CSSA Minutes: September 8, 2001

San Diego State University, Aztec Center, Council Chambers
CSSA Board of Directors Meeting
September 8, 2001, 9:00 am - 11:30 am

1. CALL TO ORDER 9:15 am, Chair Robert Garcia.
   
   
2. ROLL CALL Present: Bakersfield, Chico, Dominguez Hills, Humboldt, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, Pomona, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San José, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, Sonoma, Stanislaus (Fullerton, 10; Hayward and San Diego IV 9:30).
   
   
3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Changes to agenda: Add 5-minute closed session re personnel; move statewide appointments and CFA/CSU impasse to Sunday session. Jackie McClain, Vice Chancellor, Human Resources, to address board briefly today; David Spence, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer, tomorrow. Motion to approve, Dominguez Hills; second, San Diego. Passed.
   
   
4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 2001, Dominguez Hills; second, San Diego. Passed.
   
   
5. PUBLIC FORUM:
   Elexis Mayer, Humboldt. Upon Alistair McCrone's retirement next year, advisory committee forming to provide input on next president from students, faculty, staff despite realization that decision will not be made by the campus. Foundation fraud has raised concern that Director of Advancement has sole signature authority on many accounts. Fee referendum pending for student facility to be constructed on shared-costs basis. Academic Affairs VP investigating athletics: Title IX, diversity issues; oversight problems. CSSA should consider an environment section and be proactive, take chances.
   
   
6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
   Dr. Shirley Weber, Chair, Africana Studies, SDSU. Dr. Weber exhorted CSSA to take risks, welcome change. Students have the opportunity to develop the personality of an activist and realize the political dimensions of all action. CSU students don't use their votes effectively: given its many statewide campuses, elected officials could owe their seats to CSU students. Dr. Weber expressed concern that student governments no longer bring people of political stature to campus and don't culture an intellectual climate for change. Being in student government today is more about resume building than changing the world.
   
   Vice Chancellor Jackie McClain. Was also a student leader and civil rights activist as a student in Kansas. Today she has two main areas of responsibility: systemwide safety coordination and systemwide human resources leadership. The latter role involves collective bargaining; classification/pay issues; compliance with federal rules and regulations. Vice Chancellor McClain offered her office as a resource to CSSA.
   
   Former Assemblywoman Denise Ducheny. Ms. Ducheny advised CSSA to augment its power by joining with UC and community college students. Likewise, CSU most impressive when all components act in concert? students, faculty, administration, Trustees. She noted new pressure to increase fees. Economic slumps see the most pressure to raise fees; yet that's when people most need access to the system. She said registration of students to vote ought to be a CSSA issue.
   
   
7. ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB) FOR STUDENT TRUSTEE SEARCH (Information Item.)
   EVC Christine Svendsen said IRB policies and procedures are under review. Future searches will be for three candidates; this year's candidates will be nominated at Chico.
   
   
8. APPOINTMENTS (Action Item)
   Tabled to October meeting.
   
   
9. REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR LIAISON
   Christy Zamani. A retreat on leadership development and grantwriting has been proposed; a possible topic is legal issues arising from auxiliaries.
   
   Dr. Cordelia Ontiveros, CSU Senior Director, Academic Human Resources. Dr. Ontiveros' remarks about tenure track v. lecturer positions were cut short by the Chair, who cited CSSA's agreement not to discuss collective bargaining until the October conference, when both CFA and CSU will be present.
   
   
10. REPORT OF STUDENT TRUSTEE
    Dan Cartwright, Student Trustee. Noted that at next week's Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting the Imperial Valley satellite campus will receive a gift of 200 acres [actually presented for approval at September 26th BOT meeting]. Urged keeping in close contact with him. He said usually the BOT isn't involved with the campuses until there's a problem. Issues he's bringing to the BOT: (1) CSU Advising: who does it, how much they're paid, what's the quality and breadth; (2) Remedial education: In January BOT got the Spence report on remediation statistics. Math looked good; English worse. Figures on who's getting disenrolled and whether those statistics reflect proportional or fair actions were missing. Apparently this information is now being demanded by the State and will be produced.
    
    
11. OFFICER REPORTS
    Diversity - Ronda Newt-Scott. Ronda found that institutionally the CSU is defining diversity inaccurately, in terms of affirmative action and equal opportunity. Thus we need to define it for ourselves. Ronda asked everyone to define the term for later discussion; CSSA's definition will craft its mission.
    
    Financial Aid - Yulil Alonso-Garza - No report.
    
    Technology - Dan Bardenhagen. Dan attended the Admissions Technology Advisory Committee, an ad hoc Chancellor's Office committee. The committee is seeking its direction as well as $20 million funding in 2002/2003. Wants to include faculty input in technology solutions coming to campuses.
    
    Lobby Corps - Katie Beebe. Lobby Corps Day, YouthVote 2001, will be in November.
    
    Environmental Affairs - Emilia Patrick. Attended Chancellor's Office meeting of new CSU Sustainable Design Standards Committee, which will address making buildings more environmentally friendly. New approach will include lifetime costs to maintain as part of construction equation.
    
    Academic Senate Liaison - LaLisha Norton. The theme of the Academic Senate's conference in November is "Quality Education Through Diversity." The Academic Senate is seeking a student participant for its taskforce on intellectual property.
    
    Alumni Council Liaison - Jose Solache. First meeting with the Council is next weekend.
    
    CLOSED SESSION - PERSONNEL MATTERS
    
    
12. SPECIAL PRESENTATION - Peter Elias, New York Times Readership Program.

Adjournment.