Communication Committee Minutes
Date: Tuesday, 04/13/04
Members Present: Martha Lucey, Francine Podenski, Joe Jah, Tom Blair, Andrea Niosi
Members Absent: Elizabeth Brent, Attila Gabor
Resource People Present: Tom Hetherington
AGENDA ITEMS:
1.
CATALOG UPDATE
Blair reported the 04/05 catalog is currently at the printer. It will be available to see in early
May.
2.
Eatv-Ch27 UPDATE
Podenski attended the California Community College Satellite Network meeting. She reports
that Eatv may be eligible to receive free programming via the CCC Satellite Network. Blair
stated that the bulk of the programming should stay with SCOLA and that when looking at
future changes, quality should be assessed. Programming changes cost time and money.
Podenski mentioned that the Eatc-CH27 will go through the Program Review process next
year; any major changes should be assessed and written into the goals and objectives of
the program review. It was mentioned that Comcast should provide a 24 hour channel for
SCOLA.
Eatv will begin negotiations for a new cable franchise in the city. Eatv receives $60,000 a
year from the city. This amount is disproportionate with other channels supported by the
city.
Cable channels need support. San Francisco residents need to let city supervisors know the
importance of cable channels. Podenski monitors this issue and will inform the committee
when to write to supervisors to advocate for cable channels. It was agreed that
coordination is important. One message should be agreed upon and issued. The message
would include wording such as “maintain access channels and increase budgets for access
and equipment and operations.”
Orders of business for EatvCh27 include: 1) secure channel; 2) solicit Comcast for money;
3) hire a channel manager to advocate for the channel, research and produce grant
proposals and PR. All of these items should be objectives in the channel’s next program
review.
3.
CCSF HOMEPAGE
SBC has funded a pilot project to create a template for websites for instructors. The
website template will house instructor’s handouts, syllabus, class notes, etc. Carol Raitan
is working on the project. Ten instructors will be trained in using the software, which is a
Macromedia product. Trainees will mentor 4 other instructors in software use. Diego
Rivera art is being used in the template. It was mentioned that other artists’ art should also
be also offered to represent other cultures as well. Niosi mentioned that she would contact
Raitan in regards to placing a permanent link to the library homepage on the template.
This would provide easy access to resources for students from their instructor’s website.
In a discussion on linking instructor’s homepages to the Faculty in Review, it was decided
that a notice should be printed in City Currents beforehand to inform instructors of this
change.
Outdated departmental websites are a problem. Two such sites were mentioned: the
Theater Arts page and the Guardsman. Hetherington mentioned that if the department
does not have a web savvy person to continually update the page, departmental sites
should not have dates on the site.
4.
ENHANCED SELF STUDY (ESS) RECOMMENDATION
Committee members will read the ESS handout and this topic will be placed on next
month’s agenda.
5.
NEW BUSINESS
Lucey showed the committee the 2004 PRO Award the college catalog won from the
Community College Public Relations organization. This is the second award the catalog has
received. Podenski suggested the Communication Committee present Tom Blair with a
framed certificate of appreciation for all of his hard work that went into the new catalog.
The committee agreed that Blair should be recognized.