To: Voting Members of the Faculty Senate From: Tom Cooper, MCC’s SUNY FCCC Representative Re: Opportunity To Serve on the FCCC Date: March 11, 2004 After serving for many years as MCC’s representative to the SUNY Faculty Council on Community Colleges, I plan to retire from this position at the expiration of my present term on August 31, 2004. I am writing this memorandum to provide interested members of the college community with information about the FCCC and the responsibilities involved in serving as MCC’s representative. The Faculty Council on Community Colleges (FCCC) was established in 1968 and represents community college faculty throughout the State University of New York. Its founding chairperson was Dr. John MacNaughton, a former member of the MCC History Department who served as the FCCC president from 1967-1970. Professor Alan Shaw, a former member of the MCC English Department, served as FCCC president from 1991-1993. MCC has always elected its delegate and an alternate (three year terms) through the college’s academic governance organization (currently the MCC Faculty Senate). The delegate is responsible for participating in two FCCC conferences each year. These meetings are held at various community colleges throughout the state or in Albany at the System Administration Offices. The meetings usually are scheduled for a Thursday through Saturday in the fall (October or November) and again in the spring (March or April). At these meetings you will have an opportunity to work with delegates from other community colleges. You also will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from SUNY Administration and a variety of other organizations that are dealing with items of interest to community college educators. The MCC delegate’s travel expenses are paid by the Office of the Vice President of Academic Services. It is expected that the delegate will serve actively on one of the several committees within the FCCC and will, if needed, take on a leadership role within the organization by serving on one of its ad hoc committees. Over the last few years an increasing amount of committee business has been done by e-mail or teleconferences. As a member of the FCCC, a delegate also may be asked to participate on one or more SUNY committees organized by System Administration in Albany. In representing the MCC faculty, the delegate is expected to keep the MCC Faculty Senate and the Vice President of Academic Services well informed of any significant issues of concern to the MCC faculty. In addition, the delegate should be ready to seek out items from the MCC faculty that can be brought before the FCCC or addressed by an appropriate FCCC subcommittee. The most important skill that a delegate should possess is an ability to communicate information in a clear and timely fashion. As an FCCC delegate you will find a new awareness of the concerns and successes of other SUNY community colleges. Above all else, your active participation in this organization will give you a sense of pride in the accomplishments of the dedicated and able educators who make up the faculty of community colleges throughout New York State. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about this opportunity to serve as MCC’s FCCC delegate. Please feel free to contact me by voice mail (ext. 3376) or by e-mail (tcooper@monroecc.edu). Presently I am on sabbatical, but I am on campus regularly and check my voice mail and e-mail frequently. I will be out of town during most of the month of April, so for prompt feedback, please contact me before April. Thank you for your consideration of this opportunity.