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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES - 2- APRIL 10, 2013686.2 ACADEMIC SENATE REPORTMs. Jennifer McCandless, Academic Senate President, provided the following report:At the last Board meeting, I mentioned we were voting for our Excellent Educator of theYear. I would like to congratulate this year's winner: Bethany Schaarschmidt, NutritionInstructor. There were lots of great nominees along with Bethany, so it was tough for theExecutive Committee to decide. Also, as Ray Nicholas reported at the last meeting, thePart-Time Excellent Educator of the Year award will take effect next spring, so we'll haveboth a full-time and part-time Excellent Educator. We're working on getting some kind ofmonetary support so we can give out cash awards along with the titles, much like thestate Hayward award. We're working on that. Mr. Swendiman asked how they will gainfunds for that. Ms. McCandless replied we'll be asking the Board, the President, theFoundation, etc.6.3 CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION REPORTMr. Steven Reeves, President of CSEA Chapter 381, saidI would like to let everyone know of an unfortunate incident involving one of our classifiedpersonnel, Patricia Carver. Her home burned down and she lost just about everything.Fortunately, Patricia and her pets are fine. The Security department and Lynda Little inthe Business Office are accepting cash donations which is Patricia's immediate need atthis time. The Security office is also having a fundraising spaghetti feed dinner on April26th. It's being held here on campus in the cafeteria. Mr. Swendiman asked the time of thefund raiser. Mr. Reeves said they will send out a flyer. Mr. Swendiman asked where cashdonations should be sent. Mr. Reeves replied the Security office or to Lynda Little in theBusiness Office.Although not directly CSEA related, I am heading up the Bike Commute Challenge hereat Shasta College which starts on May 5 through May 18. We won this challenge in2010, and this year I am working with several other CSEA members and Faculty to rallyour students and our community. Hopefully we can win again. In 2010 we won a verynice bicycle rack that is currently installed here on campus.CSEA is still working with the District on our 2013-2016 Successor Bargaining Unit Contract.6.4 STUDENT SENATE REPORTMs. Renee Schneider, Student Senate President, provided the following report:Tonight there is not a lot to report. Student Senate is gearing up for April elections whichwill be held on April 24th and 25th. There are several candidates running. We are sendingsix students from Student Senate to the Gen Assembly conference. Last, as StevenReeves mentioned, we are helping out as we can with bike month and are encouragingstudents to get to school via bike, if they can.6.5 BOARD MEMBER REPORTSMr. Swendiman asked if there were any Board Member reports.Mrs. Pratt said "wrangling and roping" kudos to Meridith Randall for the Wild West programdone for the conference; it sounds like it was interesting. The program was great.Ms. Randall said Peter Griggs created the program. Mrs. Pratt said it's a gorgeous program,and thanked Mr. Wyse for putting it in the weekly Board packet.