Election Information

Questions To The Candidates For Academic Senate

Which committees you served on and when?
Which leadership roles have you held?
What do you think are the five most pressing issues facing the Academic Senate today, and how has your work over the past three to five years shown your commitment to these issues?
What would you do to keep your constituents informed, and what would you do to elicit feedback on important issues from your constituents?

What leadership roles have you assumed during your MiraCosta College career and which collegial governance accomplishment are you most proud of?
What would you do to keep your constituents informed, and what would you do to elicit feedback on important issues from your constituents?
What do you think are the five most pressing issues facing the Academic Senate today, and how has your work over the past three to five years shown your commitment to these issues?
How do you see your role as a senate officer in relationship to the Administration and the faculty you represent?
What is your leadership style?

What skills or experiences do you possess that would be a benefit to the Faculty Assembly's main purposes (see FA Constitution, Article I, numbers 1-8 - however, there is no need to address each of the 8 purposes)
What leadership roles have you assumed during your academic and/or professional career?
What do you think are the two or three most pressing issues facing the Faculty Assembly today?
What would you do to keep Faculty Assembly members informed, and what would you do to elicit feedback on important issues from members?
Ombudsperson extra question: What skills or special training do you possess that would allow you to help others to resolve differences?

What skills or experiences do you possess that would be a benefit to the Faculty Assembly's main purposes (see FA Constitution, Article I, numbers 1-8 - however, there is no need to address each of the 8 purposes)?
What leadership roles have you assumed during your MiraCosta College career or elsewhere?
What would you do to keep Assembly members informed, and what would you do to elicit feedback on important issues from members?
What do you think are the two or three most pressing issues facing the Faculty Assembly today?

What skills or experiences do you possess that would be a benefit to the Faculty Assembly's main purposes (see FA Constitution, Article I, numbers 1-8 - however, there is no need to address each of the 8 purposes)?
What will you do to keep all Faculty Assembly members updated about important issues?
What leadership roles have you assumed during your MiraCosta College career and which accomplishments are you most proud of?
How does your previous service demonstrate your readiness to assume the presidency of the FA?
What would you do to ensure the creation of an inclusive Faculty Assembly Council that represents the full diversity of the MiraCosta faculty?
How would you approach the upcoming negotiations in 2015? What long and short term strategies do you see as key to success?
What do you think are the two or three most pressing issues facing the Faculty Assembly today?

April 4 (Monday)
Call for Nominations; nominations must be sent to John Phillips at johnphillips@miracosta.edu. Only tenured faculty or those being recommended for tenure are eligible to serve on the Academic Senate.
April 15 (Friday)
Nominations close.
April 25 (Monday)
Deadline for Academic Senate nominees to respond with a yes or no, and to submit candidate statement and answers to candidate questions for brochure. Any candidate accepting the nomination who would like their statement and answers to preselected questions posted in the Candidate Brochure must send a general statement to John Phillips at johnphillips@miracosta.edu. Each candidate statement needs to be sent in the body of an email (no attachments). We cut & paste from your emailed statement, and do not edit (including any edits for spelling/grammatical errors).
April 27 (Wednesday)
Election brochure with candidate information gets published to the AS website on this date.
April 29 (Friday)
Balloting begins. An email with exact instructions for voting will be sent to all voting members.
May 5 (Thursday)
Voting period ends at noon. More details about how to get ballots to us and the time/place ballots will be counted will be provided on voting instructions.