November 11, 2014 Meeting

Agenda

TAFT COLLEGE

Governance Council

November 11, 2014

 (Special Meeting in Lieu of November 14, 2014)

12:10 pm – 1:00 pm – Cougar Room

 

Facilitator:           Brock McMurray

Timekeeper:      Velda Pena                                         Original Volunteers for November 14th meeting

Recorder:            Darcy Bogle

Minutes:              Melissa Blanco

 

  1. Approval of Minutes from October 10, 2014 Meeting                                              5 Minutes
  2. Continuation of Mission, Vision and Values Statement (led by Eric Berube)  25 Minutes
  3. Review of Governance Guide (led by Dena Maloney)                                            25 Minutes

 

Next Meeting:  December 12, 2014

Call for Facilitator, Recorder and Timekeeper

Minutes

GOVERNANCE COUNCIL MINUTES

November 11, 2014

 

Members Present:      Kanoe Bandy, Sheri Black, Eric Bérubé, Darcy Bogle, Bill Devine, Sharyn Eveland, Adam Hightower, Vicki Jacobi, Dena Maloney, Velda Pena, Laura Riss, Tony Thompson, Brandy Young, and Mark Williams.

 

Members Absent:       Kamala Carlson, Bruce Ferguson, Greg Golling, and Brock McMurray

 

Facilitator:                       Tony Thompson

Recorder:                        Darcy Bogle

Timekeeper:                  Velda Pena

Minutes:                          Melissa Blanco

 

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

  • The minutes of the meeting held October 10, 2014 were approved by consensus.
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CONTINUATION: REVIEW OF MISSION, VISION AND VALUES STATEMENT

(Led by Eric Bérubé, Coordinator of Institutional Assessment, Research, & Planning)

  • Eric distributed the final version of the new Taft College Mission, Vision and Values statement, a copy of the SPC October 24, 2014 Minutes, and campus –wide comments/feedback received (copies attached to official minutes).
  • Based on the feedback, the SPC reviewed options suggested concerning the following:
    1. The second sentence of the mission statement: “Taft College’s learning environment is defined by equity in the application of knowledge, leading to student success.”
    2. The first value statement: “A passion for learning and measures of student success.”
  • One questioned the use of “application of knowledge” in the second sentence. The concept is good but the use of the words is confusing.
  • CONSENSUS: GC members approved of Option 3 in the SPC October 24, 2014 Minutes with the following change:
  • Taft College provides an equitable learning environment defined by applied knowledge leading to students’ achievement of their educational goals.
  • GC member then discussed the feedback regarding the first value statement “A passion for learning and measures of student success.”
  • One suggestion was to break up the first value into two, such as:
    1. A passion for learning.
    2. Measures of student success.
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  • A member suggested “A passion for learning” was already stated in the Vision, so there may not be a need to use it again under the list of values.
  • CONSENSUS: GC members agreed to rephrase the first value as the following:
  • Students and their success.
  • With the above changes to the mission and values, the “TC College Mission Statement: 2014” is now finalized and will be submitted to the board of trustees in December for approval.

REVIEW OF GOVERNANCE GUIDE

(Led by Dena Maloney, Superintendent/President)

    • Dena stated the “Draft” Governance Guide (copy attached to original minutes) created by the Governance Guide Taskforce was distributed via email for their review and discussion by GC members for today’s meeting.
    • A taskforce met three times to create and produce the final draft of the guide.
    • Dena introduced the document, and reviewed the purpose of the guide.
    • Currently, TC does not have a guide of governance structure on campus.
    • It provides a clear guide describing how to be involved in the participatory governance process and will hopefully facilitate participation.
    • The guide outlines the governance structure, process, roles of groups and how decisions are made, and who will make them.
    • The guide also focuses on the various governance sub-groups, and includes the roles, structure and membership of committees in the governance process.
    • The guide will be reviewed every 3 years.
    • The Council was very complimentary about the quality of work and recommended moving the guide forward to the Academic Senate, the Classified Staff Employee Association, and the Associated Student Body for their review and comments.
  • CONSENSUS: GC members agreed to move forward with presenting the guide to the Academic Senate, the Classified Staff Employee Association, and the Associated Student Body for their review and comments along with the revised TC Mission Statement: 2014.

 

Next Meeting:

Facilitator:           Brock McMurray

Recorder:            Dena Maloney

Timekeeper:      Laura Riss

 

Next Meeting:                  December 12, 2014 (May be a conflict with Dead Day or Holiday Potluck?)

Meeting Adjourned:      12:45 pm

 

 

Respectfully submitted by:

 

                                       

Melissa Blanco

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