Election Information

Academic Senate Elections Calendar

February 10 (Monday)
Call for Nominations; nominations must be sent to Leola Powers at lpowers@miracosta.edu. Only tenured faculty or those being recommended for tenure are eligible to serve on the Academic Senate. Only tenured faculty paying dues at the recommended rate shall be eligible to serve on the FA Executive Committee. However, all full-time faculty who pay dues to the FA, whether tenured or not, and whether paying at the recommended rate or less, shall be eligible to vote in the FA election. Candidates for FA Ombudsperson must provide evidence of formal training in mediation, or signify a willingness to receive appropriate training within 3 months of taking office.
February 21 (Friday)
Nominations close.
February 26 (Wednesday)
Deadline for Faculty Assembly nominees to respond with a yes or no.
February 28 (Friday): Deadline for Academic Senate nominees to respond with a yes or no.
March 2 (Monday)
Deadline for AS and FA nominees 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 Leola Powers at lpowers@miracosta.edu. Each candidate statement needs to be sent in unformatted text within the body of an email (no attachments, no bold, no underline, use dashes and the space bar instead of automatic bullet points, etc.). Formatted text leads to conversion problems between different operating systems, MAC/PC problems, unrecognizable characters, etc. Also, this information will not be edited for spelling/grammatical errors.
March 4 (Wednesday)
Election brochure with candidate information gets published to the AS and FA websites on this date.
March 6 (Friday)
Balloting begins. An email with exact instructions for voting will be sent to all voting members.
March 12 (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.

Questions to the Candidates for Academic Senate

Representative

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?

Questions to each Candidate for Academic Senate Vice-President

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?

Questions to the Candidates for Faculty Assembly

FA Executive Committee Members and Ombudsperson

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?

Questions to each Candidate for Faculty Assembly Vice-President

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?

Questions to each Candidate for Faculty Assembly President

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?