FINAL
EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Office of the President
Minutes of the College Council Meeting of October 30, 2006
Present: Dr. Arce, Dr. Dever, Dr. Fallo, Mr. Nordel, Mr. Robertson, Ms. Smith, Dr. Spor, Ms. Wade, and Ms. Pickens.
1. Compton
a. President Fallo met with Chancellor Drummond on Monday to discuss the contract and the proposed changes to AB 318. The Chancellor’s office does not want to make changes to AB 318 at this time due to political considerations. The Board of Governors (BOG) Chair Mr. Caplan and our Board wanted the lead handcuffs removed from AB 318. The Chancellor will write a letter explaining his position that can be shared with our Board. The Chancellor pledged that he would renew the terms in MOU in the contract if that satisfies us. We believe that we can protect ourselves in a contract, and we may not sign a contract and instead have another MOU – with the same terms including the exit clause.
b. The Chancellor has requested that President Fallo give a presentation on Compton for the BOG in January or March of 2007.
c. Dr. Givens is the Provost at Compton and should be handling Compton issues and people need to work through her.
d. According to the Accrediting Commission Compton must sit out for a 2 year period and then they can start the application procedure which takes about 3-4 years. We are meeting with the president of the Commission to see if they feel there should be a longer wait out period. There is still a lot of fiscal, personnel and student information that is unknown at this time.
e. We have asked Compton purchasing staff to come and work here for a short period of time.
f. Financial Aid is still a concern – we have made some payments. We need to make all payments.
g. The Accrediting Commission may force us to change all signs to say Compton Educational Center. The current signage could be viewed as false advertisement.
2. Faculty accomplishments will be included in the on-line campus newsletter. Send accomplishments to Ann Garten’s office.
3. Item number 9 on the evaluation will be changed to read “Primarily focuses on students.”
4. We need to set time lines for goals.
Agenda for the November 6, 2006 Meeting:
1. Minutes of October 30, 2006
2. Team Reports
3. College Council Evaluation
4. 2006-2007 College Council Goals
5. El Camino College Committees listed on Portal