SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
January 17, 2007
The Board of Trustees of the Houston Community College System held a Special Board Meeting
on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at the System Administration Building, Second Floor, Seminar
Room A, 3100 Main, Houston, Texas.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
Jay Aiyer, Committee Chair
Yolanda Navarro Flores
Diane Olmos Guzman
Bruce Austin
Christopher Oliver
Dr. Michael P. Williams
ADMINISTRATION
Norm Nielsen, Interim Chancellor
Doretha Eason, Deputy to the Chancellor
Miles LeBlanc, General Counsel
William Harmon, President, Central College
OTHERS PRESENT
Jarvis Hollingsworth, Counsel, Bracewell & Giuliani
David Ross, President, Faculty Senate
Other administrators, citizens, and representatives of the news media
CALL TO ORDER
Mr. Aiyer, Board Chair, called the meeting to order at 4:25 p.m. and declared the Board convened
to consider matters pertaining to the Houston Community College System as listed on the duly
posted meeting notice.
A.
CONSIDER AND INTERVIEW PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR VACANT
HCCS DISTRICT VI TRUSTEE POSITION
Miles LeBlanc informed the Committee that three of the candidates who submitted
applications were ineligible because they did not reside in District VI.
Dr. Williams asked if the questionnaires completed asked whether the candidates lived in the
designated district. Miles LeBlanc informed that each candidate was contacted as it relates to
their residency and noted that the addresses were verified via the Institutional Research
Department.
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Dr. Williams asked if the invalid candidates had been contacted and recommended that an
explanatory letter be sent with a map of the district that shows why they are not eligible. Dr.
Nielsen asked Miles to notify the ineligible candidates prior to the Special meeting scheduled
for Thursday, January 18, 2007. Mr. Aiyer stated that he would also contact the ineligible
candidates.
Mr. Aiyer noted that the Committee would deliberate the applications submitted and the
candidate(s) selected would be interviewed at the Special meeting scheduled for January 18,
2007 at 4:00 p.m.
ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION
Mr. Aiyer adjourned the meeting to Executive Session at 4:36 p.m., notice having previously been
given and reiterated in accordance with Sections 551.071, 551.072, and/or 551.074 of the Open
Meetings Law. Mr. Aiyer stated that any final action, vote or decision on any item discussed in
Executive Session would be taken up in Open Session or in a subsequent Public Meeting.
(Present: Trustees Aiyer, Austin, Flores, Guzman, Oliver, and Dr. Williams)
Mr. Aiyer reconvened the meeting in Open Session at 5:31 p.m. and entertained motions on
pending matters.
Motion – Mrs. Flores motioned that the Board interview Mr. Mills Worsham and Mr. Robert
Higgins at the Special meeting on Thursday, January 18, 2007 for the HCCS District VI Trustee
position. Mr. Oliver seconded the motion. The motion passed with a vote of 6-0.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further actions coming before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 5:32 p.m.
Recorded, transcribed and submitted by:
Sharon Wright, Executive Admin. Assistant, Board Services
Minutes Approved as Submitted:
February 22, 2007