MINUTES
MNHS DIVISION MEETING
The weekly meeting of the
Palomar College Mathematics and the Natural and Health Sciences Division chairs
and director was held on
1.
Order of business
Mike Rourke, Division Dean, called
the meeting to order at
Members Present: Mike Rourke, Kathy Clyne, Jim Gilardi, Ed
Groschwitz, Takashi Nakajima, Al Trujillo, Wendy Metzger
Member
Absent: Jean Landmesser
Recorder: Barbara Quas
2. Minutes
from last two meetings
Members reviewed the minutes from
3. Items
of concern
Ed Groschwitz reported that Agaton
Mateo checked S-12 for a gas leak and could not find one. Ed reported that Natarajan Geetha is having
trouble obtaining adequate shelving in CH-16 that meets earthquake safety
requirements. Discussion followed. Wendy Metzger recommended that the department
contact Fernando Franco in Facilities about have custom shelving built.
Takashi Nakajima requested a
meeting to discuss department offices in the new science building. Members discussed whether or not to have them
on one floor or distributed throughout the building. Mike Rourke stated that audio visual issues
for the building have not been resolved either.
Physics and Engineering needs to send a representative to the audio
visual meetings if they want input.
Al Trujillo reported that he has
begun to meet weekly with the Earth Sciences’ instructional support assistant. He invited Takashi Nakajima to attend the
meetings. Al Trujillo expressed his
continuing concern about the lack of office space in Earth Sciences. He did not want to see the issue
dropped. Mike Rourke reported that he
met with the Math Department yesterday to discuss issues related to moving the
ES-9 servers to E-3 to make space for an office. Wendy Metzger agreed to contact Mike Ellis
regarding the heat load in E-3. Mike
Rourke will contact Academic Technology about housing the servers for ES-9 and working
collaboratively with ATG to better utilize the lab.
Jim Gilardi handed Mike Rourke the facilities
work request to install a fume hood in LS-20 as discussed last week. Mike Rourke stated that the facilities
requests from the three-year plans need to be prioritized. He will email the list to the chairs and director. Everyone should review the list and email him
and the other chairs and director any additional requests. The list will be discussed and prioritized
at the next meeting.
Wendy Metzger expressed her concern
about offices for Mathematics faculty.
She will be requesting a one-year sabbatical leave replacement position
for next year because her department has three people on sabbatical in fall and
one in spring. The department also
anticipates a retirement.
Kathy Clyne reported that she has
one student who has not been able to get a vaccination for chicken pox due to
manufacturing shortages. The vaccination
is a requirement for students to attend clinicals. The student has signed a release form in case
she contracts chicken pox.
4. Ron’s
celebration
Mike
Rourke reported that Takashi Nakajima spent $106.45 on the watch and engraving
for Ron Phillips. The amount divided
seven ways equals $15.21 per person.
5. Information
Items
a. Telephone
tree
Mike
Rourke reported that he has not received a telephone tree from Life Sciences,
Dental Assisting, and Mathematics. He
reiterated that the telephone trees are necessary in case of a major disaster.
b. Budget
development
Mike
Rourke announced that he will try to arrange training for budget development on
either this Friday or next Wednesday. He
talked to
Members
discussed concerns and implications of budgeting for adjunct and overload
salaries at length. Mike Rourke stressed
that he does not want to see decisions about who should teach a particular
class based only on budget. Departments
must use the best quality faculty and maintain their high standards.
c. Chair
academy training needs
The
item was postponed.
6. Other
There
were no items
7. Adjournment
Mike
Rourke adjourned the meeting at
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