IMPORTANT MESSAGE
FROM THE
DISTRICT ACADEMIC
SENATE
Please be advised that the District Academic Senate
adopted the following recommendations from the District Academic Senate's
Resolution Implementation Task Force effective immediately. The Academic
Senate Presidents will present these recommendations to the Board of Trustees
at the
RECOMMENDATION 1
The District Academic Senate
directs Academic Senate presidents to convey to the Board that improvement and
quality of negotiations can be met by fulfilling the following:
1. The district negotiating team exercises good faith negotiation by presenting
timely counterproposals.
2. The district negotiating team is given sufficient flexibility and authority
to make proposals and counterproposals without having to go back to the Board
of Trustees for specific authorization in every case.
3. The entire Board of Trustees is directly and pro-actively involved in the
analysis of negotiation proposals, rather than relying on summaries prepared by
a subcommittee or individuals.
4. Contract proposals should allow negotiations to agree and settle on
individual items, rather than presenting an "all or nothing" package.
RECOMMENDATION 2
Schedule a Strategic Conversation
between faculty and the Board on
Focus: To define and clarify issues and concerns and begin to identify possible
solutions in the areas of respect, morale, and campus climate.
RECOMMENDATION 3
Direct District Academic Senate Presidents and Secretary to schedule at
least two District Academic Senate meetings during the summer of 2006.
RECOMMENDATION 4
The deadline for the resolution adopted on February 7, 2006, put into
effect on March 14, 2006, and modified on April 18, 2006, be extended until
October 3, 2006 to allow further progress in the four areas identified in the
resolution.
Grace Hazán
On Behalf of
Angelica Buendia-Bangle,
Co-chair
District Academic Senate
Alex Braun, Co-Chair
District Academic Senate