Committee:
Date:
Location:
Time:
Steering Committee
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
LATTC, ST 541
10:30am-12:00pm
MINUTES
VOTING MEMBER
David Beaulieu, DAS
7/ 7/15
8/17/15
9/30/15
X
X
Velma Butler, AFT 1521 A
President (Lori Hunter rep)
X (LH)
X
Carl Friedlander, AFT 1521
X
X
Don Gauthier, DAS President
X
X
X
Bobbi Kimble, Vice
Chancellor EPIE
X
X
X
Kenadi Le, DHLI
X
X
X
John McDowell, Director
LATTC Labor Center
X
X
X
Lou Siegel, LATTC Labor
Center
X
X
X
Shigueru Tsuha, DHLI Chair
(no longer as of 8/26/2015)
X
X
Joanne Waddell, AFT 1521
President
X
Kent Wong, Director UCLA
Labor Center
Kathleen Yasuda, Associate
Director LATTC Labor Center
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
X
X
X
X
X
Call to Order: 10:40am
Roll Call/Quorum:
Approve Agenda: Approved
Approval of Minutes: M/S/U – K.Yasuda/D. Gauthier to approve minutes dated 8/17/2015.
Reports:
a. DHLI 2014-2015 Program Review Report Completed – K. Le
b. DHLI Newsletter
c. Scheduled Activities for fall 2015 –
http://www.laccd.edu/DHLI/Lists/DHLI%20Event%20Calendar/calendar.aspx
Name: DHLI Steering Committee
Website: www.laccd.edu/DHLI
Status: draft
Initials: KL
6. ACTION ITEMS:
Action Item: Approve DHLI Program Information Form
Key Consideration:
 Title: Change to Dolores Huerta Labor Institute Charter – consensus
 Add mission statement – consensus
 SC Charge: Determine program direction and advise DHLI Coordinators on operational issues.
Reviews strategic plan and program review. –consensus
 Change Steering Committee Voting to Steering Committee Decision-Making
o The committee will strive for consensus and follow standard principles of parliamentary

procedure when consensus is not reached. - consensus
Change Steering Committee Meeting Time to Schedule - consensus
o At least 2 times per academic year. Once in October and March. - consensus
 Committee membership – still undecided.
o UCLA Labor Center Director is non-voting resource
o Committee discusses the history and composition of the committee.
o D. Beaulieu - there needs to be more Senate representation because DHLI is a district
academic program and that is a Senate responsibility.
o C. Friedlander – we should look at education as broader.
o D. Gauthier – what makes DHLI and Labor Center different?
o B. Kimble – DHLI is an academic program that does not have classes or hire faculty.
 D. Beaulieu – The Sustainability Institute and Project Match do not have classes or
hire faculty, and they are academic programs.
o K. Le – What does it mean to be an academic program? Is DHLI not meeting the definition?
o J. Waddell – we keep comparing the program to something that exists which does not
exist.
o J. McDowell – LATTC Labor Center when founded had mission to reach out to the Labor
Movement to bring them courses. DHLI was intended to reach into the District. No one
disputes that DHLI and the Labor Center are educational/academic programs. The issue
was that they are both labor programs. Cautions about 50% senate or 50% union
members, but the membership isn’t about a union/senate divide. This is an academic
program.
Actions Taken (if any):
7. DISCUSSION ITEMS
Item: Selection Committee for Limited-Term Position
Key Consideration:
 Kenadi Le
 Bobbi Kimble
 Don Gauthier
 Second Senate
 Joanne Waddell
 John McDowell
Name: DHLI Steering Committee
Website: www.laccd.edu/DHLI
Status: draft
Initials: KL
Actions Taken (if any):
Item: DHLI 2014-2017 Intermediate Strategic Plan
Key Consideration:

Actions Taken (if any):
Item: DHLI Committees Self-Evaluation Form
Key Consideration:

Actions Taken (if any): Not discussed
Item: Hiring process for permanent position
Key Consideration:

Actions Taken (if any): Not discussed
6. Items from the Floor:
7. Action Items/Next Steps for next meeting - Action Items Overview
Action Requested/Pending Items
Set up DHLI List Serve
Responsible Person
Kenadi Le
Next Meeting: TBD
ADJOURNMENT
12:10pm
Name: DHLI Steering Committee
Website: www.laccd.edu/DHLI
Status: draft
Initials: KL
Due Date
TBD