Gordon State College
Planning Committee
Approved Meeting Minutes
14 September 2015
Instructional Complex 410
Members:
(President) Dr. Max Burns
(Recorder) Dr. Becky Godlasky, Humanities
(VPAA and Provost) Dr. Jeffery Knighton
(Senate Representative) Dr. Andy Osborne, M&PS
(VPSA) Dr. Dennis Chamberlain
(Student Representative) Ms. Sallie Nowell
(VPBA) Ms. Kristen Albritton
Dr. Qi Zhou, B&PS
(VPIA) Ms. Rhonda Toon
Dr. Joe Eyles, M&PS
(AVPIE) Professor Teresa Betkowski
Professor Stephen Agyare, Nursing
(Chair) Dr. Adam Davis, Biology
Professor Beth Pye, Library
Members Absent:
Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 2:03 p.m. by Dr. Osborne.
Dr. Davis acted as Recorder for the meeting until the nomination of an official Recorder.
Approval of Minutes:
Dr. Osborne presented the Unapproved Minutes of the April 8 meeting.
Dr. Davis made a motion to accept the Minutes with the change to add Professor Betkowski to the attendance of
the April 8 meeting.
Professor Agyare seconded the motion.
No Discussion
The Minutes were approved by unanimous vote.
Announcements:
Dr. Osborne read out loud the Review of the Planning Committee Mission as written below:
Review of Committee Mission:
PURPOSE: The Planning Committee shall be an active partner with the administration for the purpose of
planning physical, fiscal, or non-academic program changes for the College and the integration of plans with
accreditation agencies.
DUTIES: The Committee shall: assist the administrative division of the College with the development of
guidelines, criteria, and procedures for program, fiscal, and physical planning, and the institutional strategic
plan and master plan; assign facilities and the allocation of resources; develop annual budgets; and establish
priorities in capital construction and campus maintenance. [Bylaws of the Gordon State College Faculty Senate,
Article VI, Section 2, 6/02/2014]
New Business:
1. Dr. Osborne Opened up nominations for the Chair and Recorder positions.
a. Professor Betkowski nominated Dr. Davis for Chair.
b. Dr. Davis accepted the nomination.
c. The nomination for Chair was approved by unanimous vote.
d. Provost Knighton nominated Dr. Godlasky for Recorder.
e. Dr. Godlasky accepted the nomination.
f. The nomination for Recorder was approved by unanimous vote.
g. Dr. Osborne turned the meeting over to Dr. Davis.
h. Dr. Davis turned the Recording to Dr. Godlasky.
2. Professor Betkowski provided a status update on the annual plans submitted by the reporting units on
campus. The website has completely changed since the last Planning Committee meeting of 8 April
2015. One update is outstanding, but once that is submitted, Prof. Betkowski will post it to the webpage.
a. Professor Betkowski walked the committee through evidence of improvement.
b. Annual plans may be presented in a different way in the future, as the process is not abundantly
clear at present.
c. Training in preparing annual plans should be provided.
d. Professor Betkowski advised committee members to read all of the annual reports.
3. Dr. Burns provided an update on the Facilities Master Plan. Final edits are still being made to the plan,
but the goal is to finalize the plan in October. Committee members should review the plan.
4. The floor was opened for questions and comments.
a. Dr. Burns remarked that we are making progress and that the objective is to improve with each
cycle.
b. All members of the committee should look at last year’s plan and become familiar with it.
5. The next meeting date will be 30 September at 2:00 p.m. The location has not yet been determined.
Dr. Osborne made a motion to adjourn.
Dr. Knighton seconded the motion.
The committee meeting adjourned at 2:41 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dr. Becky Godlasky
Recorder, Planning Committee