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
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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.
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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.
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