REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Minutes of the College Council
7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka, CA, Board Room
April 7, 2009
MEMBERS
PRESENT
Ruth Bettenhausen, Becky Blatnick (by video), Allen Keppner, Jeff Marsee,
Jose Ramirez, Tony Sartori, Keith Snow-Flamer, Bill Studt, Lynn Thiesen,
Cheryl Tucker, Marcia Williams (by video), Kelly Wilson (by video) and
Mike Wells
MEMBERS
ABSENT
Dave Bazard, Lance Courtney, David Gonsalves, Michelle Lopez,
Ruth Moon, Cheryl Tucker and David Seda
CALL TO
ORDER
Jeff Marsee called the meeting to order at 1:12 p.m.
MINUTES
The minutes of March 24, 2009, were approved as submitted.
MASTER
PLANS
UPDATE
Keith Snow-Flamer reported that the Education Master Plan Committee
continues to meet on a regular basis and the committee will be turning the draft
over to the Coordinated Planning Council for editing. Dr. Snow-Flamer also
reported that there will be open forums scheduled to allow the college
community to provide feedback for the EMP; the wiki will also continue to be
available for anyone who wishes to contribute.
President Jeff Marsee stated that the Board of Trustees will be asked to approve
the final reading of the Education Master Plan at the May 5 board meeting. Dr.
Marsee also noted that on April 17 the visiting team from the Accrediting
Commission for Community and Junior Colleges will be on site to meet with
various committees, administration and faculty.
COLLEGE
COUNCIL
TASK FORCE
Lynn Thiesen, Chairperson of the College Council Task Force, provided an
update on the work that they have done to consolidate and prioritize the lists of
concerns that were submitted by the constituency groups. Lynn noted that there
are three common areas of concern among the groups:
1) Communication and Collaborative Decision-Making
2) Administrative Delay in Policy Implementation
3) Infrastructure/Right-Sizing
Lynn also noted that the topic of contract issues was a listed concern and the
task force members were unsure regarding the propriety of discussing these
issues at College Council. President Marsee suggested that the task force team
summarize a list of contract issues/concerns and submit them to Human
Resources. Jose Ramirez stated that the next step should be to finalize the
consolidation and prioritization of the lists before work is started in the areas of
the three priorities. Dr. Marsee asked that Lorie Walsh send out a notice to the
council members before each meeting asking for formalized items for the
agenda. Dr. Marsee also requested the Scope of the College Council that was
created earlier in the year be added to the agenda for the next meeting.
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April 7, 2009
NEXT
MEETING
The next meeting is scheduled for April 21, 2009
ADJOURN
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The meeting was adjourned at 2:15 p.m.