FINAL
EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Office of the President
Minutes of the College Council Meeting June 15, 2009
Present: Francisco Arce, Thomas Fallo, Ann Garten, Irene Graff, Jeanie Nishime,
Michael Odanaka, Barbara Perez, Pete Marcoux, Susan Pickens, Gary Robertson, Luukia
Smith, and Arvid Spor.
1. President Fallo went to the Accrediting Commission on June 11th. Barbara Beno met
with President Fallo and Peter Landsburger to talk about the relationship with the
Compton Center. Barbara suggested talking about to the Accrediting Commission
about it. President Fallo was allowed 5 minutes. The Accrediting Commission only
wanted to talk about the report. There was a serious communication issue.
2. Board Agenda
a. We will have an oath of office for David Nordel our new Student Trustee.
b. There will be labor negotiations in Closed Session. We don’t want to lay off
people, but the Board could do that. We are talking about possibly moving
spring up.
c. Academic Affairs, Page 44 – BP 4320 – Public Performances by Students.
This policy is being deleted and replaced by a procedure. It was determined
that a policy was not needed.
d. Student and Community Advancement, Pages 78, and 81, item numbers 1, 7, 8.
Each of these grant proposals for the National Science Foundation will be
providing different services.
e. Human Resources, Page 118, item number 10 – name should be Mr. Ulysses
Dunlap. This correction will be read into the record at the Board meeting.
f. Administrative Services, page 97, Blanket POs in Fund 41 are for the roofing
contracts that were approved at the last Board meeting.
3. There may be fee increases. We are looking at trimming back course sections.
4. The College Council evaluation will be sent out this week.
Agenda for the July 20, 2009 Meeting:
1. Minutes of June 15, 2009
2. Board Agenda
College Council Goals 2008-2009
1. Focus on responding to the Accrediting Commissions Recommendations.
2. College Council members will report to and from their constituent groups. This will
be done quarterly.
3. Review annually – El Camino Community College District – Vision Statement,
Mission Statement, Statement of Philosophy, Statement of Values, Guiding Principles
& Strategic Goals for 2007-2010.
4. Continue to build a sense of (campus) community. Assigned to Luukia & Angela.
5. Complete 10 policies and work towards pairing procedures with policies. The goal is
to get everything posted.
6. All Administrative Procedures that accompany Policies will go through College
Council.
7. Incorporate the spirit of Accreditation in every day college operations.
8. Academic integrity as a team. Pete will determine how this can be measured.
9. Empower and encourage faculty and staff to create a culture that is safe for students
and conducive to learning. Physically safe and intellectually safe.
College Council Policies/Procedures completed in the 2008-2009 time frame:
1. BP 2715 – Code of Ethics/Standards of Practice – Second Reading on 6/15/09
2. BP 4070 – Audit Enrollment –Adopted on 07/21/08
3. BP 4230 – Grading and Academic Record Symbols – First Reading on 6/15/09
4. BP 4250 – Probation, Dismissal and Readmission – First Reading on 6/15/09
5. AP 4250 – Probation, Dismissal and Readmission – First Reading on 6/15/09
6. BP 4260 – Prerequisites and Co-Requisites – First Reading on 6/15/09
7. AP 4260 – Prerequisites and Co-Requisites – First Reading on 6/15/09
8. BP 4270 – Substitute Courses for Health Education (deletion) – First Reading
on 6/15/09
9. BP 4300 – Field Trips & Excursions – Adopted on 3/16/09.
10. AP 4300 – Field Trips & Excursions – Adopted on 3/16/09.
11. BP 4312 – Soliciting Funds from Students (deletion) – First Reading on
6/15/09
12. BP 4320 – Public Performances by Students (replaced by procedure) – First
Reading on 6/15/09
13. AP 4320 – Public Performances by Students – First Reading on 6/15/09
14. BP 4400 – Community Services Programs – First Reading on 6/15/09
15. BP 5030 – Fees – Adopted on 5/18/09
16. AP 5030 – Fees – Adopted on 5/18/09
Pending from 2008-2009
17. BP 3050 – Institutional Code of Ethics, distributed at College Council on
12/1/08
18. AP 7120A – Administrative Hiring Procedures, distributed at College Council
on 2/23/09