Regular Meeting
October 22, 2008 – 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Board Room, Building 200
Minutes
IPBC Membership
2008-09
Tram Vo-Kumamoto, Co-Chair
Yvonne Wu Craig, Co-Chair
Faculty
Carolyn Arnold
Mike Absher
Kimberly Blackwell
JoAnn Galliano
Chad Mark Glen
Debra Howell
Joe Kuwabara
Donald Plondke
Linda Rhodes
Classified
Catherine Powell
Rachel Ugale
Yvonne Wu Craig
Administrators
Celia Barberena
Gary Carter
Gene Groppetti
Matthew Kritcher
Melinda Matsuda
Gerald Shimada
Members Present: Yvonne Wu Craig, Tram Vo-Kumamoto,
Carolyn Arnold, Gene Groppettii, Chad Mark Glen, Debra Howell,
Joe Kuwabara, Donald Plondke, Melinda Matsuda, Rajinder Samra,
Gary Carter
Members Absent: Mike Absher, Kimberly Blackwell, Linda
Rhodes, Catherine Powell, Rachel Ugale, Celia Barberena, Matthew
Kritcher, Gerald Shimada, JoAnn Galliano
•
Approved Minutes from October 8 meeting (with
amendments)
Reports
• Budget Committee
Joe Kuwabara reported that Health & Science Division request for
portable “smart” classrooms and laptop computers would be held
until alternatives for the campus at large are investigated. Joe
reiterated that this is the first year that the Budget Committee was
enabled to allocate expenditures freely to the college divisions. A more “collegewide view” is possible for spending decisions and we are not limited to “roll over”
money as in previous years.
Melinda Matsuda stated that in a meeting with with Judy Young and Celia
Barberena, the president suggested a need for transparency in funding of the Basic
Skills Initiative. The Basic Skills expenditure plan will be submitted to the Budget
Committee for review and matching with other unit plan needs.
Carolyn Arnold asked whether or not the Budget Committee had denied any
specific budget requests from the unit plans. Joe responded ‘no’. Carolyn also
asked for clarification on where the Budget Committee is situated in the
governance structure. Joe indicated that officially, it is a subcommittee of the IPBC.
Tram Vo-Kumamoto asked if Bond funds can be accessed directly for the unit plan
requirements. It was determined that 4000- & 5000-level accounts will go through
Budget Committee review.
• Institutional Research follow-up on Environmental Scan results
Rajinder Samra of Institutional Research distributed a handout in response to
requests from the October 8 IPBC meeting. The report supplement included:
1) persistence rates among students accessing Student Services; 2) Student
Services utilization by ethnicity; 3) enrollment in online and evening classes; and
4) changes in sections of evening classes.
Rajinder summarized the latter by noting that, after 2006, online enrollment
significantly increased, while evening enrollment to not change much. It was
concluded that it did not seem like the increase in online enrollment significantly
affected evening enrollments.
Discussion / Decision Items
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Strategic Plan-Draft of Goals and Strategies
The remainder of the working session was devoted to discussion and revision of the
language drafted for the 2009-2012 Strategic Plan. Tram and Yvonne indicated that
they will send via email today’s amended draft of Goals and Strategies for review by
IPBC members before the next meeting.
Next Meeting(s):
November 12, 2008
• Continue working on strategic plan