SCCFT Minutes April 13, 2026

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Executive Board Meeting

Minutes 4/13/26

Board Members Attending:

Position

Name

Attendance

President

Eric Hamako

P

Secretary

Lauren Bryant

P

Treasurer

Trevor Pelletier

P

First VP- Internal Relations

Amber Avery-Graff

P

Second VP- External Relations

Rashawn Smith

P

Third VP- Associate Faculty Issues

George Beckley

P

BCSS Division Representative

VACANT

N/A

CTE Division Representative

VACANT

N/A

HTS & ACL Division Representative 1

Dr. H García

P

HTS & ACL Division Representative 2

Caitlan Maxwell

P

STEM Division Representative 

VACANT

N/A

Legislative COPE Representative

Davis Oldham

P

MLK Labor Representative 1

VACANT

N/A

MLK Labor Representative 2

VACANT

N/A

  1. Welcome & introduction        [3:00-3:10 pm; 10 min]

  1. Housekeeping

  1. Overview the meeting agenda
  2. Identify any additional agenda items

  1. Approve previous meeting’s minutes

  1. 2026.03.09 SCCFT 1950 E-Board Meeting Agenda and Minutes
  2. Sample motion: I move that the Executive Board approve the minutes for the [DATE] E-Board meeting, as revised.
  1. Moved, seconded, approved

  1. Member Comments                [3:10-3:15 pm; 5 min]

  2. Reports (Inform)                [3:15-3:55 pm; 40 min]

  1. Officer Reports

  1. President (see appended updates)

  1. General business

  1. Updates on RIF committee with wins for Nicole Lupinacci
  2. Parent Education Center
  1. SBCTCC has decided they don’t get state funding
  2. Trying to get them to rescind this decision
  3. Eric is encouraged that there is significant mobilization including state legislators and lobbyist supporting this change
  1. Live commented all campus meeting
  2. 3/28 No Kings Day participation
  3. Board of Trustees on April 7
  4. Updates on upcoming events
  1. 2026.03 SCCFT- 2026 Winter Quarter Summary of Activities 

  1. AFT-WA CTC Council

  1. 1st Vice President (Internal Relations)

  1. May social is going to happen after the all-faculty meeting
  2. Looking for outdoor options
  1. Richmond Beach
  2. Maybe a restaurant
  1. Heard back from Tirzah Williamson and Norah Peters from WFSE (the bulletin boards)
  2. Parking has come up for faculty because we lost spaces during campus housing build and we’re losing more faculty parking during the upcoming construction changes
  3. Proposed $250 to spend for the upcoming social
  1. Seconded
  2. Previous social spent $230
  3. Remaining budget is $2000
  4. Amended to $500
  1. Seconded
  1. Unanimous in favor

  1. 2nd Vice President (External Relations)

  1. Grievance Committee & all grievances at Step 2

  1. 3rd Vice President (Associate Faculty)

  1. AFT-WA Contingent Faculty Issues Committee (CFIC)

  1. Gov Ferguson passed millionaires tax
  2. State board is in support of an efficiency study rather than closing colleges
  3. JUMC–information request to Aiello about international education. 2022-2026 budget information
  4. Student Financial Responsibility Agreement (SFRA) process and how it was communicated to deans
  1. Issues with students filling out the forms

  1. Treasurer

  1. Monthly report: “Receipts & disbursements of the preceding month”

  2. COLAs as increments slidedeck

  3. Salary scale discussion

  1. Motion to endorse using COLAs as COLAs

  1. Seconded

  2. Unanimous in support

  3. Trevor will put together slides

  1. Secretary

  1. Communications received

  1. Representative Reports

  1. Division Representatives

  1. BCS & PE

  2. CTE

  3. HTS & LLR & AA & SS

  1. Dr. H met with some members to discuss concerns; responded to inquiries

  1. STEM

  1. Legislative/ COPE Representative

  2. MLK Labor Representatives

  1. Union Committees

  1. Grievance

  2. JUMC

  3. Communications

  4. Social

  1. Special Committees

  1. Elections

  1. Spring Elections (ARCs, E-Board, Bargaining Team/s, Convention Delegates)

  1. General Membership Meeting: Spring 2026

  1. April 17, 10:00 am on Zoom

  1. Break                                         [3:55-4:05 pm; 10 min]

  2. Proposals (Decide)                [4:05-___ pm]

  1. WSLC COPE Endorsing Convention

  1. Sat, May 16, 2026, 8:30 am
  2. Machinists District 751 Hall – 9125 15th PL South, Seattle
  3. Delegate count: 2
  4. Register by April 16, 2026
  1. Davis Oldham is going to be a delegate
  2. Motion to empower Davis to make decisions on behalf of the union
  3. Moved, seconded passed unanimously

  1. WSLC Constitutional Convention, July 21-23, Wenatchee, WA.

  1. WSLC Convention 
  2. Supporting up to two individuals at up to $500 each to attend the WSLC

  1. AFT National Convention July 16-19

  1. One individual up to $900
  2. Additional reimbursement contingent upon whether other allocations are not used (if no one goes to WSLC)
  3. Moved (to allocate funds for WSLC and AFT), seconded, unanimous

  1. Request for endorsement: No Hate in WA State

  1. https://nohateinwastate.org/endorse 
  2. Move to endorse, second, passed unanimously

  1. Seattle May Day (May 1)

  1. https://www.seattlemayday.org/ 

  1. Discussions (Discuss)        [Time allowing]

  1. Parent Education program

  2. Recruiting for bargaining teams (BTEI & BT-CBA)

  3. ICE

  1. Register for the WSLC Immigration Summit, Saturday, April 18, at 9a in Tacoma

  1. Meeting wrap-up                [4:55-5:00 pm; 5 min]

  1. Housekeeping

  1. Summarize the meeting & the decisions made.
  2. Overview & assign action items.
  3. Collect input for next meeting’s preliminary agenda.

SCCFT President’s Update April 13, 2026

  1. President

  1. AFT National

  1. N/A

  1. AFT CTC Council

  1. Attended AFT CTC Council meeting April 11.

  1. AFT-WA UOR

  1. 1:1 with UOR Gillespie

  1. Communiques to members

  1. Drafted & shared to OffshoreSCCFTFaculty listserve the 2026 Winter Quarter Summary of Activities https://bit.ly/SCCFT-2026-Q3-Winter-Activities-Summary 
  2. Drafted & shared to OffshoreSCCFTFaculty listserve info about the RIF alternatives win and the Release Time grievance win.

  1. Statements to BOT

  1. N/A

  1. E-Board

  1. E-Board infrastructure

  1. Officer Corps

  1. Facilitated Officers Meeting
  2. 1:1 with Treasurer
  3. 1:1 with Secretary

  1. E-Board General Positions

  1. N/A

  1. E-Board Training & Development

  1. N/A

  1. Internal

  1. Organizing infrastructure

  1. N/A

  1. Union Committees

  1. N/A

  1. Elections

  1. N/A

  1. Campaigns & membership drives

  1. RIFCOM

  1. We’ve now signed our MOU with the College and enough faculty have signed individual agreements that the College has:
  1. Rescinded its RIF of Scott Main
  2. Rescinded its RIF of Amelia Acosta (who has agreed to retire at a particular date, in exchange for working a reduced load)
  3. Rescided their opposition to Nicole Lupinacci’s tenure candidacy is continuing. BOT has approved moving her to the third year of the tenure process.

  1. Parent Education Program Campaign

  1. Attended weekly Parent Education Program campaign meetings.

  1. Shoreline Community Meeting

  1. Live-commented the 3/20 Campus meeting.

  1. Research

  1. Improved our Request for Information (RFI) & Public Records Request (PRR) tracking sheet.

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