REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Minutes of the College Council
7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka, CA, Board Room
Monday, March 22, 2010
MEMBERS
PRESENT
Allen Keppner, Becky Blatnick (phone), Martha Racine (phone), Keith Snow-Flamer,
Marjorie Carson, Ruth Moon, Jeff Marsee, Mike Wells, Ron McQueen, Lynn Thiesen,
MEMBERS
ABSENT
Reaia Reaves, Jose Ramirez, Dave Holper, Ryley Emanaker, Melissa Ruiz
CALL TO ORDER
President Jeff Marsee called the meeting to order at 3:05 pm
MINUTES
The minutes of 03/22/10 03/08/10 were approved with the following revisions:
1. Pg. 2, under “AP2511”:
Marjorie Carson, VP of Instruction, questioned the following statement
contained in the proposed scope “… College Council also seeks all constituents’
input on policy and procedure before recommending final approval.” Marjorie
noted that she felt that ‘constituent input’ was provided through constituent
representation on College Council and that College Council did not formally
‘seek’ out constituent input on policy and procedure whether constituent input
was provided through constituent representation.
President Marsee recommended that support staff, when completing the College
Council minutes, focus on recording actions taken and not recording narrative.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
CLASSIFIED
SENATE
Jose Ramirez, interim Classified Senate rep, was not present at the meeting. Mike
Wells was appointed administrator in charge of overseeing the formation of the
Classified Senate.
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
MODEL
Mike Wells reported that the ‘Professional Development’ Committee was nearly
formed. Participants include:
1. Rory Johnson- DN
2. Geoff Kaine-MGMT
3. Teresa Daigneault-Confidential
4. Mike Wells- Admin
President Marsee requested that Martha Racine notify Gesice Ly that a CRMC
participant is needed.
INTEGRATED
PLANNING
MODEL
Keith Snow-Flamer, VP of Student Services, reported that the IPM revision committee
had met to reconcile the two IPM models.
After reviewing the revised IPM, some members of the Council suggested further
revision of the model as follows:
1. Drop a line from the ‘Program Review” box that leads to a document box
labeled “recommended faculty positions”. A line will lead from the
“recommended faculty positions” box to a process box labeled “faculty
prioritization; senate representation, dean representation, VP representation”.
From the “faculty prioritization” process box a line will lead to the budget
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planning committee box (see revised IPM for graphic representation of
revisions).
2. Add a ‘program initiation’ process box with lines leading to the ‘program
initiation’ box from the PRC box and Divisions box. From the ‘program
initiation box’ and line will lead to a ‘curriculum committee/program review’
box, then from ‘curriculum committee/program review’ to ‘academic senate’
then from ‘academic senate’ to the ‘budget planning committee.’
3. Add a ‘College Council’ process box between ‘Cabinet’ and ‘Board’.
College Council will review the revised IPM at their next meeting.
DISTRICT WIDE
FORUM: MISSION,
CORE VALUES,
GOALS,
PHILOSOPHIES
Dr. Pam Fisher of the ACCT phoned in to discuss the April 29th district wide open
forum regarding mission, core values, goals and philosophies.
Dr. Fisher noted that the forum would be the first step in the mission and vision revision
process. Allen Keppner reported that the district needs a vision that we aspire and that
would inspire.
Dr. Fisher suggested that the forum be open to all who want to participate and that
College Council should ensure that there is representation from all constituents.
Dr. Fisher reported that the session would include:
1. Identification of areas in which CR excels
2. Identification of areas in which CR could improve
3. Draft language regarding CR’s vision and mission
A committee was formed to assist in organizing the 04/29/10 open forum. The
committee consists of:
1. Allen Keppner- Chair
2. Doug Edgmon- Support
3. Lynn Thiesen- AMC
4. Keith Snow-Flamer- Admin and Student Services
5. Becky Blatnick- DN
6. Martha Racine- Mendo (may request alternate)
President Marsee requested that Vice Presidents and Managers inform their areas that
all employees are encouraged to attend.
AP 2511 “COLLEGE Council members suggested the following revisions to the scope:
COUNCIL”
(revisions in italics)
The Redwoods Community College District shall establish governance structures
which are efficient, effective, and which allow for broad participation in the
decision-making process. The District seeks to build understanding and trust among
various groups in the College through open collaboration and shared responsibility.
The College Council is a district-wide constituent based collegial consultation body
that includes representatives from all of the District’s constituent groups. College
Council helps ensure that policies and recommendations procedures have been are
developed and revised following the collegial consultation process.
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College Council receives drafts of policy and procedure from the appropriate
constituents, reviews and suggests revisions when appropriate, and either sends
these documents back to the constituent group that wrote it for any necessary
revision or can, if deemed appropriate, create an ad hoc committee for revisions.
After such revisions, College Council also seeks all constituents’ input on policy
and procedure before recommending final approval.
The College Council is then responsible for approving recommendations on BPs
and APs. before sending them on. Once the College Council has confirmed that a
policy or procedure has gone through the shared governance process, the
recommendation is sent on to the President/Superintendent for action. The
President/Superintendent is responsible for taking revisions and new policies and
procedures to the Board of Trustees for approval (BPs) or for informational
purposes (APs). If the President/Superintendent revises a College Council
approved policy or procedure prior to submitting it to the Board of Trustees, the
President shall report to College Council his or her justification for doing so.
College Council has the right address the Board of Trustees if College Council feels
a policy or procedure was revised or developed outside of the collegial consultative
process.
College Council also reviews the actions of the Cabinet, Academic Senate,
Coordinated Planning Council, and the Financial Advisory Council.
Members convey information from the Council to their constituent groups and from
their groups to the Council. Members represent their constituents’ views to the
College President who serves as Council Chair. The Council serves to advise the
College President before implementation of the recommendations.
AP305.01/AP305.03
“FACULTY
PRIORITIZATION”
Allen Keppner reported that the committee charged with revising the prioritization
rubric had not yet met to incorporate the suggestion revisions submitted by the
prioritization pilot committee.
BP/AP 510/804
“SMOKING ON
CAMPUS”
President Marsee reported that a student request was submitted to the President’s Office
to adopt a ‘no smoking on campus’ policy.
Further discussion regarding BP/AP 510/804 will occur at the next College Council
meeting.
ADJOURN
DE
Allen Keppner agreed to chair the next two College Council meetings.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 pm.