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4CS Connections November 2009 1

2009 has been a challenging year for 4CS and the many classified senates around the state. With the budget crisis taking a toll on community colleges, funding to

classified senates and money for conference and travel has been either reduced or eliminated. This directly impacts 4CS as we rely on continued attendance at the Classified Lead-ership Institute each June as our main source of operating income. In response to these difficult financial times, 4CS is looking for new ways to streamline the operations and gen-erate new sources of funding. Our focus this year is to help you, our classified constituents, seek creative ways to fund your senate initiatives and leadership goals. I encourage you to reach out to 4CS and to share your ideas and provide each other support during these difficult times.

Also in response to the budget crisis, many colleges have chosen to lay off staff. This has made it far more difficult for classified to participate in senate and gov-ernance activities as many staff now have to do the work of two and even three people. We’ve seen some senates become inactive because no one is able to take on the additional burden of a leadership role. 4CS is extremely sensitive to the chal-lenges you face as we ourselves confront the same issues at our colleges. We are here as a resource for you, to encourage you in your leadership journey and to help you keep your senate active and involved. If you need assistance, please contact the 4CS representative in your area. They are available to help you establish, build and maintain your classified senate, as well as provide information about governance and give presentations to your senate on various leadership topics.

Despite many challenges, 4CS continues to grow and innovate. During 2009, we added five new area representatives to our board and honored two past presidents with President Emeritus status. Our September board meeting was an historic event as 4CS, for the first time, met in two locations simultaneously (Pasadena City Col-lege and Mission College in Santa Clara) via teleconferencing. We have also made a commitment to be more responsive to the needs of our membership by moving the 2011 Classified Leadership Institute to Southern California.

Classified leadership is a commitment and sometimes a sacrifice. That is why I so appreciate those of you who are committed to do what is necessary to continue your involvement. You are the shining examples of what classified leaders can be—equal participants in shared governance with faculty and administration. Keep doing what you are doing so that when others are ready, they too will follow your lead. I look forward to working with you in the months to come. Thank you for your continued leadership, participation and commitment to community college governance.

Benita Briones, 4CS President 4CS President, 2009-2011

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4CS Executive Board DirectoryPRESIDENT BENITA BRIONESCity College of San Francisco (415) 452-5719 [email protected]

NORTH VICE PRES. JANET PEDERSENSan Joaquin Delta College (209) 954-5772 [email protected]

SOUTH VICE PRES. RUSSELL HAMILTONSaddleback College (949) 582-4902 [email protected]

SECRETARY MELANIE HAYNIEMiraCosta College (760) 795-6648 [email protected]

TREASURER DENISE ALBRIGHTPasadena City College (626) 585-7520 [email protected]

PAST PRESIDENT MONICA SOUZASacramento City College (916) 558-2155 [email protected]

REPRESENTATIVES

NORTH 1 VACANTButte College, College of the Redwoods, College of the Siskiyous, Feather River College, Lassen College, Mendocino College, Shasta College

NORTH 2 SHARON TERRYSacramento City College (916) 558-2176 [email protected] River College, Consumnes River College, Folsom Lake College, Los Rios CCD, Sacramento City College

NORTH 3 JIM WILSONSierra College

(916) 660-7927 [email protected] Tahoe CC, Sierra College, Yuba College, Woodland College

BAY 1 JOCELYN IANNUCCIDiablo Valley College (925) 685-1230 x2905 [email protected] City College, Chabot College, Chabot Las Positas CCD, College of Alameda, Contra Costa CCD, Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College, Laney College, Los Medanos College, Merritt College, Peralta CCD, Solano CC

BAY 2 KAREN SMITHFoothill Community College (650) 949-7027 [email protected]ñada College, College of Marin, College of San Mateo, Napa Valley College, City College of San Francisco, San Mateo CCD, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Skyline College

BAY 3 MAUREEN CHENOWETHFoothill Community College (650) 949-7235 [email protected] College, De Anza College, Evergreen Valley College, Foothill College, Foothill DeAnza CCD, Gavilan College, Hartnell College, Mission College, Monterey Peninsula College, Ohlone College, San Jose City College, San Jose Evergreen CCD, West Valley College, West Valley Mission CCD

CENTRAL 1 AMAL ELAYYANSan Joaquin Delta College (209) 954-5814 [email protected] College, Merced College, Modesto Jr. College, San Joaquin Delta College, Yosemite CCD

CENTRAL 2 VACANTCollege of the Sequoias, Fresno City College, Reedley College, State Center CCD, West Hills College

CENTRAL 3 VACANTBakersfield College, Cerro Coso CC, Kern CCD, Porterville College, Taft College

SOUTHWEST 1 DEBRA CANTAREROPasadena City College (626) 585-7138 [email protected] College, East Los Angeles College, El Camino College, Los Angeles CCD, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles Mission College, Los Angeles Pierce College, Los Angeles Trade Tech, Los Angeles Valley College, Santa Monica College, West Los Angeles College

SOUTHWEST 2 BARBARA SALMONPasadena City College (626) 585-7034 [email protected] Hancock College, Antelope Valley College, College of the Canyons, Cuesta College, Moorpark College, Oxnard College, Santa Barbara CC, Ventura College, Ventura CCD

SOUTHWEST 3 LISA COSTA-YAMAUCHIPasadena City College (626) 585-7061 [email protected] College, Citrus College, Glendale CC, Mt. San Antonio College, Pasadena City College, Rio Hondo College

SOUTHEAST 1 VACANTCuyamaca College, Grossmont College, Grossmont Cuyamaca CCD, Imperial Valley College, Mira Costa College, Palo Verde College, Palomar College, San Diego CCD, San Diego City College, San Diego Continuing Education, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego Miramar College, Southwestern College

SOUTHEAST 2 GARY POTTSPasadena City College (626) 585-7520 [email protected]

Coast CCD, Coastline Community College, Cypress College, Fullerton College, Golden West College, Irvine Valley College, Long Beach City College, North Orange CCD, Orange Coast College, Rancho Santiago CCD, South Orange County CCD, Saddleback College, Santa Ana College, Santiago Canyon College

SOUTHEAST 3 KELLY WILKERSONChaffey College (909) 652-7403 [email protected] College, Chaffey College, College of the Desert, Copper Mountain College, Crafton Hills College, Mt. San Jacinto College, Riverside City College, Riverside CCD, San Bernardino CCD, San Bernardino Valley College, Victor Valley College

4CS ASSOCIATES

LEO LIEBERDiablo Valley College [email protected]

PAT MURRAYGrossmont College [email protected]

PRESIDENT EMERETI

MARY THOMPSON(retired) [email protected]

CARI PLYLEYButte College (530) 879-6106 [email protected]

TONY PRESTBYSanta Monica College (310) 434-4271 [email protected]

JULIE WHITINGSan Joaquin Delta College (209) 954-5677 [email protected]

JIM WILSONSierra College (916) 660-7927 [email protected]


Sponsored jointly by the California Community Colleges Classified Senate and the Community College League of California

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News From 4CSFormer 4CS Presidents Granted President Emeritus Status

Long time 4CS supporters and former presidents Tony Prestby and Julie Martin Whiting were recently granted President Emeriti status by the 4CS

Executive Board.

Prestby, who served as 4CS President from 2003 to 2005, began his ten years of service to 4CS as Southwest Area 1 Representative. He went on to serve as South Vice Presi-dent, and chaired the Public Relations Committee for sev-eral years. His commitment to building a professional and consistent image of 4CS and his close work with David Viar, former executive director of the League, paved the way for increased 4CS representation and participation on the League’s board. Due to his high standards of profes-sionalism and inclusive leadership style, Prestby helped elevate 4CS’s level of statewide recognition.

Whiting, who served as 4CS President from 2005 to 2007, began her participation in 4CS as the Central III Area Representative, where she helped guide the development of the 4CS Speaker’s Bureau. Her active public speaking schedule included presentations at the Community College League Annual Convention, CLI, 4C/SD Annual Conferences, and various community college professional development and leadership events. During her time with 4CS, Julie served as chair of the Classified Leadership Institute, President Elect, 4CS President and 4CS Representative on the Community College League Board, all while working diligently on furthering her education and raising a family.

Lack of Participation?By Monica Souza

We know that the state budget has affected us in many ways. “Doing More with Less” should be considered the new slogan for the Califor-

nia education system. As the article Doing More With Less¹ states, “(y)our company budget has been cut, but you still need to meet your customers’ demands. Time to get innovative.” We acknowledge that we are more fortu-nate than others who are getting pink slips or furloughed; everyone and everything has a threshold. Now is the time for us to strengthen, or to learn to take, leadership roles in the decision making on our campus and in our state. It is time for us to take on new challenges that will give us the energy to move forward through these difficult times. Can you think of a better way to do this than by participating in your local and statewide Classified Senate or Shared Gov-

ernance Organization? Getting this message to our fellow classified staff is still not an easy task. 4CS provides work-shops and other methods to help you share the importance of shared governance and how to get others motivated. One suggestion: Take the Lead and hold a fundraiser to send one person to CLI 2010 to obtain new tools to help your campus build or renovate its classified involvement for a stronger foundation.

Make a new start and learn how to do more with less. Join 4CS in our mission of working together in the interest of enriching the educational environment of the California Community Colleges. For more information or to contact a 4CS Executive Board for more suggestions visit: http://www.ccccs.org.

¹ Scott Anthony (02.26.09). Doing More With Less. Forbes.com. Creative Disruption. http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/26/oracle-salesforce-netsuites-leadership-clayton-christensen_cutting_costs.html

4CS Meets Via Teleconferencing

The September 4CS Board meeting was an historic event, as the board met for the first time simultane-ously in two locations, Pasadena City College and

Mission College in Santa Clara, via teleconferencing. The two day meeting, held September 11-12, 2009, was a great success and the board completed a full agenda. The video conferencing system made it possible for the board to see and hear each other in real-time, with one board member commenting, “it was like being in the same room with them.”

The impetus for trying a teleconferenced meeting was to accommodate board members in both the north and south

4CS Board members teleconferecing from Pasadena City College


News From 4CSregions of the state, allowing them to meet at a location closer to their home. The 4CS board holds four board meetings per year and with college budget cuts impacting travel reimbursement, it has been challenging for board members to travel to distant locations. “We felt we needed to try teleconferencing,” said 4CS President, Benita Brio-nes. “Many board members have had to reduce or elimi-nate travel this year. Teleconferencing has made it possible for our members to continue their participation with 4CS.”

The meeting was a success due to the organization, preparation and hard work of several key individuals. My Loi, Classified Senate President at Mission College, organized an outstanding meeting and made the board feel very welcome at Mission College; Greg Shaw, Multimedia Coordinator at Mission College, set up and managed the teleconferencing feed and troubleshot technical issues; Denise Albright, 4CS Treasurer, organized the meeting at Pasadena City College; Diana Ashkenasy, ITV Operations Coordinator at PCC, and Gary Potts, 4CS Associate, set up and coordinated the teleconference in Pasadena. 4CS is very grateful for the hard work of these talented individuals and would like to thank everyone who made this historic meeting possible.

4CS meets regularly in September and March at one of the 110 California community colleges. If your college is interested in hosting a future 4CS board meeting, please contact 4CS President, Benita Briones at [email protected].

Classified Senate & Unions – A Successful RelationshipBy Cari Plyley

Like so many California community college campuses, the introduction of a Classified Senate to the Butte Col-lege campus in 1990 began a five-year struggle between the senate and bargaining union. But every worthwhile endeavor takes patience, understanding, and time to prove itself.

In the years to follow, the Butte College Classified Sen-ate and CSEA Chapter #511 learned how to complement one another, and how to separate and focus on delineated areas. During the last accreditation process, the two groups worked together to place more than 30 classified employ-ees on accreditation teams, as well as both presidents on the steering committee. The accreditation process yielded outstanding results, including an employee Governance Manual and a permanent standing committee for accredita-tion.

The Butte College Governance structure and process has proven to be a model. For two weeks this November, a Chinese delegation will be visiting the campus to meet with all segments of the campus community involved in governance. Without the cooperation and mutual respect of the classified senate and union, the environment of successful governance would not be possible. In these hard economic times, these two groups will continue to focus on their areas of expertise and to support the posi-tive involvement of clas-sified staff in community college governance.

New Tools for Getting Your Work DoneBy Jim Wilson

In an era of doing more in less time, the internet provides us with many tools to help alleviate the need for lengthy face to face meetings or in-person constituent feedback. Though many options exist, we’ve highlighted a few of the tools, both social networking sites and survey instruments, that we’ve used to help make serving our constituents easier, faster and more effective.

NingNing (http://www.ning.com) is a Web-based social net-working site which allows users to create public and private sites for free. Senates can utilize this site to create a specific online community to enhance communications for their senate and/or classified staff. Easy to set-up, it can be used to communicate between meetings, distribute information and share ideas. Because it can be set-up as a private site, access and use can be limited as desired with usernames and passwords. Each member can creatively modify their page to express their individuality as they wish, and email notification preferences can be set up to let members know when someone else has left comments or participated in a particular discussion. Its advantages over other sites are ease of use and ability to add photos, videos and other graphics. When using either the blog or forum features to plan events and discuss issues, the ideas and thoughts are saved and accessible online.

WetpaintLike Ning, Wetpaint is a free social networking site (http://www.wetpaint.com). One of its strongest features is the


News From 4CSability to post documents for group editing. Individuals can post documents for others to view, comment and make changes to online. Wetpaint keeps track of changes, who made them and allows for reverting back to any saved version, if needed. More and more sites, with a variety of functions, are available online allowing individuals and groups to accomplish work, i.e. editing documents, pictures, communicate, etc., and store files for sharing or for access from multiple points, using web-based tools rather than software and storage capabilities of individual machines.

SurveyMonkeySurveyMonkey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/) offers both free and fee-based survey functions. Using the free service, you can quickly design a survey using the standard templates and your own questions. Responses can be col-lect by inviting others to participate in your survey online by either posting or emailing your survey’s unique URL. Senates can use this service to efficiently and quickly collect ideas and sample opinions from their members on important issues and current topics. If you explore the site, be sure to check out the difference between the free service and the paid one, so that you understand the features and limitations of each.

4CS recently conducted two surveys using SurveyMonkey to collect feedback and gather ideas to share with other classified senates. As examples of SurveyMonkey’s poten-tial, view the results of these two surveys:

Senate Fundraising Ideas: http://www.ccccs.org/members/fundraising/index.html

Increasing Participation in Governance: http://www.ccccs.org/members/participation/index.html

Good Financing Ideas For SenatesBy Jim Wilson

This fall, 4CS added a “Senate Fundraising” page on its website to help share fundraising ideas. Start-ing with a few ideas from the past, we wanted to

add and share any fresh ideas that have worked for sen-ates from across the state. To gather more ideas, a survey was sent to our senate members. Thank you to all who were able to participate in the survey and offer fundraising ideas. As promised, the results of the survey are posted on the 4CS website: http://www.ccccs.org/members/fundrais-ing/index.html

We are just starting this small project of collecting and sharing fundraising ideas in the hope that other senates

can benefit and fund their activities, including of course participating in this year’s Classified Leadership Institute (CLI). We realize funding will be limited to nonexistent at many colleges, but we hope that this tool will be useful for our members.

We will continue to accept fundraising ideas and suc-cess stories, sharing them with all of our member senates. Please send your ideas to Jim Wilson ([email protected]).

Classified Leadership Institute 2010

This year’s Classified Leadership Institute (CLI) will prove to be an excellent bang for the buck. For less than $550 (including rooms and meals), CLI is one

of the best deals for leadership development, covering everything from developing your own and others’ leader-ship potential to learning about the tools and technology that can make your journey easier. This year, CLI will focus on building and revamping, with workshop fall-ing into one of the following four strands; 1) Lighting the Paths of Leadership: Leadership & Governance, 2) Rock Solid Construction: Team & Senate Building, 3) Building Connections: Communicating & Networking, and 4) Tools of the Trade: Technology Resources.

Dismal budgetary outlooks for most community colleges have essentially wiped out funding for Classified staff development. Though this news is discouraging, members of your Classified ranks can (and should!) still attend CLI. Many senates have made fundraising to attend CLI a top priority and scholarships are available from 4CS to help cover most of the expenses for CLI. Fundraising ideas are available on the 4CS website and the 4CS Speaker’s Bureau is available to make presentations to your Senate.

Don’t miss the opportunity to join 4CS as we turn 18!


Senate News From Across The State Chaffey College Meritorious Service Award Honors Classified ProfessionalsBy Kelly Wilkerson

The Classified Senate at Chaffey College will be instituting the Meritorious Service Award to honor Classified Professionals who have shown meritori-

ous service in at least two of the following three areas: superior job performance, professional achievement and/or college services. The Meritorious Service Award is designed to honor classified, confidential, and/or manage-ment staff living or deceased, who have been retired for at least one full year or who have passed away while still in service to the college.

During Classified Appreciation Week, award recipients will be honored at the luncheon sponsored by Classified Senate and the Chaffey College Bookstore. Each recipi-ent will receive a plaque presented by the president of the Classified Senate. Recipients’ names will also be placed on the Meritorious Service perpetual plaque that will be displayed in the college’s library foyer.

The Classified Senate is proud to honor Classified Profes-sionals who have assisted so many faculty in performing their jobs and students in achieving their educational goals.

Homegrown Leadershipby Melanie Haynie

This January, the Classified Senate of MiraCosta College, coming together with its Academic Senate and administrator groups is coming together to form a Leadership Academy to encourage the development of “home grown” leaders. According to Classified Senate President, Catherine Halmay, the main objective of the academy is “to increase the number of MiraCostans capable of providing leadership to the college at all levels of governance.”

During the three-day retreat which will take place outside of San Diego County to encourage more interaction, participants will be asked to engage in activities and discussions that will help them better understand the new governance structure implemented in the spring of 2009, as well as open participants up to new approaches to leadership that are well suited to the MiraCosta setting and each individual. Superintendent/President, Dr. Francisco Rodriguez has shown enthusiastic support for the project. Participation is open to both faculty and staff, with 10 slots reserved for classified employees.

Books for ScholarshipsBy Cari Plyley

For the past few years, the Butte College Classified Senate and CSEA Chapter #511 have held book sales to raise money for student and employee schol-

arships. The sales have seen tremendous success, making it possible to grant three $500 scholarships per year; a schol-arship each for a transfer student, a vocational student, and a classified employee. Last year, a new scholarship was added for a classified employee to attend the annual Classi-fied Leadership Institute (CLI) in Lake Tahoe. Dan Buzan, Butte College Chico Center Library Media Technician, received the scholarship and commented,”It [CLI] was a truly rewarding experience and I encourage all to make an effort to attend.”

Requesting book donations a few times per year, the Clas-sified Senate collects donated items, selling hard copies for $2 and soft copies for $1 each. So many books have been donated that many have found their way to the Butte Col-lege Library and student clubs now also have book sales. Sales often include baked goods to raise money for Hearts & Flowers, an employee sympathy card program. Every-one loves a good book and a cupcake!

CONNECTIONS is published twice yearly, November and June, by the California Community College Classified Senate (4CS), 2017 “O” St., Sacramento, CA 95814.

Please submit your suggestions and/or articles no later than October 1st for the November issue and May 1st for the June issue to: Melanie Haynie at [email protected]

Classified Senator Eileen Ahern supports raising funds for scholarships by manning the booth.


November18 4CS Winter Meeting, Hyatt Regency SFO

18-21 CCLC Annual Convention & 4CS Partner Conference, Hyatt Regency SFO

19 Consultation Council Meeting, Anaheim

January11-12 Board of Governors’ Meeting

21 Consultation Council Meeting, Sacramento

24-25 CCLC Legislative Conference, Sacramento

February18 Consultation Council Meeting, Sacramento

22 CLI Scholarship Submission Deadline

26 CLI Call for Presentations Deadline

March3-4 Board of Governors’ Meeting

12-13 4CS Spring Meeting, Pasadena City College


April2 4CS Election Letter of Intent Submission

Deadline

15 Consultation Council Meeting, San Francisco

May3-4 Board of Governors’ Meeting


June10-12 Classified Leadership Institute

Granlibakken Conference Center, Tahoe City, CA

12 4CS Annual Business Meeting, Tahoe City, CA


4CS Calendar of

Activities and Deadlines2009-2010

Thank you to our 2009 Sponsors

4CS offers sincere appreciation and thanks to our supporting members and sponsors. Several

corporations, senates, colleges, districts and individuals have made financial contributions to

promote the activities and operations of 4CS.

Corporate SponsorsPlatinum Level

Foundation for California Community Colleges

Gold Level Sehi Computer Products, Inc

Silver Level Keenan Associates

Individual SponsorsGovernance Level

Anthony Beebe Dennis Driver Monica Souza Jim Wilson

Classified Level Denise Albright Benita Briones Jose Hueso Cari Plyley Kelly Wilkerson

4CS Level Ken Blach Lisa Costa- Amal Elayyan Yamauchi Russell Hamilton Melanie Haynie Janet Pedersen Gary Potts

Supporting Members District Level

Foothill-DeAnza Community College Classified Senate

Senate Level Butte College Classified Senate

Chaffey Community College Classified Senate

Pasadena City College San Diego Continuing Education

Classified Senate - SDCCD Sierra College Classified Senate

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