Dean’s Council
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
8:30am - 10:00am
Office of Instruction Conference Room
Notes
Present: Utpal Goswami, Rachel Anderson, Jeff Cummings, Anita Janis, Crislyn
Parker-notes
1. Re-organization:
 Council discussed possible areas of need and options for getting the work
done, during transition in spring 2013 and upon final reorganization. Some
suggestions included:
o Define roles of administrators and supervisors
o Define relationship to the Mendocino office manager, and plan for
more engagement
o Academic Affairs and CTE Deans work together to define lines of
responsibility
o Changes in support staff roles need to be clarified
o Agreed to include Keith in future Dean’s Council meetings
 Anita will get a Director’s job description, which will help in defining roles
 Del Norte is losing a full-time office manager position, has no AOA, and has
one enrollment /financial aid support person. Del Norte will need some kind
of support position.
 Discussion included site faculty connection to area coordinators and
department/discipline faculty at Eureka. With the exception of the Fine
Woodworking Program (sort of a standalone program) in Mendocino, these
connections are fairly well established.
 Some discussions on how department/discipline/program budgets could be
more efficiently structured led to agreement to define responsibilities first
(Deans and Directors), and then align the budget to fit. One suggestion
included centralizing orders, at least in areas that allow the college to take
advantage of bulk pricing. Certain supplies are required for two or three
campuses and could be ordered together and disbursed.
 Other discussion included where KT stands in trying to become an affiliate of
the North West Native American College. Anita feels this will take time.
Del Norte is sitting at 516 FTES and needs 500. Anita feels it would not be
good to lose KT FTES at this time. Currently, KT seems to be a wash
financially.
 There was some discussion on possible programs that Del Norte can offer to
increase FTES. Anita is working on them.
2. Spring 2013 Enrollments:
 Still too early to determine. This will be added to the December 12 Dean’s
Council meeting.
Adjourn
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