Committee on Committees Minutes for May 15, 2025 - tentative until approved at next meeting
Minutes
The Academic Senate Committee on Committee on Committees met on May 15, 2025 at 1:30PM in S412
Committee Members in Attendance:
Steven Dahlke (2027), Shannon Kincaid (2025), Kevin Kolack (2027, Secretary), Lixu Li (2026), Ben Murolo (2026, Chair), Rommel Robertson (2028), Barbara Rome (2027)
Absent: Rezan Akpinar (2028), Aliza Atik (2026), Jasper Lin (2025), Jong Gu Moon (2025), Jodi Van Der Horn-Gibson (2028)
Liaisons in Attendance:
Business:
The meeting was called to order at 1:30PM
- The agenda was approved.
- The minutes of the 2/27/25 meeting were approved without corrections.
- Incoming Committee members were welcomed, and outgoing Committee members were thanked for their service.
- College calendar meeting hours (below) will be presented to the Steering Committe for presentation to the Administration at the agenda meeting for the first Fall Senate meeting.
- Absent any other candidates, Sebastian (Ben) Murolo was re-elected Chairperson and Kevin Kolack was re-elected Secretary of the CoC by unanimous consent.
- Ingrid Jaramillo Estrella will serve a full term (2025-2028) on the Curriculum Committee instead of Lisa Halstead.
- Carolyn King, not Shannon Kincaid, is serving on the Bylaws Committee.
- Adair/Talbird FMAL and Committee replacements:
Kahlil Garner (CTMP) will replace Arthur Adair in the Senate for Fall 2025.
Kristen Hoffman (English) will replace John Talbird in the Senate for Fall 2025.
Rezan Akpinar (HPED) will replace Arthur on the Library Committee for Fall 2025.
Urszula Golebiewska (Biology) will replace John on the Committee on Cultural & Archival Resources for Fall 2025. - Arthur Abramov will serve a full term (2025-2028) on the Pre-College Committee instead of Punita Bhansali.
- Vazgen Shekoyen will replace George Fragopoulos on the Curriculum Committee for Fall 2025.
The Senate and Committee rosters have been updated to reflect all of these changes. - Old business
- New business
These changes and the FMAL results will be posted as a Committee Monthly Report
Committee members should contact the committees to which they have been assigned as liasons to ensure the committee websites have been updated with new members and officers.
The Steering Committee will be asked to update the Senate distribution list.
Barbara Rome was asked to serve as Secretary of the Senate. The Senate website needs to have the "Start Date" of many documents updated so that indexes of pages (e.g., minutes) are in chronological order.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:25PM.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Academic Senate Steering Committee
FROM: Committee on Committees, Sebastian Murolo, Chairperson
SUBJECT: Proposal regarding establishing Meeting Hours on the Academic Calendar
DATE: Thursday, May 15th, 2025
Whereas, the Academic Senate meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 3PM, and
Whereas, the academic department Chairpersons meet on the second Tuesday of every month at 2PM, and
Whereas, the ability to attain a quorum at Academic Senate Standing Committee meetings often limits the ability of these committees to conduct their business, and
Whereas, the establishment of a posted Standing Committee meeting time has proven difficult for many Committees due to the unpredictability of instructional staff teaching and work commitments,
Be it resolved that: weekly “Committee Meeting Hours” be added to the Queensborough Community College weekly academic calendar on Tuesdays between the hours of 2PM and 5PM.
Be it further resolved that department Chairpersons be discouraged from assigning classroom or other activities to instructional staff during those hours.
Respectfully submitted by:
Kevin Kolack
Minutes typed on 5/15/25
