Here are the minutes from the CPFA 2nd Annual Plenary. ________________

Unofficial Minutes
California Part-Time Faculty Association
2nd ANNUAL PLENARY
El Chorro Regional Park, San Luis Obispo, California
Saturday, June 24, 2000

Members Present: Mary Jo Anhalt, Homer Arrington, Sandy Baringer, Debbie Brasket, Dave Bush, Megan Elsea, Lin Fraser, Martin Goldstein, Mary Ellen Goodwin, Therese Gray, Gloria Heller, MaryAnne Ifft, Lorraine Kells, Christine Marchand, Alexis Moore, Louise Noelle, Margaret Quan, Virginia Scales, Lantz Simpson, Chris Storer, Scott Suneson, Ralph Sutter, Robert Yoshioka, Charlie Blair, Robert Judd

Invited Guests: Richard Moeser, David Kuchta

I. CALL TO ORDER

Chris Storer, Executive Council Chair of the California Part Time Faculty, called the meeting to order at 10:00am.

II. BUSINESS MEETING

A. Vote to Accept the Minutes of the 1999 Plenary.
Lantz moved. Dave seconded.
Passed Unanimously.

B. Vote to Accept Financial Statement
After discussing concerns and recognizing the inadequacies, Martin moved and Mary Jo seconded the motion to accept the Balance Sheet.
Passed: 1 abstention.

C. Vote to Accept the Resolution Process
Lantz moved. Lorraine seconded.
Passed Unanimously.

D. Vote to Ratify Two Constitutional Amendments

1. Article 4, Section 1. Vote to expand the Executive Council from six to eight Directors.
The office of Director of Communications and Public Relations has now become two positions - the Director of Publications and the Director of Public Relations and the position of Director of Protocol and Public Relations has become positions - Legislative Analyst and the Director of Communications. Passed Unanimously.

2. Article 5, Section 2. Vote to open positions on the Executive Council to any member in good standing.
Debbie Brasket presented arguments in favor of the Amendment, and Dave Bush presented arguments opposing it.
Passed: 4 Nays, 2 Abstentions.

E. Executive Council Nominations and Introductions
All nominations were accepted with no contested positions, thus no speeches.

F. Business Meeting Adjourned

III. UPDATES WITH DISCUSSIONS

A. Sacramento Update: Chris Storer

B. Conference between AAUP, The Newspaper Guild and CWA: Margaret Quan and Robert Yoshioka

C. AAUP-NAFFE: Richard Moser, AAUP

D. UC Lecturers: David Kuchta

E. Local CCC Updates

Reports were given on the following districts: Contra Costa, Sierra, Cuesta, and Santa Monica. Moved to establish a committee to research the Best/Worse practices.

F. COALITION
The following topics were brought forward for discussion:

*National Conference: Focused on co-sponsoring a national conference on contingent labor. It was decided the primary focus of such conference should be academic labor. Moved to establish a committee to research possibilities.

*NAFFE/COCAL: Discussion of coalition building at the national level.

*Santa Clara: Discussion of coalition building between regional community college districts which have similar concerns.

*FACC Conference

*A2K Continued: Discussion of ways in which we can continue to call attention to the inequities of part-time faculty on both state and national levels.

*Outreach to other labor groups: Discussion of the necessity to align with other labor groups to call attention to the issues of all contingent labor.

G: MEETING ADJOURNED ____________________________________

Unofficial Minutes
California Part-Time Faculty Association
2nd ANNUAL PLENARY
El Chorro Regional Park, San Luis Obispo, California
Sunday, June 25, 2000

Members Present: Homer Arrington, Sandy Baringer, Debbie Brasket, Dave Bush, Megan Elsea, Lin Fraser, Martin Goldstein, Mary Ellen Goodwin, Therese Gray, Gloria Heller, MaryAnne Ifft, Christine Marchand, Alexis Moore, Margaret Quan, Virginia Scales, Lantz Simpson, Chris Storer, Ralph Sutter, Robert Yoshioka

Invited Guest: Greg Tropea, CSU Adjuncts

I. CALL TO ORDER

Chris Storer, Executive Council Chair of the California Part Time Faculty, called the meeting to order at 9:45am.

II. BUSINESS MEETING

A. Elections: All nominations were uncontested; thus winners by acclamation:

Legislative Analyst: Lantz Simpson

Director of Administration (1/2 Term): Mary Ellen Goodwin

Director of Public Relations (1/2 Term): Martin Goldstein

Director of Communications: Sandy Baringer

Director of Finance: John Martin

Director of Membership: Gloria Heller

B. Southern Regional Representative: Addressed concerns of how best to fill this position. See Resolution 8.2000 Plenary.

C. Job Action Task Force:
In an emergency meeting of the Executive Council, a motion to create an ad hoc job action task force was made by Dave, seconded by Sandy, and passed unanimously. Core members include Robert, Scott and Therese.

Moved that CPFA shall form an ad hoc Job Action Task Force to explore part-time faculty activities as they relate to statewide actions to call attention to part-time inequities and to aid in the implementation of council resolutions. MSU

III. RESOLUTIONS

Resolution 1.2000 Plenary - MSU (Passed Unanimously)

Whereas temporary faculty in California community colleges are under the same professional expectations as regular faculty, and

Whereas all faculty in California community colleges are defined by law under a single system of minimum qualifications

Whereas temporary faculty in California community colleges are paid on average 1/3 of regular faculty, and

Whereas most professional faculty work about 2 hours out of class for each hour of classroom instruction, therefore be it

Resolved that the California Part-time Faculty Association shall establish a committee to research the law and related conditions to temporary and regular faculty work load and enter into discussions with various law firms to consider the feasibility of a class action lawsuit on behalf of temporary faculty in California community colleges to recover lost wages due for past uncompensated services required for continued employment, and be it further

Resolved that this committee will also consider the feasibility of a class action lawsuit to recover the lost STRS retirement benefits of temporary faculty from services prior to the adjustment of service credit in 1996.
(Chris, Lantz, Gloria)

Resolution 2.2000 Plenary - MSP (Passed)

Resolved that the California Part-time Faculty Association shall join the National Association for Fair Employment and will make an initial voluntary contribution of $100.00.

Resolution 3.2000 Plenary - MSU (Passed Unanimously)

Resolved that the California Part-time Faculty Association shall establish a committee to develop contacts and consider the joint sponsorship (with organizations such as AAUP, COCAL, the UC-AFT Lecturers, the CSU-CFA Lecturers, FACCC, CCA/CTA, CCC/CFT, CCCI, CWA, etc.) of a Western National Conference of Contingent Academic Labor to be held between Jan. 1, 2001 and August 15, 2001, and to report initial findings and possible plans to the Executive Council by July 15, 2000.
(Lantz, Debbie, Mary Ellen, Robert, Martin)

Resolution 4.2000 Plenary - MSU (Passed Unanimously)

Resolved that the California Part-time Faculty Association shall establish a committee to develop general information on "current best and worst practices regarding the professional conditions and compensation of temporary faculty in California community colleges for distribution via the CPFA web site and the Pro News.
(Debbie, Ralph, Robert, Sandy)

Resolution 5.2000 Plenary - MSP (Passed)

Resolved that the Executive Council of the California Part-time Faculty Association shall have authority to sponsor or cosponsor special forums to bring together faculty, trustees, legislators and BOG members focused on CCC and temporary faculty issues.

Resolution 6.2000 Plenary - MSP (Passed)

Resolved that the California Part-time Faculty Association collaborate with other faculty organizations to plan and implement a statewide or national A2K-1 action for the spring of 2001, thus continuing the tradition started this year by the Action 2000 Coalition.

Resolution 7.2000 Plenary - MSP (Passed)

Resolved that the California Part-time Faculty Association shall consider sponsoring an information table at the Fall 2000 FACCC Conference for the Friday session.
(Gloria, Lantz, Lorraine)

Resolution 8.2000 Plenary - MSP (Passed)

Resolved that the California Part-time Faculty Association urges the Executive Council to seek David Milroy's acceptance of taking the position of Southern California Representative, and should he accept, to formally appoint David to this vacant position as soon as possible.

Resolution 9.2000 Plenary - MSU (Passed Unanimously)

Resolved that the California Part-time Faculty Association explore the possibility of collaborating with other organizations in putting an "Equal Pay for Equal Work" initiative on the California state ballot.

Resolution 10.2000 Plenary - MSF (Failed)

Whereas the COFO PT workshops that had educated PT faculty about important issues and facilitated networking and coalition building among the participants have been discontinued, and

Whereas now various faculty organizations are holding PT faculty meetings at various times and locations around the state, and most part-timers belong to several of these organizations, and

Whereas the time and expense involved in attending all the various meetings are resulting in low attendance at each, therefore be it

Resolved that the California Part-time Faculty Association explore the possibility of collaborating with other faculty organizations in holding joint regional part-time faculty meetings/workshops (one in the South and one in the North) where participating faculty organizations can hold their separate membership meetings, as well as sponsor joint workshops, thus facilitating better attendance at less expense for all, and the opportunity to network and build coalitions.