LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Educational Services Center
Board Room – First Floor
770 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90017
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Committee: Warren Furutani, Chair; Sylvia Scott­Hayes; Michael Waxman Participants: Leticia Barajas, LATTC; A. Sue Carleo, ESC; Selina Chi, ELAC; John Clerx, ESC; Daphne Congdon, ESC; Marco De La Garza, Pierce College; Larry Eisenberg, ESC; Mona Field, Trustee; Lisa Fitch, ESC; Richard Galope, LACC; Camille Goulet, ESC; Andres Guerrero, LAMC; Steve Maradian, LACC; Leon Marzillier, DAS; Lynn Winter Gross, ESC; Edgardo Zayas, LAMC Trustee Furutani called the meeting to order at 11:35 a.m. The participants introduced themselves. PUBLIC SPEAKERS None. REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS Title V Co­op Grant(s) Update Trustee Waxman indicated that the District applied for Title V Cooperative Grants approximately five years ago in order to obtain funds to assist four of the District colleges—ELAC, LACC, LASC, and LATTC—with their resource development efforts. Ms. Leticia Barajas distributed copies of a document entitled “External Affairs Committee Presentation,” which outlines the objectives of the Title V Cooperative Grant. The Grant’s three major objectives are as follows: Develop institutional foundations and establish an endowment Develop grant­writing capabilities Develop business partnerships Ms. Barajas indicated that the Title V Cooperative Grant was secured in October 2001 and is projected to end on September 30, 2006. An extension for the project activities has been requested. The funds cannot be spent after September 30, 2006, but the project activities can continue as long as everything is encumbered by September 30, 2006. She distributed copies of a document entitled “Title V Cooperative Grant,” which lists the major objectives and accomplishments for each of the four colleges in the categories of grant development, foundation development, and business partnership development. She discussed the major objectives and accomplishments for LASC and LATTC. Ms. Selina Chi discussed the major objectives and accomplishments for ELAC. Mr. Richard Galope discussed the major objectives and accomplishments for LACC. There was discussion regarding the accomplishments in the categories of grant development and foundation development.
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Mr. Edgardo Zayas discussed the Title V Cooperative Arrangement Grant between LAMC and Loyola Marymount University (LMU) for $3.5 million. He indicated that the purpose of this grant is to increase the transfer rates of Hispanic students and strengthen Hispanic teacher education. This Cooperative proposal includes (1) the development of articulation agreements; (2) the strengthening of student services to increase the numbers of students completing teaching degrees; (3) strengthening programs and processes; and (4) the implementation of technology projects to meet state initiatives. ACCCA Administration 101 Boot­camp Participant Update Mr. Marco De La Garza discussed the ACCCA Administration 101 Boot­camp for community college administrators that was held in July 2006. He indicated that he was impressed with the budget portion of the Boot­camp with respect to the many categories and functions that comprise the budget for the California Community Colleges. He expressed his appreciation for having been nominated to attend the Boot­camp. Trustee Scott­Hayes inquired as to how many people participated per campus. Dr. Adriana Barrera responded that each college was asked to nominate two individuals. However, due to extenuating circumstances, some of these individuals were not able to participate at the last minute. A total of eight administrators from the LACCD attended. She recommended that alternates be selected in the future. She indicated that the District is creating a leadership institute modeled after the ACCCA Administration 101 Boot­camp, which is hoped to be launched in November 2006. With respect to fund­raising efforts and grantsmanship efforts at the colleges, Trustee Waxman requested that there be two annual reports. One report would be for all of the District’s foundations indicating how much money they have in the bank, how much they have in their endowment, how much they have raised, a sense of the successful programs that have been used to raise money, and their goals for the coming year with respect to the amount of money they hope to raise. The other report would have to do with grants and should be done on an annual or a quarterly basis. The purpose would be to provide the Board with a list of the grants that people have been able to secure broken down by federal, state, local, or private foundations. New Business Trustee Furutani indicated that he would meet with staff to determine what items should be placed on future External Affairs Committee agendas. With respect to the colleges having meetings with elected officials on their campuses, Trustee Waxman recommended that the college coordinate an effort to make sure one of the Board members is in attendance at these meetings. Dr. Barrera indicated that she would work on this. ADJOURNMENT There being no objection, the meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m.
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