November 4, 2025

RAPP Meeting Minutes 

Zoom Mtg. 10am-11:20am

Tuesday November 4, 2025 

Summary

The meeting covered discussions about instructional equipment funding and personnel position updates, including the consolidation of design positions and removal of duplicate roles. RAPP members went into breakout rooms to continue discussion on fall personnel request forms. Then groups consolidated (i.e., met with other groups reviewing the same personnel request forms to discuss reconciliations.

Next steps

• Mallory: Send the instructional equipment proposal to College Council for approval on Thursday
• Mallory: Send out responses to questions from deans this week
• Participants with questions in the assignments document: Review dean responses that were added last week
• Martin: Send email with dollar amount for faculty positions that can be hired
• Martin: Send document with information about vacancy positions
• Group 2 and Group 3: Meet next session to reconcile position 5
• Mallory : Discuss and send communication about whether future meetings will be in-person or hybrid
• Mallory: Adjust Outlook calendar invitation to end meetings at 11:20 instead of 11:30

Instructional Equipment Funding Approval

The meeting discussed the approval of instructional equipment funding. Ram presented a proposal to allocate $500,000 for the 2025-2026 academic year and $500,000 for 2026-2027, while maintaining a $100,000 contingency fund. The finance office in collaboration with the VPI will allocate the instructional equipment funds as needed.

Art positions update

Mallory announced that the personnel request folder had been updated combining 2D and 3D design positions and removing a duplicate choral director position submitted spring 25. The group was reminded to complete their small group discussions today to prepare for large group discussions next week.

Group Management and Enrollment Updates

Mallory instructed participants to return to the main room if they finished early and provided guidance on room assignments. Manisha reported that decreases in enrollment were offset by increases in non-credit enrollment for CIS, and she highlighted the low percentage of classes taught by full-time faculty. Martin discussed the approval of instructional equipment and mentioned that his office would provide a dollar amount for faculty positions, as they were now converting positions on a one-to-one basis. The conversation ended with Mallory outlining the next steps for group reconvening and report-outs.

Attendees: Ram Subramaniam, Mallory Newell, Veronica Acevedo Avila, Sam Bliss, Michele LeBleu Burns, Adrienne Hypolite, Caitlan Lam, Christina Wright, Alicia De Toro, Erick Aragon, Eric Mendoza, Felisa Vilaubi, Ryan (Garam) Yi, James Nguyen, Kim Palmore, Manisha Karia, Michelle Hernandez, Nazy Galoyan, Zander Blackman, Farhad Sabit, Sushini Chand, Martin Varela

Absent: Jayme Brown, Garret King

RAPP Voting Members include: Ram Subramaniam, Mallory Newell, Veronica Acevedo Avila, Michele LeBleu Burns, Sam Bliss, Nazy Galoyan, Garret King, Augustin Espino Diaz, Erick Aragon, Adrienne Hypolite, Eric Mendoza, Michelle Hernandez, Felisa Vilaubi, Christina Wright, Alicia De Toro, James Nguyen, Zander Blackman, Caitlan Lam, Jayme Brown, Sushini Chand, Kim Palmore, Ryan Yi, Martin Varela