CSSA Minutes: June 29, 2002

California State University, Sacramento
CSSA Board of Directors Meeting
June 29, 2002, 2:15 - 2:40 pm

1. CALL TO ORDER 2:15 pm., Chair Robert Garcia.
   
   
2. ROLL CALL Present: Chico, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Hayward, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, Northridge, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San José, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, Sonoma, Stanislaus. Pomona and San Diego late.
   
   
3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. Motion by Dominguez Hills, second Stanislaus, to approve the agenda. PASSED.
   
   
4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MAY 2002. Motion by Stanislaus, second Los Angeles to approve minutes of the May 2002 meetings. PASSED.
   
   
5. PUBLIC FORUM
   No one requested permission to address the board.
   
   
6. STUDENT TRUSTEES REPORTS
   1. Erene Thomas. Erene reported on the May Board of Trustees meeting. The Board of Trustees supports the bond on the November ballot that will increase the CSU budget. It passed a resolution to increase nonresident student fees by 15% percent; that increase will raise $11.7M in revenue. Humboldt's new campus president, Dr. Rollin C. Richmond, begins on July 1st. Congratulations to: Monterey Bay with regard to its student outcomes assessment, which will make faculty aware of student expectations of curricula and which was presented at the board meeting; Bakersfield's men's swim team and Pomona's women's basketball team; and San Bernardino's Model United Nations and Model Arab League, both of which recently won tournaments. The Board of Trustees approved an off-campus center in the Antelope Valley. Erene ended her report by noting that she will be collaborating with Trustee Martha Fallgatter on an educational policy initiative.
      
      
   2. Dan Cartwright. Dan's parting words are for CSSA and CSSA board members to continually ask themselves, "Is this in the best interests of students?" He advised the board to scrutinize Board of Trustee resolutions for the language, "the Board of Trustees leaves it to Chancellor Reed to adjust [the language of this resolution?] as he sees fit" and to ensure that the prerogative isn't abused.
      
      
7. OFFICER OF THE CHANCELLOR LIAISONS' REPORTS
   1. Alan Liebrecht, CSU Liaison to CSSA, was not present to report.
      
      
   2. Christy Zamani, CSU Student Relations Representative, said that a student representative is needed for the Academic Technology Advisory Committee, which next meets in August.
      
      
8. STAFF REPORTS
   1. Susana Gonzalez, Executive Director. Susana said CSSA policies and procedures will figure heavily in Transition 2; she urged board members to access registration online (www.csustudents.org) and fax their completed forms to the Long Beach office, 562/951-4860.
      
      
9. OFFICER REPORTS
   1. Dan Bardenhagen was not present, but Lisa Casini presented his report on distance learning initiatives coming out of the Academic Technology Advisory Committee.
      
      
   2. Environmental Affairs - Emilia Patrick was not present to report.
      
      
   3. Lobby Corps - Katie Beebe was not present to report.
      
      
   4. Academic Affairs Liaison - LaLisha Norton was not present to report.
      
      Adjournment 2:40pm, Dominguez Hills; second, Pomona. PASSED.
      
      
10. Robert called the Board back to order. Campuses Organized and United for Good Health (COUGH), represented by Jana Weeks of the Long Beach campus and JJ Hurley of the Sacramento campus, was present to give its scheduled presentation. JJ explained that COUGH is a coalition of CSU campuses working to protect students, faculty and staff from secondhand smoke. COUGH made a presentation at the last Board of Trustees meeting and will do so again at the July meeting with regard to prohibition of smoking within certain distances of campus building entrances/exits. Campuses have decreased the distance they require smokers to keep from entrances/exits pursuant to a memo that General Counsel Christine Helwick sent to the campus presidents one year ago. The memo quotes the Government Code, "no state employee or member of the public shall smoke any tobacco product inside a state-owned and state-occupied or a state-leased and state-occupied building, or, in an outdoor area within five feet of a main exit or entrance to such a building" and "a state employee or other person may smoke in any outdoor area of a state-owned and state-occupied or a state-leased and state-occupied building unless otherwise prohibited by state law and a sign describing the prohibition is posted by the state agency or other appropriate entity." The memo stated that unless and until the Board of Trustees adopts rules more restrictive than the code sections quoted above, campuses may not make smoking policies that are more restrictive than those code sections. COUGH's goals are: 1) that the Board of Trustees delegate authority to each CSU campus to enact a campuswide outdoor smoke-free policy; 2) that the Board of Trustees immediately require each CSU campus to have in effect by August 2003 an outdoor tobacco policy that at minimum provides for a smoke-free 20 foot radius extending from all campus buildings doorways, residential areas, windows, overhangs, breezeways and ventilation pathways; 3) that the Board of Trustees adopt and have in effect no later than August 2005 an entire outdoor smoke-free campus policy for the CSU system. JJ noted that the UC regents delegated distance limits to the campuses and that CSU is the only segment to have the five-foot limit.