REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Minutes of the College Council 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka, CA, Board Room Monday, October 5, 2009 MEMBERS PRESENT Allen Keppner, Dave Holper, Ashly Chapman, Riley Emanaker, Jose Ramirez, Becky Blatnick (phone), Martha Racine (phone), Jeff Marsee, Mike Wells, Keith Snow-Flamer, Marjorie Carson, Ruth Bettenhausen, Ruth Moon, Lynn Thiesen, Marcia Williams (phone) MEMBERS ABSENT Ron McQueen, Kelly Wilson CALL TO ORDER President Jeff Marsee called the meeting to order at 3:04 p.m. MINUTES The minutes of May 12th, 2009 were approved with the following corrections: 1. Under “College Council Scope – Task Force Update”, strike out ‘College Council’ and insert ‘all open meetings’ so the statement reads ‘ . . . encourage district wide participation in all open meetings by . . .’ 2. Under “Updates”, strike out ‘weather’ and insert ‘whether’ ASCCC/CCLC VISIT DEBRIEF AND NEXT STEPS Dr. Marsee summarized comments from the ASCCC/CCLC technical assistance visit, noting that Scott Lay and Jane Dr. Patton encouraged CR, among other items, to focus its energy and resources on moving forward towards the common goal of serving students. In addition, Mr. Lay and Ms. Patton recommended communicating with civility. Lynn Thiesen noted that she appreciated Scott Lay’s and Dr. Patton’s emphasis on moving forward and communicating with civility. STATUS OF POLICY AND PROCEDURE UPDATES Council members agreed that postponing work on pending administrative procedures and board policies will negatively affect student learning and that College Council should move forward with their normal work. BP/AP 4231, “Course Grade Challenge” • Process by which students challenge grades they feel were awarded inappropriately • Under current BP/AP, Board of Trustees hears the final appeal Action Status- On hold anticipating a lack of Board support for a change. BP/AP 4240, “Academic Renewal” • Allows students to purge up to two poor semesters from their academic records • Revisions unanimously approved by College Council 04-21-09 Action- College Council will review approved BP/AP 4240 during their 10-19-09 meeting, then forward to BOT BP 305/AR305.01, “Contract Faculty Appointment Procedures”; and AR305.03, “Priorities for Tenure-Track Positions” • Prioritizes in what order full-time tenure-track faculty positions are hired Minutes-College Council Page 2 of 3 October 5, 2009 Action- Referred to Academic Senate to identify issues/problems with the current implementation of AR 305.01, to be followed by discussion with cabinet. BP/AP 4020, “Program and Curriculum Development”; and AP4021, “Program Revitalization or Discontinuation Process” • No discussion Status- No action assigned BP5055/AP5055, “Enrollment Priorities” • Outlines priorities during the registration process Action- Two representatives each from Admin, Managers, Directors (AMD), Classified Senate, Academic Senate, and ASCR, and one representative each from DN and Mendocino will meet to review BP5055/AP5055 and draft recommendations to forward to cabinet and College Council. TASK FORCE UPDATE The council requested that the list of concerns prioritized by the task force last semester be presented to College Council at their October 19th, 2009 meeting in order to determine which concerns were appropriate for College Council discussion. COLLEGE COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION Representation of classified staff, following the constitution of the Classified Senate, will mirror faculty representation; two Senate members each and one union representative each. Del Norte and Mendocino will be reduced to one representative and one alternate per location. Representation of College Council will be as follows: Academic Senate (2) CRFO (1) Classified Council (2) CSEA (1) Associated Students of CR (2) Del Norte (1) Mendocino (1) President (1) Vice President of Administrative Services (1) Vice President of Instruction (1) Vice President of Student Services (1) Director of Human Resources (1) Administrators/Managers/Directors (1) Whether the Klamath-Trinity Educational Site will hold a seat on College Council will be discussed at the next meeting. NEXT MEETING/ FALL 2009 CALENDAR The next College Council meeting is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Monday, October 19th, 2009. The proposed fall 2009 College Council Calendar was approved as follows: Monday, October 19, 2009: 3:00 p.m. Monday, November 2, 2009: 3:00 p.m. Minutes-College Council Page 3 of 3 October 5, 2009 Monday, November 16, 2009: Monday, November 30, 2009: December 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. TBD The committee requested the Spring 2010 College Council calendar be developed before the November 30th meeting. UPDATES A comprehensive accreditation self-study team training, hosted by Jack Pond and Steve Maradian of the ACCJC, will be held Friday, October 9th, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CR’s current follow-up report to the ACCJC will be mailed out Monday, October 12th, 2009. Dr. Marie Smith and Mr. James Barr, representing the ACCJC, will visit the campus October 20th and 21st, 2009. ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m. de