU KNOW, I AM NOT FEBRUARY 24, 2011 88 1 SURE -- MAYBE YOU CAN SAY HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST 2 FOR EVERYONE TO GET UP THERE, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS TO 3 GET UP THERE. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO THE OCEAN CAMPUS 5 COUNCIL HAS PUT UP $30,000 FOR MARCH IN MARCH. AND IT IS 6 ACTUALLY A LINE ITEM IN THEIR BUDGET, SO IT WAS PLANNED 7 FROM THE LAST CARRY OVER FROM THE LAST YEAR AS WELL, SO WE 8 ARE SIMPLY SEEING THE NEED FOR IT. WE'VE DECIDED TO PUT 9 THIS UP AGAIN. 10 JOHN ADAMS CAMPUS COUNCIL HAS PUT A $1,000 FOR 11 FOOD SPECIFICALLY. DOWNTOWN HAS DONE SO AS WELL. MISSION 12 HAS AGREED TO PUT IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT. I AM NOT AWARE OF 13 AN EXACT AMOUNT JUST YET. 14 I AM ALSO AWARE THAT AFT 2121 HAS AGREED TO PUT 15 UP $10,000 AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE SIZE OF CONTRIBUTIONS 16 SO FAR. 17 THE BUSES WOULD HAVE LOCKED IN $700 PER BUS FOR 18 THE FIRST 25 BUSES. WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN NEGOTIATION FOR 19 THAT ALREADY. 20 ADDITIONAL BUSES WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT AS GOOD 21 OF A RATE AS THAT TOO, BUT WE'VE -- AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY 22 NOT GOING TO COST THE ENTIRE 30,000. WE HAVE 157 CASES OF 23 FREE LIQUIDS AVAILABLE FROM PEPSI THAT THEY'VE AGREED TO 24 DELIVER, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER. I'M FORGETTING 25 HOW MUCH WE WANT FOR THAT. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO PROVIDE FEBRUARY 24, 2011 89 1 SOME SNACKS FOR THOSE GOING UP THERE. 2 SO THE LOGISTICS IS THERE, BUT THE UNDERSTANDING 3 FROM STUDENT COUNCIL IS THAT THEY AGREE TO PUT UP MONEY 4 FOR THIS WITH THE CONDITION THAT I, AND ALL THOSE HELPING 5 ORGANIZE, NEED TO BE AS SMART AS WE CAN WITH OUR DOLLARS 6 SO THAT WE DON'T SPEND IT IN A BAD WAY. YOU KNOW, SO WE 7 ARE VERY FRUGAL WITH IT AND REALLY SPENDING EXACTLY WHAT 8 WE NEED AND FIND THE BEST PRICE POSSIBLE. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: AND IS IT ONLY CITY COLLEGE THAT'S 10 DOING IT OR IS IT A STATEWIDE THING? 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: IT IS A STATEWIDE ACTION 12 SSCCC, STUDENT SENATE FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES, 13 IS SORT OF THE UP AND DOWN STATEWIDE MAIN ORGANIZER OF 14 THIS. THAT'S THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOTTEN THE PERMIT 15 CLEARED AT THE WEST STEP ON THE 14TH, AS WELL AS GETTING 16 THE STAGING AREA AT THE CALIFORNIA AUTO MUSEUM UP IN 17 SACRAMENTO. 18 I AM PERSONALLY IN CONTACT WITH REGION 7 AND 19 REGION 9 OF THE SSCCC COLLEGES TO TRY TO SEE WHERE THEIR 20 PARTICIPATION LEVELS ARE. I KNOW THAT CABRILLO IS SENDING 21 ONE BUS. CAVILLION IS SENDING ONE BUS. AND I KNOW 22 LIKE -- I HAVE A LOT OF COLLEGES TALKING TO ME THAT I AM 23 ASKING THEM HOW MANY BUSES THEY ARE SENDING. AND THEY ARE 24 ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL COST AS WELL. THEY ARE 25 SENDING -- I MEAN THE LA NINE IS FLYING THEIR STUDENTS IN. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 90 1 THEY ARE DOWN IN SO CAL, BUT WITH THE LOGISTICS, THEY ARE 2 STILL SAYING THEY WANT TO FLY THE STUDENTS UP SO THAT THEY 3 CAN BE THERE ON THAT DAY AND TO HAVE A SHOW OF FORCE TO BE 4 IN SUPPORT OF THE MESSAGE THAT WE DON'T WANT ANY FEE 5 RAISES. WE DON'T WANT ANY CUTS. AND WE WANT THE STATE TO 6 PRIORITIZE HIGHER EDUCATION. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: I WOULD JUST ADD THE REASON WHY I 8 DIDN'T WANT TO CO-SPONSOR BUT I WILL ENDORSE IT AND VOTE 9 FOR IT IS THAT EVERY YEAR WE DO MARCH IN MARCH. WELL, 10 SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN MARCHES IN 11 MARCH. AND EVERY YEAR WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH THESE 12 SEVERE YEAR FISCAL PROBLEMS AND THESE CONSTRAINTS. AND I 13 WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS TO -- AND IT SOUNDS LIKE 14 YOU ARE DOING THAT ALREADY TO THINK ABOUT OTHER WAYS OF 15 ADVOCATING THAT MAY BE MORE VALUABLE PER DOLLAR. 16 INSTEAD OF A RALLY IN MARCH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 17 LOOKING AT PARTICULAR REVENUE MEASURE THAT YOU CAN WORK 18 AND ORGANIZE AROUND PROP 13 OR SOME OTHER WAY TO TACKLE 19 THIS PROBLEM. IT JUST SEEMS SO UNTRACTABLE. AND I 20 WANT -- I THINK IT IS A GREAT THING BECAUSE YOU ARE 21 BUILDING THIS CAPACITY FOR YOUR CLASSMATES AND YOUR COHORT 22 OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE. 23 I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT 24 ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO BE ADVOCATES AND TO LEARN HOW TO BE 25 ADVOCATES. BUT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE THIS RESOLUTION, FEBRUARY 24, 2011 91 1 AND I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK UP THERE. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 3 TRUSTEE NGO. 4 AND TO ADD THEN, THE ALTERNATIVE METHOD HAS BEEN 5 SUGGESTED THAT THE DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE. I PERSONALLY 6 HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN TRIPS UP IN SACRAMENTO TO HELP TO 7 WORK TO GET APPOINTMENTS TO VISIT THE LEGISLATOR AND 8 EXPRESS AND TO PUT A HUMAN FACE BEHIND WHAT THEY ARE DOING 9 AND THEN TRY TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS. I KNOW THAT WON'T 10 BE ABLE TO BE DONE ON A MASSIVE LEVEL IN TERMS OF ALL THE 11 STUDENTS. HOWEVER, WE WILL BE TRYING TO GET MORE STUDENTS 12 ON TO THAT AS WELL. 13 THE OTHER PROJECT THAT I IDENTIFY SO FAR THAT 14 WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR HIGHER 15 EDUCATION IS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ENCOURAGING OUR STUDENT 16 POPULATION TO REGISTER TO VOTE SO THAT THEY CAN BE MORE 17 AWARE. BECAUSE VOTING POWER IS WHAT THE LEGISLATURE 18 ULTIMATELY LISTENS TO A LOT MORE. THAT PROJECT IS ONGOING 19 TOO. 20 I AM SURE THERE ARE MORE IDEAS. I APPRECIATE 21 EVERYBODY, ANYONE HAVING IDEAS CONTRIBUTING TO ME. THANK 22 YOU. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 24 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? 25 ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? FEBRUARY 24, 2011 92 1 ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THAT'S A SURPRISE. 4 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 5 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 9 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 13 OKAY, S5 IS APPROVED. 14 S6, A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CALIFORNIA 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES BUDGET PRIORITIES AND PRINCIPLES. 16 DO I HAVE A MOTION? 17 TRUSTEE BERG: I'LL MOVE S6. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 19 IS THERE A SECOND? 20 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 22 ANY DISCUSSION? 23 SEEING NONE, ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE? 24 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 93 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 2 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 6 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 10 S6 PASSES. 11 S7, IS AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO 12 A WORKLOAD AND COMPENSATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN AFT LOCAL 13 2121. MABEL MICHELUCCI AND THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY 14 COLLEGE DISTRICT. 15 IS THERE A MOTION? 16 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 18 IS THERE A SECOND? 19 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 21 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD? 22 ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? 23 OKAY, SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE YOUR VOTE. 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 94 1 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 5 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 9 OKAY, S7 CARRIES. 10 LET'S GO BACK TO THE AGENDA. OKAY, BOARD OF 11 TRUSTEES REPORTS. WE WILL CONTINUE THIS ITEM. WE STARTED 12 IT EARLIER IN THE MEETING. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES, I DO. 15 FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE 16 EXECUTIVE BOARD OF ASSOCIATED STUDENTS WERE AT A MEETING 17 OF ALL CAMPUSES. WE FINALLY HAVE FIRM DATES SET UP FOR 18 OUR MEETINGS ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THIS SEMESTER. I 19 WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THEM NOW. 20 THE TIME IS ALWAYS 1:00 TO 3:00 IN THE 21 AFTERNOON. THAT'S THE GREATEST AVAILABILITY SO FAR THAT I 22 KNOW OF. THE DATE WILL BE MARCH 10TH. THAT'S A THURSDAY. 23 AND THAT'S THE ONLY DATE THAT WILL BE THURSDAY. FROM NOW 24 ON, ALL THE OTHER MEETINGS WILL BE THE SECOND AND FOURTH 25 TUESDAY FROM 1:00 TO 3:00. WE WILL BE ROTATING DIFFERENT FEBRUARY 24, 2011 95 1 CAMPUSES. THE MARCH 10TH MEETING WILL BE AT CIVIC CENTER. 2 THE SECOND, OF COURSE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK 3 EVERYONE FOR VOTING IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION S5, THE MARCH 4 IN MARCH. AGAIN, THE WEBSITE IS WWW.CCSF.EDU/MIM. 5 I HOPE EVERYONE SIGNS UP AS SOON AS THEY CAN. 6 AND ALSO TELL ALL THE STUDENTS AND FRIENDS AND MEMBERS OF 7 CITY COLLEGE TO PLEASE SIGN UP AND GO. 8 ANYONE WHO WISHES TO HELP CAN INDICATE DURING 9 SIGN UP THAT THEY WANT TO BE A LEADER, AND I WILL BE 10 ORGANIZING AND PLANNING A MEETING AND TRYING TO GET AS 11 MANY PEOPLE TO GO UP AS WE CAN TOGETHER. 12 AND THIRD IS PARCEL TAX. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO 13 MENTION THAT THE COLLEGE NEEDS TO, AS A WHOLE, WE DO NEED 14 TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND I KNOW IT HAS BEEN WHISPERED AND 15 MURMURED EVERYWHERE, BUT WE SHOULD PUBLICLY TALK ABOUT IT 16 AND DECIDE FIRST OF ALL I THINK THE TIME AND WHEN, AS WELL 17 AS WHAT ARE WE GOING FOR SO THAT WE CAN BE TOGETHER IN 18 THIS AND AS A UNITED FRONT TO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO SAVE OUR 19 EDUCATION. 20 THE FOURTH THING, THE LAST THING I HAVE IS, I AM 21 ALSO BEGINNING TO PLAN -- IT WILL BE I GUESS THE THIRD 22 SERIES OF EQUITY. I AM CALLING IT A FORUM WHERE THE 23 ISSUES OF THE LAST TWO SEMESTERS AND MAYBE SOMETHING NEW 24 THAT HAS YET TO BE IDENTIFIED CAN BE PUT TOGETHER, AND I 25 WILL HAVE DATES AND TOPICS PRODUCED VERY QUICKLY. THAT FEBRUARY 24, 2011 96 1 WILL BE ALL. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, TRUSTEE WONG. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: THANK YOU. 4 THERE ARE TWO PRESIDENTS ACTUALLY I WANT TO 5 THANK TONIGHT. AS I LOOK AT THE TIME, I WANT TO THANK 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO FOR ACTUALLY A VERY EXPEDITIOUS MEETING. 7 I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE OVER BY 9:00 O'CLOCK, SO 8 CONGRATULATIONS. KEEP IT UP. 9 THE SECOND PRESIDENT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND 10 THANK IS PRESIDENT OBAMA, WHO WITH HIS ENLIGHTEN EVOLVED 11 VIEWPOINT IS NOW STARTING TO SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGES. 12 AND THAT'S VERY, VERY EXCITING. AND SO I JUST WANT TO 13 PUBLICLY THANK OUR PRESIDENT FOR THAT. 14 I WANT TO THANK KAREN SAGINOR, FRED TETI, 15 ATTILA, PRESIDENT RIZZO, AND I MET TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT 16 THE CHANCELLOR'S EVALUATION. AND OUR TRUSTEES WILL BE 17 GETTING A COPY OF THE PREVIOUS INSTRUMENT AND ALSO SOME 18 UPDATED TIMELINES SO THAT YOU CAN BE LOOKING AT IT, AND 19 LET'S TRY TO THIS TIME TRY TO BE ON SCHEDULE BECAUSE I 20 THINK THE LAST TIME WE ASKED THE CHANCELLOR, HE DID MIND 21 THAT WE WERE A LITTLE BIT OFF SCHEDULE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE 22 EVERYBODY IS ALMOST ON BOARD IN TERMS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE 23 DONE. 24 AND FINALLY, TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST 25 THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CAROLINE MARKS, WHO WAS AND I FEBRUARY 24, 2011 97 1 AM SURE STILL IS A FORCE OF NATURE, SO THANK YOU. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 3 TRUSTEE BERG. 4 TRUSTEE BERG: NO REPORT. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: WE HAD OUR FIRST PLANNING AND 7 BUDGETING COMMITTEE MEETING. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY 8 PRODUCTIVE. 9 I AND I KNOW THE CHANCELLOR AND THE 10 ADMINISTRATION AND FELLOW TRUSTEES ARE REALLY SERIOUS 11 ABOUT THIS NEW NORMAL THAT WE HAVE TO CONFRONT. AND WE 12 WILL BE REINFORCING THAT CONCEPT LIKE WE DID TONIGHT AND 13 THROUGHOUT THE FOUR OR FIVE HEARINGS WE WILL HAVE UNTIL 14 MAY. OTHERWISE, STAY TUNED. THANKS. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I FIRST WANT TO 17 CONGRATULATE, I FIRST READ IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT 18 OUR PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A MAJOR FOR LGBT STUDIES AND 19 IT GOING TO A MAJOR. I KNOW THAT OUR COLLEAGUE LAWRENCE 20 WONG WAS QUOTED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE B.A.R. AND IT 21 WAS A WONDERFUL -- IT WAS A VERY HAPPY MOMENT TO LEARN 22 THAT WE ARE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. IT WAS VERY GOOD TO 23 SEE ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES QUOTED IN THE PAPER TALKING 24 ABOUT OUR PROGRESS FOR BEING THE FIRST COLLEGE IN THE 25 NATION TO OFFER LGBT, A MAJOR IN LGBT STUDIES. AND SO I FEBRUARY 24, 2011 98 1 THINK THAT THAT'S REMARKABLE AND ONCE AGAIN, PUTS US ON 2 THE CUTTING EDGE OF EDUCATION. 3 I ALSO WANT TO DISCUSS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH 4 THE CHANCELLOR IN TERMS OF GETTING A SECOND SITE FOR GED 5 TESTING. RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TO GO TO JOHN ADAMS CAMPUS. 6 AND FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, IT IS HARD BECAUSE THERE'S 7 ACTUALLY NO RAIL SYSTEM TO GO THERE. SO FROM WHERE I LIVE 8 YOU HAVE TO CATCH THE T TO VAN NESS, AND YOU HAVE TO CATCH 9 THE 72, AND THEN TRANSFER TO THE 43. AND IT IS REALLY 10 HARD TO GET THERE. IT'S ACTUALLY A TWO AND A HALF HOUR -- 11 I WENT WITH A STUDENT FROM WHERE I LIVE, AND IT WAS A TWO 12 AND A HALF HOUR TRIP. AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING TO 13 GET A GED TESTING SITE AT ANOTHER CAMPUS SO THAT'S A 14 LITTLE SHORTER. 15 A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING, ESPECIALLY WITH 16 CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE WITH THE NEW 17 HOSPITAL, WITH THE NEW CAMPUSES BEING BUILT, WITH UCSF AND 18 SOME REDEVELOPMENT SITES, A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T HAVE THEIR 19 GED AND ARE LOOKING TO GET THOSE SKILLS TO GET ON SOME 20 CONSTRUCTION SITES, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE DEFINITELY 21 BEEN WORKING ON. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO EVENTUALLY 22 BRINGING THAT TO THIS BOARD WITH THE CHANCELLOR TO GET A 23 NEW APPROVED SITE FOR GED TESTING. 24 SO WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT. AND 25 MOST LIKELY WE WILL BE HAVING AN INSTITUTIONAL FEBRUARY 24, 2011 99 1 EFFECTIVENESS COMMITTEE MEETING SOMETIME IN THE FIRST OR 2 SECOND WEEK OF MARCH. THANK YOU. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 4 I CAN REPORT THAT AT THE LAST FACILITIES 5 INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, WE GOT A REPORT ON 6 OUR EFFORTS FOR LOCAL HIRING. AND IT WAS REPORTED THAT AT 7 THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS, WE NOW ARE -- 35 PERCENT OF THE WORK 8 IS BEING DONE BY SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS. THAT'S ABOUT 9 TWICE -- THIS IS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. THAT'S ABOUT 10 TWICE AS MUCH AS -- MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH AS WE'VE EVER 11 HAD BEFORE. A LOT OF THAT CREDIT GOES TOWARDS CHINESE FOR 12 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WHICH HAS BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB 13 WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTORS ON THIS. AND SO I THOUGHT 14 THAT WAS VERY GOOD NEWS. 15 OUR GOAL IS 40 PERCENT, SO WE ARE ALMOST THERE. 16 AND WHEN THE BOARD VOTED TO CREATE THIS GOAL AND THE 17 PROCESS THAT WE ARE USING, SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT 18 40 PERCENT WAS TOO HIGH. IT WAS UNREALISTIC. AND YET, WE 19 ARE ALMOST THERE. I THINK THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS. 20 I WANTED TO REPORT ALSO THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING 21 WITH THE CHANCELLOR ON ASKING THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO TO 22 HELP SUPPORT HIGHER EDUCATION IN SAN FRANCISCO AND TRY TO 23 COME TO OUR AID FINANCIALLY THIS YEAR. THE CITY PROVIDES 24 HELP TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THERE ARE SOME PROPOSALS 25 IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT TRIED TO ADD TO FEBRUARY 24, 2011 100 1 THAT THIS YEAR. THEY DON'T PROVIDE ANYTHING TO CITY 2 COLLEGE. WE ARE ONE OF THE CITY'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS AND 3 WE ACTUALLY PROBABLY HAVE MORE SAN FRANCISCO STUDENTS THEN 4 THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES. SO WE ARE MOVING 5 FORWARD WITH THAT. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL SUPERVISORS WHO 6 ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IDEA. AND THE CHANCELLOR AND I ARE 7 MEETING WITH SEVERAL MORE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND WE ARE 8 ALSO GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE MAYOR TO MAKE OUR PITCH. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: GOOD FOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 11 OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CHANCELLOR AND STAFF 12 REPORTS. 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: NONE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS. 15 COUNSEL. 16 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, THANK YOU, 17 MR. PRESIDENT. THERE ARE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED 18 SESSION. 19 AND I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT YOU SHOULD GIVE 20 YOURSELF SOME CREDIT FOR THE FIT COMMITTEE FOR BRINGING IN 21 CONTRACTORS FOR CALCITRANT CONTRACTORS WHO WEREN'T MEETING 22 THE GOAL AND CALLING THEM ON THE CARPET, AND THEY'VE 23 TURNED THINGS AROUND. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 25 OKAY, REQUESTS TO SPEAK FROM THE AUDIENCE. FEBRUARY 24, 2011 101 1 MS. WEINBERG: HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH 2 WEINBERG. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE OCEAN CAMPUS ASC. 3 AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT EARLIER, 4 BUT IF YOU WOULD INDULGE ME, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF 5 REPORT ABOUT OUR CAMPUS. 6 AS WAS SAID EARLIER, THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT 7 COUNCIL IS SUPPORTING THE MARCH IN MARCH. WE ARE SENDING 8 A MINIMUM OF 25 BUSES UP TO SACRAMENTO. WE FEEL VERY 9 STRONGLY THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE 10 ACTIVE AND HAVE OUR VOICES THERE IN SACRAMENTO. OUR 11 MESSAGE AGAIN IS KEEPING THE FEES LOW AND KEEPING THE 12 DOORS UP AND LETTING US VOTE IN THE JUNE ELECTION. 13 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THE STATEWIDE DAY 14 OF ACTION WHICH IS MARCH 2ND. THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS 15 COUNCIL IS SUPPORTING THE STATEWIDE DAY OF ACTION. THERE 16 WILL BE LOTS OF ACTIVITIES ON THE FIRST AND THE SECOND. 17 AND WE WILL BE SUPPORTING THOSE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 18 IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE 19 INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT US OR CHECK THE WEBSITE 20 CCSF.EDU/MIM FOR THE MARCH IN MARCH AND THE ASSOCIATED 21 STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICES FOR MORE INFORMATION. 22 ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT WE 23 ARE STILL SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE MARCH IN MARCH, WHICH IS 24 COMING RAPIDLY UPON US FROM ANY CONSTITUENTS THAT WOULD 25 LIKE TO ASSIST US. THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT COUNCIL FROM FEBRUARY 24, 2011 102 1 OCEAN HAS ALLOCATED UP TO $30,000 FOR THIS EVENT, WHICH IS 2 A STEEP AMOUNT FOR US FOR THE STUDENTS TO PUT FORTH, SO WE 3 ARE SEEKING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. 4 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK THE FACULTY TO SUPPORT 5 STUDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE MARCH. I KNOW THIS 6 IS AN OPTION FOR FACULTY. BUT I REALLY ENCOURAGE FACULTY 7 MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS WHO DO WANT TO GO AND GIVE 8 THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THIS. 9 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THE ELECTIONS 10 HIRING COMMITTEE IS MOVING FORWARD, SO WE WILL BE HIRING 11 TWO ELECTION CO-COMMISSIONERS NEXT WEEK. AND WE WILL BE 12 CONTINUING WITH ELECTION FORUMS AND TOWN HALLS FOR THE 13 SPRING ELECTIONS FOR THE ASC COUNCIL 2011-2012 SCHOOL 14 YEAR. 15 WE HAVE TWO NEW SENATORS ON OUR COUNCIL AT OCEAN 16 CAMPUS AND THAT IS ROBERT ARANEOUS (PHONETIC) AND STEVE 17 SHING LEE (PHONETIC), SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE 18 THEM. 19 WE ALSO ARE WORKING TOWARD SENDING DELEGATES, A 20 GROUP OF DELEGATES TO THE SSCCC SENATE CONFERENCES IN 21 SACRAMENTO. ALL OF OUR CAMPUS COUNCILS ARE SENDING A 22 DELIGATION TO THAT CONFERENCE. WE HAVE ALLOCATED $1,000 23 TOWARDS THAT. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKES PLACE IN APRIL. 24 AND ALSO TO THE FACCC, WHICH IS STILL IN THE WORKS. WE 25 ARE STILL WORKING ON FINDING OUT IF WE CAN SEND A SMALL FEBRUARY 24, 2011 103 1 DELIGATION TO INTERACT AND SPEAK WITH LEGISLATORS IF 2 POSSIBLE AND WORK TOWARDS SPREADING THE MESSAGE REGARDING 3 THE STUDENT'S VOICE REGARDING THE BUDGET CUTS ON VARIOUS 4 DIFFERENT LEVELS MARCHING AND ALSO REACHING THE 5 LEGISLATORS SO THAT IS IN THE WORKS. 6 WE ARE ALSO WORKING AND PLANNING OUR UNITY DAY 7 WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY TAKE PLACE IN APRIL. AND WE ARE 8 CELEBRATING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND HERITAGE MONTH, 9 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 11 ANY OTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK? 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE 15 THING DURING MY REPORT. 16 IN TERMS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, ALL THE 17 TRUSTEES ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. I KNOW DURING THE DAYTIME 18 IT MAY BE DIFFICULT, SO I AM OPEN TO TRYING TO SET UP A 19 MEETING WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE FOR OUR BOARD AND THE 20 EXECUTIVE BOARD TO MEET TOGETHER. SO I WILL BE IN TALKS 21 WITH PRESIDENT RIZZO ABOUT THAT TOO. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU. 23 OKAY, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF 24 CAROLINE MARKS. I WANTED TO SAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF 25 KNOWING MRS. MARKS. SHE WAS A VERY ACTIVE PERSON WHO DID FEBRUARY 24, 2011 104 1 A LOT OF GOOD FOR THIS CITY. SHE WAS A COMMISSIONER ON 2 THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN FOR A NUMBER OF 3 YEARS AND DID SOME VERY GOOD WORK THERE. AND SHE WILL BE 4 MISSED, SO WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT. 5 (A MOMENT OF SILENCE OBSERVED.) 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 7 (MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:00 P.M.) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 FEBRUARY 24, 2011 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER I, THE UNDERSIGNED, A DULY AUTHORIZED CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTER, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING PROCEEDINGS WERE TAKEN DOWN BY ME IN STENOTYPE AND THEREAFTER TRANSCRIBED INTO TYPEWRITING BY COMPUTER, UNDER MY DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION, AND THAT THIS TRANSCRIPT IS A TRUE RECORD OF THE SAID PROCEEDINGS. DATED: MARCH 17, 2011 ______________________________ MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 STATE OF CALIFORNIA