Attending: Jerry Cerny, Steven Chu, Pat Gooch and Mario Mediati
Unable to attend: Grace Funai, Charlene Gima, Chris Hacskaylo and Ralph Kam

Old Business

1. Entertainment Books Sales - Jerry announced there are 19 books left to sell. Steven, Pat and Mario all had money to turn in from sales. This fundraiser will be completed by December 1.

2. State Poultry Processors, Inc. Fundraiser - Jerry stated that he has not made the time to call this company to inquire about a fundraiser with them. He stated the committee will only utilize this company for a fundraiser if the "no work" option is available.

New Business

1. Faculty Development Website - Jerry encouraged all committee members to click around the Faculty Development Website and report any broken or misdirected links to him to fix. He also suggested if members know of any resources for any of the sections, let him know and they could be posted.

2. Fall activities - Jerry announced that several activities are planned for this fall:
   • Mediation Workshop - co-presented with the Pacific Asians Affairs Council and HCC Office of International Affairs. This workshop will be presented at 9:00 am today following the committee meeting.
   • Student Services Workshop - Friday, October 12, 11:00 am. This is the second of a series of three workshops that faculty can attend to become a "Certified HCC Recruiter." The first was one of the three Marketing Workshops offered this week and the third will be a Presentation Skills Workshop to be offered soon by Kara Kam, Speech Instructor. Grace Funai coordinated this series of workshops. A locally produced certificate will be given to all faculty members who attend all three workshops.
   • Distance Education Instructor Workshop - Jan Petersen recently met with Jerry and the first of a series of workshops for Distance Education instructors will be offered Friday, November 9. The first workshop will include a needs assessment to determine what assistance the instructors want/need.
   • Sakai Workshop - Jerry will be meeting with Interim Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Erika Lacro and others next week to discuss a faculty development initiative for faculty using WebCT who have to migrate to Sakai. More information is to follow.
   • First Friday Presentation - Jerry will contact David Wong and see if he and our HCC colleagues who traveled with him to Southeast Asia this past summer would be willing to give a First Friday presentation on their travels on Friday, November 2.
   • Excellence in Education Conference 2008 - Jerry announced that this years Excellence in Education Conference will be a Wo Innovation in Learning Day (WILD). It will be held the first Friday in March 2008. The two HCC Wo Learning Champions, Monir Hodges and Jonathan Wong, will be invited to the November Faculty Development Committee meeting to fill the committee members in on the planning so far and how the committee can assist with this day.

3. Newsletter - Jerry has completed a draft of the Fall Faculty Development Newsletter. He will share the draft with Grace and Ralph and it will be published on or before October 26.

4. Faculty Professional Development money application - the 2007-2008 Application was approved. It is currently posted as a form-fillable application on the Faculty Development Website. The following dates were approved for fall submissions:
   • Friday, November 2 - application deadline
   • Friday, November 9 - funds to be awarded for the fall
   As in the past, any major travel request submitted in the fall will be evaluated with all other major travel requests in the spring. Also as in the past, $2000 will be set aside to fund two faculty members to attend the Hawaii Great Teachers Seminar on the Big Island next August.

1. Jerry announced that the money needed to pay for the Ed Nuhfer Knowledge Survey workshops, which were delivered on September 21, will come from a active Assessment Account. Although the committee member earlier agreed to pay HCC's $450 share from the Faculty Professional Development fund, this will not be necessary.

The next meeting will be Friday, November 9, 9:00 am, in the ABRP facility.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 am.

cc:

• Committee Members
• Ramsey Pedersen, Chancellor
• Erika Lacro, Interim Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs
• Jim Poole, FSEC Chair