CSU, Alumni Council Business Meeting
Residence Dining Facility, CSU Fresno
Saturday, March 13, 2004
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

M I N U T E S

Voting Members Present
Bob Linscheid, Chico State; Fred Pierce, Alumni Trustee, San Diego State; Marty de los Cobos, CSU Channel Islands; Sue Anderson, Chico State; Gary Griswold, Chico State; Sheila Butts, CSU Dominguez Hills; John Prosk, CSU Dominguez Hills; Jacqui Glasener, Fresno State; Harry Moore, Fresno State; Thomas Hoeber, CSU Hayward; Pete Mathiesen, Humboldt State; Gay Arakawa, CSU Long Beach; Randi Moore, CSU Los Angeles; Barry Gordon, CSU Los Angeles; Chris Walker, California Maritime Academy; Stephanie Regevig, CSU Monterey Bay; Emma Hilario, Cal Poly Pomona; Steve Black, CSU Sacramento; Larry Augusta, CSU Sacramento; Dia Poole, CSU San Bernardino; Ash Hayes, San Diego State; Kim Gannon, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Dana Bezerra, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Heather Manley, CSU San Marcos; Glenn Schwartz, CSU San Marcos; Kate McClintock, Sonoma State University; Wayne Rowlands, Sonoma State University

Voting Members Absent
Wayne Adelstein, CSU Northridge; Jill Ford, CSU Bakersfield; Janet Millar, CSU Bakersfield; Carrie Stewart, CSU Fullerton; Mary Louise Hlavac, CSU Fullerton; Monica Pacheco, CSU Hayward; Becky Mosgofian, Humboldt State; Roberta York, CSU Long Beach; Dick Cochran, California Maritime Academy; Nile Duppstadt, CSU Monterey Bay; Gray Mounger, CSU Northridge; James Riding, CSU Northridge; Pamela Allen, Cal Poly Pomona; Pamela Langford, CSU San Bernardino; Jim Herrick, San Diego State; Danell Zeavin, San Francisco State; Fred Najjar, San José State; Wanda Hendrix-Talley, San José State; Jamie Westervelt, CSU Stanislaus; Todd Barton, CSU Stanislaus

CSU, Chancellor's Office Staff Present
Richard West, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer; Karen Zamarripa, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Advocacy and Institutional Relations; Lori Redfearn, Director of Systemwide Advancement and Vice President, CSU Foundation; Jorge Haynes, Executive Director, Institutional Relations; Marge Grey, Director, Communications

1. Call to Order
   President Bob Linscheid called the meeting to order at 10:50 a.m.

2. Roll Call
   Larry Augusta, Secretary, called the roll and a quorum was announced.

3. Approval of the Minutes
   The minutes of January 31, 2004 were approved (M: Augusta; S: Gordon).

4. President's Report
   
   1. Wayne Adelstein has submitted his resignation as Immediate Past President. A motion was made and carried to accept the resignation of Wayne Adelstein (M: Mathiesen, S: Griswold).
      
      
   2. A motion was made and carried to appoint Larry Adamson to fill the position of Immediate Past President for the remainder of the term (M:Mathiesen, S: Griswold).
      
      
   3. The Bylaws Committee, the Code of Conduct Committee and the Job Description Committee have been working on drafts and those will be presented to the Board in time for action at the June meeting.

5. Officer's Reports
   
   1. President Elect - Harry Moore
      Reported that the Trustee Evaluation and Selection Committee is in progress and a recommendation will be made for a vote at the June meeting.
      
      
   2. Treasurer’s Financial Report - Mary Louise Hlavac
      No report was given.
      
      
   3. Vice Presidents
      
      1. Kim Gannon, Programs Committee Chair
         Reported that the Program Committee asks, as a courtesy to others, that all cell phones be turned off or at least turned to vibrate rather than ring during meetings. The Program for June will be Board Development and the committee is considering two potential speakers. Trustee Fred Pierce advised the group that there is a video on Board Development, which he will locate and provide.
         
         Alumni Directors and volunteers are asked to provide sample bylaws, association handbooks, membership information and other materials that would be helpful to include on the Alumni Council website Resources page.
         
         The Program Committee suggested providing an evaluation form at the end of each Alumni Council meeting to collect feedback from members on what worked well and areas for improvement.
         
         The Program Committee felt that linking the best practices with professional development at yesterday’s session was effective and will continue to try to join the two sessions.
         
         
      2. Tom Hoeber, Government Relations Chair
         Reported on the success of Proposition 55 and noted that the activities of the Alumni made a difference in the outcome. Mr. Hoeber also reported the CSU Alumni Council got prominent publicity for our support of Propositions 57 and 58.
         
         Alumni Legislative Day will be March 22 in Sacramento. There will be an Alumni Networking Night at the Firehouse Restaurant in Sacramento at the end of Legislative day, and 11 campuses are participating.
         
         Mr. Hoeber introduced Karen Zamarripa who gave the following report:
         
         Proposition 55.
         • She will meet with the campaign team to conduct a post-mortem of the Proposition 55 campaign. They will compare the results with those of the successful Prop 47 campaign, including doing a county-by-county analysis of where 47 and 55 were won and lost.
         • Asked the campuses to provide bullet summaries of what they did on Prop. 55
         • The Citizens for Higher Education will do a post-mortem on fund raising
         • The California Teachers Association (CTA) was very helpful and funded about half of the $9 million Prop. 55 campaign. It was a very good partnership with K-12.
         
         
         Budget
         • There probably will be no new revenues for the CSU this year. Because this is a presidential election year, the two parties will be pursuing their agenda, which is no cuts for health and welfare programs for the Democrats and no new taxes for the Republicans. The CSU needs to walk a very careful line here.
         • The Alumni need to work with the students, faculty and administration to determine the best message. Karen believes that to be: “Economic Investment in the CSU is a good thing.”
         
         
         Jacqui Glasener stated that the California Faculty Association (CFA) and the students were collaborating on an effort to create a “Coalition to Save the CSU.”
         
         Vice Chancellor Richard West emphasized the need to have cooperation and stay on the message, but would not suggest the alumni associations endorse the campaign as the CSU has a difference of opinion with the CFA on the message of “no cuts to the CSU” (not realistic in that we know we will have to take some cuts).
         
         
      3. Dana Bezerra, Finance Committee Chair
         1. Reported that we have a balance of $66,959.08 in our treasury.
         2. The Finance Committee is working on an investment policy.
         3. It is estimated that the CSUAC will need $200,000 to implement the strategic plan and we currently collect $11,000 a year in dues, which covers travel, administrative costs, etc. We need to consider ways to increase revenue to be able to accomplish our goals.
         4. The Committee wants to hire a consultant to identify the CSUACs marketable assets.

6. Liaisons Reports
   
   1. Alumni Trustee
      Alumni Trustee Fred Pierce reported the following:
      • Reiterated the importance of the recent bond election and the role of alumni.
      • On the upcoming budget situation, even if the Governor’s January budget holds, it still means a 5 percent enrollment reduction.
      • The student fee policy will be on the trustee’s agenda at this week’s meeting.
      • Two more trustees are leaving the Board, Ralph Pesqueira and Dee Dee Meyers. There are now seven vacancies on the Board. Governor’s office says there will be some appointments before the May meeting to ensure a quorum.
        
        
   2. Alumni Directors’ Representative
      Kate McClintock reported the following from the Directors’ meeting:
      • The affinity card issue was discussed and more information will be forthcoming
      • The timing of the Council meetings in 2005 was discussed. There was some sentiment for having the March Meeting in Sacramento in conjunction with Legislative Day
      • Concern was expressed about the continuing lack of representation at Council meetings by some campuses.
      • Office Depot made a presentation to the directors.
      • There will be a Directors’ Retreat before the San Marcos Council Meeting in June.
        
        
   3. CSUAC Chancellor’s Office Staff Reports
      No separate report. All information covered under other topic headings.
      
      
   4. CSSA Representative
      No report.
      
      
   5. Academic Senate
      Dr. Robert Cherney made the following report:
      • The budget is the biggest concern of the Academic Senate. The Senate wants to minimize the damage. The Senate held a plenary session and passed a resolution to the effect that the budget crisis is undermining the central principles of the Master Plan for Higher Education, to wit: Access, Affordability and Quality.
      • The Senate also discussed the need for a student fee policy.
      • The subject of “Excess or Sanctionable Units” was also discussed, that is, students taking courses they don’t have to take. This is an increasing problem with the cutbacks. It may get to the point that students can’t graduate, and will be asked to leave. Transfer students complicate the problem and present a challenge. The role of advisors, professional v. faculty was also discussed. A systemwide task force on excess units has been formed and is considering two issues: better academic counseling and students having to declare a major at some point. (Trustee Pierce commented that students changing majors exacerbated the problem.)
      • The Academic Senate also changed their approach to Legislative Day. They are now focusing on having faculty meet legislators in their district offices. Some of the Senators will attend our Legislative Day.

7. Old Business
   1. Affinity Programs
      Karen Zamarripa reported:
      • The affinity group would be meeting at 2:00 p.m. today after the end of the luncheon.
      • The group had wanted a meeting with MBNA and Bank One, but that did not happen.
      • UC has a tentative agreement with MBNA that their counsel has approved.
      • The affinity group hopes to provide proposals to the Chancellor by the end of March.

8. New Business
   1. Code of Conduct
      Emma Hilario reported that the Code of Conduct Committee has a draft in progress.
      
      
   2. Job Description
      A draft Campus Representative Job Description, prepared by Jim Riding’s Committee, was presented for discussion and approval. Tom Hoeber suggested that consideration of a need for continuity was an element that should be added. With that amendment, the draft was accepted, pending final language.
      
      
   3. Language of Strategic Plan
      President Linscheid noted that the strategic plan report had been presented at the last meeting, but there had not been a vote to accept it. Council members were asked to give feedback on the report between the last meeting and today; no feedback was received.
      M: Manley/S: Bezerra/C to approve the strategic plan report.
      
      
   4. Nominating Committee
      President Linscheid noted that the bylaws provided for a nominating committee to consist of the immediate past president; one member nominated by the President; and one member selected by a majority vote of the Board. He has appointed Steve Black. He advised that he would be seeking concurrence from the Board on who will be the Board’s representative.

9. Adjournment
   Meeting adjourned at 12:10 p.m.