FINANCIAL AID COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING – MINUTES
Northern Quest Casino, Airway Heights
October 15, 2014
Present: Anna Jackson; Becky Phllips; Mike Fentress; Wendy Joseph; Danielle Hodgen; Lisa Fortson;
Marjorie Davis; Krista Francis; Scott Copeland; Noel McBride; Zoya Zhuk; Tammy Zibell; Sybil Smith;
Debbie Solomon; Melanie Ruiz; Kathy Day; Stacey Savino; Karen Driscoll; Ben Beus; Debi McKay; David
Klaffke; Micah McKee; Susan Neese; Yeumie Truong; Ardella Williams-Nelson; Tracy Smothers; Mary
Edington; Tara McDougall; Margie Pederson; Brianne Sanchez; Robert Kraus; Rena Tinnell, Jessica
Reeser; Dani Gray; Angelina Rodriquez; Hoa Lu; MiChelle Thorsen; Sherri Ballantyne; Kate Jacky; Karina
Sanchez; Mary Witters; Lisa Lowe; Tamera Wicker; Lino Martins; Reneld Michaud; Kelly Forsberg;
Antoinette Ingram; Crystal Bagby; Carla Idohl-Corwin
Wendy Joseph called the Fall FAC Business meeting to order at 8:30am on October 15, 2014 at Northern
Quest Casino, Airway Heights, Washington
Winter Meeting Minutes
Minutes from the Spring Meeting on May 2, 2014 were presented by Tammy Zibell.
MOTION: A motion to approve the minutes was made by Krysta Francis and seconded by
Carla Idohl-Corwin. The minutes from the fall meeting were approved by voice vote.
REPORTS
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report was presented by Danielle Hodgen. Account balance as of October 13, 2014 is
$9266.25.
MOTION: A motion by Tammy Zibell and seconded by Sybil Smith to approve the treasure
report.
FAST Update
Per FAST Chair MiChelle Thorsen the following people are the FAST Team Members for 2014-2015: Carl
Schroer; Kathy Day; Anna Peros; Stacey Savino and our SBCTC-IT Liaison is Becky Phillips. The revised
Maintenance List will be sent out soon. The following items were discussed: Sula Reporting, College
Bound, Unit Record error report; finding a way to improve Loan Reconciliation process, WASFAA Reports
and CTC Link. A New Request was sent in by Cheryl Fritz and that is an option to post the DRT Tracks to
all students tracking screen, not just those selected for verification.
OLD BUSINESS
Discussed Workgroups and added Kelly Forsberg to the Data Governance Workgroup. Wendy
encouraged everyone to join these workgroups.
Correction needed to be made to the list of the FAST Team Members. Stacey Savino is at Grays Harbor.
NEW BUSINESS
Discussed adding to Future issues/Concerns/Focus section – Manual process to award BA Students and
Manual Process to award Competency Based Programs.
Ben Beus will share his BA Processes.
Discussed scheduling meetings around other council meetings.
Discussed how to make sure we (FAC) are heard? Let Wendy know if you have ideas.
Discussed Winter FAC Meeting at Rainbow Lodge, North Bend. March 11-13, 2015. Possible agenda
item is Competency Based Programs.
Discussed options for Spring Meeting.
Discussed voting and what is a quorum. Proxy voting was mentioned and it is not in our charter. We
can only vote if in attendance or by email. Krista Francis will send out actual charter language.
Karen Driscoll made a motion to adjourn the Business Meeting at 11:11am. Lisa Fortson seconded the
motion and the meeting was adjourned.