REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Minutes of the College Council
7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka, CA, Board Room
Monday, March 7, 2011
MEMBERS
PRESENT
Mark Winter, Dave Holper, John Johnston, Martha Racine (phone), Becky
Blatnick (phone), Keith Snow-Flamer, Utpal Goswami, Ahn Fielding, Roxanne
Metz
MEMBERS
ABSENT
Alles Rebel, ASCR rep (1), Jose Ramirez, Ron McQueen, VP of Admin Service
(vacant), Jolene Gates
CALL TO ORDER
Utpal Goswami called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m.
MINUTES
The minutes of 02/14/11 were approved as presented.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
INSTITUTIONAL
PLANNING
The Council reviewed BP 3250 “Institutional Planning.” Keith Snow-Flamer
agreed to change all references of ‘Systems Office’ to ‘Chancellor’s Office.’
The Council suggested removing a comma in paragraph five of BP 3250 so the
sentence reads:
The Superintendent/President shall inform the Board about the status of planning
and various plans and seek Board input during their development as appropriate.
The Council suggested revising the first sentence of BP 3250 to read:
(updates in bold type)
The Superintendent/President shall ensure that the College has a comprehensive,
broad-based ongoing planning and evaluation cycle that is driven by the College’s
Mission and Goals, and supported by data on institutional effectiveness.
The Council suggested revising the second sentence of BP 3250 to read:
(updates in bold type)
This institutional planning process should involve effective participation
appropriate segments of the College and is inclusive of all constituent groups.
Keith agreed to change all references of ‘superintendent/president’ to
‘president/superintendent.’
The Council reviewed AP 3250 ‘Institutional Planning.’ Utpal suggested revising
the planning process to note that the Strategic Plan came before the Education
Master Plan. Utpal also suggested that the Board of Trustees should play a role
in the development of the Strategic Plan, and that updating the strategic plan
every four years should be a function of College Council.
ACTION The Council voted unanimously to distribute BP and AP 3250, as revised, to all
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constituents for a 30 day review period.
The Council reviewed the draft Institutional Planning Narrative. Keith noted that
he would update the arrangement of the Strategic Plan and Education Master
Plan to correspond with the suggestion regarding AP 3250.
The Council debated the appropriate amount of detail to include in the planning
narrative.
ACTION After other suggestions were incorporated, the Council voted to distribute the
Institutional Planning narrative for a 30 day constituent review.
The Council reviewed the draft governance document and suggested revisions.
Utpal suggested College Council wait till after the April 8th Governance summit to
distribute the draft governance document for constituent review.
The Council discussed how College Council could serve as an advisory
committee to the President when the President served as the chair of College
Council.
Utpal suggested that a discussion of who should chair College Council, in
addition to discussion on how College Council reviews and approves policy and
procedure, should be the subject of a special College Council meeting.
Utpal noted that the Governance summit would be helpful to clarify and
document the decision making authority of planning bodies.
Dave Holper suggested the Council discuss strategies for more efficiently
approving policy and procedure revision.
BP/AP 3410 ‘NON
DISCRIMINATION’
Support staff noted that College Council voted in the Fall 2010 term to distribute
BP and AP3410 for constituent review.
The Council requested a review of examples of other CA Community Colleges’
APs 3410.
ACTION The Council voted to forward BP3410 ‘Nondiscrimination’ to the Trustees for
adoption. The Council will review the draft AP3410, along with examples from
other institutions, at a subsequent College Council meeting.
BP/AP 4240
‘ACADEMIC
RENEWAL’
The Council voted unanimously to forward BP and AP 4240 ‘Academic Renewal’
to the Trustees and President for implementation.
BP/AP 5140
“DISABLED
STUDENTS
PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES”
Trish Blair presented a proposed BP and AP 5140 “Disables Students Programs
and Services.”
The Council voted unanimously to forward BP and AP 5140 to constituents for a
30 day review period.
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BP/AP 3050
The Council voted unanimously to forward BP and AP 3050 ‘Institutional Code of
“INSTITUTIONAL
Ethics’ to constituents for a 30 day review period.
CODE OF ETHICS”
COLLEGE
COUNCIL AND
THE BROWN ACT
Discussion postponed to 03/21/2011.
POLICY AND
PROCEDURE
REVISION
PROCESS
Discussion postponed to 03/21/2011.
AP 2435
“EVALUATION OF
PRESIDENT/SUPE
RINTENDENT”
Discussion postponed to 03/21/2011.
BP 1200 “MISSION
AND VALUES”
Discussion postponed to 03/21/2011.
SELF STUDY
UPDATE
Discussion postponed to 03/21/2011.
REPORT OUT
FROM BPC
Discussion postponed to 03/21/2011.
HANDS ACROSS
CA
Discussion postponed to 03/21/2011.
BP 537 “STUDENT
EQUITY PLAN”
Discussion postponed to 03/21/2011.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 pm
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