October 20, 2025

I. Call to Order

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Welcome

Happy Diwali!

Erik Woodbury explained that the Brown Act requires a roll call vote when there are voting members attending online.

Voting Members were instructed to use the  roll call vote  link to start the meeting to achieve a quorum. Then, the voting members voted to approve the agenda, the previous meeting minutes, and the consent calendar. Voting members may pull any items from the consent calendar.

Roll Call Vote (24)

James Adams, Veronica Avila Acevedo, Viviana Alcazar, Doli Bambhania, Christopher Bradley, Dave Capitolo, James Capurso, Yuri Chang, Barbara Dahlke, Mary Donahue, Kevin Glapion, Mark Hamer, Shagun Kaur, Mark Landefeld, Kevin Lee, So Kam Lee, Sherwin Mendoza, Steve Nava, Mary Pape, Jamie Pelusi, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, Leah Smith, Sukhjit Bob Singh, Danielle Vlahos, Angela Winch

Quorum reached.

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II. Agenda, Minutes, and Consent Calendar

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Approval of Agenda and Minutes from October 13, 2025.

Approval of Agenda

Question: Are you in favor of approving the agenda with any stated amendments?

Yes 25

James Adams, Veronica Avila Acevedo, Viviana Alcazar, Doli Bambhania, Christopher Bradley, Dave Capitolo, James Capurso, Yuri Chang, Barbara Dahlke, Mary Donahue, Kevin Glapion, Mark Hamer, Shagun Kaur, Mark Landefeld, Kevin Lee, So Kam Lee, Sherwin Mendoza, Steve Nava, Mary Pape, Jamie Pelusi, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, Leah Smith, Sukhjit Bob Singh, Danielle Vlahos, Angela Winch

Abstain: Umar Douglas

Approval of Minutes from October 13, 2025.

Question: Are you in favor of approving the minutes from the previous meeting with any stated amendments?

Yes 24

James Adams, Veronica Avila Acevedo, Viviana Alcazar, Doli Bambhania, Christopher Bradley, James Capurso, Yuri Chang, Barbara Dahlke, Mary Donahue, Kevin Glapion, Mark Hamer, Shagun Kaur, Mark Landefeld, Kevin Lee, So Kam Lee, Sherwin Mendoza, Steve Nava, Mary Pape, Jamie Pelusi, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, Leah Smith, Sukhjit Bob Singh, Danielle Vlahos, Angela Winch

Abstain: Dave Capitolo, Umar Douglas

Agenda and Minutes approved by roll call vote.

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Consent Calendar: Attachment

Counseling Task Force

Embedded Counselors

• Felisa Vilaubi
• Melissa Maturino

RAPP

• Faculty Association (FA) - Felisa Vilaubi

Technology Committee

Stephanie Anderson – Language Arts/Communication Studies

Question: Are you in favor of approving the consent calendar with any stated alterations?

Yes 25

James Adams, Veronica Avila Acevedo, Viviana Alcazar, Doli Bambhania, Christopher Bradley, Dave Capitolo, James Capurso, Yuri Chang, Barbara Dahlke, Mary Donahue, Kevin Glapion, Mark Hamer, Shagun Kaur, Mark Landefeld, So Kam Lee, Sherwin Mendoza, Steve Nava, Mary Pape, Jamie Pelusi, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, Leah Smith, Sukhjit Bob Singh, Danielle Vlahos, Angela Winch

Abstain: Umar Douglas

Approved by roll call vote.

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Public Comment 

Mark Landefeld: County Assessor race in the upcoming election - one candidate is campaigning for property tax exemption for seniors. He encouraged people to explore how that might impact funding for the district.

III. Needs and Confirmation

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District and College Needs: Attachment

• Tenure Review Committee - At-Large
• District Diversity and Equity Committee (DDEAC)
• Equity Action Council (EAC) (2)
• Campus Facilities (1)
• Campus Center Advisory Board (1)
• Professional Relations Committee (6)
• Police Chief's Advisory Committee
• SLO Committee (1 faculty, 1 meeting/qtr)

Shagun Kaur expressed appreciation for those who have volunteered. There are still quite a few important shared governance groups that need faculty

She highlighted the Equity Action Council (EAC) that needs a chair and  faculty member. They are trying to revive the Professional Relations Committee that includes mediation training. There is also the Police Chief's Advisory Committee

Use the Request to Serve button on the AS website to volunteer.

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Confirmations

None

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IV. New & Continuing Business

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Quick Notes:

Upcoming Faculty Meetings on Administrative Realignment

Three meetings have been scheduled.

Today’s meeting was well attended with vigorous discussion and some ideas. Two more meetings on Tuesday and Friday.

To comply with the Brown Act, Senate Executive Members were asked to register to attend. There should be plenty of spaces. They have allocated 14 spaces for executive members (less than a majority) at each meeting. 

Followup plan.  Send out a survey based on the meetings to gather more ideas. Around week 9, bring back to the Senate for discussion a summary of suggestions, findings, data, etc. This may result in the Senate’s own proposal on administrative reorganization.

All comments will remain anonymous to protect people's identity. The goal was to create an inclusive, safe space where faculty can contribute openly. They will summarize the information without names, unless the contributor expressively wishes to be identified.

ASCCC Fall Plenary 

The full document for the  Fall Plenary Resolutions was released last weekend. Erik will be providing his president’s summary. Members should go through the packet for discussion next week. Provide feedback by 11/3 to guide our Senate delegate Shagun Kaur to represent us on these resolutions. 

ASCCC is a statewide academic senate that represents all of 116 community colleges in California. They bring together delegates from all 116 colleges twice a year, fall and spring, to create and advocate for policy at the state level. 

The Senate has faculty scholarships to cover registration fees for these two annual conferences.

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Strategic Plan - 2nd Read

https://www.deanza.edu/strategic/draft2027/

President Torres held Strategic Plan town hall meetings last week. The president has sent out email with updates based on the meetings. People can submit feedback until 10/31.

Additional topics discussed: 

Strategic plan for modality and enrollment moving forward. 

Ways to clarify and streamline the student registration process. 

Some representatives would like some time to get input from their constituents.

This item will be on the agenda for a vote next week

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Library Update

Centralized OER Offerings

James Perla-Adams, Equity & Instructional Librarian, OER Coordinator

The library has created a centralized OER repository of free, online textbooks. The repository is sorted by departments, and then by courses. There are 99 OER books that include textbooks authored by De Anze faculty. Students have many different ways to find resources on the library website. Go to the “Check the collection to see if your textbook is included” link.  

They are working on a list of OER textbooks matching Guided Pathways meta-majors. Counselors will be able to share this information with students

Mary Donabue mentioned free library access to the New York Times and an article about banned books.

The De Anza library has a collection of banned books with explanations on why they are banned.

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FACCC Presentation

FACCC Presentation

Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, past president, FACCC, Faculty Association of California Community Colleges

Wendy Brill-Wynkoop in her presentation provided an overview of its history, its role with regards to ASCCC and the unions. She highlighted the services and support offered by FACCC, especially for FHDA, as a contract member of FACCC. 

See the representation powerpoint for more details, especially slide 3 on the Benefits of Being a FACCC Contract District. 

Question raised: 

How to protect faculty members’ copyright of instructional materials when/if AI tools are implemented in Canvas? AI tools could pull those materials into a database, resulting in a loss of control/ownership of those materials)

Wendy: work with union on the rollout of those tools and how maintain authorship

Contact information on slide 10.

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Campus Climate Survey 

Presentation

All results: https://www.deanza.edu/ir/Climate.html

PT faculty ratings of campus climate = 55% positive, FT faculty rating = 43% positive

Survey results show low confidence in addressing concerns (17–34%), limited transparency in decision-making (23%), and weak communication from leadership (23–42%), underscoring the need for greater trust, accountability, and equitable opportunities.

Full-Time Faculty Infographic and summary document

Opportunities for full time: Belonging 17%, Equal Opportunity 38%, Institutional Effectiveness 26%, Executive Leadership Team 23%, Decision Making Process 23%

Part-Time Faculty Infographic and summary document

Opportunities for part time: Belonging 34%, Equal Opportunity 31%, Shared governance 43%, Executive Leadership Team 42%

The Senate engaged in a Climate Survey Mentimeter Exercise 

Questions:

What practices or conditions most drive your engagement at work? 

How can we ensure these factors are shared across all areas of the college?

What barriers or challenges most affect your sense of belonging, professional growth, or trust in leadership? 

What actions or changes would most help improve communication, trust, and well-being across employee groups—especially in leadership accountability?

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Brown Act

Intro To Senate 2025

The Brown Act is a state law about how a legislative body conducts its public meetings. The Academic Senate is a legislative body. Any congregation of a majority of members of a legislative body is a meeting. The meetings should allow greater access instead of restricting access to ensure transparency in decision making for the legislative body. 

Serial meetings are not acceptable.

The Brown Act specified the making and posting of agenda as well as how voting members may attend online.

If Brown Act is violated, the legislative body can be fined and/or decisions can be invalidated.

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Good of the Order

Canvas is back up

Happy Diwali!

De Anza Diwali celebration on Wednesday 2:30 to 5:30 pm

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Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 4:25 pm.

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Attendance

In person

Erik Woodbury, Shagun Kaur, So Kam Lee

James Adams, Veronica Avila Acevedo, Viviana Alcazar, Doli Bambhania, Christopher Bradley, Dave Capitolo, James Capurso, Yuri Chang, *Jacob Chen, Barbara Dahlke, Umar Douglas, Mark Hamer, Kevin Glapion, Mark Landefeld, Sherwin Mendoza, Steve Nava, Mary Pape, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, Leah Smith, Sukhjit Bob Singh, Danielle Vlahos, Angela Winch

Online

Mary Donahue, Jamie Pelusi, Rusty Johnson, Kevin Lee

Absent

*Deborah Armstrong,  Dawnis Guevara, Lauren Gordon,  Christian Rodriguez, *Ram Subramaniam

*Non-voting members